nikealli25
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I was wondering if anyone out there knows how I can pick up the Ohio ODOT. If any one does please let me know. I am located in Findlay Ohio. All help is appreciated.
has anyone been able to pick up ODOT on marcs or they still on there old vhf because it's the winter time and i would like to hear about the roads with the snow plows
Low Band is the normal band for ODOT in most, if not all areas still. So you'll likely be looking for activity on the 47.xx frequencies.
I have those set on my Pro96 scanner. I am not hearing anything. Please let me know,
Give it a chance. In the wintertime, unless there is an active storm happening, you won't hear much. Also keep in mind these are simplex frequencies. You may have difficulty hearing the mobiles or even the bases at the ODOT outposts. The outposts are usually pretty strong, but if you are using the stock antenna on the PRO-96 [and especially if you aren't in a great location, such as low elevation, in a basement, etc] you are really going to have a hard time hearing the mobiles because the stock antenna just can't pick up lowband very well.
Mike
As of 2012 [December 26 Storm] ODOT is still using low band 47xxx frequencies atleast in NE Ohio
ODOT plow trucks all use VHF lowband Statewide. ODOT does have some MARCS radios that are used by our Freeway Service Patols, Emergency operations with our Districts, and soon we will have them in each county for administrative use. However, for snow and ice operations we still use lowband frequencies between county garage and trucks.