NielsenSTL
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I've been living in Utah a couple years now...Saratoga Springs specifically. Most of my radio interests center around VHF stuff...rail/air. But occasionally I'll get the bug to listen to PD/Fire. Where I moved from (St. Louis), PD/Fire had been encrypted for several years...so I kind of lost interest when it became impossible to listen.
So...living on the west side of Utah Lake, I had put in frequencies for UHP and most of the cities around me: Lehi, American Fork, Lindon, Orem, Provo. I'm hearing everything from the Lake IR site, and everything comes in really clear with the site so close. I have a somewhat old Radio Shack Pro-197 with just a stock antenna attached for 800 scanning (I've gone to a BC125 with a VHF tuned antenna for listening to rail/air). But this is where I get a little confused with the UCA setup maybe. So the question...is there any hope from my location in Saratoga of hearing talk groups for municipalities north of say Point of the Mountain? I've tried entering some talk groups for areas up north and tried a few sites (Nelson Peak, Point of Mountain), but I can't pick up anything.
Am I just too far south without putting up a more serious antenna for 800mhz? Is there a better site that might get me some of the areas further north? Just hoping for a better understanding of how this area works with so many sites.
Thanks...
Mark
So...living on the west side of Utah Lake, I had put in frequencies for UHP and most of the cities around me: Lehi, American Fork, Lindon, Orem, Provo. I'm hearing everything from the Lake IR site, and everything comes in really clear with the site so close. I have a somewhat old Radio Shack Pro-197 with just a stock antenna attached for 800 scanning (I've gone to a BC125 with a VHF tuned antenna for listening to rail/air). But this is where I get a little confused with the UCA setup maybe. So the question...is there any hope from my location in Saratoga of hearing talk groups for municipalities north of say Point of the Mountain? I've tried entering some talk groups for areas up north and tried a few sites (Nelson Peak, Point of Mountain), but I can't pick up anything.
Am I just too far south without putting up a more serious antenna for 800mhz? Is there a better site that might get me some of the areas further north? Just hoping for a better understanding of how this area works with so many sites.
Thanks...
Mark