It's too bad you don't have a scanner that would run Unitrunker easily (either a scanner you have made the "discriminator tap" modification on, or a scanner with CC dump features like an XT-model Uniden or a GRE PSR-series). It would make it easier to figure it out (once you have the control channel pinned down, if there is one).
Sadly my trips to the rock don't take me up PaB way any more... it's all between St John's and Leading Tickles for me.
Take a look at the frequencies on this system:
Newfoundland Provincial Radio (Project 25) System Trunking System, Various, Newfoundland and Labrador - Scanner Frequencies
I would listen to them one at a time, and not just the ones listed for PaB. As we are still "learning" the system, there may be frequencies out there that nobody's submitted yet.
Also: Knowing what the control channel noise sounds like is important. These samples are taken from the page at
this link which is a very useful thing to check if you are trying to figure out what a particular noise is.
These may sound the same, but they are different. Does the control channel sound like
this and/or
this? If so, it's a regular Motorola type II system, and I would be surprised if it is this, considering that the east half of the province built out a new P25 system a year or three ago.
Does it sound like
this one? That's P25. Scanner users can get the two confused because early digital capable scanners mixed the names for Motorola Type II and APCO Project 25 together. The Motorola Type II trunking listed in the paragraph above this one is a proprietary format that Motorola owns. Its control channel passes data at the speed of 3600 bits per second. The Project 25 data stream in this paragraph is designed by a consortium called APCO, which is an independent body not tied to any manufacturer. Its control channel data moves at 9600 bits per second. (Purists, I know this may not be exactly perfectly correct, but it serves the purpose for this discussion.)
A P25 control channel can apparently also sound like
this, but when I was listening to the system on the east side of the province a couple years ago, it sounded like the one in the paragraph above this one.
Don't confuse any of this with "P25 audio", which sounds like
this (if your scanner is not turning it into normal voice traffic). This sound is voice traffic that is carried on a trunk system (or as a conventional frequency non-trunked) and has no bearing on what type of trunk system is in use (in terms of Motorola Type II or Project 25).
The NAC is a Network Access Code which is kind of similar to the CTCSS/DCS code on an analog control channel. (Again, experts, just let the explanation stand.) On a trunk system, the NAC (which is always 3 hexadecimal characters from 0-9 and A-F) will be the last two characters of the system ID, plus one character which describes the Connect Tone of the trunk site. That part isn't really important right now, but for that trunk system I mentioned up at the top of this message, any (digital) voice channels you pick up should have a NAC of 0C# (where # is some number or letter from 0-9,A-F). If you pick up a NAC that's some other value, it's very likely that it's not part of that "Newfoundland Provincial Radio P25" trunk system.
If you do find a control channel noise and set it up in your scanner as Mot Type II or P25, put your scanner in HOLD MODE on that frequency/system (after you've programmed it in) and watch the display. It's been a long time since I used a T version (instead of an XT), but if memory serves, you should still get the same info on the screen. You should see the system ID on the top line. On my local system, it displays "SID:753Fh-003" which means I am listening to system 753F, site #3. If you see something like that, with just four characters between the : and the h, that's a Motorola Type II system. A P25 system will show up differently, and I'm sorry, but I don't recall exactly how it looks since I (at this time) don't have any P25 systems in my area. Someone else will certainly be able to explain, though; you should see references to both the SysID (or SID) and WACN, as well as site info. The SID of the Newfoundland provincial system is 00C and the WACN is 0000C (and these are completely separate, unique numbers; don't let their similarity fool you). Anyway, if you gather that kind of info from listening to/holding on the control channel, we'll know a lot more about what system(s) you have in PaB.
Of course, don't forget to submit any confirmed data you come up with
