Somerset County TRS Question

[rr60]

Somerset County 500/700 sites are not in all cases-co located. This can create confusion as a non sub user does not auto affiliate based on BER. More confusion as subs can be on solely on 500/700 or both. Add the terrain challenges and multi path issues with scanners and LSM and you will quickly be in the zone of confusion. I have zero issues with my G5’s and understanding of the system.

 

[mdsxfire]

It's weird that using a Unication G5 I can hear Somerset County well into Essex and Hudson Counties, down in Mercer County. When I'm home {Branchburg/Readington border} I constantly drop out of the 500Mhz Fire side, and frequently drop out of the 700Mhz sites, getting out of range indicators. Do I perhaps have some odd unnoticed setting I'm missing? Or is the Somerset system very temperamental?

As soon as the mountains and little valleys come into play these systems definitely drop off quickly

 

[richee2000]

Somerset County P25 TRS is temperamental, because of the combo UHF/700 system. I live in Bernards Twp, northern Somerset Co...where the signal varies, the 700 is good/weak in some areas, UHF good/weak in other areas, its never consistent. My SDS100 does not decode the system 100%.

and to further complicate the matter, you can be sitting at your home, with a 100% UHF signal, while the 700 is 25% , so hearing this system is very challenging.