Can someone help me identify what I'm hearing on 154.462?

[RedArrows]

I'm in Orlando Florida this week and I was messing about with one of my scanners and I'm hearing some kind of data burst on 154.462 Does anyone know what this is? Because I've never heard it before

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Could be any one of these. Stay on frequency for a bit to see if it IDs a callsign

 

[nd5y]

Check the frequency. It's probably 154.45625.

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[wtp]

as a guess, 154.45625, and near Orlando.

WQEV900

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click on the callsign and then the map.
water meter of sorts.

 

[MSS-Dave]

I'm in Orlando Florida this week and I was messing about with one of my scanners and I'm hearing some kind of data burst on 154.462 Does anyone know what this is? Because I've never heard it before

Where in Orlando are you? That would go a long ways to identify what you might be hearing near that exact frequency. What you are more than likely hearing though is Duke Energy. Its a simulcast data channel for load management purposes. Somewhere near 20 transmitters in the state of Florida.

 

[RedArrows]

Where in Orlando are you? That would go a long ways to identify what you might be hearing near that exact frequency. What you are more than likely hearing though is Duke Energy. Its a simulcast data channel for load management purposes. Somewhere near 20 transmitters in the state of Florida.

I'm at Disney world I first received the frequency when I was at Port Orleans Riverside.

 

[MSS-Dave]

Closest Duke transmit site to Disney would be very near Universal Studios. Would be quite a bit closer than the Winter Garden or Oviedo city sites.

Another dead giveaway is it's licensed for 1000 watts ERP at 250 or so feet. You might be 10 air miles from it....

 

[radioman2008]

heres a short clip, does it sound like this? if so it is the Duke energy management system that dates back to the 70s or early 80s
my parents lived on the beach and they had special boxes on each large appliance and if the load got too much in the city, they would send out codes to shutoff various appliances that were attached.

 

[RedArrows]

heres a short clip, does it sound like this? if so it is the Duke energy management system that dates back to the 70s or early 80s
my parents lived on the beach and they had special boxes on each large appliance and if the load got too much in the city, they would send out codes to shutoff various appliances that were attached.

Can confirm that's what it sounds like

 

[RedArrows]

heres a short clip, does it sound like this? if so it is the Duke energy management system that dates back to the 70s or early 80s
my parents lived on the beach and they had special boxes on each large appliance and if the load got too much in the city, they would send out codes to shutoff various appliances that were attached.

All right I'm back in Florida I'm going to go and try and get some recordings

 

[MSS-Dave]

All right I'm back in Florida I'm going to go and try and get some recordings

For anything useful, you're going to have to make much longer recordings than what was posted before. It's a simulcast system so along with any data that's sent to whatever it's controlling there's also going to be control tones and packets sent to control the transmitters, to control the transmit audio delays and equalization of the transmit lines.

Not sure what you're going after here but good luck.

 

[RedArrows]

For anything useful, you're going to have to make much longer recordings than what was posted before. It's a simulcast system so along with any data that's sent to whatever it's controlling there's also going to be control tones and packets sent to control the transmitters, to control the transmit audio delays and equalization of the transmit lines.

Not sure what you're going after here but good luck.

I left the radio alone to record and this is what I got

 

[MSS-Dave]

That is the correct format.

 

[RedArrows]

That is the correct format.

It comes in clear near Disney world

 

[byron]

Used to hear this in Tampa for years. Strong no matter where I was at. Always wondered what it was.

Byron

 

[RedArrows]

Used to hear this in Tampa for years. Strong no matter where I was at. Always wondered what it was.

Byron

I've been going to Orlando for years and never heard it before.