166.500 N.E. Kansas

[N0JRD]

Hear 166.500 with a 156.7 tone. Hear about once a day with one unit calling dispatch for a radio check. All in the clear. Thought maybe a V.A. Hospital in Kansas City or Leavenworth. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[ecps92]

The VA Hosp PD was using P25 163.0875

Could it be the National Cemetary? using a Repeater?
They were reported on 168.3625 156.7 in the past.

Hear 166.500 with a 156.7 tone. Hear about once a day with one unit calling dispatch for a radio check. All in the clear. Thought maybe a V.A. Hospital in Kansas City or Leavenworth. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[rankin39]

Cemetery is still on 168.3625 and the Leavenworth VA hospital police are still on 163.0875 but have switched back to analog mode. I've never heard anything on 166.500. Do they call at some particular time of day? My location is about 20 mi. SW of Leavenworth and I normally hear the VA hospital clearly.
Bob, WoNXN

 

[ecps92]

Bob, what tone on the VA Analog ?

Cemetery is still on 168.3625 and the Leavenworth VA hospital police are still on 163.0875 but have switched back to analog mode. I've never heard anything on 166.500. Do they call at some particular time of day? My location is about 20 mi. SW of Leavenworth and I normally hear the VA hospital clearly.
Bob, WoNXN

 

[N0JRD]

Usually late night about midnight. Im thinking it might be the V.A. here in Topeka. They use to have a VHF channel before they went to 800. I know they have a VHF antenna on the cars. So mybe they keeped it as a back up or something.There repater has alot of noise on it and sounds alot alike to there maintance channel on 165.700.

 

[rankin39]

Bob, what tone on the VA Analog ?

I believe it is good old 156.7. I'll double check it, but if I don't inform differently, that's it.

Bob

 

[rankin39]

I believe it is good old 156.7. I'll double check it, but if I don't inform differently, that's it.

Bob

Yep, 156.7. They moved to 163.0875 several years ago when they shifted to digital. The system was encrypted at the beginning. I only figured out who they were because the VA police disappeared from their old frequency just as the new digital system lit up. After a few months they suddenly switched to clear voice. As far as I could tell the digital system was working fine for them. But after a couple of years they've gone back to analog.

Bob, WoNXN

 

[ecps92]

Thanks, wonder if they are running dual-mode and have just found they like analog better, but can switch when needed. We have some here in New England who are dual mode [DEA & CAP]

Yep, 156.7. They moved to 163.0875 several years ago when they shifted to digital. The system was encrypted at the beginning. I only figured out who they were because the VA police disappeared from their old frequency just as the new digital system lit up. After a few months they suddenly switched to clear voice. As far as I could tell the digital system was working fine for them. But after a couple of years they've gone back to analog.

Bob, WoNXN

 

[rankin39]

Thanks, wonder if they are running dual-mode and have just found they like analog better, but can switch when needed. We have some here in New England who are dual mode [DEA & CAP]

Hmmm, I don't know. I haven't heard ANY digital modulation from them in quite a while. BTW they were using $293 when they were p25. I have to admit though, I don't listen to them much at all. And I've never found an input. I suppose logically I should check their old freq. 164.125 for an input.

Bob.

 

[N0JRD]

The radio checks are usally the same. A person calls AOD to control. Any ideas you AOD could be?

 

[Hooligan]

The radio checks are usally the same. A person calls AOD to control. Any ideas you AOD could be?

You're pretty sure it's AOD," and not possibly EOD?