[Scan-DC] WPMS844/Encrypted P25 on Industrial/Business Pool freqs

[Bruce Harper]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:24 AM, John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net> wrote:

> The second 153.5225 mhz. licensee's repeater is located at 5200 West Broad
> Street, Richmond, VA.  That location is the main Dept. of Motor Vehicles
> (DMV) building, which is approximately 50 air miles SSW of King George Co.
> The build out for that particular repeater location was completed and
> operational in Nov 2014.   That then begs the question "why is a second
> private sector repeater to the same licensee additionally installed on top
> of the main DMV building in Richmond, VA?"


Wihout getting into the weeds on this particular licensee, it could be that
the Commonwealth, to supplement its income, is leasing space on the DMV
(and other) buildings to private firms for antennas and other such
installations. That would seem to be a good way to raise some revenue for
the government from what would be otherwise unused space. The town of
Blacksburg leases antenna space on several water towers in town to
different cellular companies, both generating revenue and reducing the need
for additional stand-alone towers in town.

Bruce in Blacksburg