OnQue Ottawa area

[IdleMonitor]

Might be jumping the gun here on those that may not have gotten the NXDN upgrade. But more so for those that listen with an SDR.

How busy is this system compared to the PushPlus network?

I remember trying to figure the system out with my SDR last year. But I haven't done so in a while and remember not hearing anything at all from the Renfrew tower.



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[DaveH]

Not as busy as the two large UHF DMR networks (201 and 202), except as I mentioned around school bus time. Try Camp Fortune Site 22, you should hear it from the west. CC alternates between 452.1625 and 452.7375. It has 3 VCs, which is rarely maxed out (sign of not very heavy loading).

There's another NXDN 9.6k system with CC on 165.540 in Gatineau, you might hear. Not much exciting on that one, again lots of school busses, largely French comms.

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=8811

Dave

 

[IdleMonitor]

I actually heard something today on the Renfrew site. First time since getting the upgrade. But was short comms though just a mention of Limebank Rd likely due to the weather and lines down etc.

Was talk group 309



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President Grant II/K40 Magnet Antenna
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[DaveH]

I actually heard something today on the Renfrew site. First time since getting the upgrade. But was short comms though just a mention of Limebank Rd likely due to the weather and lines down etc.

Was talk group 309

If it's the same Limebank Rd. in the south of Ottawa near the airport, lots of poles and wires down due to ice. Although, if I recall, that road had, not too long ago, one of the worst surface quality of all roads in the region, so maybe to do with that...

Why this turns up on Renfrew site, not sure, maybe user has operations in that area also, or a user lives in the 'Frew area and had radio turned on at the time.

Dave

 

[IdleMonitor]

If it's the same Limebank Rd. in the south of Ottawa near the airport, lots of poles and wires down due to ice. Although, if I recall, that road had, not too long ago, one of the worst surface quality of all roads in the region, so maybe to do with that...

Why this turns up on Renfrew site, not sure, maybe user has operations in that area also, or a user lives in the 'Frew area and had radio turned on at the time.

Dave

Yeah I don't know. It really did just catch me off guard cause it was the first voice comms I had heard on the system since the NXDN upgrade.

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[DaveH]

So apparently that TG and some others are K-Line Group (in the DB). I was wondering where they operated, saw them doing line replacement on Carling Ave. between Moodie Drive and CRC last year. Looked like their trucks had base-loaded VHF antennas though.

Dave

 

[Aurora]

saw them doing line replacement on Carling Ave. between Moodie Drive and CRC last year......

Dave

Recent addition to OnQue.

Have been heard to say, "I forgot these new radios went that far."

 

[mikewazowski]

I've seen them in the Barrie area doing upgrades.