Harwich FD Question?

[BabaDude77]

Past couple trips out here to the cape to visit family I have heard what sounds like digital transmissions listed on the RR database as Harwich FD 800 simulcast channel. Can anyone confirm if this is digital ? It sounds like it’s P25 but the license data from RR and the FCC claim the emission is analog voice? I’m using a unication G4 which is 700/800 so that’s why I added it to the scan list. Anyways I was just wondering if infact it was digital.

 

[pro106import]

That freq is also used by the P25 MassPort system at Logan. I wouldn't be surprised that the G4 would occasionally pick it up from the Cape, especially this time of the year with band openings.

Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Interoperable Radio System (CoMIRS) Site: Logan Airport/Massport

Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Interoperable Radio System (CoMIRS) Site: Logan Airport/Massport Details

www.radioreference.com

Bob

 

[BabaDude77]

Good point I should have looked up duplicate freq’s

 

[BabaDude77]

That freq is also used by the P25 MassPort system at Logan. I wouldn't be surprised that the G4 would occasionally pick it up from the Cape, especially this time of the year with band openings.

Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Interoperable Radio System (CoMIRS) Site: Logan Airport/Massport

Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Interoperable Radio System (CoMIRS) Site: Logan Airport/Massport Details

www.radioreference.com

Bob

Would this still interfere even with a DPL applied? As the G4 does use DPL and PL codes

 

[pro106import]

Would this still interfere even with a DPL applied? As the G4 does use DPL and PL codes

no,. if you have a DPL in there, the radio will not open squelch for anything else.

 

[BabaDude77]

Yea that’s what I figured , and if it is digital then that uses it’s own digital squelch (NAC , or DMR CC not that a FD would use DMR but you would be surprised ) I just thought it was strange because it has the digital sound to it and I’ve heard it on more than one occasion on different trips. I wonder if it’s data over the air for box alarms? Like a king fisher fire alarm system freq but wouldn’t that cause it to be a different emission type on the FCC license?

 

[Nascar18]

Harwich FD & PD also operates on the MSP trunk Zone 4.

 

[BabaDude77]

Yes this is separate from the trunk system this says FD 800 Simulcast in the DB and the emission ID lists it as Analog Voice

 

[KC1UA]

The information that is in the RR database is incorrect. That is one frequency of a Capacity Plus DMR system that is used by the town of Harwich. That said I don't know if the FD has a talkgroup on there; it is relatively low power apparently and difficult to receive from my location on the other side of the cape.

Harwich Municipal Trunk - Scan New England Wiki

www.snewiki.com

Edit: I removed it from the database.

 

[BabaDude77]

That solves it and would explain the digital sounding transmissions I’ll remove it from the scan list. I appreciate the knowledgeable response thanks.