KSICS update

[KHPFAN]

With the latest news update on the KSICS page with regards to the rebanding. I'm not fully knowledgeable on the rebanding situation. I guess i just flat out don't understand the reason for it...haha. I am in washington co and the wakefield update would be the closest one to me. What needs to be done to listen to traffic. I have a pro-2096 and Pro-96.

[dgruver911]

Well, in a nutshell, due to interference issues between public safety and cell systems, the FCC stepped in and is blocking the users together instead of having them mixed together. In short everyone from Public Safety in the 866-869 range has to move down 15 MHz.

I can't begin to imagine how problematic this change is going to be for users on a statewide system. I know Sedgwick County plans to set users on their system to use both the old and new, then go back in and remove the old system once the new is up and going completely. Then go digital later, but that's a whole other thread. But this is going to involve thousands of radios (Sedgwick County has over 6000 users on their system alone!). This is going to be a logistical nightmare! We haven't heard anything about what they are going to do since we have several radios on the system now. Guess we'll wait and see.

But to answer your question, eventually you'll have to reprogram the scanner with the channels for the towers you listen to re-entered exactly 15 MHz lower i.e. 866.925 will become 851.925. Looks like they are also adding channels to some towers, in those areas that plan to migrate to digital 800 and attach to the state system.

[jereck_99]

Sedgwick Co. has some of the new radio old radio and the old Brick radio so which radio will be out of the system?

[mancow]

That's a little vague but it's probably going to be the newer units that will be used with the new digital system. Legacy Astro and earlier stuff won't be used.