Bell Fleetnet Zone 4

[Thunderbolt]

I received the following message from a friend of mine who lives in Tokyo, who made the following observations while vacationing in Manitoba and western Ontario.

ルート17の上で、サンダーベイの私の兄弟を訪問するために旅行している間、私は以下の頻度で近いモトローラ3600ボーデータ・チャンネルの声を聞くことができました:

142.890
142.905

私たちがはしばみの木に行ったとき、ラジオ技術者はP25モードとアナログのモードにおける160における話のグループ48でテストしていました。 また、彼らは143.160にいました。

ニピゴン警察が142.125にあります。

Translation:

"While traveling to visit my brother in Thunder Bay, I was able to hear a nearby Motorola 3600 baud data channel on the following frequencies while on route 17:

142.890
142.905

When we went to Hazelwood, the radio technicians were testing on talkgroup 48 in P25 mode and 160 in analog mode. Also, they were on 143.160

Nipigon OPP are on 142.125 simplex."

Very interesting observations. Looks like Zone 4 is moving along. When does Bell Fleetnet expect to have this zone completed? Also, when should the OPP make the migration to this TRS?

73s

Ron

 

[mciupa]

My God ! Someone travels 10,000 km's to research a system in "our backyard"

How long ago was your friend here ?

My "uneducated guess" would be if the weather stays pleasant , the work will carry on and the users will be using it in Spring '08.

Anybody know for sure ?


Thank you Thunderbolt for this very unique e-mail

 

[Jay911]

I think that wins for most distant RR submission.. until/if we get one from the ISS.

 

[SpaceMan]

for the last week in thunder bay the radio techs were testing alot of talkgroups in p25 and analog...i probably saw about ~20 or so just in the few hours i was listening...and the usual mto talkgroups.

 

[Thunderbolt]

Actually, he came to see his brother in Thunder Bay. They went fishing and sightseeing around the area for two weeks in September. He is also an advid scanner/short-wave radio listener.

He met up with a college/Ham friend in Winnipeg, and they drove to Thunder Bay, picking up his brother and went camping for a while. Its a nice way to get away from the concrete jungle in Tokyo and enjoy a lot of wide open countryside, with plenty of nature. So this was a nature/scanner excursion for him.

My God ! Someone travels 10,000 km's to research a system in "our backyard"

How long ago was your friend here ?

My "uneducated guess" would be if the weather stays pleasant , the work will carry on and the users will be using it in Spring '08.

Anybody know for sure ?


Thank you Thunderbolt for this very unique e-mail

 

[MetalCarnage]

Any news on Zone 4 lately? I am growing impatient with the NOR system now that i am listening to the Thunder Bay CACC on fleetnet, cant wait until OPP comes around, going to be such an improvement for monitoring now that i have my 396.

Anyways, if anyone knows how the OPP side of things are progressing please post