Hey! I've tried searching all through the Nevada Radio Discussion Forum and have found a few interesting notes...but I haven't found an answer to my current field of endeavor....namely, seeking out the locations for the various Nevada Shared and the SNACC sites. I'm wondering if anyone can put up a list of 'real' locations (perhaps easier to check out than Lat/Lon lists). I'm not adverse to working with Lat/Lon but I can't seem to square them all up on the maps.
For instance, on the RR site following the topic at hand you find the
Las Vegas Simulcast Site Details
If you delve into Google Earth / Maps and seek out those coordinates it puts you somewhere in NLV around the area of No Torrey Pines & Farm Rd. Being somewhat constrained with darkness right now and this confounded Corona business. I shifted to street view for that area. Wouldn't ya know it - there's nothing in that neighborhood that remotely resembles a communications antenna. Not even one of those wickedly disguised towers with branches here and there.
So....maybe I'm missing something (I didn't bother to delve into the layers of Street View pictures) but I can't buy into the Lat/Lon for the LV Simulcast site as published. I'm well aware of the vagaries of the FCC ULS, and frankly didn't bother going down that rabbit hole tonight.
I'm hoping this post might stir some interest in 'youse guys', and maybe we can do some sleuthing. I've got a lot of time on my hands since that local GP Emporium on Valley View is closed for a while. Anybody got comments?
Elvis / KG7XD
For instance, on the RR site following the topic at hand you find the
Las Vegas Simulcast Site Details
Latitude | N 36.1749705 |
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Longitude | W -115.137223 |
If you delve into Google Earth / Maps and seek out those coordinates it puts you somewhere in NLV around the area of No Torrey Pines & Farm Rd. Being somewhat constrained with darkness right now and this confounded Corona business. I shifted to street view for that area. Wouldn't ya know it - there's nothing in that neighborhood that remotely resembles a communications antenna. Not even one of those wickedly disguised towers with branches here and there.
So....maybe I'm missing something (I didn't bother to delve into the layers of Street View pictures) but I can't buy into the Lat/Lon for the LV Simulcast site as published. I'm well aware of the vagaries of the FCC ULS, and frankly didn't bother going down that rabbit hole tonight.
I'm hoping this post might stir some interest in 'youse guys', and maybe we can do some sleuthing. I've got a lot of time on my hands since that local GP Emporium on Valley View is closed for a while. Anybody got comments?
Elvis / KG7XD