RIPTA radio frequencies?

[urbie]

Does anyone know the radio frequencies used by RIPTA? I haven't been able to find them on any of the usual Web sites that list scanner frequencies. Do they have a sneaky digital system we can't listen in on, or something?

Urb

[provid]

The RI Public Transit Authority is: 457.8500

[Frankie811]

The RI Public Transit Authority is: 457.8500

No it isn't! RIPTA use to operate on 452. & 457 Mhz, but have long since moved to the 800 Mhz band and I believe their on what's called a trunking system. The freqs are:

866.1500

.6500

.6625

.7000

.9250

.9500

.9750

867.1875

.2125

.9500

868.2375

.4500

.5125

.6875

.7375

[Frankie811]

In the future, you can search the FCC's files here:

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/reports/index.cfm

[provid]

I know providence fire is still 154, 151, 159. So I assumed RIPTA still used 457.

[urbie]

I know providence fire is still 154, 151, 159. So I assumed RIPTA still used 457.

Thanks -- that's a lot of info!

[Edited to say: I got them programmed into my scanner successfully... and can report that the bus drivers are not happy about all the street closings for the road races downtown today!]

Urb