NYSP traffic

[kc2gbv]

I often travel through NY and monitor the SP. Most commonly I’m in Orange County and often travel on I-84 to CT. I understand that Troop F in Orange Co is on the Orange Co trunked system. If I travel out of Orange Co I don’t seem to hear any Troop F traffic on their normal vhf dispatch channels. Same thing across the Hudson in Troop K. I occasionally hear some traffic on their vhf frequencies but none of it is from I-84 and sounds like it’s from a more rural port of their coverage area. Recently I took a trip to Buffalo and back. I heard zero traffic on the SP dispatch frequencies. Occasionally there were test transmissions on the statewide (154.695) channel. Anybody know what’s going on with their radio system?

 

[GTR8000]

It's pretty common these days for the SP to operate primarily on county resources, whether that be a trunked system as in the case of Rockland and Orange, or on conventional channels such as a countywide law dispatch or polling channel. The trend has been to let the counties dispatch them as much as possible rather than self-dispatch as has historically been done. Orange is a hybrid of that, where you still have SP Middletown dispatching the Zone 2 patrols, but on their own talkgroup rather than 155.535.

 

[k2hz]

In most of the upstate Troops all dispatch is on the local County systems. The only activity on the NYSP channels is usually car to car or, rarely, some administrative stuff on the Troop channel.

 

[seagravebuff60]

Well, I'll speak about Troop K. Troop K is split up into 3 Zones. Zone 1 Is Columbia and a little bit of northern Dutchess counties. Zone two is the rest of dutchess and all of Putnam County. Zone 3 Is Westchester County Only. Some traffic is heard on their own VHF Frequencies. Trrop K Zone 3 primarily herd on their own NYSP VHF Channel, But like mentioned above troopers in certain counties (especially in Zone 1 &2) are often dispatched by their local County respectively
In Zone 1 & 2, NYSP units are Mostly dispatched of their counties 911 Poling frequency. Occasionally, you will hear them on their own NYSP Vhf frequencies. It's kind of a mix of both. Ive noticed that it depends on the type of call.

Now, when Troopers are being dispatched by NYSP Directly they are often dispatched by SP Poughkeepsie if they are Zone 1 & 2 Units. ZOne 3 Units are dispatched by SP Hawthorne AKA "TMC".
I, myself, of course, live right in between both of the dispatch centers so I constantly hear them both, and have no way to control it! Of course, no one knows how to use radios correctly so everyone steps on each other constantly! So frustrating!

 

[jgorman21]

In the Albany area Troop G is still on all the standard VHF Frequencies as well as the various local county 800 systems. I hear constant traffic in 155.445; 154.680,154.665, and 155.550.

 

[radioman2001]

I will also say that NYSP VHF transmisions are far and few between. Last weekend coming back from the Buffalo area I heard less that a dozen transmissions. The few I did hear were traffic stops on RT86/17 anywhere East of Binghamton. The only other ones were 1/2 hour call signs.
It's not the 70's anymore where you could listen to multiple Troops on Low Band.

 

[mike4164]

I monitor NYSP in Orange and Sullivan county NY from here in NEPA Pike county and can tell you as a fact that the NYSP in Orange county are dispatched by the county on the new system and are dispatched by Sullivan county on their county VHF system. As for the troop dispatch it is only used when there is a serious call directly to the NYSP on the phone and then also dispatched to local pd on the county channel. The NYSP troop channels are mainly used for NYSP "business" only now. I know troopers in both areas and they don't seem to mind the way things are dispatched in those areas. The 84 corridor is dispatched to trrop F units now in Orange county on their troop channel and NOT the NYSP Thruway channels anymore. If you travel the 84 corridor in Orange monitor the troop channels and the new county system as I have heard them dispatch local units to calls on 84 as well as 17.

 

[ak716]

I will also say that NYSP VHF transmisions are far and few between. Last weekend coming back from the Buffalo area I heard less that a dozen transmissions. The few I did hear were traffic stops on RT86/17 anywhere East of Binghamton. The only other ones were 1/2 hour call signs.
It's not the 70's anymore where you could listen to multiple Troops on Low Band.

Troop A's use of the VHF-Hi channels in WNY is just about dead. Overnight status checks, occasional car to car transmission, and that's it. If you monitor SP and the local county, every now and then you'll hear Batavia calling a unit on the VHF-Hi channels, and then, a minute later, the Sheriffs Dispatch raises them on the Sheriffs channel, they answer, and advise them to call Batavia. During large events, you'll hear some random chatter, but, its very rare to hear something dispatched on it now in WNY.

 

[R0am3r]

The Troop D activity is also minimal. I have seen some communications traffic on their VHF frequency (155.505), but it sounds like they use this channel as a backup for areas with minimal coverage by the county systems.

 

[AZ645]

The Radio Reference Database shows NYSP having 700 Mhz/800 Mhz frequencies assigned. I have them programed into my SDS100 but have never heard anything. What are these frequencies used for? Also I've noticed that many of the NYSP cars have long antennas mounted. What frequencies are these used for?

 

[k2hz]

The Radio Reference Database shows NYSP having 700 Mhz/800 Mhz frequencies assigned. I have them programed into my SDS100 but have never heard anything. What are these frequencies used for? Also I've noticed that many of the NYSP cars have long antennas mounted. What frequencies are these used for?

The 800s are vehicle repeaters and would only be heard very close to the car. The 700s are a P25E tactical system used regularly at the State Fair and elsewhere for events. Nothing to hear since they are P25E.

The "long antennas" seen on some cars are usually VHF 5/8 wave used in areas for cars that need enhanced VHF range.