Ashtabula Police
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W8VFD
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Someone told me that APD had switched to a 700 MHz system, did some searching on the FCC website and came up with the following:
ULS License - Conventional Public Safety 700 MHz License - WQQM875 - ASHTABULA, CITY OF - Frequencies Summary
I live too far south in the county to pick them up, I'll put the frequency in my scanner and next time I'm up that way will attempt to confirm.
ULS License - Conventional Public Safety 700 MHz License - WQQM875 - ASHTABULA, CITY OF - Frequencies Summary
I live too far south in the county to pick them up, I'll put the frequency in my scanner and next time I'm up that way will attempt to confirm.
aimedtoannoy
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769.53125
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aimedtoannoy
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you have to put it in manually
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If someone verifies that the frequency is in use, and submits the appropriate information (frequency, squelch or NAC, channel use, etc) to the RadioReference database, it would be automatically added to the HomePatrol with the next available HP update after the frequency is added to RadioReference.
Hint, hint.
aimedtoannoy
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ok I will do what I can. I have all the info including audio recording of apd. I have the NAC also
budevans
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Sounds like they made a flexible radio choice
The license emission designator is P25 conventional. Their radio's would be P25 700/800 Mhz which gives them the capability and option to patch to MARCS or to join it full time if they so desire.
The license emission designator is P25 conventional. Their radio's would be P25 700/800 Mhz which gives them the capability and option to patch to MARCS or to join it full time if they so desire.
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T-Santon
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Well this sucks...I've had this new frequency programmed in my scanner ever since the old one disappeared (several weeks now), and I haven't gotten any hits. I guess 15 miles is just too far away now.
W8VFD
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I think that it's only licensed for 30 watts ERP, they'll be lucky to cover their patrol area with that particular setup, why they ever ditched their old system is beyond me, a good conventional VHF repeater system is hard to beat (just my opinion for what it's worth.)
T-Santon
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I personally love the move to stay independent from MARCS, while still achieving interoperability by moving to the 700mhz band...
I just wish the antenna and power output was considerably higher.
I just wish the antenna and power output was considerably higher.
Has anybody up in the Ashtabula, Ohio been able to verify with certainty that the 700 mhz frequency of 700 mhz frequency of 769.53125 is in use by Ashtabula PD?
If so, please specify how you have confirmed it and any associated NAC that may have been in use.
We received a submission today, but the submission received today is very vague and looks like it was pulled directly from the FCC license. They didn't even mention if it was analog or digital [although I'm sure it's digital P25].
The submitter submitted:
799.53125 Ashtabula PD Dispatch
769.53125 Ashtabula PD Ch. 2
BUT -- that actually would be switched around. Normal 700 mhz convention would be that the repeater output would be on 769.53125 for the main dispatch and that 799.53125 would be the repeater input (and quite possibly a "Ch.2" simplex).
Would appreciate it if anyone up in the Ashtabula area with a digital scanner could verify this. It should be quite easy if you live near Ashtabula.
If you are somebody who is able to provide 100% confirmation that it is in use, what it is used for, an optionally any NAC, please submit the information to the RR DB at the following link:
Submit Data to RadioReference
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Mike
If so, please specify how you have confirmed it and any associated NAC that may have been in use.
We received a submission today, but the submission received today is very vague and looks like it was pulled directly from the FCC license. They didn't even mention if it was analog or digital [although I'm sure it's digital P25].
The submitter submitted:
799.53125 Ashtabula PD Dispatch
769.53125 Ashtabula PD Ch. 2
BUT -- that actually would be switched around. Normal 700 mhz convention would be that the repeater output would be on 769.53125 for the main dispatch and that 799.53125 would be the repeater input (and quite possibly a "Ch.2" simplex).
Would appreciate it if anyone up in the Ashtabula area with a digital scanner could verify this. It should be quite easy if you live near Ashtabula.
If you are somebody who is able to provide 100% confirmation that it is in use, what it is used for, an optionally any NAC, please submit the information to the RR DB at the following link:
Submit Data to RadioReference
Thanks
Mike
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The FCC is no longer authorizing those nice 200 or 300 watt transmitters of the old days, which we all loved.
They are restricting stations to use "the minimum power needed to communicate within their area of operations." The days of receiving agencies a county or two away are soon to be long gone.
NS8N
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Mike,
I submitted the entry, and it was just based upon FCC data. I live appx. 6 miles from the city center of Ashtabula in Saybrook Township. Ashtabula city traffic is completely dead for me and I plan to get to the bottom of it. Give me some time, the next time that I am working there, I will bring along my scanner and find out if they are using the 150mhz system or the 700mhz system. I certainly don't hear them in the Ohio MARCS.
If they are using that new system, then as mentioned above, it is very low powered as I should be able to pick them up from here in Saybrook. Sorry for the invalid submission, I will work to get more info. Also, the username I created for this forum was even wrong, my callsign is actually NS8N, doh! I emailed support to get it changed. Thanks,
Brandon
Brandon,
Thank you. Yeah, we try to be sticklers for accurate data. Simply pulling from FCC records isn't enough since we really want to know about actively used frequencies / talkgroups.
Maybe APD is torn between having their own single repeater vs using the MARCS-IP system and haven't put a new repeater online yet. Or maybe it's planned but just not online yet.
At any rate, yes please do check it out and let us know if you actually do end up hearing activity on the 769 mhz freq (which would be the repeater output).
I'm going to reject your submission... no hard feelings, but if I don't process it by adding information, the other option is to reject it. If you confirm the use later on, please feel free to submit again.
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mike
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I was making a trip to the Ashtabula area the other day to the radio shop at Route 11 & Route 84 and was hearing the 769 MHz frequency with routine APD traffic, I had the PRO-197 set on search and it was stopping on a NAC of 293 every transmission, hope this helps.
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