MSP Database omissions

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rescueone

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Not sure if this is a problem, or how wide spread it is in the MSP database, but here's what I've found. Go to the MSP site in the database, click on site 003 (Bristol/Plymouth), then click on the callsign (WPKK330), the info shows this as a 5 tower system, but that is not all of it. Troop D (Bristol/Plymouth) is an 8 tower system.
Besides the 5 listed (Attleboro, Middleboro, Hanson, Plymouth, Acushnet) there are 3 additional (Copicut Hill-Fall River, Long Hill-Rehoboth, Judges Hill-Norwell) licensed under callsign WPUN255. Since this database is used as the operating data for the Uniden Home Patrol Scanner (which I'm thinking of buying) will this omission of data effect the operation of that scanner? Will the geo-tracking be affected? I only checked site 003 because it's the one I'm the most familiar with. This could be true of other sites on the system.
 

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"Five-site Simulcast System" is merely a note in the system, it's not a functional entry. What I mean by that is, you'll notice that none of the actual sites are listed anywhere, instead there's a generic 25 mile radius blanketing nearly all of the two counties covered by the sites, which can be seen by the transparent blue circle overlay.

If we take a look at the site mapping for WPUN255, we'll see that the Copicut Hill and Long Hill sites fall well within that 25 mile radius, so they're already covered.

The Judges Hill site does fall right on the northern edge of the 25 mile radius, so the case could be made for the radius needing to be slightly expanded assuming that site has pretty good propagation to the north towards Boston, being that it's licensed for 150w and is right near the water. The trouble is that you can't really expand northwards only without having to expand the radius outward in every other direction, which would probably be too far a stretch for most of the sites.

FCC Callsign WPUN255 Details
 

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As the system was built-out, frequencies and towers were added, all under different licenses. WPKK330 is just one of those for the D-Troop wide-area Zone. Attleboro was actually Zone 20 for years, till they synch'd it into Zone 3 and moved 20 to Amesbury.

don't rely on ONE Call sign to show the entire system/zone.

All the Freq's for the Zone are correct [as of last night] and may or may-not change as Rebanding occurs.

At one time, there was a Zone with 5 different Call signs

Not sure if this is a problem, or how wide spread it is in the MSP database, but here's what I've found. Go to the MSP site in the database, click on site 003 (Bristol/Plymouth), then click on the callsign (WPKK330), the info shows this as a 5 tower system, but that is not all of it. Troop D (Bristol/Plymouth) is an 8 tower system.
Besides the 5 listed (Attleboro, Middleboro, Hanson, Plymouth, Acushnet) there are 3 additional (Copicut Hill-Fall River, Long Hill-Rehoboth, Judges Hill-Norwell) licensed under callsign WPUN255. Since this database is used as the operating data for the Uniden Home Patrol Scanner (which I'm thinking of buying) will this omission of data effect the operation of that scanner? Will the geo-tracking be affected? I only checked site 003 because it's the one I'm the most familiar with. This could be true of other sites on the system.
 
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