Channel Alpha operator in clear.

[citabria]

still in the clear, occasional enc signals but mainly P25.

Your post implies that encrypted signals are not P25...

[NSWESP]

still in the clear, occasional enc signals but mainly P25.

Your post implies that encrypted signals are not P25...

Reading back it kind of does... it shouldnt imply that

[NSWESP]

as at 0220 (heading to bed now) 468.4000 is still active with VKG in the clear.

[cokebottle]

not too bad in the country, little inaccurate sometimes but works well for me, the city is the main prob for me in relation to ch x, am always trying to work out the tx locations, have a rough idea anyway? dont really care on the city police stuff anymore,
cheers

I listen to 468.850 analogue around Penrith & up the mountains, which lately I have been getting strong heterodyne in some areas (two TX on same freq) which leads me to believe they are using both the Kurrajong site & the Penrith Police station site.

On a recent trip to Canberra I was able to listen to country police on 468.850 down to about Mittagong then when I lost that I started scanning & picked them up again by changing to 468.025/468.125/468.300/469.400 (not necessarily in that order but ) then when I hit lake George I picked up Queenbyanne on 469.225.

Michael

[NSWESP]

As of 1209 VKG is still broadcasting in the clear. Cars remain ENC.

[criten]

I listen to 468.850 analogue around Penrith & up the mountains, which lately I have been getting strong heterodyne in some areas (two TX on same freq) which leads me to believe they are using both the Kurrajong site & the Penrith Police station site.

I seem to think the same.

However VHF 14 from Springwood is bridged to 468.85 and offers much better range (at least in the Penrith/mountains area)

[cokebottle]

However VHF 14 from Springwood is bridged to 468.85 and offers much better range (at least in the Penrith/mountains area)

Is that VHF 14, 78.4375 mhz? I have never seen anything on ACMA about a VHF channel at Springwood.

Michael

[cartman]

My understanding from a Penrith-based VKG operator was that Juliet (which covers the mountains) was encrypted.
Zulu which covers Mt Victoria/Lithgow westwards is in the clear on VHF and UHF.

Grant

[cokebottle]

My understanding from a Penrith-based VKG operator was that Juliet (which covers the mountains) was encrypted.
Zulu which covers Mt Victoria/Lithgow westwards is in the clear on VHF and UHF.

Grant

Yep, J is gone the same as Sydney to p25, don't know about encryption because I don't have a digital scanner

Michael

[cartman]

No 78.4375 Mhz listed at Springwood on the ACMA
Just checked

Grant

PS At long last Alpha 468.4000 now appears on the ACMA at the Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon - which would help to wipe out the bad digital reception shadows they had previously at Darling Harbour and the Rocks. For a couple of years the entry was non-existent even though the frequency was still used