P25 amateur repeater in Chico, CA area

[jimvm]

Can anyone copy and decode the K6CHO P25 repeater on 146.895 MHz?
My BCD996T scanner will not decode the digital signal. It sure sounds like
P25. The repeater id's in morse code often. I tried contacting the sysop but
nothing so far.

jim vm

 

[k7ng]

Can you provide any more info about the repeater you hear? I can't find any listing (repeaterbook, NARCC, QRZ, etc.) for a repeater on this frequency and location. I travel regularly through that area and haven't heard that channel active (last time I was there was Feb.). Maybe it's D-STAR?

 

[k7ng]

Further research gets a hit from D-StarUsers.org Your Source for D-Star Digital Amateur Radio Information!, same freq you said, so it must be a d-star repeater. You'll need a piece of ICOM ham gear to decode it. I still don't see anything saying it's coordinated or whatever.

 

[jimvm]

P25 or what?

NARCC P25 repeaters show K6CHO in Chico, CA on 146.895.
I can hear this repeater very strong here in Olivehurst.
I can copy various P25 repeaters like Beale AFB, Coast Guard on Mt. Diablo very well
with my BCD996T scanner but not K6CHO. So I was wondering if this is an actual P25
repeater or some other modulation scheme. It sounds like P25 in analog but maybe it could
be Mototurbo or Dstar. Hoping someone in Sacramento area with a advanced knowledge in
digital techniques could verify. Will keep trying to contact sysop who is in San Jose according
to QRZ.com. AREA Repeater Group is where NARCC points to for contact information.

Thanks for your interest.

jim vm

APCO P25 - All Bands - All Areas
Your search found 7 repeaters.

Red = UNCOORDINATED Repeater
Blue = Coordination Pending
Black = Coordinated Repeater
OUTPUT INPUT CALL LOCATION SPONSOR STATUS NOTES
146.8950 146.2950 K6CHO Chico AREA Repea Pending #o110.9lsx
440.8000 445.8000 N6LYE Merced N6LYE Coordinated o114.8ex
442.1000 447.1000 K7WWA Willits WI6H Coordinated olx
443.6000 448.6000 N6LYE Fresno N6LYE Coordinated o114.8ex
443.6000 448.6000 N6LYE Madera N6LYE Coordinated o186.2e
444.0250 449.0250 K6HLE San Jose AREA Coordinated oelsx
444.0375 449.0375 K6HLE San Jose AREA Repea Not Coordinated #oel
Click a repeater callsign to either send an email or visit the Web site.

 

[jimvm]

OK, I thank the sysop for updating

Looks like the sysop has updated their web page, now it makes more sense.
Too bad for me, my scanner does not do Mototurbo!

AREA Repeater Group

jim vm