You're hearing reflections off of the rock faces of the mountains. Quite common on VHF and above.
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You're hearing reflections off of the rock faces of the mountains. Quite common on VHF and above.
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and I was thinking it might be skip because of warm air aloft. I wasn't aware of this mountain effect. Thanks for the info. I can say I learned something more about radio today.
HDMechanic
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This weekend was the first time I had ever those channels in that area. Thanks for straightening me out.
Warm air aloft again. Lots of RCMP skip in Edmonton right now.
Has there been a major down sizing of the RCMP Freeway Patrol on QE 2? I haven't heard the 6G units out of Leduc for some time. I did hear 6G3 from Ponoka freeway come onto the Leduc repeater and the NAOCC member seemed never to have heard of a gulf number. A google search of Innisfail and Airdrie Freeway just came up with Highway Patrol units. Have the Sheriff mainly taken over this responsibility? My list shows 17 freeway patrol cars between Edmonton and Calgary and 6G3 used to be out of Leduc rather than Ponoka.
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Leduc Traffic has never had a G unit unless you are going back to the 90s. Leduc traffic units are C49-52. The detachment support unit may have been a G unit. i will have to go and see what it is now a days plus have a look at the pickup. i will go and see what i can find out for you harryshunte. Leduc has the same amount of cars and i would say officers. The sheriffs cars for the Leduc area are T15 and T16.
thinking of it there was a SUV for a few mouths in 2010 that may have been a G but i think that was a temp. it was only around for 2-3 mouths at the most.
Now I may be living in the past but I don't think it goes back to the 90's. Between 1986 and 2004 I commuted often between Edmonton and Calgary. Leduc had 6G1, 6G2, 6G3 and 6G17. They used the 6 prefix as their commander was in Red Deer. After the Caprice police package was phased out in 1996this crew rebuilt these cars and kept them on the road for quite a few years after you couldn't buy them. They also used the mustangs when they first came out as a police car.
The Leduc Freeway Patrol detachment must have been phased out in the mid 2000's but I see Ponoka is still active using an old Leduc callsign 6G3. Also using motorcycles in the summer.
The Leduc Freeway Patrol detachment must have been phased out in the mid 2000's but I see Ponoka is still active using an old Leduc callsign 6G3. Also using motorcycles in the summer.
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6G3 is one of the retro RCMP cars. If you look at my pic by my name. That is 6G7. I will try and post a better pic latter when i get some time. If I remember the retro car out of Banff is a G unit as well.
MrVelvet
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Not all the retro cars a G units though - the highway division black and white down here in the Okotoks/High River/Turner Valley area is 2C1.
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The retro car in leduc is C49 and replaced the old C49. Which was the last Caprice in leduc.
All the G units you say were in leduc are new to me. I have been scanning from 2002 so it may be just be for that. My dad was a RCMP officer and I am trying to remember back then what the traffic unit had. But I can't.
All the G units you say were in leduc are new to me. I have been scanning from 2002 so it may be just be for that. My dad was a RCMP officer and I am trying to remember back then what the traffic unit had. But I can't.
Leduc's retro car 3C49 has been made into a 1/43 scale collector car. They really kept those last Caprice's running for a long time. The G units in Leduc were for QE2 only they still did have highway patrol cars C as well. HD Mechanics 6G7 was an Innisfail Freeway Car.
A G unit on the high speed section of the Trans Canada from Calgary to Banff would also make sense.
A G unit on the high speed section of the Trans Canada from Calgary to Banff would also make sense.
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Has anyone else noticed that A15 for Cochrane has been dead for the last week. I wonder if they have decided to remove that RPTR link or if something has happened to the RPTR ??
I haven't noticed it down - I'll keep an eye on it overnight here, as I'm bound to know fairly quickly if it's down. EDIT: it seems you are right - I just heard a call on B2 and couldn't pick it up on A15. I'd doubt it has been decommissioned - it is fairly heavily used and favored by tons of members passing thru the area, not just Cochrane and its associates. Being that it's on one of the mountains in Kananaskis (I thought Moose, but I've also heard Plateau and/or Pigeon from other people) maybe it's just down and inaccessible for the time being for repairs.
Do you hear anything on 421.5875 123.0 (G9)? That is the UHF link AFAIK. Always carries A15/B2/B10 traffic.
I have noticed what I have in my HP-1 as "C3" (155.46 without a tone) as being tested recently - picked up on unattended recording. I've put the two standard tones (123.0 and 131.8) in the scanner and will see if I pick up anything going forward.
Do you hear anything on 421.5875 123.0 (G9)? That is the UHF link AFAIK. Always carries A15/B2/B10 traffic.
I have noticed what I have in my HP-1 as "C3" (155.46 without a tone) as being tested recently - picked up on unattended recording. I've put the two standard tones (123.0 and 131.8) in the scanner and will see if I pick up anything going forward.
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I live about 1.5 km from Moose Mountain as the crow flies, and as I said, the weather out here is not very hospitable right now.. I don't think you could drive up the Moose Mountain road in its present condition. Skidoo, maybe, but I haven't gone on the footpath past the end of the road up to the summit/radio site in ages. I don't know if you'd want to haul radio gear up there at this time.
Yeah, the weather is pretty horrible. The repeater will probably be down for a while.
Can you drive to the top of Moose Mountain in the summer? I thought it was a hiking trail only.
Do you drive into Calgary every day for work? That's a pretty good trudge in bad weather eh?
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Moose Mountain has a road that's about 5-6 km up the eastern slope, accessed from Highway 66. There are three or four leases in the area for Husky, Shell, Petro-Canada (Suncor now I suppose) and Imperial Oil. It's maybe one-and-a-half lanes wide for most of its run. They recommend against winter travel, and/or have a gate (not sure if/when it gets closed, hasn't been for a while). I can get up there in my Subaru and in a fire truck. When the road reaches its northernmost point, there is a small parking lot and a hiking trail that allows access further up the mountain - the road loops back south again to another lease and IIRC the forestry tower and the radio site, about 1 more km up. My family hiked to the summit about 15 years ago when the forestry tower was still in operation.
My commute is 74 km door-to-door and takes about 50-55 minutes in clear weather with no traffic. Tonight, with a bit of flurries and some blowing snow, and typical drivers, it took 100 minutes, more than 50% of which was over a few km's on the Deerfoot and into NE Calgary.
My commute is 74 km door-to-door and takes about 50-55 minutes in clear weather with no traffic. Tonight, with a bit of flurries and some blowing snow, and typical drivers, it took 100 minutes, more than 50% of which was over a few km's on the Deerfoot and into NE Calgary.
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Isnt winter driving fun in Calgary 
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