Duke Energy 854.5125 & 854.6125 WRHY215 & WRJI625 Pinellas County

[CanesFan95]

I'm getting 2 different signals on 854.5125 & 854.6125 that both sound like some sorta control channel, but nothing like I've ever heard. They sound like a weak, snowy control channel, but they're strong signals. DSD+ doesn't decode anything. Anyone know what these are?

 

[batdude]

Duke is going P25. On page 6 of the below thread there is a document about "slow growth" --- the WRJI625 call is included on that document.

please see this thread

Duke Energy P25 System

Noticed Duke energy carrying 900mhz APX 4000s yesterday evening. Has anyone heard of updates coming or a possible system upgrade? Seems silly running APX portables on an analog only Smartzone system.

forums.radioreference.com

 

[bravo14]

It looks like I'll need to add these on my travel list when I go east again. I forgot to add them a few months back. Wondering if they will go to P25 Phase ll?

 

[CanesFan95]

But the strange thing is the sound of what's on the frequencies. It doesn't sound the same as any kind of control channel I've ever heard, if it even is a control channel. So I wonder if it's some weird new kind of system.

 

[trumpetman]

It is probably a test signal with two purposes. Mapping/drive testing for talk-out coverage which is likely a requirement of the overall system acceptance. The test signals can also be proof that the sites are built out and the licensed frequencies are being used so Duke can justify licensing more frequencies as they expand the new system. Look up P25 test signal audio samples and see if they sound similar. There is also a thread in the multi-state trunking forum that I believe discusses more on the signals being heard around Indiana.

 

[MSS-Dave]

It looks like I'll need to add these on my travel list when I go east again. I forgot to add them a few months back. Wondering if they will go to P25 Phase ll?

It is definitely P25 Phase II. 2 talkpaths per repeater.

 

[batdude]

it would be my preference that posts on this system go into the Mulit-state forum thread for Duke (linked above). Especially as we start verifying sites online.

(just keep that in mind, please)



doug

 

[bravo14]

I just added 3 different setups.
1 Conv 800 mhz only for certain counties for digital info with gps
2 Added the analog 900 system for counties that I travel thru with gps
3 Added 900 digital p25 trunk for counties that I travel thru with gps

 

[batdude]

Duke licenses to keep your eyes on.

WRJI625
WRJH815
WRHZ715

these are relatively new 800 MHz licenses that plot out about 15 or so Florida 800MHz (P25?) Duke sites.

Here is the master thread for Duke >>>> Duke Energy P25 System

 

[lwvmobile]

If only I knew or thought about this, I was literally there until today only about a mile or so away from the Duke Energy station on Walsingham Rd. Not sure if that's where those transmissions were coming from, but I do recall a few signals in that 850 range, I just thought it was part of the Pinellas P25-1 system. Not even sure if it was 854.5125 & 854.6125 or not, but that range seems pretty busy around there, no doubt due to the sheer number of systems in a small radius.

 

[CommsTruck]

Yes, it is P25 PII

 

[batdude]

here is a document from the master Duke thread that shows the build status of the Florida sites.

I am not the author of this document.

doug

 

[batdude]

FYI, one of the new Duke Energy sites is using a TDMA control channel.

Duke Energy P25 Trunking System, Various, Multi-State

Duke Energy P25 Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[MSS-Dave]

The built sites referenced above in the .pdf should be commissioned with a control channel on the air. Basic drive testing will start in the next 60-90 days. I have no idea why that frequency Doug references above is called Oviedo on the FCC license. It is far from there, actually in Christmas. That site and Holopaw are the farthest east sites in the Metro Orlando area.

 

[radioman2008]

2D7

1 (1)

001 (1)

St Petersburg T

Pinellas, FL

854.6125c

its interesting the first site...1 is St Pete.
many probably don't remember, that back before 2000 the power company in our area was "Florida power" and their corporate HQ was located in St Pete.

I wonder if that positioning has anything to do with some residual management stuff that still circulates within duke energy from back then

 

[trumpetman]

The sites are numbered alphabetically by the site name on the license. If you look on the WRJI625 license the St Petersburg site is named "16th Street Sub", so it would sit at the top of the list since it starts with a number.

2D7

1 (1)

001 (1)

St Petersburg T

Pinellas, FL

854.6125c

its interesting the first site...1 is St Pete.
many probably don't remember, that back before 2000 the power company in our area was "Florida power" and their corporate HQ was located in St Pete.

I wonder if that positioning has anything to do with some residual management stuff that still circulates within duke energy from back then

 

[batdude]

for those that have the capability to run DSD+ on the TDMA sites, here are the sites that still need more info (Site NAC, Exact freqs, etc.)


Site: 7.7 ; Wildwood

Channel 8-704: 855.4125-1 CC



Site: 12.12 ; Deland

Channel 8-652: 855.0875-1 CC

Channel 8-776: 855.8625-1 CC



Site: 15.15 ; Fort Meade

Channel 8-1024: 857.4125-1 CC



Site: 25.25 ; Lake Buena Vista

Channel 8-784: 855.9125-1 CC



Site: 28.28 ; Manatee

Channel 8-1280: 859.0125-1 CC



Site: 31.31 ; Longwood

Channel 8-1008: 857.3125-1 CC

Channel 8-1168: 858.3125-1 CC



Site: 33.33 ; Astor

Channel 8-736: 855.6125-1 CC



Site: 49.49 ; Zephyr Hills

Channel 8-1124: 858.0375-1 CC

 

[CanesFan95]

Site: 28.28 NAC=01C

Neighbor: 91F14.2D7-1.1
Neighbor: 91F14.2D7-3.3
Neighbor: 91F14.2D7-15.15
Neighbor: 91F14.2D7-49.49

Channel 8-1280: 859.0125-1 CC
Channel 8-1372: 859.5875-1 SCC
Channel 8-1496: 860.3625-1 SCC

I can get the Zephyrhills site, but stupid DSD+ isn't saving it in the dang DSDPlus.P25data file.

 

[edweirdFL]

Site: 12.12 ; Deland

Channel 8-652: 855.0875-1 CC

Channel 8-776: 855.8625-1 CC

Add the following
NAC=00C
Channel 8-1568: 860.8125-1 SCC

Submitted to the db

 

[captainmax1]

FYI: Someone keeps adding Duke Energy to Monroe County, Florida in the database.. That is a mistake.. There is No Duke Energy In Monroe County, Florida. I have submitted this info for the second time today. I also posted this in the main Duke Energy thread also.