Monroe County

[john56]

I live in Toledo, and barely pick up Monroe's CC with a outdoor antenna up 50' on a tower. I read in some posts that they were having trouble with some CC's. Is this affecting the one in Whiteford Twp as I think that is the closest tower to me.

thanks in advance to all....

john

 

[Thunderbolt]

I heard from a friend of mine that the tower in Whiteford has some issues that will be addressed in the near future. Moreover, this tower doesn't offer 360 degree, omni-directional coverage like all the other towers.

The Whiteford tower uses two dipole-type antennas that send the strongest transmit and receive patterns only to the north and east. The purpose of this move was to ensure that the tower would have little or no affect on the state of Ohio, since its so close to the border. While this is great for Monroe County, it tends to greatly diminish the signal strength areas to the south.

You may want to consider a high-gain, Yagi type of antenna and point it towards the north?

73's

Ron

 

[DXKW]

monroe county

you have me thinking about this john what are you running for an antenna? i was watching the system on my 895 and 796d here in monre
county and the signals are a lot stronger on 460.175 than digtail.
im five miles from the tower on stien rd. and about the same from the 800mhz tower on dunbar rd.




thanks

 

[john56]

I am using a "Channel Master "Scanner Antenna on my tower... it is similiar in construction to the Scantenna type...... I have noticed "some" improvement in reception here in Lucas County with both Monroe County and MPSCS. Don't know if it is coincidence since they are working on the system or not.......

My antenna on the tower is about 10 years old........

Take care,
john

 

[DXKW]

monroe county

the channel master 5094a was one of the best made i run two and still have two in the box i was just playing around with the stock antenna on the msp system and the monroe system it looks like they still have some work to do or i should say they are still working on the new system. the next time i go to toledo im going to take the 96 and see what kind of signals i get.






thanks

 

[DXKW]

monroe county

well john went to toledo tonight went to walmarts on central ave.i could not hear the county in the car so i stood in the parking lot for a while
and could hear them but not well. also so it looks like they have added
867.4625 867475






thanks

 

[john56]

Dxkw......hopefully they will fix the system so those of us across the border can hear it! I always listened to them on 460.175......would like to continue to do so!

Take care,
john

 

[DXKW]

monroe county

i still listen to them on 460.175 for a while. thanks john

 

[rjschall]

As of 1/28/05, 460.175 is no longer being simulcasted as well as LEIN. They have all converted to the 800 system. Fire Departments on 154.430 are still simulcasting but not for long. Check out my page for updates:
http://michiganscannerlinks.homestead.com

R.J.