OPP BEAT 3 Ottawa

[VA2XDJ]

I recently found OPP BEAT 3 (412.4625 MHz 107.2 Hz) to be active in Ottawa area with a solid/stable signal received from Gatineau. I never thought of programming this before to listen to. How long has this been active? I'm guessing it's for portables downtown and was most likely heavily used during the trucker protest last year? I don't know much about OPP's system configuration and only have an analog trunk tracker.

 

[webstar22]

I recently found OPP BEAT 3 (412.4625 MHz 107.2 Hz) to be active in Ottawa area with a solid/stable signal received from Gatineau. I never thought of programming this before to listen to. How long has this been active? I'm guessing it's for portables downtown and was most likely heavily used during the trucker protest last year? I don't know much about OPP's system configuration and only have an analog trunk tracker.

Likely not coming out of Ottawa but one of the towns around the area that use OPP for policing. Should they be under contract for walking beats in downtown areas the BEAT makes it so they don't need to be within the repeater range of the car. Pembroke and Renfrew both have BEATS.

 

[IdleMonitor]

Likely not coming out of Ottawa but one of the towns around the area that use OPP for policing. Should they be under contract for walking beats in downtown areas the BEAT makes it so they don't need to be within the repeater range of the car. Pembroke and Renfrew both have BEATS.

Closest would be Carleton Place and it has

413.5375

RM

107.2 PL

OPP BEAT01

BEAT01 Repeater

I recently found OPP BEAT 3 (412.4625 MHz 107.2 Hz) to be active in Ottawa area with a solid/stable signal received from Gatineau. I never thought of programming this before to listen to. How long has this been active? I'm guessing it's for portables downtown and was most likely heavily used during the trucker protest last year? I don't know much about OPP's system configuration and only have an analog trunk tracker.

What area was being broadcasted on this particular BEAT? Was it 2OPS37? Ottawa/Lanark? Kilo and November Units.

 

[VA2XDJ]

Closest would be Carleton Place and it has

413.5375

RM

107.2 PL

OPP BEAT01

BEAT01 Repeater

What area was being broadcasted on this particular BEAT? Was it 2OPS37? Ottawa/Lanark? Kilo and November Units.

I'm hearing "3 Kilo" units.

Likely not coming out of Ottawa but one of the towns around the area that use OPP for policing. Should they be under contract for walking beats in downtown areas the BEAT makes it so they don't need to be within the repeater range of the car. Pembroke and Renfrew both have BEATS.

I'm in the Mont-Bleu area of Hull...

 

[VA2XDJ]

Is it possible this would be for either Rockland-Cumberland area or Prescott-Russell areas?

Also hearing "Echo" units.

 

[IdleMonitor]

Also hearing "Echo" units.

Some of the talkgroups on the trunk system itself have been patched together lately, some more than others. So whatever talkgroup it's rebroadcasting would carry all the same traffic.

 

[VA2XDJ]

Just head PTT Talk permit tone on unit 205.

Hearing a lot of calls for "Zero" units as well.

 

[IdleMonitor]

Hearing a lot of calls for "Zero" units as well.

Do a search for OPP RadioReference Wiki and you will find info on unit # designators.

 

[VA2XDJ]

Now hearing "Alpha" and "Sierra" units. This is interesting!

 

[VA2XDJ]

8320

2080

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2OPS07

Hawkesbury 3H - 2OPS07

Law Dispatch

 

[IdleMonitor]

8320

2080

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2OPS07

Hawkesbury 3H - 2OPS07

Law Dispatch

Sounds like it would or should be the next area patrolled by the OPP directly East of the city. If that's the case it's likely rebroadcasting the detachment talkgroup which is 2OPS34 Russell County 3E/Hawkesbury 3H. That would make sense, I'm sure at times Ottawa OPP (Kilo units) would be patched in and that's why you heard them.

But the location of the repeater to be near downtown Ottawa? I don't know about that. Maybe somewhere East of the city?

Hawksbury has 413.5375 107.2 PL BEAT01 Repeater

Still seems a bit far though for you to even hear a BEAT Repeater to begin with. What's your elevation where you're at?

 

[VA2XDJ]

Sounds like it would or should be the next area patrolled by the OPP directly East of the city. If that's the case it's likely rebroadcasting the detachment talkgroup which is 2OPS34 Russell County 3E/Hawkesbury 3H. That would make sense, I'm sure at times Ottawa OPP (Kilo units) would be patched in and that's why you heard them.

But the location of the repeater to be near downtown Ottawa? I don't know about that. Maybe somewhere East of the city?

Hawksbury has 413.5375 107.2 PL BEAT01 Repeater

Still seems a bit far though for you to even hear a BEAT Repeater to begin with. What's your elevation where you're at?

My guess is ithas to be coming off the Grenville/Calumet tower along Highway 50 to provide that signal all the way to my Yaesu FT60. To be fair, I'm about 70ft up. Wide open line of sight to all the east.