belvdr
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I know you're speaking specifically to the unlisted TGs, but your statement is literally why this site and its database exists. LOL
MARCS-IP ("New MARCS") Site and Talkgroup Discussion
belvdr
No longer interested in living
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I like to bring my C-game. It gives me opportunity for improvement.LOL that's true. I don't often bring my A-game
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I like to bring my C-game. It gives me opportunity for improvement.
Between you and me, that's the only game I got. I am the great pretender
rittmanfireman
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I have been hearing TG 49527 on the Wooster site. Possibly Collage of Wooster. Not sure yet. Lots of chader about door locks and access control.
FCC License App for new site in Plymouth OH (Richland Co)
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I'm in Huber Heights listening to the Montgomery County site 004-003 and noticed talkgroup 10541 had activity this morning about 0830. This talkgroup is not ID'ed in RR but it sounded like the Enon Fire dispatcher asking Battalion 50 if he was clear. I also saw activity on this talkgroup from a user ID I had previously marked as Enon Medic 2. Is Enon Fire finally making the move to MARCS?
Has anyone located the new MARCS tower being constructed in Fairfield County? It has been referred to as the "Baltimore Tower" and construction reportedly started in January. No one seems to know anything about it or when it is scheduled to go online, not even my friends in the Sheriff's Office.
A tower registration was recently granted to MARCS for a new 340 ft. site behind the Walnut Township offices at 11420 Millersport Road.
Thank you. I emailed the person listed on the application and the tower is bid and may be started "next month."
That will greatly improve coverage in the Norhern Fairfield County area.
That will greatly improve coverage in the Norhern Fairfield County area.
Don't hold your breath on construction starting next month. Given the current nationwide situation, most resources are being dedicated to maintenance.
I guess part of my frustration is finding how many people I thought would be following the spending of $750,000 don't know anything about it. I suppose to them, if they push the mic button and it works, all is well.
I may do a drive-bye at the listed address and see for myself if anything is going on.
I may do a drive-bye at the listed address and see for myself if anything is going on.
Well, glad I'm not holding my breath. LOL
I did a drive-bye and the address on the FCC application is the Township garage. Nothing in the way of any construction. I was surprised to find the elevation wasn't anything spectacular... 767 feet in the driveway. There is a sizable hill behind the building, so it could be going up there.
I did a drive-bye and the address on the FCC application is the Township garage. Nothing in the way of any construction. I was surprised to find the elevation wasn't anything spectacular... 767 feet in the driveway. There is a sizable hill behind the building, so it could be going up there.
If there's no tower already in place, you're looking at months or even a year at best before a site could go on line. They'll have to go through the whole process of engineering studies, core samples (to make sure the ground won't sink under the tower), building permits, running electric lines and all that other (mostly government) mumbo-jumbo.
The job has been bid and the contact person on the FCC application said construction may begin next month.
I'd say Tom knows what he is talking about. I agree, you most likely won't see a signal from the site for close to a year
Best case is several months, probably late this year. I built out two systems (one with four sites and the other with a single site) on existing towers, and each system took around nine months.
I just looked at the site on Google Maps Streetview. I didn't see the hill that was mentioned anywhere close to the complex so that's probably not where it's going; I know Bob Bill and he's not about to fudge the site coordinates, thus incurring the wrath of the FAA, so if the coordinates place it at the township complex, that's where it will be. My bet is that they'll put the tower either in the grassy area to the right of the township building, or out behind the rear garage building. That keeps the utility run distance to a minimum, especially the grassy area to the right of the township hall.
Update: I just ran the coordinates and they come up exactly in the middle of the grassy area to the right of the township hall.
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Nice job figuring the exact site. Obviously the hill I saw was beyond the township land.