South Central Power company freqs/TGs ?

N8DLA · Nov 23, 2015

Hoping someone has some knowledge on this one...

I am in northern Pickaway county (just south of Grove City) and I wish to hear my power company crews if possible. I have programmed Franklin, Fairfield and Ross county AEP sites and have always had success hearing the "Columbus Trouble" TGs when I lived in Franklin county. I still hear them just fine today.

According to the database, South Central Power has several TGs on the AEP trunk system, but I've never heard SCP crews, even during active power outages that affect my home.

Could they be on another system, perhaps their own repeater(s) across the southern counties they serve?

Appreciate any insight on where to find them.

RakkFO · Nov 23, 2015

I hear them on MARCS IP.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=6643&siteSort=county#sites

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N8DLA · Nov 23, 2015

Ah. Well, thanks for the quick response Rakko. I had not even considered looking to MARCS IP. Problem solved.

I get my MARCS IP traffic off the Discovery tower in Grove City since I listen to GCPD/Jackson Fire and Pickaway LEO/Fire is still on their own trunk system.

What MARCS IP site do you hear them on? Is it possible the SCP crews could roam into Discovery site's range?

RakkFO · Nov 23, 2015

Oh yea. I hear them on pataskala and Columbus all the time

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wa8pyr · Nov 23, 2015

N8DLA said:
Ah. Well, thanks for the quick response Rakko. I had not even considered looking to MARCS IP. Problem solved.

I get my MARCS IP traffic off the Discovery tower in Grove City since I listen to GCPD/Jackson Fire and Pickaway LEO/Fire is still on their own trunk system.

What MARCS IP site do you hear them on? Is it possible the SCP crews could roam into Discovery site's range?

Columbus MARCS or Circleville, but not Discovery. They're not permitted to roam there.

n8jsw · Nov 23, 2015

I believe they still have the old radio system in their truck but i could be wrong. I don't to AEP anymore since they went to MARCS-IP

RakkFO · Nov 23, 2015

wa8pyr said:
Columbus MARCS or Circleville, but not Discovery. They're not permitted to roam there.

Not to hijack the thread but is that part of the Jackson Twp. Agreement?

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au1344 · Nov 23, 2015

From what I understand, Discovery is part of the Franklin County Tier 4 system meaning that only county TGs can roam there.

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RakkFO · Nov 23, 2015

Thanks

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W8RMH · Nov 23, 2015

N8DLA said:
Ah. Well, thanks for the quick response Rakko. I had not even considered looking to MARCS IP. Problem solved.

I get my MARCS IP traffic off the Discovery tower in Grove City since I listen to GCPD/Jackson Fire and Pickaway LEO/Fire is still on their own trunk system.

What MARCS IP site do you hear them on? Is it possible the SCP crews could roam into Discovery site's range?

You may want to try the Orient Site.

N8DLA · Nov 24, 2015

wa8pyr said:
Columbus MARCS or Circleville, but not Discovery. They're not permitted to roam there.

Is Columbus MARCS (IP?) considered the "City Of Columbus-owned" equivalent of Franklin County Simulcast MARCS IP?

I tried loading the "Columbus MARCS" site from Freescan into my 396XT and selected only the Rural Elec Co-ops, but the scanner seemed to "trip over" that site (Columbus MARCS) as it scanned between Discovery site (for GCPD) and Columbus MARCS site. It could be that I am at the edge of the receive coverage for this Columbus MARCS I suppose.

As for SCP crews, I may have to wait until there are storms, etc. that would generate SCPower crew radio traffic to confirm which site I can find them on. I don't know what their amount of daily radio traffic is.

RakkFO · Nov 24, 2015

I hear them all day long. More active than I would have thought.

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