Lately I have not obtained a control channel from any of the listed 5 Westchester Zone 3 frequencies. Metro25 zone full bars here. I wonder if it is off the air or it is just me.
Bob
MRRS System (MTA PD)
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Wow OK thanks for that info. Interesting. They must have changed something. Even during a band opening for the past couple of days where I was hearing Ham and Coast Guard from North Carolina and trunked systems from Atlantic City, I wasn't getting a peep from Zone 3 on my Unication G5. I can get Metro25 with the stubby duck sitting in my living room for comparison. A few weeks ago I was getting Zone 3 the best I ever had. (See post #628 in this thread)
I receive Zone 3 in all of lower Westchester besides while in Port Chester
Coming in Lima Charlie for me. Right now, the active Control Channel is 769.90625.
Can you hear the CC when tuned to that frequency?
Well, I programmed the CC in my G5 as a simplex, analog, no pl frequency. I open the squelch and I can hear nothing, even though I get 3 bars on the display. So, a little further investigating. I took the G5 out of the Amplified speaker and connected the yagi directly to the G5, and whala.. now it connects to the system with the same 3 bars. Apparently, the amplified charger is inducing noise into the radio on that frequency. I hooked my TinySA spectrum analyzer up to the amp using the signal generator mode. It takes about -90db of signal strength before the radio opens up on that frequency connected to the amp. When I connect the signal generator direct to the G5, the tone opens the squelch at -128db. Normally, the Amplified charger gives me 1 to 2 bars better on any other 700-800 frequency (except UHF, and that's a whole new thread lol). Something I have to keep my eyes on in the future.
Bob
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Okay so it's suggested to scan both Zones to increase reliability?
They can affiliate to whichever site they are near. I get them on Zone 1 (Long Island) at times.
The more sites you scan, the more you'll miss as the scanner switches between active control channels. Less is often more in this case.
Ossining is within the Zone 2 coverage area, so there's no reason why you would need to also scan Zone 3 unless you're interested in agencies in the southern half of the county. There's no guarantee that Ossining is going to always be active on Zone 3, however in theory they should always be active on Zone 2.
That theory breaks down if all of their subscribers happen to be on LTE, in which case there may not be any RF traffic being carried at any cell. It is what it is, as has been discussed many times in this very thread.
Thank you for that information. You explained it well.
Just to clarify do you scan the zones based on the physical location of the scanner or the affiliation of the department?
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I would say so. But the more sites you scan, the more you will miss. Ossining is in the area of the buffer zone between Z2 and Z3. However, they primarily operate in Zone 2.
If I were to guess, traffic is also forcefully carried over both zones. But its MRRS so probilbily not. Hell, im beginning to think that some of these TGs for Westchester PDs are allowed to roam on any 26E site, even if it's across the river or on Long Island.
Well, if your scanner is not in range of a particular cell, or has weak reception of that cell, then it really won't matter. However generally speaking you'd want to be scanning the primary cell of the agency you want to hear, assuming you have good reception for good decoding.
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.
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I am not a regular listener but this tg itself is still active.
Anyone know who those rid's belong to? Activity yesterday on tg 9063 where it was being referred to as tac 2.
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5 SB 1 & 2 was hailed
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5 SB 1 & 2 was hailed
Either SB 1&2 or SP 1&2. I have it recorded, want me to drop it here of you have somewhere to send it?
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