VSP Derby New Frequency 460.375

[NEK1213]

VSP Derby is now transmitting primarily on 460.375. 453.900 and 460.150 are used infrequently, possibly due to the mobile units location.
One Saturday night in early July the dispatcher for ST Johnsbury was handling all of the VSP communications in Orange, Caledonia, Essex and Orleans while simulcasting over all of the frequencies. My guess is it was a quiet shift and a shortage of dispatchers. 460.375 provides a clearer and louder transmission than ST J's 460.300. I'm thinking 460.375 is being broadcasted on Burke Mountain as well as Jay Peak.

 

[nhfirefighter]

Analog or P25?

 

[NEK1213]

Analog 179.9

 

[KB1VLA]

Are the 3 Derby frequencies (453.900, 460.150, 460.375) not a multicast system like the rest of VSP?

 

[NEK1213]

They haven't been

 

[NEK1213]

Last might all three channels were simulcast I was able to check today, they've been very quite.

 

[KB1VLA]

I'm fairly certain that 460.150 is now Jay Peak, 460.375 is Burke Mtn, and 453.900 is still Island Pond (this repeater doesn't have very wide coverage, it's only on top of the town hall in Brighton/IP). Two other possible Derby frequencies are 453.150 and 460.275; both are licensed (WRMI328) at Ben Young Hill in Clarksville, NH.