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Does anyone know the lineman frequencies for Fort Loudoun Electric. They have changed and the frequencies listed here have no response. I believe they may be on a trunking system. I have entered all the FRs listed on this site and none gave a response even after a large storm came and dropped trees on power lines. Thanks for any help.
 

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.... and presume that is Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania (since you didn't specify) and this question is not in a state-specific Forum?
 

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I am sorry for not including the state -- It's Fort Loudoun Electric Coop in East Tennessee. I have a BCD396XT scanner. I use FreeScan to program.
 

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I am sorry for not including the state -- It's Fort Loudoun Electric Coop in East Tennessee. I have a BCD396XT scanner. I use FreeScan to program.

I found these in the FCC database.
153.2075
153.3875
153.4475
153.4850
153.5675
153.6125
153.6650
153.7175
158.2200
158.2650
158.2875
158.3625
158.4225
158.4400
159.5025
159.9175
160.1925
 

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Thank you DickH for your response. Here is my dilemma, I was receiving FLEC frequencies on my old Radio Shack scanner when the FR spacing changed and I lost reception so I waited a while then got my BCD396XT scanner. Now I can’t hear anything. I have entered every frequency on this list - Tennessee Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and haven’t received a response. I called FLEC and talked to a rep and was told that they do not give out the frequencies because people might go out to the work site to take pictures or get in the way. I am retired and a stay at home person and like to hear what’s going on when my power goes out. Now, if the frequencies are encrypted I have no problem, but if they are still “open air” I would like to put them in my scanner. I really don’t know if they are base frequencies or part of a trunking system. I hope someone can help.
 

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Thank you DickH for your response. Here is my dilemma, I was receiving FLEC frequencies on my old Radio Shack scanner when the FR spacing changed and I lost reception so I waited a while then got my BCD396XT scanner. Now I can’t hear anything. I have entered every frequency on this list - Tennessee Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and haven’t received a response. I called FLEC and talked to a rep and was told that they do not give out the frequencies because people might go out to the work site to take pictures or get in the way. I am retired and a stay at home person and like to hear what’s going on when my power goes out. Now, if the frequencies are encrypted I have no problem, but if they are still “open air” I would like to put them in my scanner. I really don’t know if they are base frequencies or part of a trunking system. I hope someone can help.

Those are all conventional freqs. - not trunked, so you should hear them.
Correct the next to the last freq. It should be 159.9675.
If they are MOTOTRBO, as another poster said, no scanner can hear them.
 

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FLEC has gone to DMR. You will need to buy that nice $1,500 buck AOR scanner, or get an dongle with SDR and DSD+ to monitor them.
 

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There are some cheap VHF DMR radios on ebay, starting around $120. That is another option...
 
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I started out with a scanner that you just entered FRs and listened and then I got my BCD396XT and used FREESCAN to program it, I believe that’s all I want to learn. After reviewing the process to get a MotoTrbo radio and programming it to “just listen ” to the repairman I think that is a bit much. So thank you all for your input on this matter. I am going to call it closed.
 

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Half of the electric companies around here have changed to DMR. Some are encrypted. The RR database doesn't reflect all of these changes because most people can't listen to confirm them.

If you program in those frequencies without a DC or PL code then you should hear a digital noise. If so then it's probably them, but could be someone else way out in the distance if you don't have a great signal strength.

Here is a webpage that had digital sounds you can compare to what you hear. Look for mototurbo.
Digital Modes Samples
 
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