Hey Richard.
Yes, at least for Troop A and C I know this is true. I have personally verified it. I was wondering about the western part of the state. I did go to Boone for a week and helped out after the flooding but I didn't get a chance to get with any of the Patrol officers or do much monitoring except for leaving my 436 scanner in discovery mode.
Odd, because several times in the last couple of weeks I've heard conversations break squelch on my mobile 6 meter rig; NCSHP channels. Haven't got my list in front of me, yet. I'll dig it up & report back. Yes, was quite surprised.
Maybe skip signals from another state?
Yeah, I hadn't even thought of that possibility. And one time I was in the PD dispatch in Wells, ME, they were still using lowband, and regaled me with stories of hearing Louisiana, etc. on high propagation days.
Good to hear. I'll keep the vhf high band vehicle repeater frequencies in my scanners just in case.
Interesting. I retired last year from SHP and I was the lead programmer for VIPER for 5 years or so. Not once did I program a vehicular repeater or any kind of DVRS other than the one that was in my tahoe. They do have some DVRS units but they are the pelican case kind and are used for major incidents. I don't know what they use them for now anymore, but this is not a common practice for the patrol. Regular troopers do not have repeaters in their cars.
They are not used.
