Vhf analog PSP frequencies

[alexguf]

Is it true that PSP uses NEPF frequency Tac 1 and Tac 2 mobile frequencies as backup frequencies for their new system

 

[PGHSCANNERWACKER1]

Is it true that PSP uses NEPF frequency Tac 1 and Tac 2 mobile frequencies as backup frequencies for their new system

PSP does have the old vhf channel for backup but I haven’t heard anything but that could be because the system is more used.

 

[trentbob]

In my area on the 95/295 corridor between Philadelphia and the New Jersey border PSP always used 155.46 simplex when they were using the open scam system.

Lots of profanity and they spoke as if nobody was listening but we were lol. I have not heard that frequency in quite a while now. There was no dispatcher out of the Trevose barracks on that car to car frequency called tac 1, It made for very good listening.

 

[MILCOMM]

I sometimes hear comms on the VHF freqs.....mostly on the big/bad interstate accidents.

 

[trentbob]

Also the Trevose barracks used the old A simplex base frequency of 155.58 and the mobile simplex frequency of 154.95 frequently when they were just using the open scam system as there were a lot of reception problems.

All the VHF frequencies used 186.2.. I haven't heard anything on those frequencies either since the new system. They were in the clear so I guess sticking with their strict Secret Squirrel policy.. I don't monitor any of the VHF anymore as I just didn't hear anything for so long.

 

[Steveradio]

Have to plug some of the old frequencies in, When used to work with the FernRidge units alot of them didnt even carry a portable with them it never worked half the time but the MDT messages always worked well.

 

[JethrowJohnson]

In my area on the 95/295 corridor between Philadelphia and the New Jersey border PSP always used 155.46 simplex when they were using the open scam system.

Lots of profanity and they spoke as if nobody was listening but we were lol. I have not heard that frequency in quite a while now. There was no dispatcher out of the Trevose barracks on that car to car frequency called tac 1, It made for very good listening.

Don't they get fined for that?

 

[trentbob]

Don't they get fined for that?

Do you mean do the state police get fined by the FCC for foul language like the F-bomb talking on a simplex VHF frequency. Not very long range and I don't think the FCC is monitoring them for violations.

 

[JethrowJohnson]

Do you mean do the state police get fined by the FCC for foul language like the F-bomb talking on a simplex VHF frequency. Not very long range and I don't think the FCC is monitoring them for violations.

My department isn't allowed to say anything like that on the radio. I asked one of them about that and he said that he just doesn't use the radio unless he really has to and is very careful about how he says it because they will be in trouble if something slips. (Just going by what they said.)

 

[trentbob]

My department isn't allowed to say anything like that on the radio. I asked one of them about that and he said that he just doesn't use the radio unless he really has to and is very careful about how he says it because they will be in trouble if something slips. (Just going by what they said.)

So these Troopers were on a Statewide radio system but still had their VHF radios in the cars but they weren't used for dispatch anymore. Usually we're talking about two maybe three Troopers from the Philadelphia border to the New Jersey border just on the interstate highway. They didn't use designations or call letters or station IDs. They chatted about making car stops or suspicious vehicles or what they we're going to have for lunch.

They were simplex. Very few people actually hearing them.

Even though I listened and maybe a few other guys I know listened this was not a widely heard police frequency.

I guess if a Corporal or Sergeant was to hear it they could say something. Sometimes I think it was a Corporal or sergeant who was talking on the radio LOL.

Yes if you're on a system like a repeater or a trunked system where everybody is listening you never use foul language like that. I agree!

 

[druhe]

So these Troopers were on a Statewide radio system but still had their VHF radios in the cars but they weren't used for dispatch anymore. Usually we're talking about two maybe three Troopers from the Philadelphia border to the New Jersey border just on the interstate highway. They didn't use designations or call letters or station IDs. They chatted about making car stops or suspicious vehicles or what they we're going to have for lunch.

They were simplex. Very few people actually hearing them.

Even though I listened and maybe a few other guys I know listened this was not a widely heard police frequency.

I guess if a Corporal or Sergeant was to hear it they could say something. Sometimes I think it was a Corporal or sergeant who was talking on the radio LOL.

Yes if you're on a system like a repeater or a trunked system where everybody is listening you never use foul language like that. I agree!

And then there's PennDot

 

[trentbob]

Yep in the Philly area PennDOT is now on the new Statewide system. In the clear. I don't listen personally but I have heard them.

 

[captaincab]

In my area on the 95/295 corridor between Philadelphia and the New Jersey border PSP always used 155.46 simplex when they were using the open scam system.

Lots of profanity and they spoke as if nobody was listening but we were lol. I have not heard that frequency in quite a while now. There was no dispatcher out of the Trevose barracks on that car to car frequency called tac 1, It made for very good listening.

Ahhh yes lots of interesting conversation in those days haha.

 

[n3obl]

I dont believe the current codeplugs have the old vhf analog channels in it anymore. Only thing that might be analog beside other county interop is the national interop channels.

 

[trentbob]

I dont believe the current codeplugs have the old vhf analog channels in it anymore. Only thing that might be analog beside other county interop is the national interop channels.

Yeah it's hard to say what part of the state you're in, what the radios have in them. Thank God PSP had the VHF system that was dependable and often used when the open scam debacle was first introduced.

 

[GTR8000]

The fact that the PSP not only clung to their VHF system well into the OpenSky era, but they even replaced all of the VHF repeaters with brand new GTR's maybe 10 or so years ago just to keep them all viable until the P25 system was fully operational. No, the ASTRO 25 system isn't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than the money pit it replaced.

 

[wtp]

2	WQLN329	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	0003178472	PW	Active	03/12/2030
3	WQLN332	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	0003178472	PW	Active	03/12/2030
4	WQLP375	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	0003178472	PW	Active	03/19/2030
5	WQUI446	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	0003178472	YW	Active	07/16/2024
6	WQUY467	PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF	0003178472	YW	Active	11/17/2024
7	WQWM737	PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF	0003178472	YW	Active	10/06/2025

and that was just for 155.46

 

[Steveradio]

Last night had Trooper 3 flying just south of me. Not sure why of course.
The only reason knew it was PSP was thanks to 119.65 ABE airport talking to them advised that medevac4 will be off to the west of them and keep visual.
Was also picking up digital bursts heavy on 154.755 which is normally quiet.

Plugged in the other frequencies nothing

 

[alexguf]

Thanks. I will try that aviation freq I still have a analog scanner. My nearby barracks frequency 154.950 makes a buzzing noise

 

[GTR8000]

Was also picking up digital bursts heavy on 154.755 which is normally quiet.

154.755 is one of the Mount Pocono STARNet channels. If the bursts were fairly quick, you were probably picking up data traffic at that site. Longer carriers would've been voice traffic at the site.