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

[John Wilson]

  764 mhz. is the STARS' mobile repeater frequency range.  Usually 
depending upon the STARS Division each 764 mhz. frequency will be 
slightly different.  The three 764 mhz. mobile repeater frequencies I 
hear at my location on my 996T for Div 1 and Div 5 are digital not 
analog.   The  STARS  radios do have the capability to transmit either 
analog or digital.   STARS techs have begun installation at the 
Independent Hill site and installations probably are underway at other 
Div 2 sites.  Sounds like you heard a STARS radio operating in the 
analog mode on a 764 mhz. mobile repeater frequency possibly for Div 2.  
As one or more  Div 2 STARS sites become operational, more comms will 
convert to digital.  You heard an analog transmission because there 
currently are no operational STARS sites in Div 2 or Div 7.  The ground 
wave range coverage the STARS mobile repeaters have on 764 mhz. is very 
impressive. 

  What was the exact 764 mhz. frequency you heard?

 
Andrew Clegg wrote:

>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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