[TrunkCom] digital and subaudible

Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:57:55 -0600

Joe,
What is that Montgomery County TX freq?
Milo

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:38:15 -0500 Chris Parris <[email protected]>
writes:
> >>>Here is a thought, off the wall:  Why not enter the never-used 
> frequency
> as conventional in the same bank as the trunked system?  If the 
> frequency
> is ever used (such as for simplex narc surveillance or some such
> off-the-system use) you will hear it, even if the controller does 
> not know
> it exists.
> 
> Joe Hathaway<<<
> 
> Actually a very good idea, Joe. I have found some "unused" 
> frequencies on
> some trunked systems do contain simplex communications. If I recall, 
> there
> is one frequency that was licensed to the City of Houston trunked 
> system
> that we never saw active when running Trunker. I listened to it for 
> a long
> time, and finally caught the city public works guys on it as a 
> "talk
> around" channel. Also in Montgomery County, TX there is a frequency
> licensed to their EDACS system that never contains any trunked 
> traffic, but
> is used as a conventional channel at the county jail...
> 
> - Chris Parris
> Beaverton, OR
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