nightwatch
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does sc hiway patrol still use there low band ch's?
im getting skip from se nc,and what sounds like schp on 42.12 and 42.14
im getting skip from se nc,and what sounds like schp on 42.12 and 42.14
LarrySC said:Very few if any SC cars still have Low Band. I would expect MS, MO, Western NC. You are too far away for summer skip from NE. Freqs listed would not be WNC. I keep one BC780scanner loaded w/ low band. Lots of MA in summer heard here. Looking for good DX over the next 11 years. Good Luck.
nightwatch said:were getting nchp now and eastern tenn,miss hp was in at 6pm but fadded out.the station on 42.14 was talking about I95.[/QUOTE
Dont know your area but here is a link for ya to look at. Put the control frequency in thats nearest you and you should be good. Other than the talk groups , but thats all up to you on which talk group you want to monitor
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=429
The ch-2 freq was 42.26 No 42MHz used in SC now. NC, MO, NE and MS still on 42. No MASS 42 heard in several years. I have a BC-780 on an AV-801 Avanti antenna for low band and have all of their freqs PGM'ed along with MASS Fire on 33MHz. Sure could use some sun spots this summer. Skip is only open about once a week and that is very spotty. Larry
>> No PL tones for SC low band, huh? No wonder they wanted to get off of it. That is crazy!
Tell us about it. Even when we wanted to listen to our local troop dispatching, we were still stuck hearing Missouri, California, etc. And sometimes 2 or 3 CHP centers were audible during the same intervals.
"Nightwatch" - if you can get ahold of a scanner with P-L tone capability, it will make it easier to I-D the low band agency you're hearing.
Just to throw a can of worms into the mix ... when SCHP transitioned to 800 trunking, alot of their low band radios, control heads, mikes, cabling ended up at amateur hamfests for sale. Picture a guy selling radios off a trailer piled high, front-to-back. And they were selling cheap !
I have to wonder how many might have ended up for personal use, without being programmed : )
... I understand about 2 years ago the repeaters from the low band system were sitting on the loading dock in Columbia. One of the local repeater guys told me that. They were like 7 channel base stations.