[ScanIndiana] (no subject)

David L Norris [email protected]
04 Sep 2002 02:10:25 -0500


On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 01:40, W. Culmstock wrote:
> I have run into a new band that is old stuff to you, I bet.

Been heavily used around Indy for well over a decade.  800 is packed
with all manner of stuff.  Public safety, businesses, etc.

> I am talking about such frequencies as 851.6125, 852.6625, 855.1875, and
> on up through 865.7875. I suppose their inputs are down around 806 and
> above. Can't find any info to confirm that. Is it legal to listen to the
> above frequencies? 

Mostly trunking systems but there are plenty of conventional systems and
even simplex.  Inputs are 45 MHz below the output on 800 MHz.  869-896
MHz (and the corresponding inputs 45 MHz below them) is strictly off
limits (cell phones); most radios won't go there anyway.

> Do you know of a bandplan page on WWW regarding all
> those frequencies you can send me?

fcc.gov is probably as good as it gets.  Just use ULS or GenMen to
search for a freq you hear.  The new GenMen will even allow you to
generate a list of freqs between a given range.  Try using the
State/County/Frequency Range.

GenMen 2.0:
  http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/reports/index.cfm

> Around Louisville it sounds like a bunch of guys who didn't want to
> study for a ham ticket  and started repeaters up there to chew the fat.

Fairly typical business and public safety traffic around here.  How much
business have you heard on most business freqs, anyway?  ;-)  There are
fairly large networks of 800 MHz trunked systems that lease radios to
various companies around the country.

I have seen people selling/buying/using 800 MHz radios who have no
license.  But, you're not likely to run across anyone using a repeater
without a license.  Someone would probably notice rather quickly.

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