Digital Voice on 168.850 in Cornwall, Ont. area ??

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jimlawrence

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While in the Cornwall area last weekend, I found a digital signal on 168.850. There was no analog voice on it. However, every now and then there were data bursts on it with a CTCSS of 151.4 under it.

Does anyone know, is this some entity in Canada?

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Hi Jim,

I believe it is an input to one of the USBP or US Customs systems with outputs in the 163MHz range (forgot which one). No digital capabilities, so it's just a guess, but the activity seemed to be related.

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The Main Border Patrol Frequency 163.350 mhz used to be analog until they had the repeater encrypted. I do remeber listening to the USBP mention several times about tech's going to the repeater site in Fort Covington, NY. Now they run with Digital Encryption and some of the frequencies are just digital data from sensors along the US/Canada border that is relayed to office. They are able to tract down movement/ camera's etc. I believe there was one frequency that u could here the "Oscar Units, and Charlie units on a one time" that is still analog, but it may have digital encryption now. This when i was travelling along ny, canadian border with my portable scanner, in ny state, last year., funny enough, i drove right past the border patrol office on the highway, somewhere east of Malone.
 
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