[TheList] TheList Digest, Vol 113, Issue 9

Mon Jun 10 08:20:48 AEST 2019

Thanks I'll give that a try.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, 9:23 AM , <thelist-request at radiowiki.org.nz> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Watercare Monitoring Stations (Radio Engineering)
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> Set your scanner to 25 kHz steps and tune from 450 - 480 MHz.
> Sooner or later you'll hit channels which are continuously transmitting
> data packets.
> As mentioned in my last message there are also links that use data burst
> and transmit only periodically. You're likely to find these as well if you
> just have a cruise around the band.
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> From: Keith <zl2tpq at gmail.com>
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> Some scanners have a "Close Call" feature that will record the frequency
> of a strong signal.
> The Uniden UBC-126AT will record and display the frequency, modulation
> and the CTCSS / DCS  if any will appear in the display.
> If you have or can get a loan of such an item, it might save a lot of
> time. Especially if the data transmissions are short.
>   I have not used this mode, and my info is from the user manual.
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> From: "Leith Cullen" <leithacullen at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 9/06/2019 10:01:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheList] Watercare Monitoring Stations
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> >What frequencys should I be trying?
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> >>    1. Re: Watercare Monitoring Stations (Leith Cullen)
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> >>    2. Smart Power Meters (Leith Cullen)
> >>    3. Re: Smart Power Meters (Radio Scanner)
> >>    4. Re: Smart Power Meters (Shaun Sayer)
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> >>Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 14:20:57 +1200
> >>From: Radio Engineering <radio.restorations at gmail.com>
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> >>Subject: Re: [TheList] Watercare Monitoring Stations (Leith Cullen)
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> >>Mostly UHF although I think there are some sites using E band. If you
> >>hunt
> >>around 450 - 480 MHz on your scanner you'll find channels which are
> >>constantly transmitting (and some firing off intermittently) packets
> >>of
> >>data. These are generally sh*t pumping stations, water monitoring and
> >>so on.
> >>The Yagi in the photo you linked to is for D-band (450 MHz).
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> >>Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 20:43:54 +1200
> >>From: Leith Cullen <leithacullen at gmail.com>
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> >>Subject: [TheList] Smart Power Meters
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> >>Just wanting to know if our meters are on HF and or are encrypted?
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> >>Regards,
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> >>Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 20:46:43 +1200
> >>From: Radio Scanner <rs157950 at gmail.com>
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> >>They have a Vodafone sim card in them (and are one of the reasons
> >>Vodafone are still running 2G). There is an IR interface as well by
> >>the
> >>looks of it.
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> >>On 8/06/2019 8:43 p.m., Leith Cullen wrote:
> >> > Just wanting to know if our meters are on HF and or are encrypted?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Leith
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> >>Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 21:46:59 +1200
> >>From: "Shaun Sayer" <shaun.sayer at xtra.co.nz>
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> >>Subject: Re: [TheList] Smart Power Meters
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> >>It depends on the type of smart meter you have. Some are on the mobile
> >>network (2G was closed down from my understanding RS) and others are
> >>what we
> >>call "mesh" network and communicate between meters until they reach a
> >>transmission point.
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> >>From: TheList <thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz> On Behalf Of Radio
> >>Scanner
> >>Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2019 20:47
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> >>Subject: Re: [TheList] Smart Power Meters
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> >>They have a Vodafone sim card in them (and are one of the reasons
> >>Vodafone
> >>are still running 2G). There is an IR interface as well by the looks
> >>of it.
> >>
> >>On 8/06/2019 8:43 p.m., Leith Cullen wrote:
> >>
> >>Just wanting to know if our meters are on HF and or are encrypted?
> >>
> >>
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> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Leith
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> >>Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 21:51:09 +1200
> >>From: Radio Scanner <rs157950 at gmail.com>
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> >>Subject: Re: [TheList] Smart Power Meters
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> >>Vodafone are keeping 2G going till 2025, I have a few devices that
> >>still
> >>use it on a daily basis - 2degrees made the bad decision to kill off
> >>2G.
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> >>Didn't know we had those meters here, does anyone happen to have more
> >>info on those?
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> >>On 8/06/2019 9:46 p.m., Shaun Sayer wrote:
> >> >
> >> > It depends on the type of smart meter you have. Some are on the
> >>mobile
> >> > network (2G was closed down from my understanding RS) and others are
> >> > what we call ?mesh? network and communicate between meters until
> >>they
> >> > reach a transmission point.
> >> >
> >> > *From:*TheList <thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz> *On Behalf Of
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> >> > Scanner
> >> > *Sent:* Saturday, 8 June 2019 20:47
> >> > *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> >> > *Subject:* Re: [TheList] Smart Power Meters
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> >> > They have a Vodafone sim card in them (and are one of the reasons
> >> > Vodafone are still running 2G). There is an IR interface as well by
> >> > the looks of it.
> >> >
> >> > On 8/06/2019 8:43 p.m., Leith Cullen wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     Just wanting to know if our meters are on HF and or are
> >>encrypted?
> >> >
> >> >     Regards,
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> >> >     Leith
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