A few years ago I spoke with someone from MA-Com about this and they indicated that most of the time users would experience a loss in coverage. I don't remember why they said "most of the time," but there must be variables somewhere.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Seybold To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:16 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Seeking emergency system design help Bill one of the losses if a County fire department system which has 6 simulcast repeaters( 150 MHz) operating on wide-band with about 85% coverage of the County, and we put in three new channels (after almost 2 years of coordination and finding the correct channels), we put them up using the same sights and same output (50 watts erp) and using the same antennas—the new 3 channels under talk the existing wide-band systems by at least 30 percent. We are in the process of adding 2 new sites to make up the difference. I am glad that you did not have a problem but this is just one of several which I have had a problem with, and I have become a believer in lost coverage, I have yet to see a system that has not lost coverage, I am glad that you have. Andy
