LAYMAN
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STUMBLED ACROSS PURCELL POLICE TRANSMITTING ON: 153.94250
NOTE: Purcell Police also dispatches for Dibble Police.
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NOTE: Purcell Police also dispatches for Dibble Police.
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PURCELL P.D., FREQ.
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McClain Co SO
Layman--
What you are hearing is the McClain County Sheriff's Repeater. The units in the field call "Purcell" when they are calling dispatch. The repeater uses digital PL tone 244. Let me know if you figure out the input. This repeater is NOT licensed with the FCC.
Purcell Police are on 154.845MHz.
Another good frequency down there is 159.135MHz, which is the county fire repeater. It is licensed to the City of Purcell but the county uses it to dispatch every fire department in the county.
--FAST 2
BTW, I THINK I heard the 153.9425 repeater linked to the Norman system on TG 16208 during a pursuit last week. However, I was driving at the time, so I'm not completely sure I scribbled it all down right.
Layman--
What you are hearing is the McClain County Sheriff's Repeater. The units in the field call "Purcell" when they are calling dispatch. The repeater uses digital PL tone 244. Let me know if you figure out the input. This repeater is NOT licensed with the FCC.
Purcell Police are on 154.845MHz.
Another good frequency down there is 159.135MHz, which is the county fire repeater. It is licensed to the City of Purcell but the county uses it to dispatch every fire department in the county.
--FAST 2
BTW, I THINK I heard the 153.9425 repeater linked to the Norman system on TG 16208 during a pursuit last week. However, I was driving at the time, so I'm not completely sure I scribbled it all down right.
LAYMAN
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???????
:?:
THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
Does Purcell dispatch for the county?
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE I AM CONFUSED.
I AM NOT BEING A SMART HEAD HERE OR ANYTHING, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND CLARIFY IF IT IS "PURCELL P.D." ON THEIR OWN FREQ., OR WHAT. THIS WAY I CAN ADD IT TO MY FREQ., LIST.
THANKS.
P.S. I KNOW I AM NOT CLOSE TO THIS TOWN, BUT WHEN I DO LISTEN TO THEM, THEY SOUND INTERESTING. JUST LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO NEWCASTLE POLICE. AN OFFICER "CLOCKED" A MOTORCYCLE AT 90 M.P.H., AND WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO IT, AND ONCE HE DID IT FAILED TO YIELD UNTIL ALMOST THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY LINE.........GOT PRETTY INTERESTING THERE FOR A SECOND.
THANKS AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION. AGAIN LET ME KNOW FURTHER,
McClain County-or-Purcell P.D.
:wink:
:?:
THIS DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
Does Purcell dispatch for the county?
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE I AM CONFUSED.
I AM NOT BEING A SMART HEAD HERE OR ANYTHING, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND CLARIFY IF IT IS "PURCELL P.D." ON THEIR OWN FREQ., OR WHAT. THIS WAY I CAN ADD IT TO MY FREQ., LIST.
THANKS.
P.S. I KNOW I AM NOT CLOSE TO THIS TOWN, BUT WHEN I DO LISTEN TO THEM, THEY SOUND INTERESTING. JUST LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO NEWCASTLE POLICE. AN OFFICER "CLOCKED" A MOTORCYCLE AT 90 M.P.H., AND WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO IT, AND ONCE HE DID IT FAILED TO YIELD UNTIL ALMOST THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY LINE.........GOT PRETTY INTERESTING THERE FOR A SECOND.
THANKS AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION. AGAIN LET ME KNOW FURTHER,
McClain County-or-Purcell P.D.
:wink:
Purcell/McClain County
Layman--
Sorry to leave your queston hanging for so long. Got caught up in an ice storm :wink:
Here's the situation: In any radio system, the units in the field have to have a name for the base. They already know who they are, so their name for the base does not need to include that information.
Many sheriff's deputies will call to "Headquarters" or "S.O." (Sheriff's Office) or "County." They don't need to identify which county they are calling, because there is only one county on their radio.
However, McClain County (years and years ago) used to share a frequency (155.550MHz) with Cleveland County. THerefore, none of the above identifiers would work. So the two Sheriff's Office dispatchers became "Norman" (for Cleveland County) and "Purcell"( for McClain County). Even when they got their own system, the officers were used to calling "Purcell," so it's still that way.
Purcell PD does not refere to themselves as Purcell on the radio. For some reason, Newcastle PD does. The problem is there are no hard and fast rules.
Make sense?
--FAST 2
Layman--
Sorry to leave your queston hanging for so long. Got caught up in an ice storm :wink:
Here's the situation: In any radio system, the units in the field have to have a name for the base. They already know who they are, so their name for the base does not need to include that information.
Many sheriff's deputies will call to "Headquarters" or "S.O." (Sheriff's Office) or "County." They don't need to identify which county they are calling, because there is only one county on their radio.
However, McClain County (years and years ago) used to share a frequency (155.550MHz) with Cleveland County. THerefore, none of the above identifiers would work. So the two Sheriff's Office dispatchers became "Norman" (for Cleveland County) and "Purcell"( for McClain County). Even when they got their own system, the officers were used to calling "Purcell," so it's still that way.
Purcell PD does not refere to themselves as Purcell on the radio. For some reason, Newcastle PD does. The problem is there are no hard and fast rules.
Make sense?
--FAST 2
LAYMAN
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THANKS
THANKS OH GRATEFUL ONE, GRASSHOPPER NOW HAPPY
THANKS OH GRATEFUL ONE, GRASSHOPPER NOW HAPPY
Okay, so I wonder what exactly Purcell PD is up to these days... I've been monitoring 154.845, but I haven't been hearing any traffic lately... have they slid off to somewhere else? Are they now running on the McClain Co. repeater? Anyone have any idea?
In the meantime, here's a partial list of agency identifiers that I've compiled for McClain Co. Can anyone fill in the blanks?
Blanchard PD: 500's (Headquarters)
Blanchard FD: ????
Newcastle PD: 3500's (Newcastle)
Newcastle FD: 600's
McClain Co SO: 4400's (Purcell)
Dibble PD: 1200's
Dibble FD: 900's
Purcell PD: ????
Purcell FD: ????
Washington PD: ????
Wayne PD: ????
Cole FD: ????
Don't know what the other FD's are...
I also tend to lump Noble, Lexington, and Slaughterville in with these communities. I don't have much info about them - if anyone can advise any info on them, especially frequency info, that would be much appreciated as well. The only info I do have is:
Noble PD/FD
155.520 simplex
PL 123.0
PD units 400's
FD units ????
Base ID is ????
Noble's a little tricky because where I live, I can only hear the base and not the mobiles.
Anyhow, full quieting to all, and many thanks in advance...
In the meantime, here's a partial list of agency identifiers that I've compiled for McClain Co. Can anyone fill in the blanks?
Blanchard PD: 500's (Headquarters)
Blanchard FD: ????
Newcastle PD: 3500's (Newcastle)
Newcastle FD: 600's
McClain Co SO: 4400's (Purcell)
Dibble PD: 1200's
Dibble FD: 900's
Purcell PD: ????
Purcell FD: ????
Washington PD: ????
Wayne PD: ????
Cole FD: ????
Don't know what the other FD's are...
I also tend to lump Noble, Lexington, and Slaughterville in with these communities. I don't have much info about them - if anyone can advise any info on them, especially frequency info, that would be much appreciated as well. The only info I do have is:
Noble PD/FD
155.520 simplex
PL 123.0
PD units 400's
FD units ????
Base ID is ????
Noble's a little tricky because where I live, I can only hear the base and not the mobiles.
Anyhow, full quieting to all, and many thanks in advance...
McClain County
2112--
Welcome to the fray!
You may have noticed that someone in McClain County has become quite creative in frequency selection lately. :roll:
For example, Newcastle has moseyed on down to 152.180MHz for Police and 152.090MHz for Fire. This is after receiving a couple of narrowband VHF frequency pairs (153.8075MHz and 155.6175MHz) for police use that are curently unused.
McClain County is of course on 153.9425MHZ, but there is no FCC license for this frequency. It appears to me that whoever is setting up these radios believes police do not need to follow the regulations that apply to the rest of us.
Anyhow, off my soap box and on to the question at hand.... It's been a few weeks, but last I knew Purcell was indeed on 154.845MHz. However, I would not be surprised to see them shuffle down to 152.XXXMHz to join everyone else. Try 152.345MHz and 152.900MHz. There are a couple of licenses in Purcell on those frequencies.
Otherwise, you might just search through 152MHz to 154MHz and see of anything interesting comes up. You're sure to snag a bunch of business stuff from those repeaters around highway 62 and highway 9, but you never know.
Good luck, and let us know what you find
--FAST 2
BTW, I see you are from Blanchard. What do they use 153.9875MHz for?
2112--
Welcome to the fray!
You may have noticed that someone in McClain County has become quite creative in frequency selection lately. :roll:
For example, Newcastle has moseyed on down to 152.180MHz for Police and 152.090MHz for Fire. This is after receiving a couple of narrowband VHF frequency pairs (153.8075MHz and 155.6175MHz) for police use that are curently unused.
McClain County is of course on 153.9425MHZ, but there is no FCC license for this frequency. It appears to me that whoever is setting up these radios believes police do not need to follow the regulations that apply to the rest of us.
Anyhow, off my soap box and on to the question at hand.... It's been a few weeks, but last I knew Purcell was indeed on 154.845MHz. However, I would not be surprised to see them shuffle down to 152.XXXMHz to join everyone else. Try 152.345MHz and 152.900MHz. There are a couple of licenses in Purcell on those frequencies.
Otherwise, you might just search through 152MHz to 154MHz and see of anything interesting comes up. You're sure to snag a bunch of business stuff from those repeaters around highway 62 and highway 9, but you never know.
Good luck, and let us know what you find
--FAST 2
BTW, I see you are from Blanchard. What do they use 153.9875MHz for?
Thanks, Fast2...
Yeah, I've been listening to NPD with their weirdo freqs. I reckon they're doing that for better sound quality and range than they can get out of their licensed NFM pair (higher power, wider bandwidth, etc.). Their repeater does sound quite good.
Every once in awhile, Purcell dispatches units numbered 25** and 30**. Anyone have any ideas what these are?
I haven't heard any traffic on Blanchard's 153.9875. I'm kinda down in a bowl, so NFM simplex is difficult to take in. Guess I gotta get that tower up...
Some other freqs that I'm going to look at for Purcell include a pair on a newer license (155.760 and 155.145), and also 151.190 and 153.860.
I'll advise iffin I hear anything...
Yeah, I've been listening to NPD with their weirdo freqs. I reckon they're doing that for better sound quality and range than they can get out of their licensed NFM pair (higher power, wider bandwidth, etc.). Their repeater does sound quite good.
Every once in awhile, Purcell dispatches units numbered 25** and 30**. Anyone have any ideas what these are?
I haven't heard any traffic on Blanchard's 153.9875. I'm kinda down in a bowl, so NFM simplex is difficult to take in. Guess I gotta get that tower up...
Some other freqs that I'm going to look at for Purcell include a pair on a newer license (155.760 and 155.145), and also 151.190 and 153.860.
I'll advise iffin I hear anything...
Freaky Deaky...
First of all... After scanning about for awhile on those freqs I was blathering about earlier and hearing nothing on a Friday night, I decided to switch from using one of my 560xlt's to setting up a search on my dormant 780xlt. So... I transferred my radio shack mag mount antenna, which is the only antenna that I have with a BNC connector to the 780 and stuck the old stock antenna into the back of the bc145xlt (yes, my MAIN scanner...). Suddenly, the 154.845 jumped into life. Here I thought I was doing well to have put the better antenna on the scanner with Purcell PD's freq in it. Apparently not.
So... Purcell PD is still using 154.845. Which leads me to the following question: Purcell PD has a BEAUTIFUL PD facility... why couldn't they generate just a little cashola for a decent radio system that still works good when you get 15 miles away? That's about how far I am away... and it's quite static-y.
Again... I guess I just need to be getting that tower up.
And for those of you whose eyes popped out of your heads when I admitted that a lowly 145xlt is my main scanner... my very first scanner was a 560xlt, and I'm somewhat addicted to the little LED number flipping around... that and I don't need the latest greatest. My 780 is generally turned off... heh.
Thanks to fast2okc for the assistance... oh, and BTW, the Purcell PD units refer to dispatch as "Purcell", just like those on the county repeater do. The units are typically 2 digits in practice, but I think I've heard them as 100's, so maybe they're just saying the last two digits, much like Newcastle does...
First of all... After scanning about for awhile on those freqs I was blathering about earlier and hearing nothing on a Friday night, I decided to switch from using one of my 560xlt's to setting up a search on my dormant 780xlt. So... I transferred my radio shack mag mount antenna, which is the only antenna that I have with a BNC connector to the 780 and stuck the old stock antenna into the back of the bc145xlt (yes, my MAIN scanner...). Suddenly, the 154.845 jumped into life. Here I thought I was doing well to have put the better antenna on the scanner with Purcell PD's freq in it. Apparently not.
So... Purcell PD is still using 154.845. Which leads me to the following question: Purcell PD has a BEAUTIFUL PD facility... why couldn't they generate just a little cashola for a decent radio system that still works good when you get 15 miles away? That's about how far I am away... and it's quite static-y.
Again... I guess I just need to be getting that tower up.
And for those of you whose eyes popped out of your heads when I admitted that a lowly 145xlt is my main scanner... my very first scanner was a 560xlt, and I'm somewhat addicted to the little LED number flipping around... that and I don't need the latest greatest. My 780 is generally turned off... heh.
Thanks to fast2okc for the assistance... oh, and BTW, the Purcell PD units refer to dispatch as "Purcell", just like those on the county repeater do. The units are typically 2 digits in practice, but I think I've heard them as 100's, so maybe they're just saying the last two digits, much like Newcastle does...
K5MAR
Member
You've just discovered what many of us know, and others still haven't learned - the Radio Shack magmount scanner antenna is a piece of poorly-performing junk! On the other hand, as indoor antennas go the Radio Shack 20-161 Indoor Scanner antenna is actually pretty decent. It has a Motorola car radio type connector, use the 278-117 adapter to connect it to your scanner's BNC connector. I have two of these antennas, one on a 780, and another on an older Uniden BC860XLT. It's worth looking into.
Mark S.
Mark S.
n5bew1
Member
Purcell PD's 154.845 repeater is still in use as of tonight. I went to Purcell one time 2 or 3 years ago to look at a Ham repeater with problems. It was located at the same site as the PD's repeater. It was a nice new little Motorola compact repeater probably 50 watts. They are located at the white water tower on the big red bluff at Purcell's city park. The antennas are on the water tower so they have a good site with the high ground over looking the Canadian river.
fivestarr
Member
McClain County unlicensed repeater
Fast2...........
Im wondering why McClain Co. has failed to license that repeater. They have to know they are toying with at least a citation.
That raises another question for the group, is the FCC a little lax in this area? Could it be that there are so many violations to chase in Texas that they rarely get up this way? About all I see on the FCC field notices page is cites for some guy in Wilburton selling Galaxy radios.
Look how long it took them to shut down the guy who "had his red panties on and I'm ready to go to bed"
:lol:
fivestarr
Fast2...........
Im wondering why McClain Co. has failed to license that repeater. They have to know they are toying with at least a citation.
That raises another question for the group, is the FCC a little lax in this area? Could it be that there are so many violations to chase in Texas that they rarely get up this way? About all I see on the FCC field notices page is cites for some guy in Wilburton selling Galaxy radios.
Look how long it took them to shut down the guy who "had his red panties on and I'm ready to go to bed"
:lol:
fivestarr
K5MAR
Member
Re: McClain County unlicensed repeater
Some things I'd rather not even know about! :roll: :lol: :lol:
Mark S.
fivestarr said:
Some things I'd rather not even know about! :roll: :lol: :lol:
Mark S.
fivestarr
Member
Klaus Kramer was his name
I believe the correct quote on this strange episode was "I've got my nightgown on, I've got my pretty red panties on, and I'm ready to go to bed". If you were within 50-60 miles of his location in Grady county and happened to turn on channel 19, you would hear that over and over again. He was using a digital voice recorder, and by timer or otherwise, that phrase was repeated. And that went on for YEARS. Cost him 9500 bucks in a notice of apparent liability.
[/url]http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2002/DOC-238975A1.html
I believe the correct quote on this strange episode was "I've got my nightgown on, I've got my pretty red panties on, and I'm ready to go to bed". If you were within 50-60 miles of his location in Grady county and happened to turn on channel 19, you would hear that over and over again. He was using a digital voice recorder, and by timer or otherwise, that phrase was repeated. And that went on for YEARS. Cost him 9500 bucks in a notice of apparent liability.
[/url]http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2002/DOC-238975A1.html
Okay, so now that Purcell's deal has been squared away, my new mission is to figure out what's going on with Noble, Lexington, and Slaughterville (down in southern Cleveland County)...
I find it kind of surprising that Slaughterville, a town of 3,000 or so folks, doesn't seem to have a PD. Does anyone here know who's providing their law enforcement and communications needs?
Over on the Noble PD/FD simplex dispatch (155.520), I've been hearing police comms for units that are in the 400's and in the 2200's. Is one of these Noble and the other Slaughterville? I'm reasonably certain that neither of these is Lexington PD, whose units seem to be in the 300's based on a transmission I heard last night on the (old) Cleveland County SO VHF repeater (154.265) that involved Lexington 304.
Anyhow... I'm going to take a drive over that way tonight to get me better within the range of any lower-powered simplex stuff. I'll let y'all know what I find...
I find it kind of surprising that Slaughterville, a town of 3,000 or so folks, doesn't seem to have a PD. Does anyone here know who's providing their law enforcement and communications needs?
Over on the Noble PD/FD simplex dispatch (155.520), I've been hearing police comms for units that are in the 400's and in the 2200's. Is one of these Noble and the other Slaughterville? I'm reasonably certain that neither of these is Lexington PD, whose units seem to be in the 300's based on a transmission I heard last night on the (old) Cleveland County SO VHF repeater (154.265) that involved Lexington 304.
Anyhow... I'm going to take a drive over that way tonight to get me better within the range of any lower-powered simplex stuff. I'll let y'all know what I find...
Cool!2112 said:
I know your having fun whilst doing it .. but .. we appreciate the work your putting into it too.
n5bew1
Member
The last time I checked Cleveland Co Sheriffs office polices Slaughterville.
The SO has an branch office in Slaughterville which is fairly new.
Ken
The SO has an branch office in Slaughterville which is fairly new.
Ken
That CCSO patrols Slaughterville, then that kinda makes it boring... Slaughterville appears to have had it's own PD in the past, based on looking through the FCC licenses. I wonder what happened to it...
Also hearing units in the 200's on the Noble PD/FD dispatch simplex... And not just 2200's that have fast-keyed... hmm...
Oh well... guess I'll find out...
Also hearing units in the 200's on the Noble PD/FD dispatch simplex... And not just 2200's that have fast-keyed... hmm...
Oh well... guess I'll find out...
Okay... so I'm sure y'all have been sitting on the edges of your seats waiting to hear what new and exciting things I've learned whilst on my expedition... here goes:
Lexington PD is still on 155.550. It sounds like a repeater, but I could find the input (yet). I can't hear it at home on my regular scanning equipment prolly because its low powered. As I speculated before, the units are in the 300's (heard "306"), and the base is known as "Lexington".
I drove past the new CCSO substation in Slaughterville. Not much more data was gathered than that for Slaughterville. Then again, there's not much more data TO collect for Slaughterville.
Noble PD's units must be relatively low-powered, as I couldn't even hear them until I got into Slaughterville, just few miles south of Noble. Knowing what I know about Lexington and Slaughterville, I cannot even speculate what the various units that Noble dispatches are... those in the 400's, 200's, and 2200's, etc.
While out, I sat in Purcell awhile to see if I could pick out the repeater input to the 154.845. Didn't get it. Maybe next time.
A surprise grab whilst roving about was Lindsay PD. They're on 152.285. Another weirdo frequency that's not licensed...
Anyhow... that's the info that I gathered tonight. It's been submitted, along with other info I had.
Lexington PD is still on 155.550. It sounds like a repeater, but I could find the input (yet). I can't hear it at home on my regular scanning equipment prolly because its low powered. As I speculated before, the units are in the 300's (heard "306"), and the base is known as "Lexington".
I drove past the new CCSO substation in Slaughterville. Not much more data was gathered than that for Slaughterville. Then again, there's not much more data TO collect for Slaughterville.
Noble PD's units must be relatively low-powered, as I couldn't even hear them until I got into Slaughterville, just few miles south of Noble. Knowing what I know about Lexington and Slaughterville, I cannot even speculate what the various units that Noble dispatches are... those in the 400's, 200's, and 2200's, etc.
While out, I sat in Purcell awhile to see if I could pick out the repeater input to the 154.845. Didn't get it. Maybe next time.
A surprise grab whilst roving about was Lindsay PD. They're on 152.285. Another weirdo frequency that's not licensed...
Anyhow... that's the info that I gathered tonight. It's been submitted, along with other info I had.
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