Pittsylvania County 700 MHz TRS

[Thunderbolt]

Pittsylvania County has applied to the FCC to erect a Project 25 simulcast TRS. One of the emission modes are: 9K80F1E, which is used for P25 Phase II fixed-end 2-slot TDMA H-DQPSK voice. More information is available at the FCC Web site:

License application


73's

Ron

 

[mike_s104]

People better get a PSR-800 while they can unless Uniden comes out with something soon.

 

[brownlab]

Well I had to get out the old atlas to find out where Pittsylvania County is. Turns out it is the geographically largest county in the Commonwealth and interestingly also publish the county public safety frequencies on the county website. Well as Mike mentions, the cost of scanning in the county is about to increase by 400%. That may be much more effective than encrypting the system (lol).

 

[Thunderbolt]

They have filed a second license application for additional sites around the county.

73's

Ron

 

[John]

I understand they are in a hurry since their old system is not narrowbanded. I believe they get an extension from the FCC but they still need to get the new system online soon. Apparently they got a lot of federal money to help them since they have already deployed a lot of dual band phase II capable radios which aren't cheap...

John

 

[mymman]

It appears Pittsylvania has made the move. Anyone know the frequencies?

 

[Thunderbolt]

They are as follows:

769.55625
771.38125
771.98125
772.90625

Please let us know if you are hearing an active control channel.

73's

Ron

 

[mymman]

will check out

Thanks for the freqs. Will my Shack PRO-197 be able to follow their new system? Is it a P25 type 2.

 

[SCPD]

If it's a true P25 Phase II, then the Pro-197 won't decode the transmissions, but you should be able to hear the digital control channel

 

[mymman]

Pittsylvania County

Thanks; I was afraid that scanner and my handheld model
would be worthless here in Pittsylvania county. Could a Shack firmware update help, or am I looking at a new scanner?

 

[SCPD]

Probably a new scanner, keep your eyes open Uniden in unveiling something today and Whistler is expected the First Quarter of 2014

 

[mymman]

PS Chanman, I like your avatar.

 

[SCPD]

PS Chanman, I like your avatar.

Thanks!