Kauai County Public Safety --CHANGED??

dssmax · #1 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 02:43 PM

Does anyone know the latest news on the Police and Fire systems????
I'm unable to pickup any one any more. I tried to search it using channel stalker but no luck..

PLEASE any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Mahalo,
MAX

trooperdude · #2 (**permalink**) 09-23-2008, 01:58 PM

If you can't hear them they most likely re-banded their 860 freqs down 15mhz.

Do you still hear a control channel on the 868mhz frequencies ?

Looking at their license i see a lot of 806mhz/823mhz channels licensed for mobiles and 821/853mhz channels
licensed for base.

dssmax · #3 (**permalink**) 09-30-2008, 04:56 AM

Thanks for the reply,
I hear nothing now except maybe a click once and a while. or at least I think its a click as the scanner will stop for a second on a police channel then move on. I have just ordered a digital scanner so I'll be finding out real soon if they moved.

I'll keep everyone following this thread posted..

Thanks again,
MAX

ka3jjz · #4 (**permalink**) 09-30-2008, 05:19 AM

Max, you might also check the Radio Monitoring Hawaii Yahoo group (as mentioned in a past message) to see if there's more information.

You don't need a digital trunker just because Kauai might have moved. If it was previously an EDACS system, simply subtract 15 mhz from the old frequencies and start looking. 73 Mike

dssmax · #5 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

Max, you might also check the Radio Monitoring Hawaii Yahoo group (as mentioned in a past message) to see if there's more information.

You don't need a digital trunker just because Kauai might have moved. If it was previously an EDACS system, simply subtract 15 mhz from the old frequencies and start looking. 73 Mike

Wouldn't a search have found the new feqs? I have a RS PRO-97 and have been searching the 800 mhz for the them.

Thanks,
MAX

ka3jjz · #6 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 08:41 PM

Possibly. I doubt that they would reallocate their system wholesale, however. Do the math; if none of the adjusted freqs have a really horrible sounding data stream on them, you can assume that Kauai has not yet rebanded.

On second thought - didn't I read somewhere that they were moving from a LTR system to a P25? If they weren't on 800 before, save yourself some grief - use the FCC search tools in the database. Again, far simpler than just doing random searches

73 Mike

dssmax · #7 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 01:32 PM

Well it seems that as of 11/9/2008, the Pro-96/Pro-2096 scanner will work, how it will work is beyond me, I'm waiting for RADIO AH7E HAWAII to release a "downloadable file so that you can program your radio hassle-free". More info can be found here -> http://www.qsl.net/ah7e/kctrunk.html

MAX

JoeyC · #8 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 02:02 PM

When I went to Kaua'i earlier this year, I had programmed my trusty PSR500 up with the local TRS (Motorola) with the talkgroups in a VFolder. So I thought. When I got there I realized that I had NOT stored the system in the VFolder afterall. Being the small island that it is, I set the scanner in search mode to cover the 800 mhz band. I found 2 control channels. One I never got a talkgroup hit on the entire time I was there, and the other was the missing TRS that I had thought I programmed. I programmed the system as a TSYS into the scanner and within a couple minutes I was up and running. Since there were only 4 or 5 talkgroups used, programming them in after searching a while was no problem at all.

dssmax · #9 (**permalink**) 11-12-2008, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeyC

When I went to Kaua'i earlier this year, I had programmed my trusty PSR500 up with the local TRS (Motorola) with the talkgroups in a VFolder. So I thought. When I got there I realized that I had NOT stored the system in the VFolder afterall. Being the small island that it is, I set the scanner in search mode to cover the 800 mhz band. I found 2 control channels. One I never got a talkgroup hit on the entire time I was there, and the other was the missing TRS that I had thought I programmed. I programmed the system as a TSYS into the scanner and within a couple minutes I was up and running. Since there were only 4 or 5 talkgroups used, programming them in after searching a while was no problem at all.

Well,
I have a PRO 2096 now and programmed it using WIN96 and downloading the channels from within the program using radioreference.com but I was unable to pick up any anything. Do you know of a place where there I can find info on how to program the scanner thats simple to understand? I understand what talk groups are but have no idea what TSYS or TRS is....

Mahalo,
MAX