Stumped In Luzerne County Pa

[tnt]

Is There Anyway You Can Listen To State Police .......or Anyone From Luzerne Co That Wouldnt Mind Sharing A Little Knowledge With A Newbie....just Bought A Pro96..........do I Need All The Digital Stuff Around Here Or Shoukld I Return And Get The Pro97......any Shared Knowledge Would Be Greatly Appreciated By Myself And 7yr Old Son

[mule1075]

this should help ypu get started.does not look like any digital in your area.however i would keep the 96 IMHO.

http://www.radioreference.com/module...e=RR&ctid=2280

[Mick]

Hello! Here is a list of the State Police channels for PA:
http://www.radioreference.com/module...ame=RR&aid=744

They may be using these licensed frqs. in Luzerne County:
KNNG314
155.475

KXH331
154.695
155.475
154.755
155.67
42.60

KNJZ509
45.16

If I was going to visit there I would check out these State systems which are in Luzerne County:
WPGX769
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Transmitter Address /Area of Operation
3 KM SE
OLIVER MILLS, PA LUZERNE County
866.1125
866.3875
866.5125
866.6375
866.8875
867.0125
867.1375
867.3875
867.6125
867.6375
867.8875
868.0125
868.6125
868.8625

WPWJ886
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Transmitter Address /Area of Operation
1 MILES WEST OF
SHICKSHINNY, PA LUZERNE County
866.6875
867.0375

WPWW352
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Transmitter Address /Area of Operation
GRAND VIEW
RICKETTS GLEN, PA LUZERNE County
867.3875

WPXJ744
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Transmitter Address /Area of Operation
4 miles SE
Wilkes-Barre, PA LUZERNE County
866.3875
866.6375

Originally Posted by tnt

Is There Anyway You Can Listen To State Police .......or Anyone From Luzerne Co That Wouldnt Mind Sharing A Little Knowledge With A Newbie....just Bought A Pro96..........do I Need All The Digital Stuff Around Here Or Shoukld I Return And Get The Pro97......any Shared Knowledge Would Be Greatly Appreciated By Myself And 7yr Old Son

[tnt]

Hey Mick.........thanx for the freqs.is there anywat to tell which kind of trunked system they are ....I cant seem to program correctly......all Im getting is like hummong sounds....I dont mean to be a pain in the butt ....I find the info from fellow members more useful than the manual........Thanx again

[fuzzymoto]

The state police don't use the OpenSky (digital) in Luzerne County yet. Maybe in the future but no current scanner will pick up OpenSky anyway. Depending on where you live and how good your antenna is you may pick up a lot of activity. I hear quite a bit of action on the following PA State Police channels:

155.5050 PSP Wyoming
155.6700 PSP Hazleton
155.5800 PSP Dunmore
155.8500 PSP Channel C
154.0250 PSP
155.4400 PSP
155.4600 PSP Tactical 1

Also check out
159.0450 PA Turnpike with some PSP activity

[tnt]

Hey Fuzzy...Thanx for info....I saw your name on the Luzerne co scanning site as well.........I just got this pro96..........Does it have too many features not needed in this area or should I keep it instead of getting the pro 97....I know it is a matter of personal pref.......just wondering

[fuzzymoto]

I just bought a new Uniden BR330T and I'm not real familiar with the Radio Shack stuff. I can say from what I hear (and I'm no expert) there is no digital or trunking systems in use in our area with few plans for the near future to have any. I believe the state agencies (PenDot PA State Police...) are moving toward a digital encrypted system called open sky. Currently NO scanner can scan OpenSky. My scanner does trunking which I may use when I am on vacation or visiting family in trunking areas. My scanner does NOT have digital. My reasoning was that it would cost twice as much for digital and I would not use it now. Also when/if digital does find its way into our area I will probably need/want the latest scanner when it does arrive.

For me the ability to organize my freqencies, label them, have priority and close call features and a small unit were the must-haves. Beyond that the rest of the stuff I am still learning. I have mine setup so I can turn off Scranton if it gets noisy, or turn on searches and turn on frequencies I am researching. I still have the ability to turn off everything non-local if there is something good going on near my house.

I bought my 1st scanner in Nov and replaced it with a better one a week or so ago. Once I learned a lot about it and once I got a good antenna I outgrew the 50-channel limit of my old scanner quickly. I also had no alpha tags on my old scanner so it was terrible looking up frequencies every time it stopped on one. I love the BR330T and other than saying that digital channels in our area do not exist I can't help much with your choice since I don't know the Radio SHack models well.

[DER10]

HI DER and the Bureau of Forestry have 2 relays in your vicinity, having a output on 151.175MHz with tone code 5A (157.3 I think) . The car to car channel is also 151.175 MHz and 151.445 MHz.
Good luck with your scanner! DICK, retired DER radio engineer.

[tnt]

Thanx for all the help folks.............Hey Fuzz......what kind of attenna did you get?....It seems with a better one I could probably get a lot more as well

[tnt]

Hey guys .....any idea why I can only hear 1 side of conversation on the above state police frequencies?

[fuzzymoto]

Hi...I have a Radio Shack 20-176, in the attic for now but plans for getting it outside are in progress. As far as hearing one side o fthe conversation...they may be talking back and forth on different frequencies and you only have one programmed OR more likely one of the talkers is out of range for you but not out of range for who they are talking to.

[Joseph11]

Motorola PL tone "5A" is 156.7 Hz.