Vilas County

[newald]

Watch Vilas County Sheriff frequencies 155.5500 and 155.6400, I hear they will be going digital soon.

I hope this won't be a repeat of Oconto Co 154.7550.

 

[djeplett]

I did hear some digital transmissions on 155.550 when I was up in the U.P. about a month ago. Maybe they were already testing.

I'm going to have to pony up for a digital scanner soon it appears...

 

[RevGary]

(Send your scanner billing to Homeland Security - they seem to have deep pockets...LOL)

 

[newald]

Vilas Co probably has been testing. I heard yesterday, that everything is in place and all they are waiting for is the OK to switch over.

 

[datainmotion]

So will they be using P25 digital?
I'm travelling from Denver to Lac Vieux Desert at the end of July.

 

[datainmotion]

Disregard - found the answer in the Oconto thread.

 

[newald]

The Vilas Co Sheriff is still analog. No P25 yet.

 

[JGP]

The only thing new I heard in Vilas County, after being there for two weeks, is the frequency of 155.8800. Radio service was testing for Vilas Fire Tac.

The UHF frequencies in Northern Wisconsin come in with a lot of noise this year. I had to lock them out and listen to just VHF frequencies. There is no problem with them.

I was using my BCD396T and BC780XLT.

Joel

 

[RevGary]

One of the radio tech's from Gladstone, Michigan, who also services in that area, mentioned to me that due to the high concentrations of hematite in the ground throughout the region, UHF and 800 doesn't do very well compared to the same type of terrain without the ore deposits. Wonder if that was part of your noise situation? Poor signals, no matter what the cause, into a repeater will cause noisey processing at times OR was it honest to goodness random atmospheric noise?

 

[JGP]

One of the radio tech's from Gladstone, Michigan, who also services in that area, mentioned to me that due to the high concentrations of hematite in the ground throughout the region, UHF and 800 doesn't do very well compared to the same type of terrain without the ore deposits. Wonder if that was part of your noise situation? Poor signals, no matter what the cause, into a repeater will cause noisey processing at times OR was it honest to goodness random atmospheric noise?

We have a summer home in Vilas County in Lac du Flambeau not far from Woodruff and Minocqua. WE have been there over 17 years, and this UHF reception problem started about 3 years ago and keeps getting worse. I program local UHF business frequencies with strong signals. So the noise can't be a reception problem. I don't know what the problem is. I'm thinking atmospheric noise has to be the cause.

The only VHF frequency that has a problem is 155.640 for the local police and the Vilas county sheriff. This comes in with a lot of noise, and I get a good signal with this frequency too.

Joel

 

[CapnJon]

I L/O pretty much all my Villas Co. freq's w/ the exception of the fire freqs. Too much "idle chit-chat" that takes up too much time on the scanner. I'm in Bessemer,Mi.

 

[SCPD]

We have a summer home in Vilas County in Lac du Flambeau not far from Woodruff and Minocqua. WE have been there over 17 years, and this UHF reception problem started about 3 years ago and keeps getting worse. I program local UHF business frequencies with strong signals. So the noise can't be a reception problem. I don't know what the problem is. I'm thinking atmospheric noise has to be the cause.
Joel

Global Warming:wink:

 

[JGP]

I L/O pretty much all my Villas Co. freq's w/ the exception of the fire freqs. Too much "idle chit-chat" that takes up too much time on the scanner. I'm in Bessemer,Mi.

CaptJon, from my location there, I am limited to what I can l/o. All I have is fire, police, sheriff departments, and business--lots of trucking contractors. There are long periods of time when nothing comes through.

It is much better scanning around the big cities.

Joel

 

[JGP]

Global Warming:wink:

Roger that, and maybe sun spots? LOL :lol: