Berkshire County Sheriff

[ranchboy]

Hello, anybody know what all the uhf frequencies licensed throughout Berkshire County are for? A couple of weeks ago I heard control on one of these freq. But nothing since....
Thanks

 

[ecps92]

Can you be more Specific, which UHF Frequencies and which one you heard

Hello, anybody know what all the uhf frequencies licensed throughout Berkshire County are for? A couple of weeks ago I heard control on one of these freq. But nothing since....
Thanks

 

[ranchboy]

Hello, anybody know what all the uhf frequencies licensed throughout Berkshire County are for? A couple of weeks ago I heard control on one of these freq. But nothing since....
Thanks

Here are the frequencies:
453.43750
453.45000
453.61250
453.65000
458.43750
458.45000
458.61250
458.65000
460.03750
460.06250
460.20000
460.37500
460.38750
460.57500
460.62500
465.03750
465.06250
465.20000
465.37500
465.38750
465.57500
465.62500

they all have this call sign: WQIZ231

 

[DaveNF2G]

Looks like a possible trunked system. What is the service code for that callsign?

 

[ecps92]

It is most likely to be like the Franklin Regional [FROG] went with Multiple Conventional Repeaters linked into the neighboring Regions. PW - Conventional is the Radio Service

Blandford - 453.4500 460.3750
Great Barrington - 460.0375 460.2000 460.3875
North Adams - 453.4375 460.3875 460.6250
Pittsfield - 453.6125 460.0625 460.3625 460.5750
Savoy - 453.6500 460.3875


Since BSO Dispatches for many of the Police/Fire/EMS in the County, I'm inclinded to think Similar to FROG

Any CTCSS/DCS Tones as they build-out, Post.

Looks like a possible trunked system. What is the service code for that callsign?

 

[LathamScan]

I've been hearing a repeater key up on 460.0625 with a CTCSS tone of 156.7 Hz but there isn't any voice.

 

[ecps92]

Nothing has really been reported for the new Berkshire system Kevin, sadly

I've been hearing a repeater key up on 460.0625 with a CTCSS tone of 156.7 Hz but there isn't any voice.

 

[DaveNF2G]

Have they narrowbanded on VHF yet? I noticed low audio on the fire control channel the other night, but I was too busy to fiddle with the scanner.

 

[ecps92]

I was out that way last month and it didn't seem as so. However, we know how things move [slowly, then slam we need to do it by yesterday]

Have they narrowbanded on VHF yet? I noticed low audio on the fire control channel the other night, but I was too busy to fiddle with the scanner.

 

[ranchboy]

Not yet.. I was at Pittsfield Communications recently and they said it's not going to happen until next year.

Have they narrowbanded on VHF yet? I noticed low audio on the fire control channel the other night, but I was too busy to fiddle with the scanner.

 

[ecps92]

Have they begun to implement/use the UHF Frequencies Yet??

Over at SNE there is a wiki, so we can begin to track the UHF Tones and usage..........

Not yet.. I was at Pittsfield Communications recently and they said it's not going to happen until next year.

 

[ranchboy]

Not yet. I just bought a vhf portable from them, they said not to worry for at least another couple years!

Have they begun to implement/use the UHF Frequencies Yet??

Over at SNE there is a wiki, so we can begin to track the UHF Tones and usage..........

 

[ranchboy]

Heard berkshire sheriff control today on 460.100 d432. Must of been from the lenox mountain tower as I was very close by. Seemed like the main dispatch channel for the small towns.

 

[ranchboy]

I got another hit yesterday in Pittsfield about a mile from their dispatch center:
466.2500

C114.8

Interesting that these frequencies aren't listed under their new UHF plan!

 

[ecps92]

The only License for Western Mass is Springfield PD on that Freq.... ???

Image ? / Intermod ?

Heard berkshire sheriff control today on 460.100 d432. Must of been from the lenox mountain tower as I was very close by. Seemed like the main dispatch channel for the small towns.

 

[ecps92]

Sounds like your getting Signal Overload.

Also, wasn't BCSO going PL not DPL on the UHF ???

I got another hit yesterday in Pittsfield about a mile from their dispatch center:
466.2500

C114.8

Interesting that these frequencies aren't listed under their new UHF plan!

 

[ranchboy]

Another loud and clear hit on 458.0625 C67.0
BSCO main fire dispatch channel

 

[ranchboy]

And another loud and clear BCSO 460.1000 D432
Fire dispatch

 

[ranchboy]

Yesterday another loud and clear transmission for BSCO: 453.7500 D431

 

[cg]

Do you understand that a very strong signal can overload a scanner and give you false frequencies and tones?
If you program in the results you have reported and try monitoring them, you will find that if the frequency/ tone combination is reproduced, it will not be all the traffic on the system.

chris