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VHF Multinet in NY State?

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Recently in early morning I picked up some carriers which had a telltale low-level rumbling characteristic of sub-audible data e.g. LTR Multi-net. The frequencies were 152.870, 153.230 and 151.925. The LTR display on my RX kept flipping among several IDs about twice per second. I suspect Mulitnet as this fits its description (in rough terms), possibly from St. Lawrence or Franklin Cty.

Does anyone know of this? The FCC database doesn't give any clear indications. There is also VHF regular LTR in that area in the 152/153 range.

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Go to the Trunker/etc. Forum and get a copy of LTRTrunker or LTRDump. That will tell you right away whether you have a MultiNet system or not.

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...forgot to mention, I did that with LTRDump but didn't get anything meaningful. I have an older version so next time will try the latest one.

Occasionally, on a local LTR-Net system, one channel gets stuck on, transmitting the "Do Nothing" message (253). No idea why, but it stopped.

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Hello,

On a LTR-Net system one of the channels is the backup home channel and will be transmitting all the site's activity (or lack of ) continuously. It you are using LTRTrunk to track the system then this is the frequency the "control channel" receiver with the slicer listens to. This is similar to Multi-Net.

73 Eric
 
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