154.300? Albany NY area

jgorman21 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2013, 10:58 AM

Good day! Hearing either data or possibly Moto around 154.300? New to me? Thoughts? I do realize the freq is probably off.
Thanks.

lafd55 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-19-2013, 5:04 PM

The only thing that comes up in the FCC database is New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection Forest Fire Service. Was 154.300 the exact frequency?

k2hz · #3 (**permalink**) 03-19-2013, 8:19 PM

Laurens Fire District WPMZ714 has a pending application for Mototrbo on 154.3025.

Mtnrider · #4 (**permalink**) 03-19-2013, 8:34 PM

"01/29/2013 Clearance returned from Irac with objection" .....Guess if its them it shouldn't be...must be some size district to go with 7 repeaters....

Chauffeur6 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-19-2013, 8:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mtnrider

"01/29/2013 Clearance returned from Irac with objection" .....Guess if its them it shouldn't be...must be some size district to go with 7 repeaters....

Once a frequency coordinator signs off on an application, and the application has been submitted to the FCC, you can operate under Conditional Authority. It's perfectly legal for them to operate a MOTOTRBO base as long as it complies with the license modification that is pending.

The FCC is being pretty strict regarding DMR/TDMA/TRBO licensing in the VHF spectrum due to interference to adjacent frequencies, that's probably why there was an objection from IRAC. That doesn't mean the application was denied, however, it's still pending 2 months later.

Also, there aren't 7 repeaters on that license. There are 3 locations that have 154.220 licensed for repeater operations (2 entries for each site each with different emissions), and 1 location being added with 155.7975 licensed as a repeater. Whether or not 154.220 is actually active as a repeater at all three of those sites is the real question.

Mtnrider · #6 (**permalink**) 03-20-2013, 4:38 AM

Yeah Ok i guess was asleep when looking ......and maybe they jumped the gun if they have to change something....And the FCC seems to be in NO hurry to validate much lately....even for the simple things..

DaveNF2G · #7 (**permalink**) 03-20-2013, 7:56 AM

Saratoga County is licensed on 154.3025 and I get the digital signal very loudly here in Waterford.

jgorman21 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-20-2013, 2:08 PM

Makes sense. Thanks Dave!

DaveNF2G · #9 (**permalink**) 03-21-2013, 8:31 AM

NP, Joe. When I get my laptop back from the shop I intend to run TRBO decoding software against the signal to see if I can find out what is going on there. (Same for US Airways at the Albany airport, which appears to have gone to TRBO also.)

foxtail · #10 (**permalink**) 03-24-2013, 10:46 AM

Hey Dave, how far is Waterford from N.Falls, Ont.? Just wondering if I can get anything here in Ont. Any mototurbo I can check out here from this area? Thanks for the time.

lafd55 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-24-2013, 11:40 AM

310 miles.

DaveNF2G · #12 (**permalink**) 03-24-2013, 12:24 PM

A 5-hour drive down the Thruway.

DaveNF2G · #13 (**permalink**) 04-01-2013, 9:26 AM

I got my equipment ready to go and the 154.3025 signals seem to have disappeared.