Randolph County/Cuthbert Question

[dgoodson]

While recently driving through Randolph County near Cuthbert, I heard what seemed to be an LEO conversation on a strong repeater on 154.145 with tone of 82.5.

I have not been able to find anything in the licensing data that fits this situation. Can anyone id this station

 

[Metrofire31]

Randolph County

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any agency in either Georgia or Alabama within reasonable range of Cuthbert that is licensed to use that frequency. HOWEVER, I didn't check newly licensed frequencies or applications. Chattahoochee County, just north of Cuthbert, used to use that frequency but it shows their license has expired.

Mike
"Metrofire31"
Atlanta
WQIT636

 

[dgoodson]

Yeah, sort of wierd. I was right outside Cuthbert on US 27 maybe a mile S of town. I actually had the Chatttahoochee frequency programmed with alphnumerics, so the scanner stopped and the display showed that channel, so I did not mis read the frequency. I noted the tone, so I am pretty sure of what I saw. Later I looked in the memory and verified it was 154.145 for that channel. The transmission was about 30 seconds of back and forth dealing with a vehicle registration check, so it didn't sound like bleed over or skip or anything like that. It certainly sounded "loud and clear" like a repeater not too far away.

 

[nunyax]

There is a repeater licensed to Cuthbert on 154.1375, 12.5 kHz away. Could you have been hearing that?

FCC info here: WQJY769

 

[dgoodson]

Maybe- I was just passing through and so I can't check again til next time....

 

[Metrofire31]

Cuthbert

Yes, you were most likely hearing "bleed over" from the Cuthbert 12.5 freq.

Mike
Metrofire31
Atlanta
WQIT636