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by n1zyy
03 Feb 2024 13:41
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: Looking For Help w/ Reception Issue
Replies: 32
Views: 133422

Re: Looking For Help w/ Reception Issue

+1, I think that's POCSAG: https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/POCSAG (turn your sound down before playing those clips, they're loud and obnoxious). That "doo-DOO!" sound is pretty distinctive, and the other annoying data sounds are likely indistinguishable from static. See if you're hearing a ...
by n1zyy
31 Jan 2024 19:46
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: Looking For Help w/ Reception Issue
Replies: 32
Views: 133422

Re: Looking For Help w/ Reception Issue

Question… will the interference affect the scanner itself? Or is the interference picked up by the antenna? The antenna and coax is basically all outside, so not sure…. Thanks! When you were looking at the 5-bar signal meter with the squelch open and no signal, did you try disconnecting the antenna...
by n1zyy
28 Dec 2023 13:24
Forum: Mystery Frequency Forum
Topic: 155.0550 DMR, CC 1
Replies: 1
Views: 29483

155.0550 DMR, CC 1

Another case where I have a hunch who it is, but am not certain. While visiting family in Waterville Valley, I caught DMR activity on 155.055 MHz, color code 1. sdrtrunk reports that the only activity was "Hytera RRS" registrations on timeslot 1, but this was running overnight right around...
by n1zyy
21 Dec 2023 19:11
Forum: Mystery Frequency Forum
Topic: 462.275 DMR (CC 14)
Replies: 2
Views: 29156

462.275 DMR (CC 14)

I have a hunch I know who this is, but am not confident. I'm getting occasional DMR traffic on 462.275, talkgroup is 1402000. Looks like the color code is 14 but decode of weak signals with sdrtrunk is sometimes flaky. Traffic was a little confusing, but there were a few people calling in starting m...
by n1zyy
18 Dec 2023 14:11
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Fun with sdrtrunk
Replies: 1
Views: 3249

Fun with sdrtrunk

I've tinkered with sdrtrunk a bit, and after trying to use it specifically to poke at a couple systems, it occurred to me that I could take advantage of its ability to also do conventional channels. I'm just using a cheap USB dongle, but with the gain turned up and connected to an external antenna, ...
by n1zyy
18 Dec 2023 13:26
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Dispatch LTR reconf
Replies: 0
Views: 30729

Dispatch LTR reconf

Been playing around with sdrtrunk and I have a tuner stick looking at 482-485 MHz. https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Dispatch_Communications I have not looked at Boston or Waltham, but: Georgetown : LCN 09 is still active, 484.5500. Trinity EMS (0-09-101) appears to be the only active user, at ...
by n1zyy
13 Dec 2023 21:24
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Nashua trunk reconfirmations
Replies: 1
Views: 1381

Nashua trunk reconfirmations

I've been playing around with sdrtrunk and let it run on the Nashua system for a while. Collected some reconfirmations. https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Nashua_Municipal_Trunk Fire |2053||A-03/C-03||Fire Fireground 3|| ||2023.12.13 N1ZYY DPW talkgroups |519||Street Department||||2023.12.13 N1Z...
by n1zyy
25 Nov 2023 11:49
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Grafton County PD reconfirmations
Replies: 1
Views: 30528

Grafton County PD reconfirmations

https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Grafton_County_Police_Departments Heard dispatched by Plymouth on 154.755: Ashland, Campton, Holderness, and Thornton. (Not necessarily an exhaustive list, but the ones I jotted down as being due.) I'm hearing Waterville Valley on 154.77 (GCSO) as listed, but t...
by n1zyy
25 Nov 2023 11:25
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: NH State Police reconfirmation
Replies: 1
Views: 31012

NH State Police reconfirmation

https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/ ... ate_Police

Troop E is still 151.3250, NAC 800 as listed, reconfirmed within the past hour.
by n1zyy
13 Nov 2023 20:27
Forum: Area Amateur Radio
Topic: Scan New England Talkgroup on TGIF Network
Replies: 36
Views: 340830

Re: Scan New England Talkgroup on TGIF Network

Looks official now! https://tgif.network/tgprofile.php?id=26480

I currently have the wrong setup for this to work (VHF HT, UHF repeater), but I like the idea.
by n1zyy
20 Oct 2023 11:29
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Essex County reconfirmations
Replies: 2
Views: 1063

Essex County reconfirmations

Last one from me for today, I promise. ;) Once more, simple reconfirmations, no changes. Fire: |Ipswich||159.3900||R||91.5||5||||2023.10.18 N1ZYY PD: |Haverhill||470.9250||R||N641||CH-2 Full Time Encryption||2023.10.18 N1ZYY |Lynnfield||471.0875||R||131.8||||2023.10.19 N1ZYY (I suppose I can't be co...
by n1zyy
20 Oct 2023 11:26
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Weston FD-2 reconfirmation
Replies: 1
Views: 1024

Weston FD-2 reconfirmation

Letting the scanner explore a bit, I captured Weston Fire dispatch simulcast on their channel 2. Submitting the frequency for reconfirmation -- the patch/simulcast may be temporary, but clearly the channel is still live either way. https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Middlesex_County_Fire_Departm...
by n1zyy
20 Oct 2023 11:23
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Worcester County PD reconfirmations
Replies: 1
Views: 1014

Worcester County PD reconfirmations

Looking up what I found during discovery runs, some of these were last updated in 2017! All straight reconfirmations; only updating the dates. https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Worcester_County_Police_Departments |Auburn||472.3125||R||151.4||||2023.10.20 N1ZYY |Berlin||471.1500||R||100.0||DB: N...
by n1zyy
20 Oct 2023 11:22
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: BAPERN reconfirmation
Replies: 1
Views: 1057

BAPERN reconfirmation

I didn't set out to do this, but captured some stuff in discovery and realized Areawide 4 hadn't been updated in a while. Pasting the Mediawiki rows, bolding my changes. NB : On BAPERN West, I didn't capture any voice traffic, just the phantom clicks I've been hearing on the other BAPERN channels re...
by n1zyy
20 Oct 2023 11:19
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Hillsborough County, NH reconfirmations
Replies: 1
Views: 978

Hillsborough County, NH reconfirmations

Left the scanner running discovery over the past few days and have some updates. These are all straight reconfirmations, no changes, except refreshing the date from monitoring over the past few days. Hillsborough County Police https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Hillsborough_County_Police_Departm...
by n1zyy
15 Oct 2023 09:10
Forum: Fests and Flea Markets Archive
Topic: NEAR-Fest XXXIV October 13 & 14, 2023 Deerfield, NH
Replies: 12
Views: 81513

Re: NEAR-Fest XXXIV October 13 & 14, 2023 Deerfield, NH

I've been bad at keeping up on the forums, but great seeing you folks! Sold some old radios, saw an SSE5000 in the flesh, and bought an XG-100P. Now I'll only need three radios at hamfest to also do 900 and DMR, instead of 4. ;) Next year I hope to bring way less stuff to sell and spend more time ex...
by n1zyy
27 Aug 2023 13:11
Forum: Fests and Flea Markets Archive
Topic: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27
Replies: 18
Views: 25667

Re: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27

The time flew by and I didn’t get to see too many of you! There were probably at least a dozen new Technicians licensed at Saturday afternoon’s session, though! I bought very little. Did find a 900 MHz whip for my HT, which will probably work better than the 800 MHz one currently on my 900 MHz HT. O...
by n1zyy
25 Aug 2023 11:34
Forum: Fests and Flea Markets Archive
Topic: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27
Replies: 18
Views: 25667

Re: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27

Looks like I'm only going to make it tomorrow, and I'm going to try to make a few talks and help at one of the VE sessions, so I won't bother with a table. I do still have some UHF XTS2500 and XTS5000 portables I need to offload if you find anyone else wanting to get in on the P25 fun. O:-) Ilya, wi...
by n1zyy
16 Aug 2023 18:36
Forum: Fests and Flea Markets Archive
Topic: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27
Replies: 18
Views: 25667

Re: HamXposition 2023 August 25 - 26 - 27

I'm in for Saturday, and probably Friday!

Anyone looking to split a table? I've got a bunch of stuff I should get rid of, but don't want to be chained down the whole time.
by n1zyy
14 Jun 2023 16:53
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Middlesex County reconfirmations
Replies: 3
Views: 1423

Re: Middlesex County reconfirmations

Oh, one more, Dracut Fire:

|Dracut||154.4000||S||146.2||6||DB: NMRCC F-1||2023.06.14 N1ZYY

I'll start a new thread if I end up hearing other channels active.
by n1zyy
14 Jun 2023 13:11
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Middlesex County reconfirmations
Replies: 3
Views: 1423

Middlesex County reconfirmations

Howdy, I noticed some stuff that's gone a surprisingly long time without reconfirmation on the wiki for Middlesex County (MA). All are straight reconfirmations as listed. Fire https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Middlesex_County_Fire_Departments |North Reading||453.9500||R||D664||5/6||F-1|| 2023....
by n1zyy
29 Apr 2023 22:06
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Public Safety P25 v DMR
Replies: 34
Views: 34948

Re: Public Safety P25 v DMR

There's a whole lot to be said for sticking to the standard (analog FM or P25) rather than going with something none of the neighboring departments are using (DMR), but I'm not convinced that DMR is inherently less suitable for public safety use techology-wise. It even uses the same vocoder as Phase...
by n1zyy
29 Apr 2023 21:30
Forum: Fests and Flea Markets Archive
Topic: NEAR-FestXXXIII will be held on April 28th and 29th 2023 not its traditional date and is optional this year
Replies: 18
Views: 29522

Re: NEAR-FestXXXIII will be held on April 28th and 29th 2023 not its traditional date

I missed some of you folks! I was only able to attend on Friday this year. I'm curious if there was an affiliation log or something to show how many people ended up on the on-site trunk. That wasn't something I was expecting to find, but I finally got to see the signal bars on my XTS2500. ;) Incredi...
by n1zyy
24 Feb 2023 22:52
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: NH DOT - "4D" reconfirmation
Replies: 0
Views: 4117

NH DOT - "4D" reconfirmation

No, not 4 dimensions, just site "D" for District 4: https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/NH_Department_of_Transportation#District_4:_Swanzey Exactly as listed, 453.3500, D172, Pack Monadnock. Heard some activity Wednesday night during the storm, February 22nd. The other District 4 sites ...
by n1zyy
22 Feb 2023 21:23
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: Antenna suggestions for my setup
Replies: 11
Views: 4640

Re: Antenna suggestions for my setup

Like Scott says, there's not really any one silver-bullet antenna. Ironically, discones are really the only ones that perform over a wide spectrum, but with low gain. For your monitoring of VHF-HI and the UHF and UHF-T bands, consider a dual band omnidirectional antenna cut for and close to those ba...