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I'm not hearing any Post 12 traffic today. Hmm... did they switch over to the new system?
No.I'm not hearing any Post 12 traffic today. Hmm... did they switch over to the new system?
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I'm not hearing any Post 12 traffic today. Hmm... did they switch over to the new system?
Anyone been hearing KSP at the Kentucky State Fair this year? I haven't heard them on 154.92D as I have in previous years. . .
Pikeville ky/////pike countyCurrently, I am hearing the KSP on 460.2375 MHz, in P25 mode loud and clear here in Michigan. Maybe someone can help locate, which Post I am hearing?
The patrol unit is out on Chloe Road by Walters Road, looking for a subject at a house. They said that the Sheriff had checked the girlfriend's house on Summit Drive, but her car was not at home. Any clue as to where this might be at in the Bluegrass State?
73's
Ron
Currently, I am hearing the KSP on 460.2375 MHz, in P25 mode loud and clear here in Michigan. Maybe someone can help locate, which Post I am hearing?
The patrol unit is out on Chloe Road by Walters Road, looking for a subject at a house. They said that the Sheriff had checked the girlfriend's house on Summit Drive, but her car was not at home. Any clue as to where this might be at in the Bluegrass State?
73's
Ron
Okay, so low band by the '90s was starting to have higher noise floor and not working as well. KSP went to analog UHF and was analog all the way until 2011 when they went p25. They are currently p25 multicast. The system works really well because KSP works different than other states and what I mean by that other states troopers have a handheld that is on the system also. But KSP went the route of using UHF repeaters and UHF mobiles with VHF in car repeaters and the trooper carries a a VHF hi portable radio and he talks on VHF hi through the car's repeater and out on the mobile which ensures they have plenty of handheld coverage. I'm not saying there's places in the state that doesn't have coverage, but it works pretty well. Currently ksp is in the process of switching all their mobiles out to APX 8500s and all the troopers portables out to APX 8000 because they are in the middle of building an 800 megahertz p 25 trucking system.Sort of a general inquiry about the KSP radio history and full disclosure I'm not a resident of Kentucky, but here goes:
With all the hills and forests especially in the eastern half of the state, I'm wondering if anyone knows why they vacated VHF (presumably lowband) decades ago (1980's?) and converted not to VHF high like what most states did but to 453 and 460 MHz? Has it played out that their multicast analog UHF system has performed similar or at least admirably coverage-wise to what VHF high likely would have done? Or are/were there dead spots in the hillier terrain that one might expect with UHF?
I would think to replicate the coverage on VHF (low or high) UHF must have required plenty of additional towers. If anyone has historical insight on this switch it would be interesting to hear. Surely 453 MHz is more efficient for portable coverage, but their mobile extenders are actually on VHF high which seems like a reversed arrangement.
I'm going to correct myself. I was wrong and was properly informed KSP when p25 in the late '90sOkay, so low band by the '90s was starting to have higher noise floor and not working as well. KSP went to analog UHF and was analog all the way until 2011 when they went p25. They are currently p25 multicast. The system works really well because KSP works different than other states and what I mean by that other states troopers have a handheld that is on the system also. But KSP went the route of using UHF repeaters and UHF mobiles with VHF in car repeaters and the trooper carries a a VHF hi portable radio and he talks on VHF hi through the car's repeater and out on the mobile which ensures they have plenty of handheld coverage. I'm not saying there's places in the state that doesn't have coverage, but it works pretty well. Currently ksp is in the process of switching all their mobiles out to APX 8500s and all the troopers portables out to APX 8000 because they are in the middle of building an 800 megahertz p 25 trucking system.
I'm going to correct myself. I was wrong and was properly informed KSP when p25 in the late '90s
No longer Federal OverTime. They track the time when they supporting federal funded programs so they can justify the funds.What does it mean when a trooper says no longer Fot