More Trooper Changes

[Scanner_Rider]

After reading this thread when I notice just occasional traffic on the trooper car to base channel the last few days, I changed my Decatur trooper base frequency from 158.790 to 155.445 and I seem to be hearing the base to car and car to base both on that frequency for my radius here in southeast Morgan County.

Reading the F troop frequencies I couldn't be sure if there was still a car to car frequency my amplified antenna was pulling in or if it was a skip in from outside of my viable radius. .

Do I still need the car to base /car to car frequency of 159.030 on the channel in sequence behind the trooper base channel or should I change that or delete it?

 

[Scanner_Rider]

I think I got my state patrol frequencies sorted out after reading the frequency listing again.

Apparently the former Decatur trooper base frequency of 158.790 is now the short range car to car frequency as I heard some activity between a couple units within 10 miles of me on that channel today.

With both Decatur base and F troop carried on the 155.445 repeaters for the first time in decades I am receiving car to base transmissions from more than 10 miles away.

Today I heard both ends of state trooper traffic from Cullman County to the Welcome center at the Alabama / Tennessee state line.

 

[emcom]

Today I heard both ends of state trooper traffic from Cullman County to the Welcome center at the Alabama / Tennessee state line.

Yes, that is nice to be able to hear! I think it was a good move that should have been done years ago.

 

[f2shooter]

Puzzle thanks for that reference. I had not seen the new channel for Opelika but for some reason had it programmed in a scanner and was trying to figure out who it was. Sounded local and was sending patients from a wreck to East Alabama Medical center. I'm using several older analog scanners and am not dealing with PL tones in my listening. Don't know if I'm missing anything as a result. I did hear an interesting chase about an hour ago. Deputies from Lee and Russell Counties were in pursuit of a Nissan out in the country near the county line. I was surprised that they completely lost sight of the car and have so far not found it. They did not get a tag number. The real surprise though was that the Troopers involved and were being dispatched out of Alex City instead of Opelika. Not sure why Opelika wouldn't be dispatching someone from so close by.

Otis

 

[puzzleriddle]

Puzzle thanks for that reference. I had not seen the new channel for Opelika but for some reason had it programmed in a scanner and was trying to figure out who it was. Sounded local and was sending patients from a wreck to East Alabama Medical center. I'm using several older analog scanners and am not dealing with PL tones in my listening. Don't know if I'm missing anything as a result. I did hear an interesting chase about an hour ago. Deputies from Lee and Russell Counties were in pursuit of a Nissan out in the country near the county line. I was surprised that they completely lost sight of the car and have so far not found it. They did not get a tag number. The real surprise though was that the Troopers involved and were being dispatched out of Alex City instead of Opelika. Not sure why Opelika wouldn't be dispatching someone from so close by.

Otis

I would all with tones & without just in case they go toneless or change the tones. also go back & read this thread.. it its still in the changing mode

 

[f2shooter]

For what it is worth I've been listening a good bit to the trooper frequencies and they seem to be much more active over the last few weeks. Opelika is on .445 with a good signal but can also be heard with some noise on .505. Alex City is more active and Montgomery is dispatching more units than I'm hearing elsewhere. I'm also hearing Dothan on .920 along with Montgomery and hearing them quite clearly. Interesting as the Dothan post is more than 100 miles away. I've heard two good chases this past week, one in Milbrook that involved an officer being shot at and trooper units came in from all over the place on that. Also heard a chase by multiple trooper units in Phenix City that ended in a wreck. Both events made it on the evening news. Pretty interesting at times.

Otis

 

[codeplug]

Jacksonville Post Repeater

Jacksonville Post still having communications issues with the new repeater system.
Repeater hang time is too short on the Cheaha Mtn. / 11 Disp. Repeater.
Post dispatch is cutting in/out of the repeater and cars only hearing some of their traffic.
The cars were having the same issue but seem to have cleared it up some with the technicians
spending almost a week of working on the repeater.
Some of the cars are still having issues in some of the rural areas where repeater coverage is poor.
Post dispatch switched back to the Base-to-Car freq. on Monday as a temporary fix.

 

[codeplug]

AL DPS Mobile Extender

854.6875 / AL DPS Mobile Extender - Base & Mobile traffic heard
809.6875 / AL DPS Mobile Extender - No traffic heard

This frequency (854.68750) was active on Friday Sept. 18, 2015.
Was hearing both Base and Mobile traffic on the same frequency.
Appeared to be coming from an ALEA - State Trooper Vehicle in my area.

Jacksonville Post was talking to a Trooper Unit when this freq. was active.

 

[Tracker44]

Isnt the Output all you need to receive them ???? And the PL always helps.

 

[codeplug]

AL DPS Mobile Extender

854.6875 / AL DPS Mobile Extender - Output, No PL received, must have been CSQ.
809.6875 / AL DPS Mobile Extender - Input, HT to Mobile.

Not sure how they have the Trooper cars set up, they must have certain ones that can Transmit/Receive on 800
and then go out on the VHF side to key-up the VHF repeater.
I believe all you need to monitor is the Output, but it wouldn't hurt to have both.
Anyone else with more knowledge of how these work.

 

[SCPD]

By the sounds of your observed monitoring they use 7/800 portables/extenders which relays from the extender to the vhf mobile unit in trunk.

 

[medic9351301]

Update: been on scan of all alea channels. Have not heard any. Calls disparched just going 1042 and running tags.what gives here could they be using mdts.or southern lincs.hearing alea central on 158.790 in bham sounds like a input .Central is really weak but hearable.also bearly heariing jaxs on 155.445. This is strange.

 

[medic9351301]

Codeplug check ur pm sir

 

[KJ4TDM]

Its been awhile since I kept up with ALEA, is this map still accurate in anyway?
Thanks

 

[emcom]

Its been awhile since I kept up with ALEA, is this map still accurate in anyway?
Thanks

Yes, those are the current divisions. E & F are dispatched out of Decatur (19 counties) as ALEA North; C,D,G are dispatched out of Montgomery (30 counties) as ALEA Central; and A & B are dispatched out of Mobile as ALEA South.