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Saturday, April 06, 2019
More DEA VHF Transition
Some new VHF frequencies likely being used by the DEA have been heard active in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Here are the confirmed frequencies:
172.2125, N156
173.1625, N156
173.4750, N156
173.9250, N156
The old UHF DEA frequencies have been pretty quiet in the Bay Area for some time, and one source even mentioned seeing the old DEA UHF repeaters being removed from service.
New Federal UHF Trunked System in Austin, TX
A new UHF P25 trunked system in the UHF band has been reported in the Austin, Texas area. Discussions on Radio Reference can be followed here:
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/unknown-networked-federal-p25-system-in-the-austin-area.386659/#post-3105851
The system has been reporting this information so far:
WACN 0000A
SysID 00A
Site 005-005
Control channels 407.075 406.775
neighboring site 001-001 408.625
neighboring site 003-003 406.775
Unfortunately, the system ID of 00A is a "default" system ID that many Harris trunked systems start out with, and many do not change.
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/unknown-networked-federal-p25-system-in-the-austin-area.386659/#post-3105851
The system has been reporting this information so far:
WACN 0000A
SysID 00A
Site 005-005
Control channels 407.075 406.775
neighboring site 001-001 408.625
neighboring site 003-003 406.775
Unfortunately, the system ID of 00A is a "default" system ID that many Harris trunked systems start out with, and many do not change.