American Electric Power (AEP) P25 WACN 92715

[mtindor]

854.7125 shows as P25 (using search).
FWIW - I'm scanning Mt Perry , Zville , Dresden and Philo. Only actual traffic I've seen (logging also) is Zville.

Thanks, Paul. The only way we will really get meaningful info is by monitoring the control channel with something like Pro96Com, Unitrunker or DSDPlus. Are you able to run Pro96Com on 854.7125 ? And if you can't receive 854.7125 reliably enough to do that, can you check the other sites around you that you do pull in well, and that would be neighbors of Philo -- if you check those with Pro96Com, they are going to list any active neighbors in their neighbor list / peer list. And the information from about those peers itself will be useful.

Mike

 

[n8jsw]

854.7125 is licensed to Philo so it seems to be online

 

[phask]

854.7125 is licensed to Philo so it seems to be online

Like I said - It is online but, at least at 6:00 am,. Now at noon it does !!!!
Those neighbor names are from the RR data,it ran around 10 minutes Don't know why 3232 shows old data.

 

[n8jsw]

It will most likely change once they reliaze that Wheeling is still showing as a 1F6 when slearly it is a 1F7

 

[mtindor]

Like I said - It is online but, at least at 6:00 am,. Now at noon it does !!!!
Those neighbor names are from the RR data,it ran around 10 minutes Don't know why 3232 shows old data.

That's likely a flaw in how Pro96Com pulls in data fro the RRDB. Clearly 32.32 is Dresden -- we already know that. And Pro96Com shows it as 1F6 3232, which is correct. So that bad naming is something to do with import from RRDB.

Thanks for your diligent work, Paul. I've added 37.37 to the database!

Mike

 

[kc8jwt]

A few minutes ago heard TGID 2270 in Belpre, Oh. I do know though the conversation was with crews in Meigs County due to the roads they were mentioning. Sounded like there was an accident there because they mentioned OSP. On the old EDACS system I'd hear Meigs County crews being dispatched through Marietta Trouble.

 

[mtindor]

A few minutes ago heard TGID 2270 in Belpre, Oh. I do know though the conversation was with crews in Meigs County due to the roads they were mentioning. Sounded like there was an accident there because they mentioned OSP. On the old EDACS system I'd hear Meigs County crews being dispatched through Marietta Trouble.

@kc8jwt

Thanks for the info. What type of listening setup do you have? (scanner? ducky or external ant? Do you use anything like Pro96Com, Unitrunker or DSDPlus?) If you can pick up the Belpre site, you apparently are somewhere down near Washington Co. And we sure could use some confirmation on other sites in/around Washington Co.

Can you elaborate on your setup, and whether you are willing to do a little bit of additional sleuthing for us?

I'll add 2270 as Marietta Trouble if it's not already in there.

Mike

 

[kc8jwt]

@kc8jwt

Thanks for the info. What type of listening setup do you have? (scanner? ducky or external ant? Do you use anything like Pro96Com, Unitrunker or DSDPlus?) If you can pick up the Belpre site, you apparently are somewhere down near Washington Co. And we sure could use some confirmation on other sites in/around Washington Co.

Can you elaborate on your setup, and whether you are willing to do a little bit of additional sleuthing for us?

I'll add 2270 as Marietta Trouble if it's not already in there.

Mike

I have a BCD536HP on the simple factory antenna. There is a site here in Belpre. I don't have Unitrunker installed, but I probably could since I have one the RTL-SDR dongles and run it and see what happens. Today was the first time, I've heard anything on it since I added the system and TG to the scanner.

 

[mtindor]

I have a BCD536HP on the simple factory antenna. There is a site here in Belpre. I don't have Unitrunker installed, but I probably could since I have one the RTL-SDR dongles and run it and see what happens. Today was the first time, I've heard anything on it since I added the system and TG to the scanner.

If you are able, a grab of the control channel data for the Belpre site using Unitrunker would be useful. What we are really looking for is the peer/neighbor information on that particular tab -- both the site IDs and control channel freqs of each neighbor/peer.

Not sure if you can copy any of the Marietta sites from your location -- I think Belpre is pretty much down at the rivers edge and you are probably blocked by a mountain between you and Marietta.. maybe not. But it would be really helpful if you could scan 854 mhz - 862 mhz (using your BCD536HP in search mode) and see what P25 control channels is stops on. And if you find any, gather any info you can from the display.

If you have a dongle, and some time, you really ought to consider playing around with DSDPlus ( www.dsdplus.com ). I think you'd find it to be a pretty interesting program.

At any rate, if there is anything you can do with Unitrunker or DSDPlus to gather neighbor information or information about the Marietta East site, that'd be great.

Check out the map for site frequencies for sites that may be around you

American Electric Power System - Google My Maps

Covering all AR, IN, KY, LA, MI, OH, OK, TN, TX, VA, WV sites. Click in this box to view more Down in the site list, click no the box for the state whose sites you want to see so that those sites will display on the map 1F6 - AEP Ohio System ID 1F7 - Appalachian Power System ID 1F9 - OK...

drive.google.com

Mike

 

[kc8jwt]

If you are able, a grab of the control channel data for the Belpre site using Unitrunker would be useful. What we are really looking for is the peer/neighbor information on that particular tab -- both the site IDs and control channel freqs of each neighbor/peer.

Not sure if you can copy any of the Marietta sites from your location -- I think Belpre is pretty much down at the rivers edge and you are probably blocked by a mountain between you and Marietta.. maybe not. But it would be really helpful if you could scan 854 mhz - 862 mhz (using your BCD536HP in search mode) and see what P25 control channels is stops on. And if you find any, gather any info you can from the display.

If you have a dongle, and some time, you really ought to consider playing around with DSDPlus ( www.dsdplus.com ). I think you'd find it to be a pretty interesting program.

At any rate, if there is anything you can do with Unitrunker or DSDPlus to gather neighbor information or information about the Marietta East site, that'd be great.

Check out the map for site frequencies for sites that may be around you

American Electric Power System - Google My Maps

Covering all AR, IN, KY, LA, MI, OH, OK, TN, TX, VA, WV sites. Click in this box to view more Down in the site list, click no the box for the state whose sites you want to see so that those sites will display on the map 1F6 - AEP Ohio System ID 1F7 - Appalachian Power System ID 1F9 - OK...

drive.google.com

Mike

Mike,

I'll see what I can do. I'm the IT person for the local school district and things this past week have been pretty busy for me. I hope I can start messing around with it maybe this weekend on my "radio laptop" and see where I get with it.

I know on a good day I can barely pickup Marietta FD. I did hear something on the same TG this morning and the two that were talking were complaining that they wished they had a radio that worked.

 

[mtindor]

Do we have anyone reading this thread who is in the Mount Vernon / Brinkhaven area (Knox Co)? Two sites should be online there and we need to get verification of those.

1F6-27.27 Mount Vernon (Knox)
854.9125
855.1375
855.4375
855.8125 cc -- last known cc
856.3625
857.3125
858.3125
859.3375

1F6-##.## Brinkhaven (Knox)
856.1125
857.6875
859.4625
860.2875
860.4375

Mike

 

[mtindor]

FCC Construction Notification for a site in Albany TX (Shackelford) suggesting that this site has been built out. If you are in OK, keep an eye on it for a P25 control channel.

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseFreqSum.jsp?keyLoc=16496057&licKey=1927814&archive=&x=7&y=11

857.3125
858.3125
859.3125
860.2875

m

 

[RakkFO]

2020/03/20 13:30:26 Current site: 27.27
2020/03/20 13:30:26 Current network: 92715.1F6 American Electric Power (P25)
2020/03/20 13:30:26 Current site: 92715.1F6-27.27
2020/03/20 13:30:28 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-35.35; CC=0-241 854.0125 Newark (Licking)
2020/03/20 13:30:29 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-43.43; CC=0-275 854.4375 Columbus (Franklin)
2020/03/20 13:30:29 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-44.44; CC=0-313 854.9125 Johnstown (Licking)
2020/03/20 13:30:30 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-46.46; CC=0-297 854.7125 Leonardsburg (Delaware)
2020/03/20 13:30:30 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-75.75; CC=0-333 855.1625 West Marietta (Washington)
2020/03/20 13:30:31 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-3.3; CC=0-827 861.3375 Bucyrus (Crawford)
2020/03/20 13:30:31 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-17.17; CC=0-671 859.3875 Millersburg (Holmes)
2020/03/20 13:30:31 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-21.21; CC=0-515 857.4375 Wooster (Wayne)
2020/03/20 13:30:32 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-28.28; CC=0-289 854.6125
2020/03/20 13:30:32 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-30.30; CC=0-409 856.1125
2020/03/20 13:30:33 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-32.32; CC=0-327 855.0875 Dresden (Muskingum)
2020/03/20 13:30:35 92715.1F6-27.27 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-91.91; CC=0-261 854.2625 Utica (knox)

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Site: 27.27 NAC=01B

Neighbor: 92715.1F6-3.3 ; Bucyrus (Crawford)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-17.17 ; Millersburg (Holmes)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-21.21 ; Wooster (Wayne)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-28.28
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-30.30
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-32.32 ; Dresden (Muskingum)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-35.35 ; Newark (Licking)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-43.43 ; Columbus (Franklin)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-44.44 ; Johnstown (Licking)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-46.46 ; Leonardsburg (Delaware)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-75.75 ; West Marietta (Washington)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-91.91 ; Utica (knox)

Channel 0-385: 855.8125 CC
Channel 0-429: 856.3625 SCC
Channel 0-505: 857.3125 SCC

 

[RakkFO]

Site: 30.30 NAC=01E

Neighbor: 92715.1F6-17.17 ; Millersburg (Holmes)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-21.21 ; Wooster (Wayne)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-27.27
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-28.28
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-32.32 ; Dresden (Muskingum)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-44.44 ; Johnstown (Licking)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-91.91 ; Utica (knox)

Channel 0-409: 856.1125 CC
Channel 0-509: 857.3625 CC
Channel 0-535: 857.6875 SCC
Channel 0-677: 859.4625 SCC

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2020/03/20 13:30:41 Current site: 30.30
2020/03/20 13:30:41 Current network: 92715.1F6 American Electric Power (P25)
2020/03/20 13:30:42 Current site: 92715.1F6-30.30
2020/03/20 13:30:42 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-27.27; CC=0-385 855.8125
2020/03/20 13:30:43 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-28.28; CC=0-289 854.6125
2020/03/20 13:30:43 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-32.32; CC=0-327 855.0875 Dresden (Muskingum)
2020/03/20 13:30:45 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-21.21; CC=0-515 857.4375 Wooster (Wayne)
2020/03/20 13:30:46 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-44.44; CC=0-313 854.9125 Johnstown (Licking)
2020/03/20 13:30:46 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-91.91; CC=0-261 854.2625 Utica (knox)
2020/03/20 13:30:47 92715.1F6-30.30 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-17.17; CC=0-671 859.3875 Millersburg (Holmes)

 

[RakkFO]

2020/03/20 13:31:25 Current site: 28.28
2020/03/20 13:32:24 Found control channel
2020/03/20 13:32:53 Current network: 92715.1F6 American Electric Power (P25)
2020/03/20 13:32:54 Current site: 92715.1F6-28.28
2020/03/20 13:33:13 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-17.17; CC=0-671 859.3875 Millersburg (Holmes)
2020/03/20 13:33:15 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-46.46; CC=0-297 854.7125 Leonardsburg (Delaware)
2020/03/20 13:33:17 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-21.21; CC=0-515 857.4375 Wooster (Wayne)
2020/03/20 13:33:18 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-30.30; CC=0-409 856.1125
2020/03/20 13:33:18 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-97.97; CC=0-811 861.1375 Greenwich (Ashland)
2020/03/20 13:33:19 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-9.9; CC=0-805 861.0625 Plymouth/Greenwich (Richland)
2020/03/20 13:33:22 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-3.3; CC=0-827 861.3375 Bucyrus (Crawford)
2020/03/20 13:33:44 92715.1F6-28.28 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-27.27; CC=0-385 855.8125

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Site: 28.28 NAC=01C

Neighbor: 92715.1F6-3.3 ; Bucyrus (Crawford)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-9.9 ; Plymouth/Greenwich (Richland)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-17.17 ; Millersburg (Holmes)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-21.21 ; Wooster (Wayne)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-27.27
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-30.30
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-46.46 ; Leonardsburg (Delaware)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-97.97 ; Greenwich (Ashland)

Channel 0-289: 854.6125 CC
Channel 0-433: 856.4125 SCC
Channel 0-513: 857.4125 SCC

 

[mtindor]

@RakkFO Thanks! You're kicking ass and taking names as usual

1F6-27.27 Mount Vernon (Knox)
1F6-28.28 Bellville (Richland)
1F6-30.30 Brinkhaven (Knox)

 

[RakkFO]

It is a team effort, you post the needs of the group and I gather the data and then you make since of it.

(edit: my verbiage made it sound like I was making since of the data. I meant to say Mike is making since of it)

 

[mtindor]

It is a team effort, you post the needs of the group and I gather the data and then you make since of it.

(edit: my verbiage made it sound like I was making since of the data. I meant to say Mike is making since of it)

Thanks, but it's all you man -- you and DSDPlus. Without you, a huge portion of Ohio would be unknown (and likely remain unknown for a long long time).

You're right though -- there is a team effort. Rakkfo, N8JSW, WX5UIF, Firemantom, Warren Bowery, Phask -- and I'm forgetting at least one (the person who found Hillsboro and Winchester/Peebles). So all of you guys out there doing the actually sleuthing deserve the kudos!
Mike

 

[RakkFO]

The range of the sites is amazing. I received all three south of State Route 161 in Licking Co.

 

[mtindor]

The range of the sites is amazing. I received all three south of State Route 161 in Licking Co.

Those techs that were talking in that one audio clip that n8jsw sent me (and i then sent you) suggested the same thing. They were very surprised with all the sites they could hit at whatever location they were at, mentioning RSSI values and everything.

I use a 700 mhz yagi here -- absolutely trash for monitoring AEP. After COVID bites the dust, an 800 yagi is going up.

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