Scan New England

After seeing a friend able to monitor some of the talkgroups on the Worcester P25 system on his HomePatrol-1, I decided to try reprogramming my BCD396XT to do the same. One might think that simply programming in the frequencies and talkgroups (via ARC-XT Pro) and reprogramming the scanner, I'd be go...

I'll see you guys there. I plan to get there right around 9am.

Brian - N1FIY

I'd also be interested I hearing about what you're picking up down in RI. I'm up pretty high in central MA and can pick up many stations down along the coast, so the RI Milair stuff should certainly come in...

I'll be there Friday. Will keep an eye out for you guys...

While Leicester FD does have the VHF frequencies, they are currently only used for fireground operations. All tone tests, dispatch, and comms are still on 33.720, as recently as tonight.

Brian - N1FIY

Ah, you're right. My mistake. That's what I get for relying on my memory...

-Brian

Actually, I believe 123.000 is the SAR frequency...

Brian - N1FIY

Great, thanks Scott. Definitely thinking of picking up a couple of these...

Scott, are you saying that seller you linked to on eBay has run out, or did I confuse that with something else?

-Brian

I'll be there on Friday only. Will keep an eye out for you and the others...

Like anything, it depends... There are some filters to block out unwanted signals: pagers, FM broadcast, weather radio. Most of these are known as 'band reject' or 'notch' filters, and like the name implies, they reject portions of the spectrum. If you live close to any of these typically high power...

They are a fantastic company to deal with. I had a similar issue with my 8-port multicoupler a couple years back and they were great...

I did scan the C-MED channels when they were switching over, and heard nothing. Will check more of the other frequencies. Thanks, guys!

Just a short time ago, I heard Life Flight up with dispatch on 155.160, and the pilot asked the dispatcher to 'give it a try on UHF'. The helo heard nothing, and dispatch reported they made several calls, all no joy. I've cruised through the wiki and post here but couldn't find any info on a UHF cha...

Sounds good, Clyde. I'll wait for yours before I try to blend in my own data...

Being a bit more west from you, I'm sure I've got stuff that's a bit harder to hear in Weymouth, so when combined with Dick's info, I think it will really be a good file...

Revisiting an older thread here, but I'm curious, Clyde, if you ever had a chance to edit and upload your version? I was planning to do the same with my Milair file, but would hate to do it and then find out you already had, but had yet to upload it. Thanks!

Funny how that happens, Scott. Glad you found it, though. I am also chasing/resolving interference in (yes, in) my shack. Two big sources are the PS brick for my HP all-in-one printer/scanner, the other is the wall wart for my Western Digital HDD. Both are easily fixable, but I'm looking to redo the...

Awesome, thanks again, Gary!

Thanks, Gary. Will download that tonight and load it up!

Also, I tried to send you a DM, but it looks like your mailbox is full...

Gary, Mike...

Both would be fine, thanks. Starting from scratch, using my .xls files at this point.

Picked up a new scanner and looking to start playing around with it. Started building a file tonight with ARCXT, but hoping someone has one they can get me up and running faster.

Thanks!

Mark, you forgot to throw in 'sibilance, sibilance...'

That would be it. It was between 1-3pm today. Thanks for the reply!

Scott... Good luck with the move. Just as an FYI, something I noticed in the last 30 minutes that seemed 'odd'. I was logged onto the 'old' site for a bit, and exchanged a couple PM's with another user. When I went back to check for a response, I received a message that said to use the 'new' site. W...

I agree with Mike. This is a fantastic resource on this site (right up there with all the others, I might add), and it's one of the features I use the most...