773.1725

[peten1vak]

Did a 24-hour scan of a 700 band in Pitt County North Carolina. Got a hit on 773.1725 NAC 4B1 RID 1472503. Very strong signal. Traffic was too short to try to identify who it was. I searched around I don't see anyone in my area using this frequency? Anybody have any ideas?

 

[peten1vak]

Also 773.171875 NAC 4B1 no RID seen?

 

[dave3825]

Only one system listed in the RRDB with that id. But those freqs are not listed

Berks County Trunking System, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Berks County Trunking System Profile

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What are you receiving these on? No exact matches on either freq in the RR FCC database that I can find. FCC site not working again. Any tg numbers?

 

[peten1vak]

Last night I heard some traffic on 773.1725 but it was less than a sentence of voice I couldn't identify. Getting hits this morning no voice no radio ID on 773.171875 NAC 4B1. I'm using whistler WS 1080 and have a discone antenna up about 40 ft

 

[KE4ZNR]

Pitt County TRS See here and look at the matching NAC:
Pitt County Site: Pitt Simulcast
Your frequencies appear to be a little off as "773.171875" is not a valid frequency.

 

[peten1vak]

I noticed that myself but I'm looking at the screen right now for the playback and that's exactly the frequency that it's showing on the Ws 1080?

 

[peten1vak]

I thought it was maybe the pitt county p25 2 trunking system but the frequencies don't match up?

 

[buddrousa]

I noticed the band was open here in W Tn last couple of days and in the past I have seen 700/800 over 150 plus miles that my explain what you are seeing.

 

[KE4ZNR]

It is the Pitt County system. This is not skip or band opening.
It is just that either the scanner was off frequency or they have added frequencies that are not listed in the database.

 

[peten1vak]

Yeah it makes sense to me that it is that system but I just wasn't sure my knowledge of radio is not extensive so I thought I'd throw it out to you guys. Thanks for your help I appreciate it

 

[KE4ZNR]

Yeah it makes sense to me that it is that system but I just wasn't sure my knowledge of radio is not extensive so I thought I'd throw it out to you guys. Thanks for your help I appreciate it

Hey you have discovered one of the most enjoyable parts of the hobby: hunting down & IDing found monitoring targets. Never know what you are going to come across!

 

[dave3825]

It is the Pitt County system. This is not skip or band opening.
It is just that either the scanner was off frequency or they have added frequencies that are not listed in the database.

The freqs op is listing are not on the Pitt County trs license. Is there another license? There are freqs listed in the db that are not on the listed license.

771.94375
772.19375


@peten1vak Program the Pitt system into your ws and see what happens. If its programmed in as a trunked system as opposed to a search, it should work properly. See if those 2 freqs, 773.1725 and 773.171875 still pop up. Also take note of rid's and see if they match up to what you have seen. All the known tg's on Pitt trs are 37xxx.

If you still get hits on those 2 freqs in your search, and the tg's are anything lower than 37xxx, then it was a band opening and the system from PA.

 

[nd5y]

You can check for valid 700 MHz frequencies here. Trunked systems should all be on the General Use or State License channels.

700 MHz Public Safety Band Plan - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

Set the scanner to 6.25 kHz steps when searching the 769-775 MHz band or try lower/upper limits of 769.00625 and 774.99375 with 12.5 kHz steps and see if it uses the right spacing.

Some Whistler and GRE products are prone to images.

Image Frequencies - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[ecps92]

You can check for valid 700 MHz frequencies here. Trunked systems should all be on the General Use or State License channels.

700 MHz Public Safety Band Plan - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

Set the scanner to 6.25 kHz steps when searching the 769-775 MHz band or try lower/upper limits of 769.00625 and 774.99375 with 12.5 kHz steps and see if it uses the right spacing.

Some Whistler and GRE products are prone to images.

Image Frequencies - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

Also some/due to age have become desensitive in certain bands.
My original GRE600 is deaf on all but VHF/UHF Feds and when close to a 700/800/900 site it is 6.25/12.5 off freq.

And are you (ND5Y) know but for others, there will be STATEWIDE licenses that do not list each site/freq as they are a Blanket/Market
for the State to use as they wish

 

[RaleighGuy]

Yeah it makes sense to me that it is that system but I just wasn't sure my knowledge of radio is not extensive so I thought I'd throw it out to you guys. Thanks for your help I appreciate it

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