[Scan-DC] Re: Radio system question (re: Jeff's "PAC" question)

[Lee Williams]

Fairfax County has the frequencies in their radio's but DOES NOT have a 
repeater set up on any of the frequencies. I monitor all of them and someone 
in the metro area does have a base set up on it. I hear morse code 
identifiers on some of the frequencies but I don't know where they are 
coming from. I live in western Fairfax County and judging from the amount of 
static in the background I don't think it's Prince Wiliam County either. I 
receive Prince William on other frequencies loud and clear with full 
quieting.

As luck would have it I am prersently at 10:30 am edt on 8/12/03 hearing 
patched radio traffic on NPSAC tac 1, sounds like a FD but they aren't 
mentioning any locations. It's on a repeater but scratchy and not local in 
origin or in my opinion geographically close to western Fairfax County.


>From: Jason Thurston <jasondthurston@yahoo.com>
>To: scan-dc@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Scan-DC] Re: Radio system question (re: Jeff's "PAC" question)
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:42:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Jeff,
>What the radio techs you heard may have referred to was NPSPAC (usually 
>pronounced "NIPS-PAC"). These are the group of 5 800 MHz repeater pairs 
>used for interoperability between agencies. You will find that most areas 
>of the country that have 800 MHz public safety systems will have repeaters 
>on one or more of these pairs. I know for a fact that there are repeaters 
>in Chesapeake VA, Newport News VA, Richmond metro area, Somewhere in 
>Northern VA (Fairfax or Prince William-or perhaps both) and many other 
>areas. They are the same repeaters referred to in Mr. Henney's web page as 
>ITAC or NTAC. The ones I have used typically use a tone of 156.7 Hz.
>
>Hope this helps!
>-Jason
>
>=============================
>Jason Thurston
>Virginia Fire Notification Network
>
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