In Reply to: Re: Can hear dispatch but not always the units posted by Sean on August 31, 1999 at 17:44:42:
: : I can reliably hear the Marysville dispacther on 158.775 but only get about half of the other conversation with the units. Yet other times they are as clear as the dispatcher. Any Ideas?
: : Thanks in advance...
: : Dave
: They are simplex if I remember right. The portables are only 5 watts and the mobiles are 100 or 45 watt. The base is on the Water Tank above town. VHF line of sight at its best.
: Sean
Sean is correct,
-Base on the water tank on the hill
-Lower power backup base in town
-100 watt Motorola 9000 series mobile
-5 watt portable-
(some seem to have a range of a few blocks at best
received by another portable or scanner)
-A portable in town would have very limited range (blocks) but
a mobile on the hillside of the east side of town would have a very
substantial range( many miles).