"Secret" Bradley Co. Frequencies

[ButchGone]

I'm not sure how legal this is, but Bradley County government has been renewing an FCC license for frequencies once used for Eaves Electronics, signed in the name of Don Eaves. These repeaters are being used by Bradley County even though they have been signed in Don Eaves name. The Eaves systems on Oswald Done, in Athens and Cleveland were once used for commercial users but he sold all his towers, repeaters and licenses for frequencies to Bradley County. Some you will recognize, and others we could use help identifying what they are used for. For example, there is a "MAC" (multi-agency-channel) channel but not sure what it is yet. Here are the listings according to the FCC data base:

WPYD922 150.890 used for Bradley County EMS main
" 153.620 unknown usage
" 154.490 unknown usage
" 157.470, 158.310, 160.125 repeater inputs

WNXL 631 152.315 unknown usage, also licensed under call sign WPPZ841
" 152.435 Bradley Co. EMS secondary
" 157.575, 157.695 repeater inputs

WPPZ 841 152.945 unknown usage
" 157.515 repeater input

WPPZ641 153.605 unknown usage
" 153.635 unknown usage
" 160.1550, 160.1850 repeater inputs
" 43.180 unknown usage
" 49.180 unknown usage


WPMW 517 150.965 unknown usage
" 152.375 unknown usage
" 152.915 unknown usage
" 153.500 unknown usage
" 157.635, 159.8850, 160.035, 160.0950 repeater inputs

WNRK663 153.0650 unknown usage

WNVM762 152.345 unknown usage
" 157.605 repeater input

There are a number of UHF repeaters showing various callsign listings too:

451.825, 451.950, 452.050, 461.100, 461.650, 461.875, 462.000, 463.975, 464.375, 464.675, 464.875.

Any help identifying what these are used for would be great!
Again, a county government signing FCC documents in a private entity's name and using that electronic real estate for their government use seems strange.
While you listen to these try to see what PL tones or DCS squelch codes are being used too. Bradley County has upgraded their radios and uses a mixed series on PL tones. For example, BCSO now uses a PL tone of 151.4 and Cleveland PD main repeater now uses a PL of 123.0.
BG..

 

[N_Jay]

It could be that they are leasing the frequencies.
There are all sorts of odd arraignments made for the transfer of frequencies.

Some legal, some not, some on the line.

 

[ccfire]

Well this is what i have heard so far.152.315 Dcs 205 possible law enforcment150.965 pl 162.2 unknown. voice inversion was being used.461.875 pl 77.0 possible school buses

 

[ButchGone]

new stuff..

I also logged 152.315 with a DCS 205 and this sounded like sheriff traffic but can't verify yet.
Heard two units on 153.0650, pl tone 136.5 say they were on "county schools."
And 152.945 has a pl tone of 136.5 but not sure who was keying this repeater.
We'll figure it out!
BG..

 

[hulio]

152.435
136.5
I noted some ems traffic on this.

 

[hulio]

sorry i duplicated that info. I will store these freqs and see what else I can find.

 

[hulio]

I have not had any traffic on the 400Mhz freqencies.. I did have some traffic on 150.965 PL-162.2 With voice inversion.

 

[hulio]

154.490 Dcs 606 was being used for Bradley SO. Primary was down

 

[SCPD]

Vendor licensing

It's common around me for the radio shop to "volunteer" to take care of all the licensing, and list themselves as the contact on the FCC license. Kind of "job security" for the radio shop. Makes the municipality reluctant to use another radio shop, implies the FCC says they have to use the radio shop on the license.

 

[SCPD]

Found repeater input frequencies

I've been listening to 152.315 Mhz and 154.490 Mhz for the past few days. The repeater input for 152.315 is 157.515 and the input for 154.490 is 160.125. The previously listed DCS tones remain in effect. Both frequencies have what sounds like sheriff/law enforcement operations being conducted. I listened to 152.315 this past Sunday and never heard any activity until sometime Monday morning. The activity I'm hearing on 152.315 sounds like deputies attempting warrant service, serving papers, etc. Anyone know if Bradley S.O. has split the duties amongst the department? The road patrol deputies use 155.535 and the other deputies that handle the administrative stuff use 152.315? Just a thought....

Cleveland City seems to use a 4 digit callsign format, i.e., 33xx and Bradley County S.O. uses a 3 digit call system. The two new frequencies have had some of the old callsign format used by the S.O., i.e., Alpha xx, Baker xx, Charlie xx, etc.

I'm only in town for a few days visiting relatives so that's all I can provide for now....

 

[hulio]

The 152.315 freq is the Multi Agency Channel. During the day it used by the Bradley SO, Drug Task Force, Animal Control,Ect ect. And I did hear the traffic on the 154.490 also. But what I was hearing was on the interstate. Not for sure if it was the county or the DTF units. Thanks for the inputs on those. Did you catch the digital PL tones. 153.315 is a 205.

 

[SCPD]

BTW.... The input frequency for Bradley S.O. main channel is using DPL 423.

 

[hulio]

why did bradley use a digital code and then change to a regular pl code? what about cleveland city, do they not have digital radios? and one more question did bradley county purchase all new radios what did they do with the old ones? did they give them to the council ?

 

[SCPD]

Not sure about that Hulio.... I was in the Bradley County/Cleveland area last week visiting family so I can't answer your question. I was able to monitor occasionally and the info I posted here was all I was able to come up with. I haven't seen a mixed DPL/PL tone combination in a long time. The EMS repeater was using a different PL tone on their input than on their output but I didn't verify that this time. My opinion is that maybe they were having some interference issues (??) to change the tones around.

 

[ccfire]

I have been hearing what appears to be business radio traffic on 462.000 pl 127.3,- 153.065 pl 146.2, and 152.375 dpl 114 I do not know if it is in the cleveland area or not.

 

[hulio]

Schools

I havent been able to find the frequency yet but Cleveland City Schools have a new radio network. just like the one for the county schools. It appears to be VHF also. RR Database shows the city schools buses on a UHF ???????

 

[hulio]

152.3750 DCS 114 was Bradley EMA traffic

 

[WX4EMT]

Eaves old freqs

I was wondering what Don did with all of his old licenses and hardware. Last time I saw him his health wasn't so good so it doesn't surprise me that he transferred the licenses to Bradley, and YES you can assume a vacated license. The frequencies / repeater pairs Don had where prime RF real estate and I'm sure Don needed to liquidate some assets, I hope he's doing better these days.

The 153.605 machine was used for Med-Trans VHF primary before they switched to the 453.1875 frequency. The UHF repeater was inherited when Med-Trans got the McMinn Co EMS contract and they vacated the 605.

I know this doesn't help you figure out who's on the frequencies now but at least you have some background.

 

[motorola_otaku]

Just a heads-up: I passed through the area in mid-July, and the only transmission I heard on 154.49 was the BCSO dispatcher telling someone they were on the "public safety" channel. Likewise, all I heard on the MAC channel were LE units checking out on warrant services. And as of that time, at least, the Bradley P25 talkgroups on the Chattanooga system were dead-quiet. This was all heard over roughly a 36-hour period in and around Cleveland (which is quite a change of pace from the flat terrain and bad attitudes of SE Texas, let me tell you!)

 

[WX4EMT]

Do Bradley / Hamilton plan on switching to P-25 anytime soon?