164.970 MHz and 154.250 MHz

[Joseph11]

I have two seperate questions:

First, I heard Motorola Control Channel data on 164.970 MHz. I ran to hook up my outside antenna to my discriminator tapped scanner but by the time I got there it was gone. I left Trunker running on that frequency for about 30 minutes and it came back for about 5 seconds but Trunker got nothing. Anyone know what this is?

Second, I'm hearing an open carrier on 154.250 MHz with a PL tone of 151.4 Hz. This is listed in Monmouth County as Howell Fire 4 but it says it's mobiles only so that can't be it. Anyone know what this is?

BTW, I'm hearing Fire Dispatches and Operations on 154.130 MHz with a PL tone of 162.2 Hz. I think this is Newark Fire 1, but I know I'm hearing a repeater and the RR Database says it's a Base & Mobile setup. Anyway, whenever a unit would finish talking, for less than a second you could hear an EDACS Control Channel. It stopped after a while, but I have no idea what EDACS system that could have been. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[kb5udf]

Images

Is it possible you are hearing images from the 800mhz band down in VHF?
You don't mention what receiver you are using, but you might trying scanning the vhf-hi band, to see if you here any more ctrl. channels.

 

[eyes00only]

Re: Images

Is it possible you are hearing images from the 800mhz band down in VHF?

I'm not the smartest tech guy, but I would agree on the image of the 164.970 question. I don't think there are any trunk systems in that range. I have no "guess" on your other question.

Jerry

 

[Joseph11]

It's not an image from any 800 MHz systems. It may possibly be an image from the county 500 MHz TRS, but I doubt it. I don't get too many images so far apart on the reciever I'm using, which is a PRO-92.

 

[Tech792]

154.130 (PL 162.2) is the Newark FD. Its on a repeater.

 

[DaveH]

Anything's possible but I've never seen 800Mhz images down at 160MHz. More likely is an image from the 143MHz range; probably military. Ontario and Quebec use 138-144MHz extensively for trunking, and exhanced propogation might have occurred. What radio were you using? If it's dual conversion, check 2x the 1st IF frequency below.

Dave