Just returned from a trip to Minneapolis. We stayed in Bloomington just south of Mall of America. Wasn't able to receive the Minneapolis NS site there, apparently the mall blocked it on my portable.
Minneapolis Police 2 seemed to be carried on the Hennepin East site quite often. I first wondered if someone with a system radio had roamed into that area which resulted in MPD2 affiliating with Hennepin East. However it seemed to happen for several days which caused me some doubts on that.
Then I got to thinking perhaps if the Minneapolis site was overloaded, then traffic might have been diverted to the Hennepin site. However, if that was the case, I would have thought I would have heard other Minneapolis talkgroups and not just MPD2.
The only other thing I could come up with is that the 4th precinct is kind of tall and perhaps the northwest corner might be on the fringe of the Minneapolis site and they get a better signal from Hennepin East so that gets "selected" (which may be a variant of my first thought).
Can anyone enlighten me for sure?
Thanks!
Minneapolis Police 2 seemed to be carried on the Hennepin East site quite often. I first wondered if someone with a system radio had roamed into that area which resulted in MPD2 affiliating with Hennepin East. However it seemed to happen for several days which caused me some doubts on that.
Then I got to thinking perhaps if the Minneapolis site was overloaded, then traffic might have been diverted to the Hennepin site. However, if that was the case, I would have thought I would have heard other Minneapolis talkgroups and not just MPD2.
The only other thing I could come up with is that the 4th precinct is kind of tall and perhaps the northwest corner might be on the fringe of the Minneapolis site and they get a better signal from Hennepin East so that gets "selected" (which may be a variant of my first thought).
Can anyone enlighten me for sure?
Thanks!