[Scan-DC] Analog Virginia State Police transmission on 700 MHz

[Andrew Clegg]

Dewey,

I did not realize that; I'm still working my way through the manual. No, I
could not swear it wasn't decoding digital. I was driving at the time, and
glanced down to look at the frequency but that was about it. I didn't want
to run off the road right in front of a cop!

Is the 996T set up to decode digital on Close Call right out of the box? I
have not changed many default options at this point.

The only point of reference may be that although the audio was perfectly
readable and did not sound digital/warbly at all, the level was a bit low.
Might this be indicative of a decoded P25 digital signal with default
options?

Andy

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:scan-dc-bounces+w4jecom=w4je.com at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of
D.R. Watkins III
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:55 PM
To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Analog Virginia State Police transmission on 700
MHz


Hi Andy,

Just out of curiosity, were you able to confirm that it was analog FM?
Close call automatically decodes digital for me, and I've heard some
transmissions that were so good, that I couldn't tell that they were digital
if I hadn't already known.

Dewey

-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces+drwatkins3=rcn.com at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces+drwatkins3=rcn.com at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Andrew Clegg
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 14:45
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Scan-DC] Analog Virginia State Police transmission on 700 MHz

For my birthday last week, my XYL got me a Bearcat 996T for the car. Over
the weekend, I took a very long (20 hour) car trip and got to play with the
996T quite a bit in analog mode (I haven't tackled digital yet). It is an
amazing piece of hardware.

Late last night (Monday night), I was driving back to DC out on I-66, and
passed what I believe was a VSP officer on a motorist assist, on the
shoulder. Just as I passed, my close-call fired up, and tuned into the
officer reporting the assist, in analog FM voice on a 764 MHz frequency.
While I am aware that public safety is moving a lot of their operations to
700 MHz, I was very surprised to hear analog on the very new channels. RR
reports this frequency as part of the VSP APCO 25 system, but I would have
thought it would have been digital from the get-go. Is anyone on Scan-DC
able to provide some background on the VSP's use of 700 MHz?

Thanks!
Andy
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