[FedCom] 164.575??

[Steven Donnell WA1YKL]

Hi, Yes this decoded w/ the "P25"  sign showing on the display. I intially
caught it w/ my BC780 which I usually have searching multiple Fed freq ranges.
I then plugged it into the 250D and got voice,,.

Besides the (VT)BP guys on 170.625, I also caught a short P25(decoded,,) blip on
170.825; This was simplex traffic. If its not some folks across the bay at
Pease(NHANG), it might be just a "play" CH for some locals.

The BP traffic on 170.625 is P25 as it has that characteristic "idle buzz" at
the end of most trasnissions. That is not the same as the typical DVP/DES hash
Ive heard on FBI and other "suit" freqs.

Stay warm
Steve    DE  WAYKL


*Bill wrote:

> So your saying this is an ASTRO Signal and not Analog?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Donnell WA1YKL" <radiodf@rcn.com>
> To: <fedcom@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 14:03
> Subject: Re: [FedCom] 164.575??
>
> > Hi Bill, and all,   Im familiar w/ the 173.150(pretty sure thats right)
> for New
> > Boston Tracking Sta, they do all sorts of (anti)terrorist trainning there
> all
> > the time(not much else to do I guess ;)(I dont think AlQada would have a
> clue
> > what to do w/ a Keyhole Sat,,) . I sort of thought the 164.575 might be
> Plum
> > Island Nature Preserve. Primarily I brought this up because Im decoding
> the P25
> > signal(voice,,) on there w/ my nice new BC250D,,,,!! The signal wasnt
> nearly
> > strong enough to be from Saddleback.
> >
> > Im also having a small amount of luck decoding VT BP on 170.625; Im not
> getting
> > clear voce, but its not showing as being  encrypted either. It sounds like
> the
> > "quality" setting is WAY off.
> >
> > *Bill wrote:
> >
> > > You might want to try 173.1500 as the Repeater output, never did figure
> out
> > > who it was, although rumors of Pease or New Boston !
> > >
> > > Any CTCSS tone??
> > >
> > > The Repeater above was rumored to be on Saddleback in New Hampshire
> > >
> > > Bill Dunn   N1KUG