[TrunkCom] MPSCS having cites in ajacent states to Michigan?

[Jeff Kenyon]

I'm not sure about the UP either, but Monroe, which is right on the Ohio
Boarder is on the system and there has got to be overlapping coverage into
Ohio and other states, but I don't know about the UP either.





On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Mark Meece wrote:

> Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone, I have noticed that with the states of Ohio and Colorado with
> >their state wide systems that they have cites in neighboring states that I
> >would assume are on the boarders, and I was just wondering if this is
> >something that will be planned for Michigan at some point in the future?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Speaking for Ohio MARCS the reason there are tower sites in neighboring
> states is
> mainly because of surrounding terrain/coverage issues. The out of state
> Ohio MARCS sites
> are in Kentucky and West Virginia across the Ohio River. Those sites
> "look into" Ohio rather
> then putting sites at lower elevation on the Ohio side of the river
> because of the hilly terrain of
> the foothills of the Appalachians.  I would guess that Colorado faces
> the same situation with the
> Rocky Mountains. I don't believe Michigan faces any terrain issues. such
> as these.
> So they would not not have a need for sites in neighboring states.
> They certainly don't on the southern borders with Indiana and Ohio, that
> is flat terrain.
> I don't know about the Upper Peninsula part of the state.
>
>
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