Update: Newport neighborhood security, Jersey City

[n3wrx]

Hi,

Sorry if this has already been posted, did a search and didn't find anything.

For those familiar with downtown Jersey City, the security outfit (no longer Spartan, I think - there's been a fair amount of turnover of security companies over the years.

They've installed a repeater, with the output on 468.9625, input tone is 103.5. Input is -10MHz (458.9625), evidently a public safety frequency(!). The machine is very subtle - it has a very short dwell time. There is a tone on the output, also of 103.5Hz. They still have no license that I am able to find in the ULS.

They have become noticeably more active since the repeater was installed, 24 hours a day.

I've heard fragments of a Morse callsign on the output, but haven't been able to get the whole thing yet - always catches me off guard. There are two other condo units using the output frequency in NYC, close enough to be the likely owner of the ID.

 

[n3wrx]

whew - not my most coherent post, but I suppose you get the idea.

This information is about the security frequencies used by the neighborhood security company used in the Newport neighborhood in downtown Jersey City.

 

[kc8gpd]

Argh Me Matey

Sounds like someone has hoisted up the ol jolly roger again.

they won't last long before FCC NY nails them.

 

[eyes00only]

That's an odd repeater pair. Normally the pair would be 468.9625 / 463.9625, I think. I go in & out of the hobby, but that's the way it used to be.

Jerry

 

[n3wrx]

It IS strange, not only because the split is atypical, but because the input and output frequencies are in different groupings (one is IG business/commercial, the other is public safety, licensed by a few police departments and townships in NJ but not close enough geographically to be a problem apparently).

I've also noticed that a few of the radios are still programmed as simplex, or they are using a personality/configuration that is still simplex, making for some heterodyne during busy periods.

There's not doubt - the company they're using for communications is making up the rules as it goes along.

 

[ansky]

Reception on 468.9625 is definitely much stronger now. I used to get a lot of static and fade outs, now everything comes in loud and clear. I noticed a SOS Security van in the Newport area on my way home today. I guess they replaced Spartan.