Tuesday, November 12, 2013

NSW GRN P25 - DIGITAL GOVERMENT RADIO NETWORK

Hello and welcome back..... The NSW GRN (Government Radio Network) is a huge Digital Radio Network that spans across NSW & the ACT....

The Digital Network is also known as - APCO P25 Phase 1 network and has more than 27 Government agencies.

## Updated 28/05/2015 - Opera House site added


AGENCY'S USING P25 GRN

  • Ambulance Service of NSW
  • Fire and Rescue NSW
  • NSW Rural Fire Service
  • NSW State Emergency Service
  • ACT Emergency Services
  • Department of Attorney General and Justice
  • RailCorp
  • Roads and Maritime Services (formally Roads & Traffic Authority and NSW Maritime)
  • Sydney Ferries
  • Department of Corrective Services
  • NSW Department of Juvenile Justice
  • National Parks and Wildlife Service
  • Ausgrid
  • Endeavour Energy
  • Hunter Water Corporation
  • Sydney Water
  • Sydney Catchment Authority
  • Sydney Ports Authority
  • Central Tablelands County Councils
  • Sutherland Shire Council
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Chevra Hatzolah (Jewish Community sponsored and staffed medical response)
The network is also used by other government departments and discrete law enforcement agencies.

NOTE - Most POLICE use a Encrypted Digital transmission and can NOT be monitored.......
              Some country police may still use analogue and can be monitored.

NETWORK INFORMATION

The network is a digital 9600 bps Project 25 (commonly referred to as P25 or APCO-25) Phase 1 trunked radio system operating in the UHF band between 403MHz and 420MHz in 12.5 kHz steps.
End user equipment is currently supplied mostly by Motorola and consists primarily of the XTL-5000 (mobile) and XTS-5000 (hand-held) two-way radios (although Tait Communications and Simoco radios are also authorized for use). Encryption is supported and used by some agencies on the network.


COVERAGE


SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO SCANNER USERS???

Basically, it means to listen to this network you need to buy a Digital scanner.

You will need to program the radio using the GRN CONTROL CHANNELS (See Below) from a tower in your area.
The radio reads the information from these control chs and decodes it displaying the user 'Talkgroup ID" & audio.

1 or 2 control channels for every tower - C =  primary control channels (red)
                                                                  A = alternate control channels (blue)
You will need to enter both these channels into your scanner when programming.


DIGITAL RADIO RECEIVERS (Scanners)... Available on Ebay, etc
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AOR = AR8200D - Handheld

UNIDEN = BCD996XT - Desk / Mobile / Vehicle
                   BCD996T (older version) - Desk / mobile/ vehicle
                   UBCD396XT - Handheld
                   UBCD396T (older version) - Handheld
                   BC-796D - Base / Mobile

RADIO SHACK = PRO-96 - Hand Held
                               PRO-106 - Hand Held
                               PRO-18 - Hand Held

GRE = PSR-600 - Base / Mobile (also known as Radio Shack PRO-197)



GRN CONTROL CHANNEL SITES
Locate a site closest to you and enter all the Primary and Alternate frequencies from the one site under P25 section of your scanner
C = Primary Control ch (red)
A = Alternate Control ch(blue)


SYDNEY REGION
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Beecroft (Pennant Hills) = 416.88750c, 416.13750a

Belrose (Northern Beaches) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Heathcote (Hurstville - Sutherland) = 417.56250c, 417.06250a

Chullora (Bankstown - Greenacre) = 416.25000c, 417.00000a

North Head (Manly - Sydney)= 417.55000c, 416.05000a

Collaroy Plateau (Northern Beaches) = 417.68750c, 419.43750a

Cronulla (Sutherland) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Little Bay (Botany Bay - Randwick) = 418.82500c, 419.57500a

Picton (Razorback - Camden - Campbelltown) = 419.6625, 419.625  (Updated 16/05/2019)

Delhi Road (North Ryde) Railway Station = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

Macquarie Park Rail Station (Chatswood - Macquarie Uni) = 416.26250c, 416.51250a

Cross City (Road) Tunnel (Sydney CBD) = 416.26250c, 416.38750a

Lane Cove (Road) Tunnel = 416.26250c, 416.51250a

Eastern Distributor (Road) Tunnel = 413.11250c, 415.05000a

M5 East Freeway = 416.13750c, 416.26250a

Olympic Park Railway Station (Homebush) = 413.11250c, 415.05000a

Miranda Westfield (Hurstville) = 418.52500c, 419.15000a

Horsley Park (Liverpool - Fairfield) = 417.46250c, 415.96250a

North Bondi = 416.95000c, 417.45000a

Homebush Bay (RAS - Showground - Easter Show) = 417.28750c, 416.78750a

Governor Philip Tower (Sydney City) = 416.12500c, 415.62500a, 416.87500a, 417.12500a

Governor Phillip Tower -(Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Bondi Junction Plaza) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Crown Castle - BDA Host (Parramatta Westfield, Blacktown Westfield, Penrith Plaza, Parramatta Justice) = 417.51250c, 416.26250a

Warringah Mall (Brookvale) = 416.47500c, 417.47500a

Green Square Railway Station (under junction of Botany Road, Bourke Road and O'Riordan Street) = 415.05000c, 413.10000a

International Airport Railway Station (Host site for Wolli Creek and Domestic Airport Railway Stations) =  413.11250c, 415.11250a

Town Hall Railway Station (Sydney CBD) = 416.13750c, 416.26250a

Redfern Railway Station (Central Station, Kogarah Station, Hurstville Station, Sutherland Station) = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

Kings Cross Railway Station = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

Wynyard Railway Station ( Host Site to Circular Quay Station) = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

St James Railway Station ( Host Site to Martin Place Station) =  416.13750c, 416.26250a

Museum Railway Station = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

North Sydney Railway Station = 416.13750c, 416.26250a

Bondi Junction Railway Station = 416.18750c, 416.81250a

Edgecliff Railway Station = 416.13750c, 416.26250a

Opera House = 422.37500c, 422.25000a


BLUE MOUNTAINS
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Glenbrook (Lower Mountains - Penrith) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Katoomba (Explorers Tree Hill) = 416.53750c, 416.03750a, 417.03750a, 417.53750a

Mt Tomah  (Mid Blue Mountains) = 417.43750c, 416.43750a, 417.93750a

Lithgow (Hassans Walls - Portland) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Lithgow (Mt Lambie) = 416.26250c, 417.26250a

Oberon (Falls Hill) = 417.46250c, 416.71250a

Kurrajong Heights (Richmond - Springwood = 416.81250c, 413.18750a, 416.18750a


HAWKESBURY
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Wisemans Ferry (Simpsons Hill - Hawkesbury ) = 417.55000c, 416.05000a


CENTRAL COAST
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Wyee (Wyong - Toronto) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Gosford (Mt Penang - Central Coast) = 417.45000c, 416.95000a

Cowan (Central Coast) = 416.28750c, 416.78750a

Bilgola Plateau (Central Coast) = 416.26250c, 417.26250a, 417.51250a

Gosford (Mt Elliot - Woy Woy - The Entrance) = 416.41250c, 419.16250a

Bateau Bay (Wyong - Lake Macquarie) = 417.43750c, 417.93750a

Copacabana (Central Coast - Gosford)  = 416.53750c, 417.53750a

Umina (Gosford) = 418.65000c, 419.77500a

Wyong (Bumble Hill - Watagan Nat Park) - 416.31250c, 417.31250a

Kulnura (Boomerang Ridge - Mangrove Mountain) = 415.96250c, 417.46250a


NORTH WESTERN NSW
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Nyngan (Nth Western NSW) = 416.18750c, 417.18750a

Brewarrina (Nth Western NSW) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Bourke (Mt Oxley - Nth Western NSW) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Coonamble (Nth Western NSW) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Walgett (Trilby Park - Nth Western NSW) = 416.18750c, 417.18750a

Dunedoo (Broombee Mountain - Nth Western) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Warren (Nth Western NSW)- 417.41250c, 416.16250a

Lightning Ridge (Nth Western NSW) = 416.87500c, 417.37500a

Collarenebri (Nth Western NSW) = 417.53750c, 416.16250a

Coonabarabran (Bingie Grumble - Nth Western NSW) = 416.32500c, 416.57500a

Cobar (Cobar City -Nth Western NSW) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Dubbo (Buninyong Hill - Nth Western NSW) = 416.37500c, 418.67500a

Coonabarabran (Needle Mountain -South West of Coonabarabran) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Gilgandra (North Western NSW) = 416.47500c, 417.47500a

Baradine (North of Coonaburabran)= 416.25000a, 417.00000a (No Primary Control Freq)

Tamworth (Bald Hill - Northern NSW) - 416.47500c, 417.47500a

Narrabri (Kapatur - Mt Dowe - 42 km East of Narrabri) = 417.30000c, 416.80000a

Bourke (CBD - North Western NSW) = 416.47500c, 417.47500a


 CENTRAL WEST NSW
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West Wyalong (Central West) = 416.18750c, 417.18750a

Cobar (Mt Boppy - East of Cobar) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Cowra (Bellevue Hill - Central West) = 416.53750c, 417.33750a

Condobolin (Hospital Hill - Central West) = 417.47500c, 416.10000a

Lake Cargelligo (Brown Mountain - Central West) = 416.95000c,  417.45000a

Parkes (Mt Coonambro - Central West) = 417.30000c, 416.30000a

Wellington (Mt Wellesley -South West of Wellington) = 417.18750c, 416.18750a

Wellington (Mt Bodangora -Nor'nor'east of Wellington ) = 416.92500c, 417.31250a

Dubbo (Sappa Bulga Mountain -22 km South West of Dubbo) = 416.29750c, 417.28750a

Kandos (Cumber Melon Mtn, Baldy Peak - Central West) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Mudgee (Magpie Hill - Gulgong - Central West) = 416.48750c, 417.23750a

Tottenham (Central West) = 416.46250c, 417.46250a

Sofala (Monkey Mountain - Central West) = 416.92500c, 418.92500a

Grenfell (Warraderry Range - Central West) = 416.92500c, 417.42500a

Bathurst (Mt Panorama - Central West) = 416.12500c, 416.87500a

Orange (Mt Canobolas - Central West) = 417.00000c, 416.25000a

Canowindra (Cowra - Central West)= 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Peak Hill (Central West) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Blayney (Central West)= 416.95000c, 417.45000a


HUNTER REGION NSW
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Singleton (Obanvale - Branxton - Hunter Region) = 416.95000c, 416.20000a

Murrurundi (Mt Helen - Scone - Quirindi - Hunter Region) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Parkville (Black Mtn - North of Scone ) = 416.08750c, 417.08750a

Merriwa (Banderra Downs Hstd - Hunter Region) = 416.07500c, 417.07500a

Newcastle (Mt Sugarloaf - 25 km West of Newcastle CBD ) = 416.18750c, 417.56250c

Newcastle (New Lambton Heights - West of Newcastle CBD) = 416.25000c, 417.75000a

Cessnock (Brokenback Range - Hunter Region) = 416.12500c, 416.87500a

Port Stephens (Gan Gan Hill - Hunter Region) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Muswellbrook (Mt Arthur - 32 Km SW of Muswellbrook -Hunter Region) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Merriwa (Wappinguy - Hunter Region) = 416.18750a, 417.18750a  (No Prim Cont Freq)

Howes Valley (Little Darkey - Putty Road - Hunter Region) = 416.46250c, 417.26250a

Dungog (Mt Richardson - Hunter Region) = 416.11250c, 417.11250a

Bulahdelah (Cabbage Tree Mtn - approx 18 Km N of Bulahdelah) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a


SOUTH COAST - SOUTH EAST - ILLAWARRA NSW
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Vincentia / Jervis Bay (Nowra - South Coast) = 416.25000c, 417.00000a

Milton (Little Forest Trig - Ulladulla - South Coast) = 416.11250c, 416.86250a

Termeil (Boyne Trig - Ulladulla - Batemans Bay - South Coast) = 417.45000c, 416.95000a

Mt Cowangerong (Southern Highlands) = 416.52500c, 418.52500a

Cooma (Mt Gladstone - Berridale - Sth East NSW) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Yass (Mundoonen - East of Yass - Sth East NSW) = 416.26250c, 417.26250a

Wollongong (Berkeley Tops -Illawarra ) = 416.26250c, 417.26250a

Robertson (Mt Murray - Moss Vale - Bowral) = 416.41250c, 419.16250a

Mittagong (Mt Gibralter) = 416.95000c, 417.45000a

Freestone (near Marulan - Bundanoon - South Eastern NSW) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Goulburn (Mt Gray) = 416.12500c, 416.87500a

Lake George (Chaton Ridge - South Eastern NSW) = 416.13750c, 416.88750a

Kiama (Saddleback Mountain -Illawarra ) = 416.18750c, 417.43750a

Bookham (Black Trig - Yass - South Eastern NSW) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Queanbeyan (Mt Jerrabomberra - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.25000c, 416.75000a

Nowra (Mt Cambewarra -Illawarra ) = 416.07500c, 416.32500a

Batesman Bay (Round Hill - Moruya - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.18750c, 417.18750a

Moruya (Mt Wandera - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.08750c, 417.08750a

Bodalla (Princes Highway - Maruya -Narooma) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Narooma (Buckeridge Lookout - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Cobargo (Peak Alone - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.41250c, 417.41250a

Broga (Mount Mumbulla - Bega - Sth Eastern NSW) = 417.47500c, 416.97500a

Eden (Bimmil Hill - Pambula - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.18750c, 417.43750a

Jerrawangala (Cudmirrah Trig - Milton - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.15000c, 416.90000a

Captains Flat (Mt Cronin - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.92500c, 416.42500a

Braidwood (Mt Gillamatong - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.26250c, 417.26250a

Bembroka (Snowy Mtn Highway - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.95000c, 417.20000a

Bega Valley (Brown Mountain - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.25000c, 417.00000a

Nimmitabel (Hudsons Peak - Cooma - Berridale - Sth Eastern NSW) = 416.17500c, 416.92500a

Merimbula (Tura Beach - Bega - Eden - Sth Eastrn NSW) = 416.28750c, 417.53750a

Ulladulla (Water Reservoir - Milton - Sth Eastrn NSW) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a

Bungendore (Kings Highway - Sth Eastrn NSW) = 415.05000c, 419.80000a

Wollongong (Mt Kiera - Port Kembla - Picton - Illawarra) = 417.55000c, 416.05000a

Robertson (Knights Hill - Berry - Moss Vale - Kiama - Illawarra) = 417.92500c, 415.52500a

Wollongong (Maddens Plains - Campbelltown -Sutherland - Illawarra) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a


CANBERRA (ACT)
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Canberra (Black Mountain Tower - Woden Valley) = 416.70000c, 419.07500a

Canberra (One Tree Hill - 18 km NbyW of Parliament House) = 416.33750c, 417.08750a

Canberra (Mt Ainslie - 5 km NEbyN of Parliament House) = 416.46250c, 417.46250a

Canberra (Tuggeranong Hill - 16 km S of Parliament house) = 417.10000c, 419.60000a

Canberra (Mt Stromolo - 10.5 km W of Parliament House ) = 416.11250c, 416.86250a

Canberra (Bulls Head - 29 km WSW of Parliament House) = 413.18750c, 419.18750a

Canberra (Mt Ginini - 40 km SW of Parliament House) = 416.48750c, 417.48750a

Canberra (Mt Tennent - 28 km SW of Parliament House) = 416.30000c, 417.30000a




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Monday, November 11, 2013

FREQUENCY RANGE FOR RADIOS

Hello and welcome back..... Thought I would include this, Many times when programming radios I often wonder "is this frequency in AM or NFM".... Wonder no more.






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