UHF in GA?

gman4661 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 06:11 PM

Are there any LE agencies in GA on UHF? Seems most are VHF or 800.

b7spectra · #2 (**permalink**) 09-14-2009, 10:46 PM

Quite a few are still on it. What area of Georgia are you looking at?

gman4661 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 06:26 AM

Mainly on the eastern side of the state.

N8IAA · #4 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gman4661

Mainly on the eastern side of the state.

VHF for eastern GA. What counties??
Larry

b7spectra · #5 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 10:59 PM

Uhf Larry, Uhf! I swear, you must be either a Yankee from Cleveland or you are getting old!

N8IAA · #6 (**permalink**) 09-15-2009, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b7spectra

Uhf Larry, Uhf! I swear, you must be either a Yankee from Cleveland or you are getting old!

It was a statement, Mike. Not a question. VHF is the preferred method of PS comms in eastern GA

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Larry

N8IAA · #7 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gman4661

Mainly on the eastern side of the state.

Mainly where on the eastern side of the state?? I travel from Rabun county all the way down to Richmond county. With the exception of Greene and Richmond,(who have 800Mhz trunked systems). VHF is the preferred flavor of public service comms. This does not include the Metro Atlanta area which is pretty much 800Mhz digital and trunked.
Larry

thunderbritches174 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 08:27 PM

I believe he might have been referring to the I-95 corridor .

gman4661 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 09:02 AM

I know Richmond Co., and most of the agencies in Richmond Co., are on Palmetto 800. Even GSP and Parole use Pal 800 to some extent there. Not sure about DNR. I'm kind of surprised that Greene Co. would be on 800. I think I heard that some metro Atlanta agencies still have UHF. What about other parts of the state?

jrm5265 · #10 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 09:44 AM

I really cannot think of any LE in Ga on UHF...............its pretty much either 800 or VHF

I WISH WE were on UHF it would work better than the 800 were on...........Im sure

MTS2000des · #11 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 12:11 PM

Union City PD (south Fulton county) is still on 453.825 PL 162.2
Lamar County SO is still UHF, as is the city of Barnesville. (freqs are all on RR)
Thomaston PD is still on 460, and GPSTC has some 460 stuff in Forsyth for dispatcher training.

Floyd county SO/PD is UHF 453.xxxthough they are trying to get overpriced 800 digital to replace it.

Clayton County Fire is still on UHF (453.3 and 453.4 and a ton of other UHF channels, check RR database for all of them).

Roswell Fire still keeps their old 460.6 repeater patched to the Fulton county TRS for fire tone out.

That's pretty much it, lots of school boards still UHF, Cobb BOE has all their buses on several repeaters, DeKalb BOE transportation on 460.1 is a riot to listen to if you want to hear morons with radios.

Other than that, everyone in the metro areas that were once on UHF all around the state (most of Metro Atlanta including APD, DeKalb, Cobb and Gwinnett were all UHF conventional in the 70's thru early 90's) have all moved up to 800MHz.

VHF is still king in the mountains and southern parts of the states in smaller counties. VHF is still used by ex-urban counties in Metro Atlanta such as Cherokee, Douglas and Paulding though the Motorola money sucking vacuum cleaner is in high gear peddling trunked junk to these agencies.

gman4661 · #12 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 12:25 PM

It's hard to believe that probably less than 10 LE agenices are left on UHF. Thanks for the great information!

CSHIFTLT · #13 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 06:10 PM

Monroe County Sheriff Office
cshiftlt

gman4661 · #14 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 03:11 PM

OK, here is the list so far:

GPSTC

Floyd SO
Lamar SO
Monroe SO

Barnesville PD
Union City PD
Thomaston PD
Floyd Co. PD

Thanks for the info? You guys know of any others?

gman4661 · #15 (**permalink**) 09-23-2009, 12:39 PM

Here is a more complete list:

Floyd 453.500 131.8
453.200 131.8
453.1875
Lamar 453.850 131.8
Monroe 460.175 88.5
460.375 88.5
Upson 460.400 131.8

Barnesville 453.450 131.8
Rome 453.700 131.8
Thomaston 460.100 131.8
Union City 453.825 162.2

GPSTC 460.575 88.5
Floyd Co. PD
Mercer PD 460.125 77.0

Know of any more?

MTS2000des · #16 (**permalink**) 09-23-2009, 03:36 PM

CAU Police 464.825 DPL 465
Morris Brown Police 451.7 PL 67.0
Atlanta PD COMNET (patched to 800) 453.25 PL 103.5
(COMNET has gone silent since the ATL P25 system went on, but the repeater is still up. Hear a few keyups and it's CWID)

gman4661 · #17 (**permalink**) 09-23-2009, 04:05 PM

The list gets longer:

Floyd 453.500 131.8
453.200 131.8
453.1875
Lamar 453.850 131.8
Monroe 460.175 88.5
460.375 88.5
Upson 460.400 131.8

Barnesville 453.450 131.8
Rome 453.700 131.8
Thomaston 460.100 131.8
Union City 453.825 162.2

GPSTC 460.575 88.5
Floyd Co. PD
Mercer Univ. PD 460.125 77.0
Clark Atlanta Univ. PD 464.825 DPL 465
Morris Brown Univ. PD 451.7 67.0
Atlanta PD COMNET (patched to 800) 453.25 103.5

Thanks MTS200des!