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And amazingly, using what's left of my Comet GP15, I'm hearing....

42.06 203.5 KAA243 Missouri Highway Patrol
42.56 67.0 Unknown

Both strong here.

In all of my tower antenna changes I have unwittingly taken myself out of the low band DX chasing. Interesting that it's in today as it is usually a spring/fall thing. Another issue here is the massive amount of man-made interference I deal with. Looking at the 42 MHz band with an SDR is amazing, an...

While not portable obviously, the BCT15X is a rock solid scanner. I still use one to this day. I don't have any experience with the 346XT (I don't think, I've had so many of them over the years I can't remember) but I'm sure someone can comment on its performance. Sounds like you're on the right tra...

I have both the 325P2 and BCD436HP. Both are great radios. The latter gives you the added advantage of using the Radio Reference (radioreference.com) database while traveling. Locally I use my own scan-lists for it so I can customize them. Having no Phase 2 activity to go on, it is my understanding ...

If you are just giving the hobby a test drive I'd proceed as Jeff suggests. Once you believe you will be enjoying it for the long haul, in about two years the bulk of Cape Cod public safety departments will be migrating to the new statewide APCO P25 system known as CoMIRS. Some of the traffic on tha...

soffron31 wrote: ↑

22 Jun 2022 17:43

They sound like Plymouth Control does when they sign on M/A Dispatch. I know the "shack" was going to be doing console upgrades, by the sounds of things it may have happened?

Makes sense, as I'm hearing it as far as I can tell exclusively on the FD's for which BCSO provides dispatch services.

TG 38800, Barnstable County "Hotline"/GBC/Etc. also sounds like this as well.

I realized I didn't clearly define them as fire departments, just to clarify. I don't normally monitor the environmental police so can't comment on those.

I'm noticing that some TG's on MSP Zone 04 are sounding a little different today, Mashpee and now Wellfleet. Others not as of yet, but they sound like that "semi-P25" sound for lack of a better definition, as some of the MSP consoles do. These are FD's that are dispatched by Barnstable County, so "s...

Quick DX session from here found the following: 155.0700 114.8 Charlton MA Police 155.5350 131.8 (Don't call me) Shirley MA Police 154.4300 136.5 Somewhere in NH or VT - weak 154.8150 173.8 Acton MA Police 155.2200 173.8 Going the other way, New London County CT EMS. Don't see any other 173.8's in o...

MSCommnet Control Channel on 160.950 is strong here as I type this.

My opening here seems to be in all directions, but nothing major. Goffstown NH PD 155.190 $827 strong, not seeing any activity from Long Island, but other signals normally seen in that general direction appear stronger than normal.

Airspy R2 with Comet GP6NC antenna.

ScanBoston wrote: ↑

23 May 2022 20:09

K1LRR and K1BOS's journey https://tinyurl.com/2s8pu2wu

Very cool. I'm sure it was a lot of fun, heard the weather was not a lot of fun! I remember making the trip once; hopefully again soon.

W1KNE wrote: ↑

21 May 2022 21:29

You wouldn't catch me dead at a Garth Brooks concert. Now Alice in Chains at Xfinity in October... well that's another story.)

Can someone give me a ditto?

If you had friends in low places you'd be able to provide more info...

I neglected to note in the first email that the neighbor list shows as 1, 2, and 3, which would be South Yarmouth, Mashpee, and Plymouth, so it's down my way somewhere most likely.

Well it has to be a Bearcom system but we only go up to Site 14 in the world famous Wiki. I have a CC of 471.2875, not very strong here in Marstons Mills, and yes it's a Sunday so not much talkgroup activity. The only one I'm seeing so far is 50350, which should be the town of Yarmouth Transfer Stat...

Numerous police departments on Cape Cod still do it, to include Barnstable (374), Sandwich (755), Bourne (407), and Yarmouth (241). Those are normally conventional 800 MHz departments, but 2 of them are using the MSP Zone 04 system due to system issues. As I recall there are also some departments th...

Surprising given the wind. Monitoring.

Sadly I won't be there, definitely will be in the fall.

Still cranking from my "auxiliary location" but I'm guessing it'll end soon, rain coming across on the radar which will kill it, but it looked like a real good one. Primarily to the north from here but did hear some NY activity on 154.845 156.7 as well.

All NOAA frequencies are showing strong signals right now as well. Also one of the strongest signals I've seen from MSCOMMNET to date on 160.950, which appears to be Site 61 in York County.

Nice band opening to the north, arriving a little too late to get into it, but lots of P25 from NH and signals out of Maine as well.

W1KNE wrote: ↑

21 Apr 2022 09:16

Does it sound automated or someone saying "Triage" ?

It's definitely a real person, persons actually.

The "triage" transmissions are underway again. Gary you're right; just seems like an under-use of a system that had to cost some $$ to upgrade to, so there must be more to it than meets the eye. Investigating further but it is likely Nantucket Cottage Hospital. I'd still say unconfirmed as of yet bu...