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Hello,
I was searching my scanners for data channels because I have bad reception here in Edmonds . I found 939.9875 and 820.6125. Since neither my PRO94 nor my Pro2052 lets me program those frequencies into the scanner as data channels, I was wondering what is up with them ? Is this a clever way to prevent people trunking the systems or do these have some other use ? I can hear King County's system here a little, and Snohomish county's system but there are problems. There are several cells towers in the area and they are producing a lot of interference.
Best wishes .

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Peace

I use 868.3375 as the data channel for the SnoCom system and it works great here in downtown Edmonds. I can also get the King County system fairly well here. I can't get the Seattle system (it works when you get up near Hwy 99, but not here in downtown Edmonds.)

Thanks for the reply, Beaconhunter. I live within a block of hwy99 so Snocom comes in well, and erraticlly, so does King county but then I think our elevation here is around 254 ft., based on the difference in barometric pressure between here and where I used to live. the cell towers play havoc with reception here because they are so close. I was curious what the other data channels I mentioned are related to (938.9875, 820.6125). Is there a public safety organization using 900 mhz here ?

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Peace

938.9875 is one of the data channels for Snohomish County PUD - their system gets interesting during and after wind storms.

That is usually a repeater input frequency (for 865.6125). There are no licenses in SnohCo for 820.6125. Might you be so close to a transmitter site that you're seeing an image frequency?

FlashP

My thanks to "189" and "FlashP" <S>. There are a couple other questions I have as well if I may:

Where can I find a list of the frequencies of the Ferry System ?

Is there a listing of the Snohomish pud fqys ?

Since I live in Edmonds and there is a ferry terminal here, I thought it might be somewhat interesting to listen to their arrovals and departures.

Best wishes to all, and thanks again :) Miguelito

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Peace

Ferry

HT's in the lots and on the ferry 151.04
Sometimes you will also hear them on 156.975 and 866.1375 (along with lots of other DOT stuff)

Thanks Mark, that helps :)

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Peace