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scannerman700

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Does Maryland State Police Barrack "V" Berlin still use 39.60 frequency
and are there any other frequencies that Barrack V uses beside 39.60
Thanks in Advance-Jay
 

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Checking the State Police database here, yes that's the frequency; and there's 39.18, which is listed on the Worcester county page as being used for helo patches. Keep in mind that most 39 mhz ops are simplex, so you're going to need a good antenna to hear them. They do have a talkgroup on the Worcester trunk.

Whether they use other frequencies is an interesting question, and evidently one that varies from barrack to barrack. For example, there was a long running thread about MSP up in Harford county, and it was determined they used several frequencies, including 39.92, 151.475, 155.19 (nominally a barrack-barrack channel, but unused for that purpose in many years) and 159.405 (a DNR channel). Again, since they're a simplex talkaround type frequency, a good antenna/coax is a must. Whether they're used in your neck of the woods is not known.

I also understand that it's common practice to patch one or more radios thru the 155.73 portables frequency when there's a major incident on the Eastern Shore.. The PL might vary from barrack to barrack.

Go hunting! 73s Mike
 

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Thanks Again-Ka3jzz, I found out that MSP-BERLIN still uses 39.6 and 39.18...I can pick up Berlin very clearly :) It wont be long for me to be able to pick up MSP transmissions since Im going to MSP Academy in Late June anyway....Take Care-Jay
 

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Well MSP Berlin Barely uses 39.600 anymore...Most communications are on their talkgroup on the County EDACS system, but since they only have portables, every once in a while they will use the low band mobiles where the EDACS system has limited coverage...which is only about 2-3% of the time for them... They still do their time checks on the lowband frequency every 1/2 hour.

In regards to 39.180, this is a Worcester County Licensed Freq. The county uses it to patch MSP aviation into the EDACS system. The Berlin Barrack and their cars do not transmit on this anymore at all...
 
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