Croton PD input

[radioman2001]

Have to program a new radio for my fire chiefs truck, I have the output of the repeater as 156.15 pl 162.2. I need the input frequency and PL. I have run the towns FRN and found no license for a repeater just fixed base. Did a 5 mile radius search of the town and came up with no frequencies other than the 156.15. I do remember that there use to be a MRD repeater for this area, but I don't know how to get the information. I am sure those licenses are long expired. The reason for the new radio is to get away from the old radio repair shop, so asking them is not an option, I also wonder if there is even a license for the station as a repeater.

 

[Alarms50]

They may not have a repeater. From what I see on the ULS License - Public Safety Pool, Conventional License - WPGF520 - CROTON ON HUDSON, VILLAGE OF - Location 2. They may have a dedicated telephone tie line from PD HQ up to Hessian Hills to access the remote site radio.

 

[radioman2001]

There definitely is a repeater, when you listen, cars and even the portables come in loud and clear even when they are on the other side of town from where I am, and there is a short .5 to 1 second hang time on the transmission. Maybe they didn't license it as a repeater. I saw the same info on the ULS, I also tried running area search too. The only other license the town has is on the old PD channel 37.10, which is used by the highway dept.

 

[Alarms50]

Then the only other suggestion is close call one of the PD radios. Get one of the PD Officers to key up while you CC.

After posting this I think I found it. Check out http://nf2g.com/scannist/ny_west/westchester_county_menu.html 's page, it looks like your answer is there. Click on Public Safety.

 

[radioman2001]

You da man!! That's probably it. I am going to program it the mobile and try talking to HQ. Interesting as how that frequency isn't even licensed to them. The only users within 30 miles are in Rockland, Orange and Bergen counties. It is quite possible that the repeater is a leftover from the 70's MRD program from the LEAA. I forget how they were licensed, but most of the Towns and Villages where they repeaters were located just took them over for their own use when they realized that the VHF radios didn't give them the same coverage they had with their old low band equipment.

 

[radioman2001]

OK, that definitely is the input for a voter repeater system. Now that I am listening to it on a real radio you can hear the voter status tone come back up after the mobile un-keys. I wonder if they know that they are not licensed?