NJUTAC Frequencies & Tones

[DJ88]

Some of the NJUTAC frequencies are being used at the Bamboozle Festival in Asbury Park this weekend, but with different tones than those listed for them in the database here. For example:
NJUTAC 6 (472,8750) Listed tone PL 192.8 Tone being used PL 203.5
NJUTAC 27 (500.5625) Listed tone PL 127.3 Tone being used PL 100.0
Those are the only two confirmed by pdfdems286 on another thread about the festival.
I can't get any of them here in Brick, either because they're being used simplex or the repeaters , if any, aren't putting out enough power for me to receive them, so I can't confirm any others.

With that said, my question is what purpose do the tones listed in the DB here serve if agencies are using different ones? If we have them programmed with the listed tones, there's a good chance we may not hear anything on them if they're being used.

Does anyone have any input about this? Thanks.

 

[robbinsj2]

Spitballing here -- maybe they set up different repeaters with different tones for this event, so that they're not keying up the whole wide-area network for the geographically-limited event? If that is the purpose they could have changed the input PL and left the output the same, so maybe it's something else.

Jim

 

[cifd64]

Also depends on who is responsible for the WAN in that region.

 

[Tech792]

I thought the exact same thing yesterday. So I programmed every thing in as CSQ/Search. Problem solved.

 

[DJ88]

I thought the exact same thing yesterday. So I programmed every thing in as CSQ/Search. Problem solved.

I did the same thing today with all of the UTACs and ITACs.

 

[Highpockets]

I did the same thing today with all of the UTACs and ITACs.

I'm going to re-check what John has for them in his Guide for those channels, usually he right on with his info, I'll go woth what he has.

 

[DJ88]

The tones listed in his file are the same ones that are listed in the RR Database.

 

[Highpockets]

Thanks all for the info.

 

[scannersnstuff]

when i'm in the inciipient stage of listening to an event,especially one's using new frequencies <to me> , i alway's setup for tone search. too many variable's. i did hear a unit calling another unit. somebody said that the unit was getting his radio programmed. a few time's i got left in the dark because the tone was incorrect.

 

[KDD904]

PL 203.5 is correct for UTAC6 SOUTH
PL 192.8 is correct for UTAC6 NORTH
500.2625 is UTAC22, PL 100.0
UTAC27 is 506.2625, PL 127.3

 

[DJ88]

Do you know if NJ UTAC 4, 5, 7, & 8 also use different tones for north and south?

 

[KDD904]

UTAC6 is the only channel that is "re-used" North & South. All the others use only the tones specified throughout the region or state.

 

[DJ88]

Thanks.