The STARS sites and frequencies are listed in the RR database for Virginia. A problem sometimes occurs when an individual posts a STARS site on RR there is no additional data field information to associate that site with its appropriate Division. For example, the reader is left to guess and make assumptions to what Division "Site 5" or "Site 10" belong to. A best guess that may be correct or incorrect may have been posted previously on the subject but that requires the reader search many past RR posts in the appropriate forum. Is Mt. Weather a Division 2 or Division 7 site? Those living in NOVA may know but those of us who don't live in NOVA may not know and have to depend on those within monitoring range to provide the correct information. In the past I have advocated adding another data field in the STARS site section listing the appropriate STARS site/division best guess or hopefully correct relationship. Also a "Comments" field also would be helpful, i.e., Fork Mountain, Thornburg and EdgeHill are Division 2 sites but have been and currently still are used by Division 1 possibly for various signal coverage issues. Whenever affiliations are implemented this may or may not change.
Monitoring STARS is work in progress but if the future is any indication of the past "Site 5" and "Site 10" will remain listed "as is" and never updated leaving the reader to guess if programing each VSP Division as as a separate system what division to program them to in their scanner. With two Division 2 talkgroups now being heard via Division 1, Culpeper finally may be operational. Time will tell whether or not additional clarifying information will be posted on the STARS RR database by NOVA monitors for Division 2 and Division 7. In my opinion the reader should be able to obtain the appropriate necessary STARS site programing information which includes the appropriate site/division relationships from the RR STARS Va. data section .