Halifax Transit

[west5alpha]

I have all the Metro Transit freq's in my analog scanner as listed in the TAFL, but most times I only hear only the bus dispatcher and no reply from the bus driver. Even though dispatch can hear the response from the bus driver, I only hear one sided conversations.
Could it be some buses are on the TMR because I'm not hearing them ?

 

[mciupa]

Looks like they are Duplex. Talk on one frequency, answer on another.

410.1625	415.1625	XMZ363	RM	165 DPL	Transit AAB	Halifax Transit Access-A-Bus	FM	Transportation
410.1125		XJN986	B	127.3 PL	Transit Control1	Halifax Transit control centre 1	FM	Transportation
415.1125		XJN986	M	127.3 PL	Transit Bus 1	Halifax Transit buses 1	FM	Transportation
411.0375		XJN986	B	88.5 PL	Transit Control2	Halifax Transit control centre 2	FM	Transportation
416.0375		XJN986	M	88.5 PL	Transit Bus 2	Halifax Transit buses 2	FM	Transportation
413.9875		XJN986	B	103.5 PL	Transit Control3	Halifax Transit control centre 3	FM	Transportation
418.9875		XJN986	M	103.5 PL	Transit Bus 3	Halifax Transit buses 3	FM	Transportation

Put them all into your scanner.

 

[west5alpha]

Still missing conversations after all into scanner

 

[mciupa]

Wait for local help to answer this for you.

 

[Deziel0495]

I'm not local to there but Halifax Transit has 2 Ops channels listed on TMR. Talkgroups 41801 and 41802.

 

[novascotian]

Regarding not being able to hear two sides, you have to keep in mind that the base side is transmitted from antennas on towers at the Burnside and Ragged Lake locations.

The buses have whatever mobile antennas are used. To tell you the truth, I have never really seen the antennas on the buses, so they certainly aren't very prominent. My experience is that you have to be pretty close to the bus to hear them, or can be a bit farther with a home scanner setup with rooftop antenna.
The transit system seems to do well in hearing their buses, again due to the central location and relatively good antenna and tower height. I am sure that tower at Burnside base has really good coverage.
he exception to all this is the Access a Bus service. That pair of frequencies is a repeater pair, just like normal so you hear both sides on the repeater output frequency (the low one of the pair).