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Great River Energy TRS
System Name Great River Energy
System Type Motorola Type II SmartZone OmniLink
System ID 751E & 673E
Connect Tone 76.76
Network Access Code 1E1 & 3E1
DMR Color Code {{{CCode}}}
NXDN RAN
Band UHF
State MN, ND & WI
Ownership Private Utility

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System Information

(June 2005)

This was originally part of a larger group of licences that formed a network among all Great River (then United Power Association) member utilities. It has since been superceded by their new trunking system; I have not heard anything on the old UPA conventional freqs for years, and I have no idea how many (if any) of the stations still exist. Up until a year or so ago, I worked for Mora's public utilities department (a former UPA member), and the station assigned KFI24 sat near my desk. In all the time I worked there, I never heard any communication on the channel. Only a few people could recall when the channel was last active, back in the early 90's. When I left, I was told to take the radio with me if I wished(!). It is a Motorola MOCOM70 consolette, 35W (IIRC), with an external DTMF encoder. It recieved on 153.605 (the wide split was presumably for a repeater).

In the UPA Radio Handbook (dated 11/01/63), this station is identified as being one of 24 across the state. The others include:

REPEATERS
ER - Elk River, KAA935
GR - Giese, KDD422
LM - Litchfield, KAI584
WR - Willmar, KDD802
OR - Onamia, KDD441
AB - Elk River/auxillary base, KFI28

PLANTS
C - Cambridge, KFI25
H - Hawick, KFI38
M - Milaca, KFI35
P - Pine City, KFI27
L - Maple Lake, KFI36
KR - Kettle River, KCR57
WM - Willmar, KFI32 (different from repeater)
PM - Princeton, KFI26
MM - Mora, KFI24
HM - Hutchinson, KFI33
NB - North Branch, KAV30
LM - Litchfield, KAI584 (same as repeater)

OFFICES
F - Finlayson, KAV29
B - Braham, KFI31
W - Wright Henn, KFI30
K - Kandiyohi, KFI34
MR - Mille Region, KFI37
A - Anoka, KFI29

According to the manual, the radios were used only when calling by phone was not feasible. Mobile radios identified themselves by a two-digit call number, while bases were known by their location and callsign. The example listed goes: Mobile: "40 to Elk River" Base: "GA, car 40" Mobile "[message] - 40 off" Base: "KAA935" Mobile1: "40 to 45" Mobile2: "45 to 40" Mobile1: "[message] - 40 off" Mobile2: "X-4 - KA5446 - 45 off" The codes used all started with 'X', and sound pretty typical to me: X-1: Poor reception X-2: Good reception X-3: Stop transmitting; stand by X-4: Recieved and understood X-5: Radio test; count to ten X-6: Radio test; hold key X-7: Checking in X-8: Checking out X-9: Repeat; not understood X-11: Relay to dispatcher X-12: Talking too quickly or too softly X-19: Return to base X-20: Give location X-21: Call by phone X-22: Coming in late; request call home X-23: Stand-by X-24: Weather report X-25: Refer to procedure

System Users

  • Great River Energy
  • Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Power
  • Connexus Energy
  • East Central Energy
  • McLeod County Cooperative Power
  • Cass County Electric
  • Lake Region Cooperative
  • Todd-Wadena Cooperative
  • Benco Electric Cooperative


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