152.5875mhz

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Listening around the band yesterday & 152.5875 popped up FM "Engineer's testing 12345" & some comms between engineer's & a hilltop charlie

Any ideas?

Signal was very strong here in bradford west yorks
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Sure that used to be an old VHF traffic rozzer channel for WestYorks...input be about 143mhz.... but on AM...

VHF comms antennas used to be on a mast nr Tong for BD area.... Also one at Cottingley which did the Aire Valley up as far as Keighley n Steeton......

by eck i miss them days......
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yeah thourght so myself wounder what the crack is then?
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yep was an ex west Yorkshire plod freq.
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wounder if its going to be used then to link the vhf system upto airwave then, or maybe sim sort of backup solution. I have it programmed in on the scanner but nothing since the other day when quite clearly heard "engineers testing 12345" & a call to a hill top charlie who ever he might of been.
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Strange callsign to use!
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Google found me this.
152.5875 143.1125 NFM W. Yorkshire XW

Now, I wouldn't dream of trying various CTCSS tones on the input, no sir. Please don't do that.
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As far as i can remember Wessie plod never used CTCSS on any of their comms....once 'talk thru' was enabled by control then it was game on an say what ye want cos everyone will hear it... ;)

But just incase summat is going on im scanning the input n output bands... :D
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NFM eah

defo one to listen out for this one is then, Would love to know what they planning. I'll be tuning in again today once I've munched sum breki as its programmed in the radio when scanning
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Fell I pick up some think on 151.550 late night, but it could have been 151.5625 forgot to check AM but it was only 0 by 1. could tell their where voices there but to much backgroud to make them out. **But Gone this morning

it listded has south yorkshire boys/Girls in blue

just scan again its picking up some think on 151.4875 but that a fre hilltop repeater.

Also getting a S 6 carry on 146.7625 and with sound like a PTT buttom that is being pressed NO voice,
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radio_ryan wrote:Fell I pick up some think on 151.550 late night, but it could have been 151.5625 forgot to check AM but it was only 0 by 1. could tell their where voices there but to much backgroud to make them out. **But Gone this morning

it listded has south yorkshire boys/Girls in blue

just scan again its picking up some think on 151.4875 but that a fre hilltop repeater.

Also getting a S 6 carry on 146.7625 and with sound like a PTT buttom that is being pressed NO voice,
AFAIK the only fire hilltop repeaters left in the area are in South Yorkshire. They haven't bothered to pay anyone to take the equipment away. The West Nab > HQ link 154.375 is still singing away but the Clifton > HQ link has recently given up. Not bad considering they've been continuously TX'ing untouched for about four years.

Most of the 146-156MHz ex 999 spectrum is included in an Ofcom consultation debating it's future use. There was some temporary use during the Olympics of the 152MHz band with 6.25 offset, but this apparent new 'activity' is puzzling.
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radtech wrote:Most of the 146-156MHz ex 999 spectrum is included in an Ofcom consultation debating it's future use.
If it is like most government 'consultations', the government will have already decided what it is going to do.
The purpose of the consultation will be to convince the more naive members of the public that the government actually gives a damn what the public think; and when the complaints start rolling in, allow them to claim that 'several' respondents suggested whatever it is they've decided (although they won't be able to name them for reasons of confidentiality). :roll:
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Minus1 wrote:
radtech wrote:Most of the 146-156MHz ex 999 spectrum is included in an Ofcom consultation debating it's future use.
If it is like most government 'consultations', the government will have already decided what it is going to do.
The purpose of the consultation will be to convince the more naive members of the public that the government actually gives a damn what the public think; and when the complaints start rolling in, allow them to claim that 'several' respondents suggested whatever it is they've decided (although they won't be able to name them for reasons of confidentiality). :roll:
I think they are fielding opinion mainly from radio suppliers and large system admins to see if the spectrum is worth selling or whether it should just be added to the licencing pool.

VHF is hardly prime stuff, so it's never going to fetch too much cash.
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Hi my friends, I have picked up 152.5875mhz on SDR, It has been TXing Data for a couple of days every few minutes, Strong signal so I have got the Colour Code
do you guys or any one else know what this frequency could be used for now it's DMR and not analogue,
I forget to mention i am located Folkestone.
South East Kent and there is no one that i have knowledge of that is assigned to this or even for the area , Any one picking up this frequency in DMR yet, Thanks
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Using WTR Browser I see that it is licenced to Cambridgeshire Search And Rescue as area defined.. And a property management company in Central London under a site licence..

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