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justy
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i want too know the frequencies for north carolina Progress Energy for Newton Grove North Carolina Which Is In Sampson County North Carolina.
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Progress Energy is in the database under NC trunked systems. It doesn't list your county of interest.
Have you programmed the freq's listed?
Have you searched the FCC database under your county of interest?
If you're not finding any data, sounds like you've got a potential area for input to the database.
Have you programmed the freq's listed?
Have you searched the FCC database under your county of interest?
If you're not finding any data, sounds like you've got a potential area for input to the database.
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justy
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what area does the base in fayetteville North Carolina Cover and whats there frequencies.
there base is in Cumberland County I Know That Much.
there base is in Cumberland County I Know That Much.
Go to this URL: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/results.jsp
Do a geosearch for Progress Energy, North Carolina, Sampson County or whatever county you want in NC.
There is 17 entries for Sampson Cty under Progress Energy. Maybe you can find your info there.
Do a geosearch for Progress Energy, North Carolina, Sampson County or whatever county you want in NC.
There is 17 entries for Sampson Cty under Progress Energy. Maybe you can find your info there.
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justy
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i still dont get much info but i guess ill just have too keep searching.
unless you have any other websites i might can search on.
unless you have any other websites i might can search on.
this is the best website for radio information. however if u want to look for more info u can go to the FCC liscense data base at this site:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/Uls...l2nGJ2a4o119Fx6ukBUwcO!1358842470!-1608136234
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/Uls...l2nGJ2a4o119Fx6ukBUwcO!1358842470!-1608136234
I Dont Know If You Want To Listen To It Or Not But There Is A Repeater In Bentonville At The Natural Gas Plant That I Hear Progress Energy Traffic On All Of The Time It Is 936.9125 If You Want To Try It. Let Me Know The Results
In Reguards To The Repeater At Bentonville That Is Going To Be 936.2125 Instead Of 936.9125 I Am Sorry For My Mistake
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justy
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I put the frequencies in but they dont work.
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justy
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thats the freqs from Fcc Website.
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justy
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i stay in sampson county so i might not be able too hear them at betonville.
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justy
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Does Anybody know which one of the progress energy frequencies work?
the 900MHZ Ones. please write me back in this forum as soon as Andrew Johnson or any of yall find out.
Or Yall Could Email Me At justy735@hotmail.com
the 900MHZ Ones. please write me back in this forum as soon as Andrew Johnson or any of yall find out.
Or Yall Could Email Me At justy735@hotmail.com
here's an idea that might work.... take your scanner and set it to search modeand you'll get hits in the 900's and maybe you'll find the freqency yourself. i dunno why anyone want those channels i'm personnally a fire ems kinda guy
kingpin
Trailer Park Supervisor
Just a thought, it may be a possiblility they may be using Nextel or Southern Linc. Most of the utilities in my area are doing so due to the increased functionality these services offer over traditional radio systems. They have abandoned their VHF/UHF systems but they keep the licenses active just in case. The 900 MHz listings for power companies in some areas are used for SCADA systems (data) which use directional antennas and you will need to be in the signal path to hear them. This may be something to keep in mind if you are still not hearing any voice traffic.
jeffmulter
Member
>> ... it may be a possiblility they may be using Nextel or Southern Linc. ... The 900 MHz listings for power companies in some areas are used for SCADA systems (data) ...
Although Progress Energy has power plant operations throughout the southeast U.S., their residential customer base is almost entirely in North Carolina and Florida. Southern Linc coverage is primarily in Georgia (and Alabama ?).
In both N.C. and Fl., Progress Energy uses 800 and 900 MHz Motorola trunking for its primary communications. The sites handle voice and data communications ... the latter includes work orders that can be printed off in the truck. I am not sure if PE uses any 900 MHz conventional frequencies for SCADA, but SCADA frequencies can be distinguished by the fact that the frequency is determined to 5 places to the right of the decimal point, and will end in a "5." The licenses will also have a fixed link designation ... FXO, FX1, FX2.**
Although the corporate name has been Progress Energy for awhile, many of the licenses still reflect the old names used in N.C. (Carolina Power and Light) and Florida (Florida Power and Light). Any FCC U.L.S. searches should be done under both the old and new company names.
Justy - it sounds like you are trying to listen to Progress Energy, but you are not using a trunking scanner. That takes alot of the fun out of monitoring a trunked system ... sort of like watching a ballgame. but no one has their name or number on their uniform. To borrow a Sampson County phrase, save up some money for a trunking scanner and you'll feel like you're in "Hogs Heaven."
But, since you mentioned you heard PE traffic on 936.500, I know you can hear the Clinton site. Here are the frequencies for that site:
935.950 936.500 938.925 939.4125 939.975
If you plug those five frequencies in your scanner, one of them will broadcast a continuous rat-tat-tat noise, which is the control channel. You can lock that frequency out, but if you hear the control data on another of the five frequencies, unlock the old frequency and lock out the new control frequency.
Two other sites that might be within your range are Goldsboro and Erwin. You might want to enter their frequencies, and listen for a control frequency for either site. The data stream is continuous ... if you don't hear it, you're not "hearing" the trunked site.
Goldsboro - 936.925 937.925 938.925 939.925
Erwin - 935.975 936.900 937.475 938.9875
The Erwin site also has a conventional repeater which could be used for unit-to-unit communications, as well as for making phone calls (phone interconnect).
Keep in mind that, typically, there will be very little voice traffic on any of the PE trunked frequencies, unless there is a major outage or severe weather. Alot of the communications between service trucks and dispatch is passed via data terminal.
PE has a pretty decent website, but their information on service coverage areas is limited. You might get an idea of where the service trucks for your area are dispatched out of by looking in the local phone book at the office addresses provided for PE.
** http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_scada_systems_risk/index.html
The above is a link to a Mobile Radio Technology editorial that appeared earlier this year as the DHS began looking at the issue of SCADA vulnerability to terrorist (and other) attacks.
As utilities network with each other to share operating conditions and data (the regional power grids are a good example), the vulnerabilities of the SCADA system may provide the means for an attacker to penetrate multiple utilities via the least-secure provider.
Jeff Multer
Although Progress Energy has power plant operations throughout the southeast U.S., their residential customer base is almost entirely in North Carolina and Florida. Southern Linc coverage is primarily in Georgia (and Alabama ?).
In both N.C. and Fl., Progress Energy uses 800 and 900 MHz Motorola trunking for its primary communications. The sites handle voice and data communications ... the latter includes work orders that can be printed off in the truck. I am not sure if PE uses any 900 MHz conventional frequencies for SCADA, but SCADA frequencies can be distinguished by the fact that the frequency is determined to 5 places to the right of the decimal point, and will end in a "5." The licenses will also have a fixed link designation ... FXO, FX1, FX2.**
Although the corporate name has been Progress Energy for awhile, many of the licenses still reflect the old names used in N.C. (Carolina Power and Light) and Florida (Florida Power and Light). Any FCC U.L.S. searches should be done under both the old and new company names.
Justy - it sounds like you are trying to listen to Progress Energy, but you are not using a trunking scanner. That takes alot of the fun out of monitoring a trunked system ... sort of like watching a ballgame. but no one has their name or number on their uniform. To borrow a Sampson County phrase, save up some money for a trunking scanner and you'll feel like you're in "Hogs Heaven."
But, since you mentioned you heard PE traffic on 936.500, I know you can hear the Clinton site. Here are the frequencies for that site:
935.950 936.500 938.925 939.4125 939.975
If you plug those five frequencies in your scanner, one of them will broadcast a continuous rat-tat-tat noise, which is the control channel. You can lock that frequency out, but if you hear the control data on another of the five frequencies, unlock the old frequency and lock out the new control frequency.
Two other sites that might be within your range are Goldsboro and Erwin. You might want to enter their frequencies, and listen for a control frequency for either site. The data stream is continuous ... if you don't hear it, you're not "hearing" the trunked site.
Goldsboro - 936.925 937.925 938.925 939.925
Erwin - 935.975 936.900 937.475 938.9875
The Erwin site also has a conventional repeater which could be used for unit-to-unit communications, as well as for making phone calls (phone interconnect).
Keep in mind that, typically, there will be very little voice traffic on any of the PE trunked frequencies, unless there is a major outage or severe weather. Alot of the communications between service trucks and dispatch is passed via data terminal.
PE has a pretty decent website, but their information on service coverage areas is limited. You might get an idea of where the service trucks for your area are dispatched out of by looking in the local phone book at the office addresses provided for PE.
** http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_scada_systems_risk/index.html
The above is a link to a Mobile Radio Technology editorial that appeared earlier this year as the DHS began looking at the issue of SCADA vulnerability to terrorist (and other) attacks.
As utilities network with each other to share operating conditions and data (the regional power grids are a good example), the vulnerabilities of the SCADA system may provide the means for an attacker to penetrate multiple utilities via the least-secure provider.
Jeff Multer
jeffmulter
Member
( Sorry if I put you to sleep, Justy, with the last post ! )
A couple of additional comments ...
I got the 50-cent tour of one of the Progress Energy service trucks the other afternoon in Richmond County. Nice truck, although I'd wear out my knees and back climbing in and out of the vehicle on a daily basis.
The trunked voice radio is programmed with about 4 talkgroups for each of the site locations, with talkgroups for "dispatch" and "talk-around." The vehicles also have access to a simplex talk-around channel that allows communications over about 1/2 a mile with other vehicles.
The PE service technician said the radio is programmed with access to both the NC and the Fl systems, so a vehicle can be sent south without any radio reprogramming ahead of time. I do not know if he meant he would have access to the service talkgroups when out-of-state, or just a roamer or regroup talkgroup.
Except when there is an emergency dispatch, the bulk of the vehicle - dispatch communications is via the laptops, which are proprietary large screen, padded, mil-standard units mounted in the 2 o'clock position from the driver's seat.
The laptops communicate with Progress Energy via a separate wireless network from the voice trunked system.
GPS / location data is also incorporated into the data system, so dispatch knows where its service vehicles are at all times.
Jeff Multer
A couple of additional comments ...
I got the 50-cent tour of one of the Progress Energy service trucks the other afternoon in Richmond County. Nice truck, although I'd wear out my knees and back climbing in and out of the vehicle on a daily basis.
The trunked voice radio is programmed with about 4 talkgroups for each of the site locations, with talkgroups for "dispatch" and "talk-around." The vehicles also have access to a simplex talk-around channel that allows communications over about 1/2 a mile with other vehicles.
The PE service technician said the radio is programmed with access to both the NC and the Fl systems, so a vehicle can be sent south without any radio reprogramming ahead of time. I do not know if he meant he would have access to the service talkgroups when out-of-state, or just a roamer or regroup talkgroup.
Except when there is an emergency dispatch, the bulk of the vehicle - dispatch communications is via the laptops, which are proprietary large screen, padded, mil-standard units mounted in the 2 o'clock position from the driver's seat.
The laptops communicate with Progress Energy via a separate wireless network from the voice trunked system.
GPS / location data is also incorporated into the data system, so dispatch knows where its service vehicles are at all times.
Jeff Multer
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