DPS - all digital?

[sfleuriet]

Has DPS gone completely digital now? Anybody know specifically about DPS in Waco and surrounding areas?

 

[rattlerbb01]

As of a few days ago, region 6 stations in Austin, Lampasas, Waco, and Mineral Wells were still analog. Also, Fort Worth (Hurst) and Cedar Hill from the DPS Dallas dispatch center look to still be analog by the database, even though Dallas (Garland) is digital on 155.4525. The rest of the entire state is digital for Highway Patrol dispatch and car-car comms. Some narcotics and auto theft type operations are still analog, even though mostly encrypted.

 

[Russell]

Austin and Waco are still analog.

 

[WX5JCH]

Childress was still analog this morning. got the 996 ready for it to change....

 

[N5AMS]

thats why i got the 996 now i need the 396

 

[sfleuriet]

Thanks for the replies... I hardly hear any activity from all the analog frequencies I have programmed in, and feared it was due to switch to digital.

From this page (http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=71), I have pretty much all of the "Analog Channel Plan (Being Phased Out)" freq's as well as the Waco ones under "DPS Waco". Is that all I need?

 

[scanfan03]

pretty much the only 3 frequencies you need are: 159.210, 154.68, and 155.46 statewide for the analog bandplan.

 

[N5AMS]

159.210 can be analog or digital so watch out because that is use as digital on the huffman tower near where i live

 

[scanfan03]

oh yeah, so can 154.68 and 155.46 (Dps Bryan are on that split with digital).