[Scan-DC] Sussex County trunked system

[Chas Armstrong]

Wow, 

I was driving through northern, southern and eastern Sussex County today
with my 396t. Now I understand why people are upset with the performance of
this system. Basically, signal strength in northern and southern Sussex sux.
(sorry, could resist..) Anywho, I was getting mostly 1 and sometimes 2 bars
along US 113 between Milford and Georgetown, and about the same along Rt. 1
south of Bethany, along Rt. 54, and on US 113 south of Millsboro.
Conversely, I was getting full ss in the Rehoboth area. This is with the top
down in my cabriolet, and an antenna cut for 800Mhz. In comparison, I almost
always get full ss in throughout Howard County, MD and Baltimore City - both
use a P25 800Mhz system. But in Anne Arundel County (where I live,) I get
variable ss depending where I am, and sometimes when the radio is stationary
on my desk! (Anne Arundel's analog 800 system has some major problems with
interference from Nextel, and not enough towers - problems which have only
been partially addressed. 

So the complaints are well founded, and not just old school whining about
new technology. 

CA 
Annapolis