[FedCom] FBI Alpha 3 in Boston

[Bill]

Tom, you mention Copicut, for MA/RI there was all Aggie
 for ME/NH and Northern MA from Mt. Aggie in Maine.

Bill Dunn    N1/KUG
Cruise Ship Frequencies
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Greenwood" <TheGreenwoods1 at Verizon.Net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
<fedcom at mailman.qth.net>; "Bill" <ecps92 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:17 PM
Subject: RE: [FedCom] FBI Alpha 3 in Boston


> The mysterious Athol site appears that it may have also at one time been 
> the
> western terminus of the now defunct 1.7/1.8 GHz microwave network.
> Strangely, as best as I was able to determine, it was not atop Bearsden 
> Road
> where all of the towers are located as I tried to locate it there but was
> unable to find it many years ago.  Both the forward link from Mt. 
> Wachusett
> and the return link from Athol to Mt. Wachusett were audible atop the 
> hill,
> but were weak.  The exact location in Athol to this day remains a mystery.
>
> In answer to your question about the repeaters, in the early 90's (and
> somewhat still in effect today as best as can be determined) the multi 
> site
> channels were effectively broken up to simultaneously cover individual
> states, i.e., there were 4 networks for the Boston Division, 
> Massachusetts,
> Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine.  There was some degree of overlap
> along state borders such as the old Copicut Hill site in Fall River being
> connected with the Rhode Island network.  There were also a lot of 
> discrete
> repeaters to cover individual cities in addition to short term repeaters
> that would come and go with various operations.  Finally, there as at 
> least
> one specific simplex frequency that was universal across the area 
> controlled
> by the Boston Division that all tied back to Boston.  In the late 80's and
> early 90's I believe it was 167.3625.  Many of these simplex sites were
> ultimately brought back to microwave hubs on the old 414/419 MHz systems
> that were in place in several location around New England.
>
> 73's
>
> Tom, N1JQB
> Metro West Boston
>
>
>
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