New Talkgroup - Hawkes Hill

[iago]

I detected a new talkgroup on the Hawkes Hill repeater, AFS: 14-007.
It's not listed https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=3635
Any ideas?

 

[Jay911]

What did you hear on it?

 

[primehifi]

Over the years I've seen various random talkgroups pop up. I don't think there's much to it. Mostly testing or accidental keyups. If anything is ever said, and that's rare, it's nothing more than "test test"

 

[radioman97]

TGRP 531 using 685

Whitbourne and Placentia have been using DEC 685 instead of their DEC 531 channel that they always used. I noticed this since we had the lighting storm back the second week of August. Curious now if a tower got struck with lightning or if they're updating their TGRP to P25. A dispatcher asked a member once how good did they find the TGRP (DEC 685) and the member stated "a lot clearer then the encrypted one yesterday".

 

[smiters]

what were the frequencies? i was stuck on the tch just outside whitbourne due to a fire a few months ago and was hearing the RCMP fine with my uniden bc125at

 

[radioman97]

I periodically hear them through hawkes hill or four mile site, on the northern Avalon, however if I travel Whitbourne and westbound I usually have the Whitbourne scat channel on (155.400). Always get good signal on that one and guaranteed to get them.