Kenwood NX-800H - 2 Days of Morning School Bus Radio Chatter with FleetSync
Well, I haven't uploaded some school bus chatter in a long time, so I thought I would. These are videos I recorded back in December, but I've waited until now to upload them.
This whole thing was recorded over a span of two days. The first day was recorded over a span of about 30 minutes, but I only pulled about 3 minutes of transmissions from the video, so I recorded for a second day and got a few more. Please note, these clips have been shortened to mostly chatter, so many of the transmissions are happening much faster in this video that they actually did.
As always, I'm monitoring all my good friends over at the Carol Stream yard on 463.2625 MHz. The system you are listening to is a conventional UHF repeater system with Kenwood radios utilizing both a 074 DPL tone and pointless FleetSync PTT ID signalling. The bus radios are Kenwood TK-8150, TK-8180H, and NX-800H units putting out 45 watts of transmit power. I believe the dispatch radios are NX-800H units as well, and the shop uses some kind of Kenwood portables.
The FleetSync radio ID numbers are pointless across the company, as whoever programmed them didn't actually take the time to program all the radios with a different ID, so a good majority of the radios share the same ID, causing selective call alerts all over the place. Still, there are many at this yard that do have their own ID.
For reference, the TK-8150 units have ID numbers beginning in 100. The TK-8180H units begin in 108, and the NX-800H units begin in 109, 110, and 111. All three types of radios on the fleet also have their own "popular ID" that is shared among a good majority of them. 1001225 is the common TK-8150 ID, 1081028 is the common TK-8180H ID, and 1104456 is the shared ID among the NX-800H units. When my radio screen says "Shared ID", it's a 1104456 ID.
This radio, which has been in my collection for almost a year now, is a former company radio that was thrown out last year. The ID on this one is 1112099, and I have kept it that way even after reprogramming.
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Good lord, that is pretty much what I hear EVERYTIME I rode in a school bus. Great memories.
Nice video. It amazes me how much "chatter" there is on transit communications. It's almost never ending. I live very close to Philadelphia in New Jersey and the activity on the bus channels is crazy. Thanks for the video!
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, and thank you! Like I said, this video is just all the chatter squished together. Both days of this video were about 30 minutes long. A good majority of those 30 minute videos were silence. In total, that's about an hour of recording, with only 10 minutes of transmissions. Trust me, there's days when this frequency has so much communication, I think my radio is going to explode, and other days, it's silent. And when it's silent, it means everything is going smoothly with the bus company!
@HJCF0520
7 жыл бұрын
+msj191961 Oh yeah, transportation is never predictable. Especially on roads.
Love it I Lissin to this on my bus is funny my bus driver thinks it’s the radio it’s self
How did you tap into those channels? I'm looking at getting a Kenwood TK8180H-K for my next car but this seems very complex?
This inspired me to turn on my scanner!
@MiguelBD17
2 жыл бұрын
What app is it or is it I’m the radio
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Do you get enjoyment listening to this or are you going to work for a bus company when you finish school
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
Well I've always liked listening to the bus radios, and yes, hopefully I'll be able to secure a job there.
@CyclonesFan24
3 жыл бұрын
@@msj191961 I love bus radio transmissions. I like the ones that are really Staticky and inaudible n muffled.
@lylisis4593
2 жыл бұрын
I hope we get the bus radio
Awesome video.
I would love to get one of those radios so I can hear the school buses in my county. Because I know they been having issues with they buses lately.
Are you selling any radios ? Thanks ?
The reason why I did this is because I’m playing a Roblox game about driving buses💀
Can you explain to me how the range on these radios is like that of a cell phone, but when it comes to walkie talkies you get about 1-5 miles.
@msj191961
6 жыл бұрын
It really depends on several things. These radios have much more power than your bubble pack walkie talkies. These use an external antenna (which will give you better range the higher up you have it). Atmospheric conditions and objects blocking the signal will also play a role in the range. Everyone's setup will vary, but with my indoor setup, I can usually get a signal down to a repeater about 40 miles away. As far as what you hear in this video, these bus radios are feeding into a repeater, which has a tall tower and can get signals out for miles and miles and miles. So these radios aren't running radio to radio, but radio to repeater to radio. A repeater makes distant signals from all over a given area come out of one tall antenna tower.
Pull It Up Take That Out The Door With You It Could Happen Any Place It Could Happen Right Here In This Room Right Now Those Days Are Over No More Fights Go Home
Müssen keine Angst haben.....Ich suche meine Eltern ....Sorry
Would you change bus station to “RichLee Vans” or “Grand Prairie”?
Make A Left At St Charles Gas Station
Me Too
I Wish I Can Get The Kenwood Radio
Nice video! I have watched a few of these videos, are you able to do some city/route bus coms? If you do, can I use it for a personal project, for a game called OMSI, which is a bus simulator, I will be using it for the a UHF in a bus (If you know your buses, its the Mercedes Benz O307) Thanks :) and keep the videos up!
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the positive feedback! Unfortunately, I don't really have good access to city bus communications. I live about 45 minutes from Chicago, so I can pickup scratchy communications there with a good antenna, but not as good as this. I found the UHF frequencies for the Chicago Transit Authority buses. I'll monitor those frequencies with my scanner over the next few days. If I hear anything that's good enough to record, I'll do that and send it to you.
@jacksuperclyde
7 жыл бұрын
msj191961 Ah okay thats alright, good luck :)
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. :) I'll let you know.
@alvinmccranie6978
6 жыл бұрын
Chicago Transit buses don't have 2 way radios.
3:04 do those beeps have a name ?
Yes We Are Please Call The Bus Garage Office Martini Bus Lines Rohrer Bus Drums PA 18222 If They Should Know So I Would Suggest We Need To Assigned Seats Please Thank You I Wish I Can Get A Job First This Summer
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@5.43v
5 жыл бұрын
The beloved beep
elias0nU2b, I STILL can't reply to your comments, haha. Can you provide me with an email for me to contact you at?
@stuntman2539
7 жыл бұрын
msj191961 have you ever talked to bus drivers on the scanner
@nikbarbera7469
6 жыл бұрын
msj191961 have you ever done Michigan
can i use this audio in my video?
@urielhernandezT150
4 жыл бұрын
I used this audio but it's on the voice recorder app
Please Contact Rohrer Bus Service please Joe Stefanko Please Report To The Main Office For Acting Up This Morning
Is that a radio scanner?
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
This is a radio transceiver, or two-way radio. It can be used as a scanner (that's what I'm using it as in this video), but it also lets you talk to the other person.
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Why didn't you turn on the power supply by chance?
@msj191961
7 жыл бұрын
It was already on when the video started.
How do you own this, did your parents know about this
County?
Please Call Rohrer Bus Service Please For Radio Check Please Thank You