FE has long since moved off of OpenScam. There also slowly adding on to there p25 system. At least the Met Ed units here in Lebanon County.
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I'm not debating that at all. I believe the licenses posted are for legitimate FE sites, and not for PA*NET. Sure, there could be some agreement between the two, but I wouldn't expect that there would be. I guess they could be filing under the radar for PA with the anticipation that they'll use the PA*NET system, but I'm still leaning towards the licenses being for actual FE sites.
Mike
I've monitored the first energy system in Berkeley county WV and Franklin county PA sporadically for years and have never heard anything, even in bad weather when I would expect utility crews to be active. And I've made sure I had the appropriate service types and ID search on. Is there just no traffic in my area?
The main reason these caught my eye is that First Energy has zero service area in southeast PA and yet one of the sites is in Delaware County. That's what made me wonder.
Peter, you say FE longago moved off OpenSky and yet the state's own fact sheet states this:
• FirstEnergy Corporation—Approximately 3,180 subscriber radios support field technicians in utility maintenance operations.
Maybe FE just uses OpenSky for data terminal in crew trucks, I don't really know.
Peter, you say FE longago moved off OpenSky and yet the state's own fact sheet states this:
• FirstEnergy Corporation—Approximately 3,180 subscriber radios support field technicians in utility maintenance operations.
Maybe FE just uses OpenSky for data terminal in crew trucks, I don't really know.
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That sure is a big void of service over there for FE. You certainly could be right. I can't account for why Delaware and Lancaster sites would exist. And indeed it's interesting that would be using the PA*NET site naming conventions (although you did explain some relationship).
I guess time will tell.
Mike
Last year when we had that 11h power outage, i talked with the repair foreman and the line forman. He showed me his new Motorola radio and I asked him about the opensky macom harris equipment and was told that unreliable crap was yanked out in early 2017.
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Statewide P25
I've been receiving on 161.9000, one of the Allegheny simulcast frequencies. I've received about a dozen unlisted talk groups and about 50 unit IDs. There are about a dozen unlisted TGs that I've received. They follow the sequence of 10xxx or 12xxx. I've only heard actual voices on the Ligonier TG, 12015. It has unit IDs that follow the pattern of 1230xxx.
I've been receiving on 161.9000, one of the Allegheny simulcast frequencies. I've received about a dozen unlisted talk groups and about 50 unit IDs. There are about a dozen unlisted TGs that I've received. They follow the sequence of 10xxx or 12xxx. I've only heard actual voices on the Ligonier TG, 12015. It has unit IDs that follow the pattern of 1230xxx.
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You may want to take a look here
Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet) Talkgroup Research - The RadioReference Wiki
Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet) Radio and Unit IDs - The RadioReference Wiki
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Where are you located? 161.900 is also used on the Armstrong County site. You might be receiving that.
But, you will hear more if you trunk the sites rather than just monitor the system frequencies.
Thanks for the info, though. 12015 is one of the few routinely active unencrypted TGs so far.
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And the control point listed on those licenses being PSP:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/8...2407f89ee7c6e3!8m2!3d40.3375757!4d-76.7108011
It is as legit as the 160/161 mhz frequencies you've seen. Not on an FCC license but nonetheless legit.
Mike
I looked at the Marine frequencies there is a 156.400 & 156.4125, so I guess it's ok to submit it as such. Was reluctant to do so.
On another note BEDF02 is online, if all goes as planned, road trip Monday to confirm it.
Well it's pretty far from any major waterway so maybe it won't be an issue. I guess time will tell
Some marine channels are not used in the northern usa. Some are only used in texas
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