Consumers Power and MichCon/DTE

[Tony-KC8EWU]

Anyone know what frequencies Consumers Power Comany uses and any for DTE?
I know Consumers is on a trunked system (EDACS) and not sure what one MichCon/DTE uses.
Would like to monitor both (Would have been nice to monitor last week when had a larga area wide power outage).

[MPSCS]

Consumers Power
Scanner Frequencies: Consumers Energy Trunking System, Various, Michigan

[Skud]

Yes DTE and Consumers for radio traffic use the same EDAC system. .

[Wyandotte]

Originally Posted by Skud

Yes DTE and Consumers for radio traffic use the same EDAC system. .

I'm sure someone will come in with the exact freqs, but I listened to DTE on analog VHF in the last couple of months. There's a list somewhere of DTE VHF freqs, that I couldn't find in a quick look in the database here, that is active.

[MPSCS]

Originally Posted by Wyandotte

I'm sure someone will come in with the exact freqs, but I listened to DTE on analog VHF in the last couple of months. There's a list somewhere of DTE VHF freqs, that I couldn't find in a quick look in the database here, that is active.

This is all the FCC shows for DTE analog in Michigan:

456.56259, 456.56250, 456.16250, 456.3750, 456.6000

[mikey60]

Originally Posted by SIG-INT

This is all the FCC shows for DTE analog in Michigan:

456.56259, 456.56250, 456.16250, 456.3750, 456.6000

DTE is on VHF in SE Michigan. These are the frequencies I have in my PSREdit500 Config.

153.530000 DTE 153.530000 CTCSS 118.8 2.0 FM
153.545000 DTE 153.545000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.560000 DTE 153.560000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.575000 DTE 153.575000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.590000 DTE 153.590000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.605000 DTE 153.605000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.620000 DTE 153.620000 CTCSS 88.5 2.0 FM
153.635000 DTE 153.635000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.665000 DTE 153.665000 CTCSS 179.9 2.0 FM
158.160000 DTE 158.160000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.190000 DTE Paging All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.235000 DTE 158.235000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.415000 DTE 158.415000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
160.155000 DTE 160.155000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM

Mike

[Ray_Air]

I listen to DTE on 153.2125, 153.545,153.59& 153.620.
Consumer's I listen to on the R.O 2 EDACS system.

[gregg22]

I can confirm detroit edison is on the listed vhf frequenices.Be aware that we have computer dispatching that started about a year ago.Also most comunications is by cell phone.The company doesnt want to go all digital because sometimes our crews go out of state to help other utilitys and with the vhf systems they can communicate while out of town.

[Wyandotte]

Originally Posted by gregg22

I can confirm detroit edison is on the listed vhf frequenices.Be aware that we have computer dispatching that started about a year ago.Also most comunications is by cell phone.The company doesnt want to go all digital because sometimes our crews go out of state to help other utilitys and with the vhf systems they can communicate while out of town.

Sounds like you may know:
Do DTE employees maintain and install the radios, data terminals, etc?
Or is installation and maintenance contracted out?
Or does the vendor(s) they buy the equipment from also install and maintain the system?

[MPSCS]

Originally Posted by mikey60

DTE is on VHF in SE Michigan. These are the frequencies I have in my PSREdit500 Config.

153.530000 DTE 153.530000 CTCSS 118.8 2.0 FM
153.545000 DTE 153.545000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.560000 DTE 153.560000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.575000 DTE 153.575000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.590000 DTE 153.590000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.605000 DTE 153.605000 CTCSS 131.8 2.0 FM
153.620000 DTE 153.620000 CTCSS 88.5 2.0 FM
153.635000 DTE 153.635000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
153.665000 DTE 153.665000 CTCSS 179.9 2.0 FM
158.160000 DTE 158.160000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.190000 DTE Paging All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.235000 DTE 158.235000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
158.415000 DTE 158.415000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM
160.155000 DTE 160.155000 All Mode Search 2.0 FM

Mike

Correct. I found the reason for my error. The FCC database has them listed as:

DTE
Detroit Edison
Detroit Edison Co
Detroit Edison Company

[fnnm400]

Bill

I suspect that each time forms are filed for something that the name is listed differently..

[MPSCS]

Originally Posted by fnnm400

Bill

I suspect that each time forms are filed for something that the name is listed differently..

No doubt, but a good database administrator should catch that by indexing. cross referencing, updating and consolidating. I used to get FCC data from Percon and the spelling errors, and redundancy were unbelievable. I'd estimate the 25% of there data was redundant in some way.