Does anyone know what frequencies are used at the MDC? I have not seen anything posted and have not run across anything when scanning the banks...
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Metro Detention Center
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drgensel said:
What city is MDC? Thanks.
Mick
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If he means the Federal Prison, I only found one in NM:
http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=CIB
It's a Private Correctional Institution at:
2000 CIBOLA LOOP
MILAN, NM 87021
http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=CIB
It's a Private Correctional Institution at:
2000 CIBOLA LOOP
MILAN, NM 87021
ILikeHatchChili said:
Hi guys,
Actually, I meant the Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County. Its a jail for the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. This was formerly known as the Bernalillo County Detention Center...last I knew, it was still the MDC.
Thanks again,
Kevin
Actually, I meant the Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County. Its a jail for the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. This was formerly known as the Bernalillo County Detention Center...last I knew, it was still the MDC.
Thanks again,
Kevin
They used to use a repeater on 155.01. I don't know if that's still what they use, or if they went to the 800 TRS.
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I believe that is still the correct frequency. I can barely pick up the traffic in northern Rio Rancho, but it sounded like a prision system and it was definately a repeater....
I hear some repeater system on 155.01 in the Albuquerque area that sounds like a jail. I hate it because it is on the same frequency as Catron County. Normally that wouldn't be so bad because of the distance between them, but I can hear the repeater in the ABQ area (MDC?) on my mobile scanner at least 20 miles west of Soccoro where I should start hearing Catron. If my memory isn't too bad, I think the pl tone in ABQ is 110.9. I also think Catron is no pl, thus the major "suck-age."
Is Sandoval still using 159.105 for their County jail?
159.105 comes in loud and clear and I am in NE Rio Rancho. It would make sense that its Sandoval Co. 155.010 is hit or miss, some days I hear it some days I dont. 155.010 is definately a jail, just not sure which one.
159.105 is the Sandoval county detention center.....155.01 is the MDC repeater. It must not be high power at all, because I hardly pick it up at my location at the west end of Rio Rancho.
Good info, thanks for the replies.
Radio_Cowboy said:
This is too strange. I can hear some sort of jail while I'm driving mobile some distance west of Soccoro. I can hear it on my handheld scanner here in Los Lunas. Now, I know I don't have a super-duper-cold-fusion-powered scanner. Maybe it is just a "sweet spot." I think I've checked the FCC files and there isn't any other 155.01 licenses in the area. Maybe one of those "vortex" spots they talk about? Kinda triangulated between the Taos Hum and Roswell?
The MDC antenna must favor the south. It has a very weak signal for me here in RR. Plus I'm guessing the officers must be using speaker mic's, because most of them have very low audio.
Thanks for the info, Fowler. I am now on Margarita Dr (21st and Golf Course) and still dont really hear them well. However, I am still only using an indoor base antenna. I would think going from Rivers Edge to here would have made a bigger difference.
Moto_Jedi
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For anyone who's interested, Bernalillo Co. MDC is running 15 watts out of an antenna mounted on a fifty foot tower on the roof of the facility (approx. 70' AGL total).
It's basically a low power, "site" radio repeater system for coverage in the building and grounds around MDC. I'd be amazed if anyone is actually hearing anything from there as far South as Socorro. Stranger things have happened though.
I'm in the Heights (Wyoming @ Indian School) and they're weak but readable most of the time.
It's basically a low power, "site" radio repeater system for coverage in the building and grounds around MDC. I'd be amazed if anyone is actually hearing anything from there as far South as Socorro. Stranger things have happened though.
I'm in the Heights (Wyoming @ Indian School) and they're weak but readable most of the time.
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n7jei said:
When I lived in Magdalena 1978-1981, I was able to pick up about half the mobile or simplex traffic from Albuquerque P.D. using a BC-210 and a fairly good outside antenna. The terrain of most of New Mexico lends itself to some great DX. My furthest distance reception from Magdalena, non low band skip, was the Carson National Forest. Bandalier National Monument came in full quieting. If Ladron Peak weren't in the way, I would imagine I could have picked up more. It dominated the view from the rear windows of our house.
Much of this was due to the the distance between Roswell; Sedona, Arizona; and Taos. It is much stronger than the Marin County effect that does not work well in the place I live now.
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