David,
I can confirm that 855.3375 has been an active control channel in the uptown Charlotte area in the past ... with the system I-D of 6B3F. I last logged it in Feb of 2004, sitting just down Morehead Street at Time Warner.
I might also presume someone had some "close-encounter" contact with a radio being used at the stadium to be able to identify the make and model, as well as some of the channel plan.
But, the frequencies being cited just do not make sense.
First, there appears to be no trunked system actually licensed to the stadium or its events management company, Carolina Stadiums. The management company does hold licenses for three conventional 800 MHz channels, but one is in S.C., and the other two are listed among the TRUNKED frequencies on RR.
Here's some background on the frequencies listed on RR for the stadium:
CONVENTIONAL FREQUENCIES -
chan 1 / 855.8625 ... no one licensed in Mecklenberg Co area
chan 2 / 852.2375 ... licensed as part of the CMPD trunked system, but used by Nextel in the surrounding area
chan 3 / 852.8625 ... licensed as part of the CMPD trunked system
chan 4 / 853.4875 ... licensed to Nextel in Mecklenberg Co
chan 5 / 852.4875 ... licensed to Nextel in Mecklenberg Co
chan 14 / 854.9125 ... licensed to South Sales, a two-way radio equipment and airtime business (handles Motorola and Kenwood)
TRUNKED FREQUENCIES -
853.1625 ... licensed as part of the CMPD trunked system, but used by Nextel in parts of Mecklenberg County and the surrounding area
854.2125 ... licensed as part of the CMPD trunked system, but used by Nextel in parts of Mecklenberg County and the surrounding area
855.3375 ... licensed to Carolina Stadiums as a conventional channel
855.5875 ... no licenses in Mecklenberg Co, but is licensed to Nextel and another licensee in Cabarrus Co
856.3875 ... licensed to Carolina Stadiums as a conventional channel
858.3875 ... no licenses in Mecklenberg Co
Any chance that the data signal you heard on 853.1625 and 854.2125 was Nextel iDEN, rather than a control channel ?
"Brian," the owner of the Palmetto_800 list on Yahoogroups, made the most-recent changes to the RR information for BOA Stadium.
I don't know what frequency information was listed prior to the changes, but you might want to contact Brian directly to find out if the frequency info is "old" information (Brian might be monitoring the NC Forums).
Jeff Multer
