I am sure you are talking about something bigger than this but I have been using some Hex and Flex antennas lately and I love them for the 800Mhz work. Sorry for off topic but they are good antennas for this type of work and the flat log spiral antennas are great for sticking to car windows. I used the Vivaldi directional antenna to pick up Lancaster from my top floor when my discone in the attic could not pull it out of the noise.Thanks for all your hard work. Josh, Mike and me are working on our eastern part of state to add more information to the database.
Mike AKA "MTINDOR" won't know how to act when Dave and I install the 800 yagi.
American Electric Power (AEP) P25 WACN 92715
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See wiki: American Electric Power P25 Ohio Site Research - The RadioReference Wiki
All of the sites west listed in the wiki that are N/S/W of St Clairsville are almost certainly online. But not all are in the DB because they have not been confirmed by direct monitoring.
2.2 Bellefontaine - WPCT715
* need somebody to park on current control channel and see what the SysID is (1F6 or 002) ?
* current control channel may not be listed in the DB or wiki -- have to look on WPCT715 for all freqs
3.3 Bucyrus (Crawford) - WPMD625
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check license for possible frequencies - try 861.0875 first
5.5 Dunkirk (Hardin) - WQEN429
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check license for possible frequencies - try 854.5875 first
9.9 Greenwich or Plymouth (Richland) - WPMD625 and WRDT327
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check licenses for possible frequencies - try 861.0625 first
12.12 Adena (Harrison) - WPCQ238
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
14.14 Deersville (Harrison) - WPCQ238
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
17.17 Millersburg (Holmes) - WPCQ246
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
21.21 Wooster (Wayne) - WPCQ246
* already confirmed online
* need SysID and neighbor information updated
* check license for possible frequencies - try 857.4375 first
22.22 Canton SE (Stark) - WPCQ246
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
23.23 Sugarcreek (Tuscarawas) - WPLZ771
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
34.34 Shadyside (Belmont) - WPCQ244
* need somebody to park on current control channel and see what the SysID is (1F6 or 002) ?
* need updated freqs and neighbor list
* guys in East will do this
40.40 Cambridge (Guernsey - WPLY248) or Bloomfield (Muskingum - WPCQ245)
* needs confirmed online
* needs site location confirmed
* need updated neighbors / SysID and current CCs, ACs, VCs
42.42 Zanesville (Muskingum) - WPCQ245
* already confirmed online
* need updated site neighbor list (with associated neighbor CCs)
45.45 Powell (Delaware) - WQCS820
* needs confirmed online
* needs SysID and site neighor info
* check freqs on license - try 856.1375 first
47.47 Mt Sterling (Pickaway) - WPMH529
* already confirmed online
* need to check SysID and site neighors
53.53 Hillsboro (Highland) - WPCQ255
* needs confirmed online
* need updated SysID, site neighbors, and any listed CCs, ACs or VCs
* check license for frequencies - try 854.3625 first
66.66 Chillicothe (Ross) - WPCQ250
* need updated information such as current SysID, current neighbors and current CCs, ACs and VCs
81.81 Zaleski (Vinton) - WPCQ250
* needs confirmed online
* need SysID, site neighbors, and active CCs, ACs and VCs
* check freqs on license - try 854.2875 first
Mike
All of the sites west listed in the wiki that are N/S/W of St Clairsville are almost certainly online. But not all are in the DB because they have not been confirmed by direct monitoring.
2.2 Bellefontaine - WPCT715
* need somebody to park on current control channel and see what the SysID is (1F6 or 002) ?
* current control channel may not be listed in the DB or wiki -- have to look on WPCT715 for all freqs
3.3 Bucyrus (Crawford) - WPMD625
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check license for possible frequencies - try 861.0875 first
5.5 Dunkirk (Hardin) - WQEN429
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check license for possible frequencies - try 854.5875 first
9.9 Greenwich or Plymouth (Richland) - WPMD625 and WRDT327
* needs confirmed online
* if online need SysID and site neighbors (if possible)
* check licenses for possible frequencies - try 861.0625 first
12.12 Adena (Harrison) - WPCQ238
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
14.14 Deersville (Harrison) - WPCQ238
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
17.17 Millersburg (Holmes) - WPCQ246
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
21.21 Wooster (Wayne) - WPCQ246
* already confirmed online
* need SysID and neighbor information updated
* check license for possible frequencies - try 857.4375 first
22.22 Canton SE (Stark) - WPCQ246
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
23.23 Sugarcreek (Tuscarawas) - WPLZ771
* not online yet
* being watched by us guys in the East
34.34 Shadyside (Belmont) - WPCQ244
* need somebody to park on current control channel and see what the SysID is (1F6 or 002) ?
* need updated freqs and neighbor list
* guys in East will do this
40.40 Cambridge (Guernsey - WPLY248) or Bloomfield (Muskingum - WPCQ245)
* needs confirmed online
* needs site location confirmed
* need updated neighbors / SysID and current CCs, ACs, VCs
42.42 Zanesville (Muskingum) - WPCQ245
* already confirmed online
* need updated site neighbor list (with associated neighbor CCs)
45.45 Powell (Delaware) - WQCS820
* needs confirmed online
* needs SysID and site neighor info
* check freqs on license - try 856.1375 first
47.47 Mt Sterling (Pickaway) - WPMH529
* already confirmed online
* need to check SysID and site neighors
53.53 Hillsboro (Highland) - WPCQ255
* needs confirmed online
* need updated SysID, site neighbors, and any listed CCs, ACs or VCs
* check license for frequencies - try 854.3625 first
66.66 Chillicothe (Ross) - WPCQ250
* need updated information such as current SysID, current neighbors and current CCs, ACs and VCs
81.81 Zaleski (Vinton) - WPCQ250
* needs confirmed online
* need SysID, site neighbors, and active CCs, ACs and VCs
* check freqs on license - try 854.2875 first
Mike
I am sure you are talking about something bigger than this but I have been using some Hex and Flex antennas lately and I love them for the 800Mhz work. Sorry for off topic but they are good antennas for this type of work and the flat log spiral antennas are great for sticking to car windows. I used the Vivaldi directional antenna to pick up Lancaster from my top floor when my discone in the attic could not pull it out of the noise.
You have an impressive array of antennae for mobile sleuthing. Here, I do no mobile sleuthing. All of my sleuthing is done either from home or remote setups (at locations where people like firemantom and docsmachine are). So they already submit from their areas. And since I never scan when mobile, and never travel more than 45 minutes away, my sleuthing is limited by antennas here at the house. That's why Tom mentioned that I will be happy when he and Dave (a friend of ours) swap out my 770 mhz yagi with an 850 mhz yagi.
Thanks for the tips though. I only have two scanners for mobile sleuthing, if I were to mobile sleuth -- the RS-800 antenna and a mag mount mobile antenna that I'll likely never stuck on the roof of my new-to-me 2016 not-yet-paid-for truck lol.
Mike
I would think that the holidays are over with we should see more sites come alive.
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I did some sleuthing today in Highland County and found P25 sites on the air at both Hillsboro and Winchester. EDACS sites are also still on the air at both locations.
Hillsboro
WACN: 92715
System ID: 002
RFSS: 053
Site: 053
NAC: 035
Control Channel: 857.0375
Peers:
92715-1F6-047-047 - CC 856.1875
92715-1F6-065-065 - CC 855.5875
92715-1F6-066-066 - CC 856.7875
Winchester
Unfortunately I think my dongle got fried somehow along the drive from Hillsboro to Winchester because on one laptop it would crash the system when I plugged it in and on another laptop it would not be recognized. I was able to confirm with my scanners,
WACN: 92715
System ID: 002
RFSS: 065
Site: 065
NAC: 041
Control Channel: 855.5875
Hope this helps fill in some of the gaps.
Hillsboro
WACN: 92715
System ID: 002
RFSS: 053
Site: 053
NAC: 035
Control Channel: 857.0375
Peers:
92715-1F6-047-047 - CC 856.1875
92715-1F6-065-065 - CC 855.5875
92715-1F6-066-066 - CC 856.7875
Winchester
Unfortunately I think my dongle got fried somehow along the drive from Hillsboro to Winchester because on one laptop it would crash the system when I plugged it in and on another laptop it would not be recognized. I was able to confirm with my scanners,
WACN: 92715
System ID: 002
RFSS: 065
Site: 065
NAC: 041
Control Channel: 855.5875
Hope this helps fill in some of the gaps.
Thank you so much. It helps a lot. I'll get the new info added to the DB shortly. You guys who go out and do road trips really rock
mike
Do you have any historical records saved on your laptop by your sleuthing software that would confirm 857.0375 for Hillsboro? The reason why I ask is because nowhere is 857.0375 on an AEP license in Ohio, not an existing FCC license or a pending application.
Historically 857.0375 was indeed on WPCQ255 Hillsboro (Highland) license, but 857.0375 was deleted from the license (and two new freqs added) -- amendment granted 8/17/2018.
I'm going to add this to the DB, but I would appreciate it if you could confirm that you definitely were monitoring 857.0375 when youp icked up Site 53.53.
Thanks
Mike
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855.5875 could be either Winchester (Highland) or Peebles (Adams). They are neighboring sites, and both are licensed with 855.5875. I am going to put the Winchester site in the Wiki page for the AEP P2 system, but I can't enter into the DB until further confirmation is able to be done to determine for sure that this is Winchester vs Peebles. Since your RTL dongle was not working and you had to use a scanner, you were not able to see any alternate control channel info (if any is even being broadcast). Some of the new sites are broadcasting a few alternative control channels, and some sites do not.
I'm not diminishing what you've gathered at all. it's useful and appreciated. I think we will need some further information in order to be able to actually nail down the site location.
Feel free to PM me or email me (my username @gmail) if you wish to disuss with me outside of the forum.
Thank you,
Mike
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We might head out I70 to Route 33 later this spring to visit friends. If I have the chance I will check out 2.2, 40.40 and 42.42 if they haven't been nailed down by then.
If you do think about doing that later this spring, AND if it comes to mind to reach out to me, please do -- I'll provide you with the most up to date list (not everything is in the DB because it isn't all confirmed) and I'll give you a list of potential sites to check out on your route.
Thanks!
Mike
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I am sure the information I posted is correct. I physically drove to the tower sites and ran multiple scanners (6 total) along the way to gather the information using search, analyze and close call modes.
The Hillsboro site was not showing any alternate channels, just the active control channel. UniTrunker did show the call sign as WQIL2B? (obviously not accurate) and the manufacture ID as M/A-COM, modulation C4FM.
The Hillsboro site was not showing any alternate channels, just the active control channel. UniTrunker did show the call sign as WQIL2B? (obviously not accurate) and the manufacture ID as M/A-COM, modulation C4FM.
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Ok, sounds like a plan
Ok thanks. I added Winchester to the DB. If you are ever down that way again and have the opportunity to gather CC/AC and site neighbor information on Winchester, I'd appreciate it.
Take it easy,
Mike
Noticed today that the Leonard, OK site is now displaying different information with no neighbors. The last few weeks it had been showing isolated.
Is the frequency lineup / primary cc / alt cc still the same per what was already in the DB?
| 854.7625 | 855.7875a | 857.3625c | 858.8125a |
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Here is an FCC construction notification filed for Hedley TX (Donley Co) AEP site suggesting that it is built out. Anyone in that area might want to check for a P25 control channel.
WPLX401
4704 US Highway 287
Hedley TX (Donley Co)
854.9125
855.3875
855.8875
856.8125
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WPLX401
4704 US Highway 287
Hedley TX (Donley Co)
854.9125
855.3875
855.8875
856.8125
m
Sorry I did not see this earlier. I got this on the way home from work.
Site: 45.45 NAC=02D ; Powell (Delaware)
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-2.2
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-33.33
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-43.43
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-44.44
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-46.46
Neighbor: 92715.1F6-47.47
Channel 0-309: 854.8625 SCC
Channel 0-353: 855.4125 SCC
Channel 0-411: 856.1375 CC
2020/01/18 18:17:44 Current network: 92715.002 American Electric Power (P25)
2020/01/18 18:17:45 Current site: 92715.002-45.45 Powell (Delaware)
2020/01/18 18:17:49 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-47.47; CC=0-415 856.1875
2020/01/18 18:17:49 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-2.2; CC=0-391 855.8875
2020/01/18 18:17:49 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-33.33; CC=0-331 855.1375
2020/01/18 18:17:50 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-44.44; CC=0-313 854.9125
2020/01/18 18:17:50 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-46.46; CC=0-471 856.8875
2020/01/18 18:17:54 92715.002-45.45 neighbor: Site 92715.1F6-43.43; CC=0-425 856.3125
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