855.2375
I'm reviving an old thread here reference the statewide simplex talkaround channel, 855.2375 MHz PL 192.8 Hz.
First, I can't believe they didn't know it was in use in the system. It has been a voice channel on S01 INDY since, well, seems like forever now. Even so, that wouldn't necessarily preclude it from being used anywhere in a short-range simplex talkaround application, which is exactly what it was intended for.
True, it wouldn't be very usable close to the east side of Indianapolis (where the site is) but elsewhere it would be fine. As a matter of fact, I used to hear it used quite frequently here in the northwest part of Johnson County by public safety working at local high school football games in the fall. That would actually put it well within the footprint of the INDY site, although radios on simplex within a couple hundred yards of each other could easily cover up any traffic from the site.
This used to be one of the bottom voice channels of the INDY site, and it didn't get too many channel grants. Now that rebanding has occurred, it is seeing much more frequent use by the site since everything is now below 860 MHz. That said, I'm still keeping it programmed in my conventional list with PL 192.8, as I have a sneaking suspicion that there are still hundreds of radios in the field with this frequency still programmed, and there probably will be for some time to come.
Additionally I haven't removed any of the non-rebanded NPSPAC conventional channels either. Even though all the NPSPAC repeaters are now rebanded statewide, I still occasionally hear simplex traffic on the old NPSPAC channels, and its legitimate NPSPAC, since it has the 156.7 Hz PL.
I take it 855.2375 PL 192.8 is no longer being programmed or advertised by IPSC as a statewide talkaround?
