testing this week on Talkgroup 16

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dvdbir

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For those of you in Northern Ontario, testing is being conducted this week on the new tower sites regarding the Fleetnet Zone 3 system. Technicians will be alligning the dishes and microwave set-ups so you'll be able to test your digital scanner to receive them as well... ENJOY !
 

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Hello this is Coolguy. I am from Chapleau in Northern Ontario You said that we will be able to test our scanners to receive those freq's. So I am just wondering if you would happen to know what freq's they would be so I can listen to them. Is it just this week they are doing the testing. I will be waiting for any responses to this. Thanks.

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re: Northern Ontario fleetnet

First of all, you need a digital scanner to receive these transmissions. You can search between the 138 - 144 Mhz. range until you hear what sounds like and old car engine running... not to be confused with the OPP old system squawking noise. That frequency will be the primary control channel for the system. Then, you will have to search for the frequencies that stop briefly for about a one second interval. These are the channels for the system. Note: the tower must be in close proximity to where you are located. Follow the eastern Canada discussion forum on how to program the scanner you have to the proper system. Most of the channels are operating in the 142 - 144 Mhz range. Any problems, let me know. I tried mine out in Timmins. The tower is about 1/2 mile from my place and it works great (Uniden 785 d).
 

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Note : you must program all the system channels in your radio for the scanner to work properly.
 

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Testing this week on Talkgroup 16

Hello again. Just to let you know, that in Chapleau here where I live, I have been hereing those freq's that sound like a old car engine running. I have heard them for quite a while now. There is one real clear one that I can here (I guess that must be the closet tower to me), then there are 2 others that come in sometimes clear and sometimes not. Also as I have been searching around that 141.000 - 144.000 MHz range I have been hearing and catching some freq's that come on then go away a few seconds later. So these freq's that I am hearing for a few seconds and then going away, would be the main freq's that I would listen to when ever it is up and running. Would you happen to know what will be on those freq's, if you know, so I will know. Also would you happen to know when those freq's would be up and running any time soon or no. Just for your information I have a Radio Shack Pro-2045 Scanner. I will be waiting for any replies to my questions that I asked in this E-mail. Thanks again.

Coolguy
 

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The voice channels could be anywhere in the range 141.015 to 143.985 for the
first frequency range, and there are two others. Listen for a 1-second carrier on
an idle voice channel once a minute; that is typical of Motorola SmartZone.

I was up around Deep River/Rolphton last fall checking up on various sites.
It was a weekday with very little activity. I logged all possible VC's by scanning
for these 1s carriers, and found an unknown VC belonging to the Bisset Creek site
(142.065). I couldn't be sure which site it was from, being able to hear several,
so didn't submit to the Database. In the meantime, someone seems to have
confirmed it.

Anyone close to the Quebec border should be aware that Hydro-Quebec runs
a digital Moto system whose control channels sound like the Ontario system's.
Without a computer/software/radio or the right kind of scanner, you probably
couldn't tell the difference. I believe their digital system ends just west of Pembroke
(on the Que. side) and from there on north and west it is non-trunked in the same
frequency range.

Dave
 

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The scanner you said you had (correct me if I'm wrong), PRO 2045 scanner is a non-digital scanner so even if you were to receive those frequencies, all you would hear is computer garble and not legible voice comunications.
 

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I will be heading back up to Thunder Bay in September, do we have any kind of timeline for when everything will be fully complete and up and running..thanks
 
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