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Highway Patrol help

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:03 pm
by Martin
I have a Pro-107 scanner I have been using about 2 years. I live on the east side of Banning and used to receive local Highway Patrol on 42.440000 and 42.280000 . Lately I haven't been getting anything. From reading this site I learned they are working on a change over . Can anyone give me the new freqs to replace the ones I was receiving for my area ? I still receive some of the other older channels from further away like Riverside and even Orange County.. Please go easy on me my scanner skills are at the beginner level . Any help would be appreciated .

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:56 pm
by cvrules90
Martin wrote:I have a Pro-107 scanner I have been using about 2 years. I live on the east side of Banning and used to receive local Highway Patrol on 42.440000 and 42.280000 . Lately I haven't been getting anything. From reading this site I learned they are working on a change over . Can anyone give me the new freqs to replace the ones I was receiving for my area ? I still receive some of the other older channels from further away like Riverside and even Orange County.. Please go easy on me my scanner skills are at the beginner level . Any help would be appreciated .
I dunno much about CHP radios. However, I will say that they use some mobile extenders in the 700 band. I don't know them of the top of my head but you could stick in all the CHP frequencies and have a listen if you're not sure.

Hope I helped you at least a little bit.

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:39 pm
by Brian
Double check your stuff with this list for the new stuff.

California Highway Patrol (CHP)
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=995

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:24 pm
by brandon
42.440 recently changed PL tone to 179.9
It used to be 162.2

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:47 pm
by 4and6
brandon wrote:42.440 recently changed PL tone to 179.9
It used to be 162.2
Exactly. That happened a couple weeks ago. :mrgreen:

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:59 pm
by Martin
Thanks guys it was the tone. Did some updates to my software and then the s-d card . Popped it back in and in 5 minutes I was receiving those channels again. Will my scanner still be able to receive Highway Patrol when they get their new system fully up and running ?

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:42 pm
by brandon
Hi Martin,
Yes it will.

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:59 am
by cvrules90
4and6 wrote:
brandon wrote:42.440 recently changed PL tone to 179.9
It used to be 162.2
Exactly. That happened a couple weeks ago. :mrgreen:
I had no idea. I don't care too much for CHP anyway so maybe that's it.

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:30 pm
by Martin
Glad to know I will because last year I lost Beaumont to digital encryption and soon I will loose RSO to the same thing. I was going to buy a digital scanner but whats the point when everything I wanna hear is encrypted ? I

Re: Highway Patrol help

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:13 pm
by cvrules90
Martin wrote:Glad to know I will because last year I lost Beaumont to digital encryption and soon I will loose RSO to the same thing. I was going to buy a digital scanner but whats the point when everything I wanna hear is encrypted ? I
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