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they are off vhf and moved to uhf . each boro has a transit freg
they are off vhf and moved to uhf . each boro has a transit freg
New York City, New York (NY) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Each borough has Transit listed as the last frequency.
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As was mentioned before they switched to UHF to be in line with the rest of the department. This also allows officers from the regular patrol precincts to be able to talk directly to Transit Division officers without having to go through the dispatcher.
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The old VHF frequencies should therefore be removed from the DB or at least listed as deprecated.
I don't see a submission from you or anyone else requesting that be done. That is how the database gets updated and maintained, when people make submissions. Don't rely on the database admins to read every thread and post to know what's going on; take direct action instead next time.
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I do know how things are done....I'm just surprised nothing has been done yet. Sometimes my db submissions take over a month to process, so I just figured someone else already took care of it, but just wasn't processed yet.
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I will submit it now.
I'm wondering if so far anyone has had a chance to monitor the new NYPD Transit frequencies. If so, have you been able to tell if the reception is better or worse after the recent change from VHF to UHF?
I do not live in NYC any longer, but I do visit several times per year. When I was there about two years ago, I recall monitoring the FDNY on the new UHF channels and they did not come in nearly as well as the old VHF channels. I found this true (for me, that is) whether I was uptown or downtown.
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I do not live in NYC any longer, but I do visit several times per year. When I was there about two years ago, I recall monitoring the FDNY on the new UHF channels and they did not come in nearly as well as the old VHF channels. I found this true (for me, that is) whether I was uptown or downtown.
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Yes at my location here in Ct. it now takes some effort to hear them decent. Used to get them with a rubber duck on the handheld here like FDNY was on VHF. But now with the lower power on UHF, I have to use a yagi to hear them decent. In comparison, I get maybe half of the precincts better than the transit on UHF. It may be a different story in the NYC area. I am a reasonable distance away and that is my report.
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NYPD Transit Bureau on UHF is loud and clear on an HT out here on Staten Island. 
NYPD Transit Bureau on UHF is loud and clear on an HT out here on Staten Island.
Thank you, Charlie.
I will see how the system sounds next time I'm in the City. I always take the subways when I'm there.
My choice for a NYC "around town" HT is the Icom R-6. I like its super compact size, decent-sized alpha-numeric display and particularly the feature that allows me to use the earphone wires as an antenna, even in NFM mode. I prefer being discrete when I'm in public monitoring!
I'll post my results here on monitoring the new transit radio system after my next trip in January.
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