[Scan-DC] UHF Antenna on Virginia Motorist Assist Vehicles

[David Schoenberger]

Richard,

Good point--I didn't think of that.  This antenna was definitely the
length of a typical 450-470 MHz whip, so maybe the motorist assist
trucks have the vehicle repeater on 458.3500 like VSP does.

Dave

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 3:53 PM, RICHARD ROWLAND
<richrowl at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Dave,
> At least with STARS the portables use 700 mhz, could be something associated
> with the vehicular repeater.
> Most are quarter wave.
>
> Richard Rowland
> Richmond Building Trades
> Secretary/Treasurer Emeritus
> RichRowl at worldnet.att.net
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Schoenberger"
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> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:26 PM
> Subject: [Scan-DC] UHF Antenna on Virginia Motorist Assist Vehicles
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>> Recently I observed a UHF antenna on a motorist assistance vehicle on
>> I-95 in Northern Virginia (I think this was in Fairfax/Prince
>> William).  I don't believe I've ever seen this before; usually they
>> only have a low-band one (for comms with VDOT) and VHF-High one (for
>> comms with State Police).  Anyone know what they're using the UHF one
>> for?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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