Anyone know what is causing the interference on 460.525 here in Okaloosa County. Are they trying to fix something or are they moving to another Frequency, i.e. trunking or SLERS????
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Sheriff office frequency interference
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There is interference from an agency in the region due to ducting and all. Also, if you are listening to PL 192.8 you are probably hearing the south end units talking. The issue of channel interference has been documented but it is what happens when the FCC spaces radio systems too close together.
We've been having a lot of ducting all week long. I can always tell by static burst at the end of some transmissions. Santa Rosa SO channel 4 is real bad when ducting moves in.
I would agree fully. Being that I am sitting here listening to what I think is Shelby County, AL fire dispatch on my portable fire radio in Laurel Hill. Add to that, inside my brick residence. Very clear. Heterodynes when my local dispatch talks at times. 155.835. Might pick them up.
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Thanks. I should of thought of that. I am a ham radio op. Do either of you listen to any trunking frequencies here locally. I have a pro 97 that will do analog stuff but no digital. It "interference" may also be they are doing maint. I heard some of them talking and saying 460.525 was down.
John
Thanks. I should of thought of that. I am a ham radio op. Do either of you listen to any trunking frequencies here locally. I have a pro 97 that will do analog stuff but no digital. It "interference" may also be they are doing maint. I heard some of them talking and saying 460.525 was down.
John
digital scanning.
do you guys do any digital scanning i.e. p 25. Is it worth the extra bucks that you have to pay????
do you guys do any digital scanning i.e. p 25. Is it worth the extra bucks that you have to pay????
P25 won't eliminate ducting issues, that's just a fact of life in radio comms.
Yeah. I know about the ducting. I am a ham radio operator and it's a fact of life there. I was speaking in terms of Local scanner frequencies (here in NW Florida) about if there is any digital scanner activity WORTH listening to. The digital scanners are a bit pricey.
Gotcha, I guess I was confused by the title. Click on the RRDB and when you see a frequency of interest with a "D" then you'd need a P25 scanner. If it's A you are okay, if it's E you are completely out of luck.
juskorfus
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Sure!
There are many encrypted, but there are literally hundreds of freqs to listen to on the DOD 380 MHz net, NAS Whiting, Eglin AFB, Hulburt Field, NAS Pensacola, and if you have a set of UHF yagis, you can get other bases NE of Milton, I assume is Ft. Rucker?
All brands have their pros and cons, but I am partial to the Uniden X96XT models, but I have friends with the RS / GRE models they also swear by as well.
There are many encrypted, but there are literally hundreds of freqs to listen to on the DOD 380 MHz net, NAS Whiting, Eglin AFB, Hulburt Field, NAS Pensacola, and if you have a set of UHF yagis, you can get other bases NE of Milton, I assume is Ft. Rucker?
All brands have their pros and cons, but I am partial to the Uniden X96XT models, but I have friends with the RS / GRE models they also swear by as well.
That is a nice one 996XT. Am afraid my wallet can't do that one. Old retired guy this end. trying to make a decision on which one to get.
juskorfus
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RE: Interference
SRSO is on 460.400 MHz, that would not affect 460.525, and with the proximity, ducting is longer distance phenomema, not next county. Just a bit of RF fact ;-)
SRSO is on 460.400 MHz, that would not affect 460.525, and with the proximity, ducting is longer distance phenomema, not next county. Just a bit of RF fact ;-)
juskorfus
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Awesome
Here on the Gulf Coast ducting does happen very often, but I bet up at the highest elevations in FL, Laurel Hill - Paxton areas, you can probably hear very far up there!
Here on the Gulf Coast ducting does happen very often, but I bet up at the highest elevations in FL, Laurel Hill - Paxton areas, you can probably hear very far up there!
juskorfus
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Not exactly
Right here on RR, you can find the wiki link to a program that will decode those "E" talk Groups / Freqs.!
Right here on RR, you can find the wiki link to a program that will decode those "E" talk Groups / Freqs.!
juskorfus
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Several now, Many soon!
The DOD Digital net always has something going on, you can listen to the 6th Bat. Rangers training on Eglin. Also, many counties, such as Escambia are going digital very soon.
The DOD Digital net always has something going on, you can listen to the 6th Bat. Rangers training on Eglin. Also, many counties, such as Escambia are going digital very soon.
Yeah. I got the Pro 197 on Black friday. Outstanding scanner. I have a ton of freq's in it already from Escambia over to include Bay couty. I hear Bay county once in a while when it's ducting. Dan helped me set mine up.
radiomanNJ1
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Really just trolling over here but I guess you have figured out how to decode encrypted transmissions?
DES-OFB DES-XL AES? Please let the rest of us know how you do it.
DES-OFB DES-XL AES? Please let the rest of us know how you do it.
ki4wbn
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A little over a year ago we had a STRONG duct in place and using a 5/8 mag mount on a gutter (eh no ground plane mind you-it's mostly just for local stuff) and just 60 watts I worked a person on a repeater in Rockford, Illinois on 146.700, and about 5 minutes later worked another person on a repeater in Armstrong, Missouri on the same frequency.
There are times when ducts, especially around here during the fall and spring when frontal passages are frequent, ducting can be strong enough to literally overtake a repeater to the point where the local users signal cannot overpower it!
There are times when ducts, especially around here during the fall and spring when frontal passages are frequent, ducting can be strong enough to literally overtake a repeater to the point where the local users signal cannot overpower it!
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