Iowa State Patrol - Burt and Council Bluffs Tower

Anyone have any info on this, particularly PL info:

PW WQTA491
IOWA, STATE OF
[STATE POLICE.]
Control Point 1 - 5912 SECOND AVE, DES MOINES IA 515-281-6223
(link)
12/18/2013 License Issued
1 - 3005 Highway 169, Burt (KOSSUTH) IA [Structure: Lattice tower] (map)
155.655 FB 150p 500e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.685 FB 150p 500e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.655 FB2 150p 500e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.685 FB2 150p 500e Units: 1 11K2F3E


PW WQTA621
IOWA, STATE OF
[POLICE COMMUNICATIONS]
Control Point 1 - 5912 SECOND AVE, DES MOINES IA 515-281-6223
(link)
12/19/2013 License Issued
1 - 2025 Hunt Ave, Council Bluffs (POTTAWATTAMIE) IA [Structure: Lattice tower] (map)
155.655 FB2 150p 478e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.685 FB2 150p 478e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.655 FB 150p 478e Units: 1 11K2F3E
155.685 FB 150p 478e Units: 1 11K2F3E

Tim

Those 2 locations are not listed in the database. That's why he's asking.

Mason City was also issued a license and I was able to verify that it is operational. I can hear almost every site in Iowa with a little band opening and personally haven't heard "Burt" or "Council Bluffs". That is why I posted my question here.

Tim

Over the years I wondered why there was no site near Mason City. It seemed to a pushing it for coverage to have that much area to coverage. I have been in that part of state and is pretty flat. But still it pretty far between tower sites. I would make a guess I bet the "C" tone is the one. As to the Council Bluffs site might that be a replacement for Glenwood?

mws72 said:

Over the years I wondered why there was no site near Mason City. It seemed to a pushing it for coverage to have that much area to coverage. I have been in that part of state and is pretty flat. But still it pretty far between tower sites. I would make a guess I bet the "C" tone is the one. As to the Council Bluffs site might that be a replacement for Glenwood?

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Yes, Mason City is C. I have sat on AREA 2 to listen, but only hear Blairsburg, Belmond, and Mason City. And out West I only hear Glenwood and Atlantic.

So either the sites were never built, or they were, but they are using the old tower location for the name at the new site. Similar to how they say Des Moines but the tower is actually in Woodward, Iowa.

Tim

Tonight I heard a broadcast on 155.685 PL192.8 (Glenwood LEA) and 155.665 with PL tones 127.3 (Unknown) and 146.2 (Atlantic DPS) While driving through Fremont, Nebraska. The broadcast was about a suicidal party driving on I-29.

Using the chart and map for Iowa state patrol communications in the WIKI, I believe that Council Bluffs is using PL 127.3 or tone A for the DPS and LEA repeaters. I can not confirm this 100%

ORION_NE said:

Tonight I heard a broadcast on 155.685 PL192.8 (Glenwood LEA) and 155.665 with PL tones 127.3 (Unknown) and 146.2 (Atlantic DPS) While driving through Fremont, Nebraska. The broadcast was about a suicidal party driving on I-29.

Using the chart and map for Iowa state patrol communications in the WIKI, I believe that Council Bluffs is using PL 127.3 or tone A for the DPS and LEA repeaters. I can not confirm this 100%

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Your theory makes sense. Thanks for this input.

Tim

155.655 PL127.3 has to be Council Bluffs. I have never heard ISP inside my apartment until just now. I live in Elkhorn, NE in a valley and Council Bluffs makes the only sense.

I have not heard anything on the LEA frequency with PL 127.3. If ISP has installed a LEA repeater in Council Bluffs I'm sure Pott County would set up a patch to ORION for that LEA, like they have with Glenwood and Atlantic. I would assume the talk group would be 2707.

I did submit 155.655. PL127.3 for submission to the database for Council Bluffs Base.