Kennebec county SO

station32

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Been listening all night haven't heard any comms on kennebec county sheriff office dispatch did they go to MSCOM or is it just a slow night for them? I know they have been patched for a while.
 

Paultee

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I hear them on 159.090 nac770 though reception can be spotty and hear I them less frequently on MSCOMMNET.
When I compare them to Lincoln cty or Sag cty they seem to broadcast much less. It seems like they should be as busy.
 

tjnevins

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I hear them on 159.090 nac770 though reception can be spotty and hear I them less frequently on MSCOMMNET.
When I compare them to Lincoln cty or Sag cty they seem to broadcast much less. It seems like they should be as busy.
I also listen to them on 159.090 nac770 ... very recently after experiencing broken transmissions and monitoring lame hit counts, I looked at the FCC site for the site call sign and added 150.9950 nac770. Getting 3x the hits without being spotty as described in the previous post ... still monitoring and tweaking my P25 threshold settings ... YMMV.
 

station32

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Thanks guys live out near togus va haven't heard them all weekend hear Augusta pd fd and togus pd no problem haven't heard a peep on their channel
 

tjnevins

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Thanks guys live out near togus va haven't heard them all weekend hear Augusta pd fd and togus pd no problem haven't heard a peep on their channel
Since mid am today ... I've logged 234 transmissions for APD and 217 for KCSO. Monitoring on both KCSO frequencies listed in post #5. I live 3 miles from Augusta.
 

ecps92

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I also listen to them on 159.090 nac770 ... very recently after experiencing broken transmissions and monitoring lame hit counts, I looked at the FCC site for the site call sign and added 150.9950 nac770. Getting 3x the hits without being spotty as described in the previous post ... still monitoring and tweaking my P25 threshold settings ... YMMV.
150.9950 appears to be the Repeater input, so unless the cruisers are right near-by, very unlikely you will get good reception

Has anyone tried the licensed UHF Remote receiver frequencies ?
Likely a downlink from a tall Site back to Dispatch, if in use, it would be like you are sitting in/at the Dispatch Center
 

tjnevins

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150.9950 yielded a improvement in what I'm hearing, reception and total hits ... 159.090 transmissions with strong RSSI routinely cutting out vs mostly now hearing complete dialogs. Maybe I'm only hearing what's in my local repeater area, but that alone has been a win. I also will try the UHF frequencies; to your point maybe this could take me to the next leap ... thx, will post results after.
 

ecps92

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150.9950 yielded a improvement in what I'm hearing, reception and total hits ... 159.090 transmissions with strong RSSI routinely cutting out vs mostly now hearing complete dialogs. Maybe I'm only hearing what's in my local repeater area, but that alone has been a win. I also will try the UHF frequencies; to your point maybe this could take me to the next leap ... thx, will post results after.
or they inverted the Repeater pairs, opposite of what the license indicates (would not be the first time, nor last that we find this)
 
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