Hornsby RFS - Kurrajong Heights (near Richmond) Tower

[scanSydney]

Hi all,

Just a general FYI for all, Kurrajong Heights (P251 RFS PMR) has been switched on since 6/11/2009. This brings Hornsby RFS PMR system up to 6 sites, with one more expected to be online in the near future (tentative!)--Mount White P252. The coverage from Kurrajong Heights so far has been brilliant for units on the western side of the district--oh, and of course will allow scanner users in the west to listen to Hornsby!

Frequency: 466.9500
CTCSS: 110.9Hz

Cheers.

[centralcoastscanman]

wonder whether gosford district might add a repeater onto kurrajoing too as i'd say it would give good line of sight coverage to some areas over near spencer that were a bit scratchy in the last sect 44 we had there

[scanSydney]

wonder whether gosford district might add a repeater onto kurrajoing too as i'd say it would give good line of sight coverage to some areas over near spencer that were a bit scratchy in the last sect 44 we had there

I'm not sure if it's actually active yet, but plans are for a repeater to be added in at Simpsons Hill (near Wisemans Ferry) for Gosford. I imagine that site would cover Spencer quite well. The site has been added into all radios as of the new digital profile, in at P190 RFS PMR.

I can't hear Simpsons Hill from here, so I can't confirm whether it's active or not.

[centralcoastscanman]

not sure, i'll check when i'm speaking to our radio tech next and find out whether its been turned on

[ivahri]

Wow, sounds like the RFS is going in to the GRN building business... a heck of a lot of shared sites mentioned in this topic!

Cheers,


Richard

[centralcoastscanman]

if the rfs and grn put all their sites together i reckon there would be minimal to no coverage problems...
and if the police put all their sites in as well there'd probly be no coverage problems

[cartman]

Don't forget that the railways will have a lot of sites to share in 4-5 years time, given that they will be vacating UHF duplex and simplex and moving onto GSM-R (which has the dual capability of digital comms + an advanced form of signalling called ATP that will largely remove line signallings.

Grant

[ivahri]

Hi Grant,

Not that many really. Many of the sites are located close to rail corridors & not necessarily of interest to other agencies. Most of the prime sites they have are either owned by others or have already been offered to other agencies. They sent me a spreadsheet a few years back of those being disposed of and few were much chop.

Cheers,


Richard

[durox]

Simpsons hill has not yet been commissioned, it is still in the approval stages and will possibly be on the air by early next year

[scanSydney]

Have you heard any word on PMR at Mt White for Hornsby yet?