Will be moving to Moncton

[rc1990]

I will be moving to Moncton shortly to continue my studies to get my Doctorate in Psychology. I was looking at the Westmorland County, New Brunswick (NB) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference and had a few questions.

- On what frequencies does the Moncton Police service (or Moncton area RCMP) operate?
- From the surrounding area of Université de Moncton (Moncton University), what freqs will I be able to monitor?
- Since dispatching of every ambulance in New Brunswick is done by the Medical Communications Management Center (MCMC) located in Moncton, would I be able to listen to every call ANB gets?

Any other info that relates to PD/RCMP, FD or EMS would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the info.

 

[hfxChris]

For Codiac RCMP, which covers the Moncton, Riverview, Dieppe area, check out the RCMP agency page:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Codiac is near the bottom.

 

[rc1990]

For Codiac RCMP, which covers the Moncton, Riverview, Dieppe area, check out the RCMP agency page:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Codiac is near the bottom.

Great Thanks. How about ANB. Would I be able to heard calls throughout the province since dispatch of ANB is in Moncton?

 

[hfxChris]

No, I don't believe so. You should only hear calls going out over the repeaters that are local to your area.

Also from UdM you should have excellent coverage of the entire greater Moncton area.

 

[rc1990]

No, I don't believe so. You should only hear calls going out over the repeaters that are local to your area.

Also from UdM you should have excellent coverage of the entire greater Moncton area.

Awesome. Thanks hfxChris.

 

[rc1990]

For the RCMP, I see that there is two freq for Codiac (Moncton) RCMP indicated as 1 and 2. Is there a more precise alpa tag that can be given to them like a geographical location (for exemple « East Moncton ») or when one dispatch freq is too busy, they switch units to the second dispatch freq. ?
What is the use of simplex for the RCMP?

 

[hfxChris]

Well, I can't remember from the last time I was in Moncton, however the alpha tags that were entered in the database on this website suggests that 154.755 would be for Moncton, and 155.7 for Riverview...
However I can't personally confirm that.

 

[rc1990]

In the DB, emergency services (FS, RCMP, ANB) in the4 Moncton Area are all analog. Is there any talk of any of the service going digital or encrypted? As you can see in my signature, I have an analog trunktraking scanner. If they're are talking to switching, I'll watch for sales for a digital scanner.

 

[hfxChris]

The NB provincial government is going to be implimenting a 700 MHz P25 digital trunking system in the next few years. I would imagine that Ambulance New Brunswick and the RCMP will be moving to that system, however I have no idea about local fire services. Reglardless, things shouldn't be changing for at least another year, maybe two .

 

[rc1990]

The NB provincial government is going to be implimenting a 700 MHz P25 digital trunking system in the next few years. I would imagine that Ambulance New Brunswick and the RCMP will be moving to that system, however I have no idea about local fire services. Reglardless, things shouldn't be changing for at least another year, maybe two .

Great. Thx.

 

[rc1990]

When a tropo occurs, i would be able to hear what cities/systems other then Moncton? Or a better question would be : Being in Moncton (U de Moncton residence) what cities/systems (in Canadian and US) should I program in my scanner for when a tropo occurs? (I know living near the Atlantic, can increase the range of my scanner (ducky antena) during a tropo)

Thanks for the help. Much appreciated!

 

[Res21cue]

Moncton RCMP is "Codiac" and the other Frequency is "District 11"

As for the 700mhz....didnt that get scrapped when TMR-2 was scrapped?

 

[rc1990]

As for the 700mhz....didnt that get scrapped when TMR-2 was scrapped?

Yes it got scrapped. To clarify my question : With a tropo and by living near the Atlantic, would I be able to hear monitor freq/systems from, PEI, Nova Scotia and/or the US (Maine)?

 

[Res21cue]

What is a "tropo"...??

 

[rc1990]

What is a "tropo"...??

To put it simpple : It's an atmospheric condition (stable weather and clear sky, i think) that allows your scanner to monitor far away (like 100-150 km) freqs and systems. It's also know as « Skip » . Check out this wikidpedia article by scrolling down a bit to « Tropospheric ducting » for a more detailed explainatino : Tropospheric propagation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also, these links might also be of interest :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_duct
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html#hour24

Hope this helps!

 

[novascotian]

From Halifax I have heard some skip but it is not all that common. I expect that for you in Moncton you might receive some of the adjacent area RCMP and other VHF like the ambulance but I doubt you will be very often hearing Maine rolling in. I have heard Maine State Police and the USCG on VHF a few times in Halifax but mostly when I had a beam antenna pointed that way and there was a lift on... trops... I do hear the Fairfield RCMP repeater near Sackville NB when the conditions are good and that is with a less than adequate vertical antenna. The trouble with listening for Nova Scotia from your end is that most things here of interest are on the 800 MHz trunk.... similar for PEI where it is 400 and 800 MHz, so much less chance of skip.

 

[rc1990]

From Halifax I have heard some skip but it is not all that common. I expect that for you in Moncton you might receive some of the adjacent area RCMP and other VHF like the ambulance but I doubt you will be very often hearing Maine rolling in. I have heard Maine State Police and the USCG on VHF a few times in Halifax but mostly when I had a beam antenna pointed that way and there was a lift on... trops... I do hear the Fairfield RCMP repeater near Sackville NB when the conditions are good and that is with a less than adequate vertical antenna. The trouble with listening for Nova Scotia from your end is that most things here of interest are on the 800 MHz trunk.... similar for PEI where it is 400 and 800 MHz, so much less chance of skip.

Ok. Thanks for that info!

 

[davidmc36]

Great Thanks. How about ANB. Would I be able to heard calls throughout the province since dispatch of ANB is in Moncton?

When I am in the Moncton/Hillsborough area I catch Ambulance calls as far North as Richibucto and west to Sussex. They seem to be repeated as far as that at least.

 

[rc1990]

This is a weird question but does NB RCMP uses alert tone(s) before broadcasting a « hot calls » or an officer needs assistance? Just wondering! Thx.

 

[ty12122]

Nope, the only tones the RCMP use to my knowledge is the DTMF "speed-dial" on their radios to call up the dispatch center ("22"), and the repeating tone from the repeater that continues after the initial "Call" until dispatch answers the officer.

On a side note, the RCMP in NB are relying more and more on their "S.A.M" units (In car laptops), so typically they will just come on the air, announce what they type of call is, and which unit they can send the details to via the computer.