Northern Utah County reception problem

[tahoekid77]

My daily commute is Salt Lake County to Utah County. I listen in to UHP, and lately (past 6 months) I noticed really bad reception north of MM280 until reaching the county line (going NB of course).

I am currently using Utah County Simulcast and its very weak on the northern few miles of the county. I tried using Nelson Peak but then I get the same weak signal problem, just a bit farther south. I understand that West Mountain is a part of Utah County Simo now, so it may be I am picking up channels off West Mountain which is pretty far south.

Any suggestions for a single-site solution? I tried scanning both Nelson and Utah Simo but the scanner missed half the conversations due to overscanning. Those sites have pretty large frequency sets.

 

[kf7yn]

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but is the scanner's attenuator enabled?

 

[tahoekid77]

I'm sure you've already thought of this, but is the scanner's attenuator enabled?

Not sure, I will have a look. I drove from Vegas north to SLC last night and noticed STRONG reception at the far south border next to West Mountain, and again it faded rapidly farther north. I will look at your suggestion this evening. (Certainly something I can live with)

 

[tahoekid77]

I discovered that Salt Lake Simulcast reaches out to mid Utah County with full strength. I swapped out Utah Simo for SL Simo and UHP Utah County works great. Go figure.

 

[tahoekid77]

Just a follow up.

I have discovered that no matter what site I use (Nelson Peak, Salt Lake Simo, Utah County Simo) for scanning local UHP talk groups, there is an area around north Lehi for about 1-2 miles on I-15 where I get drop outs and lots of static. I can only surmise there is some local interference going on in that spot. North and south of there work fine. NSA perhaps? (Just kidding NSA)

 

[KF7OQQ]

I have noticed that even when i am on my cell phone i will drop calls going around the point of the mountain. I have also heard HAM operators using the repeater on Lake mountain talk about how there is a dead spot in that area. I think it is the wind that is always blowing there JK