DPS Detail Frequency

[wwhitby]

FYI Last Saturday morning, I heard a convoy of Troopers going up US-82 to Tuscaloosa. They were talking amongst themselves on 159.210, and were referring to that frequency as "DPS DETAIL".

Warren

 

[kingpin]

Thanks Warren. I got your submission. I'll add it into the database later today.

 

[SCPD]

The is frequency was listed here on RR as special ops with a PL of 151.4?. Warren , Did you happen to get a CT?

 

[kingpin]

I updated the frequency in the database to Detail / Special Operations. Perhaps it has different meanings for different posts?

 

[SCPD]

Good job!!! Jason

 

[DC07]

DPS DETAIL is just how it is programmed into there radio display. It is our only "tactical" channel that we have so it used in many ways. And according the state radio shop that is the current PL they are using

 

[CyberGoth1440]

Is 154.81500 actually used? It's listed as "tactical" in the RR Database but I thought it was a secondary frequency for the Department of Mental Health Police?

 

[Steve]

Back in 2004/2005, 154.815 was programmed in "some" radios as "Tactical". Radio JonD and myself discovered the channel in some of the radios at Quad-Cities and Opelika.
DC07, when you get a chance get one of troopers to go through his/her radio and see if DPS Tactical is still programmed in it. When RJD and I found the channel, we thought that the TAC Teams might use the channel but I never found out for such.


Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087

 

[RadioJonD]

Yeah, when Steve and I "debugged" the car radios about three years ago, 154.815 was in there. Seems as if it was only in the lineup for a short period before it disappeared all together.

The last look I got before I left, 159.210 was identified as SPL DTL, or something very similar. I suspect that as newer radio control heads allow for more characters to be displayed, some channels will be renamed.

DC07, you are our man on the scene, so keep us up to date. Just about everytime a trooper got back from Montgomery with a new car, Steve and I would look at the radio control head channel display names. Keep in mind that you need to be prudent about what you share since you are on the inside. Some in DPS would take exception. Be discreet!

For instance, I don't think I ever said anything about 159.210 in a public forum until after I retired. My personal policy was to confirm what somebody else may have discovered on their own, like Warren's catch of 159.210.

The same is true of my current job. There are many things for y'all to "discover!"

The former A-C02

 

[trace1]

Is 154.81500 actually used?

Interesting question and I'll add a little twist to it now...

From my location here in Anniston, on 25 Oct 2007 while I was listening to my old Bearcat III Electra with the 154.815 crystal installed I was receiving the B'ham Trooper Post KIB507 and using only the stock/supplied telescopic antenna. At the same time I had my Uniden Bearcat 350A scanning, with an old Radio Shack mag-mount cell phone antenna sitting on my desk, and it stopped on 154.920 receiving the same transmission.

So could this have been a situation of where the broadcast was being simulcast, a false image, a mislabeled or wrong crystal???

Whatever it was/is, it was kind of neat anyway.

 

[wwhitby]

Back in 2004/2005, 154.815 was programmed in "some" radios as "Tactical".

Coincidentally, I was coming home from work tonight, and I picked up a transmission on 154.815. Usually I can receive Tallapoosa EMS (PL of 146.2) on that frequency, however this TX had a PL of 107.2, and the traffic was different. The traffic was about a corporal they knew, and one of them mentioned having to go to Headquarters. It was related to the Montgomery area, since they were discussing what kind of debris they had removed from I-65 south, just south of Prattville, today.

From what I heard, it sounded like two State Troopers shooting the breeze.

Warren

 

[CyberGoth1440]

I never hear anything on it here in BHAM, except bleed-over from the old UAB VHF when it ID's via Morse. In N. AL. it used to be one of Huntsville PD's main channels, until they went 800Mhz then I think the Madison County Sheriff's began using it for tactical.

 

[emcom]

Yep it is Madison Co F-3 up here.

 

[CyberGoth1440]

Could be used in other parts of the state as a Trooper car/car. I think I recall 159.2100Mhz
being used by Lawrence County Sheriff as a "private" channel, CH-4 I think.