What are tow truck listening to?

[rfsparkz]

Hello I wondered if the Tow truck operators have frequencies they can listen to for OPP Comms ?

 

[gary123]

There are 3 VHF frequencies they use. These are dispatched to the first available tow.
140.955 - Niagara
143.535 - Brantford
149.665 - King City

So far, no one has posted the specific highway areas these frequencies cover.

 

[rfsparkz]

Thank you the closest to me would be King City so I will leave the scanner on that. I usually listen to Fire since the dispatch center for my area is in Barrie. I am in Angus.

I just picked up OPP on 149.665 looking for Tow Truck on Highway 404 very clear using the Anytone D578UV mobile radio. My antenna is 40ft up.

 

[mrweather]

So far, no one has posted the specific highway areas these frequencies cover.

I don't know if there is one. I've heard GTA tow calls on the Brantford frequency and Niagara tow calls on the King City frequency.

 

[mciupa]

I've heard a QEW Mississauga call off of Niagara 140.955 listening from Toronto.

 

[oaktree_b]

I'm listening to the King City one, I've heard them asking for tows from Caledon, on the Burlington Skyway and down in to Toronto, up the 404 into York Region. I'm in Keswick, so close enough to the 400 and 404 to hear them.

Straight from the horse's mouth: Ontario Provincial Police - Highway Safety Division

 

[exkalibur]

The Niagara and King frequencies seem to be simulcast.

They should have set them as P25, the signal is fairly weak in the Toronto area.

 

[rfsparkz]

I am hearing them dispatch all over the place from King City as well. I wonder if there is any clear comms from the center in Orillia. Perhaps I will talk to one of the actual tow truck drivers to see how they are getting calls and what they listen to on their radios in my area or north of Barrie.

 

[gary123]

Thanks for the replies. This clears up why there has been no specific areas mentioned.

 

[KL]

There are 3 VHF frequencies they use. These are dispatched to the first available tow.
140.955 - Niagara
143.535 - Brantford
149.665 - King City

So far, no one has posted the specific highway areas these frequencies cover.

Would these have been added to the Radio Reference database? I'm too new at this to know how to find them, I do have the "Bell FleetNet Ontario Provincial Government Zone 1" added in my Favorite List using Sentinel on the SDS100 and can see them being scanned, but I haven't heard much of anything OPP for a very long time even before the reported encryption and I'm not far from the QEW/403.
I am getting Burlington Transit and Halton EMS calls, so the SDS100 is working.
Also just downloaded the latest RR database, and updated the Sentinel as well as SDS100 firmware.
Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.

 

[mbstone99]

Would these have been added to the Radio Reference database? I'm too new at this to know how to find them, I do have the "Bell FleetNet Ontario Provincial Government Zone 1" added in my Favorite List using Sentinel on the SDS100 and can see them being scanned, but I haven't heard much of anything OPP for a very long time even before the reported encryption and I'm not far from the QEW/403.
I am getting Burlington Transit and Halton EMS calls, so the SDS100 is working.
Also just downloaded the latest RR database, and updated the Sentinel as well as SDS100 firmware.
Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.

They are already in the DB in the OPP section under the Provincial listings.

Ontario Provincial Police (Ontario) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Ontario Provincial Police (Ontario)

www.radioreference.com

Matt

 

[EJB]

Would these have been added to the Radio Reference database? I'm too new at this to know how to find them, I do have the "Bell FleetNet Ontario Provincial Government Zone 1" added in my Favorite List using Sentinel on the SDS100 and can see them being scanned, but I haven't heard much of anything OPP for a very long time even before the reported encryption and I'm not far from the QEW/403.
I am getting Burlington Transit and Halton EMS calls, so the SDS100 is working.
Also just downloaded the latest RR database, and updated the Sentinel as well as SDS100 firmware.
Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.

You'll hear all the Halton Region fire departments and transit but your not hearing Halton EMS. Bell FleetNet system is dead. I'm sure the DB people have labeled it as deprecated .

All the OPP, MTOE, MOH, MNR are on the LMRN, and are encrypted. You can hear the MTO snowplows and workers on LMRN though.

Listen to some MOH on 150.1, and air ambulance Ornge. Occasionally you will hear some EMS on here if the local LMRN tower is under repair.

148.765 I've heard the odd "going the wrong way" calls for OPP and some OPP plane stuff

But FleetNet, she's dead boss. RIP

Monitor 150.1. You'll hear.

 

[oaktree_b]

What's listed in the database as OPP repeaters will pop up every so often, unencrypted, had two hits today.