AA County Police going digital

[ScanWare]

Interesting Matt. Do you have any idea if it could be a local interference?
I don't think I'm all that far from you but I haven't had any problems with static or excess noise.
I also monitor AACoFD on VHF with a Yaesu 8900 in my vehicle.
Just last week I changed antennas on my BCD996. I'm using a Comet CH-53 that is maybe 1.5" tall.
I have no problems with AACo, Balto Co, and DC 800. Funny thing is, I rarely ever get Balto City regardless of the antenna.

Gene / KG7XD
BC785D
BCD396T
BCD996T
Icom T-90
Yaesu FT-8900
Yaesu FT-767

[pasadenamd]

Originally Posted by ScanWare

Interesting Matt. Do you have any idea if it could be a local interference?
I don't think I'm all that far from you but I haven't had any problems with static or excess noise.
I also monitor AACoFD on VHF with a Yaesu 8900 in my vehicle.
Just last week I changed antennas on my BCD996. I'm using a Comet CH-53 that is maybe 1.5" tall.
I have no problems with AACo, Balto Co, and DC 800. Funny thing is, I rarely ever get Balto City regardless of the antenna.

Gene / KG7XD
BC785D
BCD396T
BCD996T
Icom T-90
Yaesu FT-8900
Yaesu FT-767

It is something to do with signal strength. I always had a full five bars of strength and yesterday and today it sometimes drops down to 2-3 bars. I am picking Baltimore City fine though.

[ka3jjz]

Offhand, I'd say desense issue - something the GREs are known for...but that's admittedly a shot in the dark...the only time I see that kind of thing is when I'm up in Woodlawn. I guess there are some sweet spots for the county there, and some areas where the signal gets weak. Of course, the closer I get to work, with all those blasted cell and microwave towers, the worse it gets. 73 Mike

[pasadenamd]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

Offhand, I'd say desense issue - something the GREs are known for...but that's admittedly a shot in the dark...the only time I see that kind of thing is when I'm up in Woodlawn. I guess there are some sweet spots for the county there, and some areas where the signal gets weak. Of course, the closer I get to work, with all those blasted cell and microwave towers, the worse it gets. 73 Mike

I Just don't understand why it is doing it. I drove down to Annapolis on Sunday and the signal strength was perfect like normal but when I came home, the signal strength keeps dropping down 2-3 bars if I am not close to the window. It's werid.

[maus92]

Curious if you tried activating the attenuator - I don't know where you live, but it worked for me when I was having issues in northern AA Co. with a RS (GRE) scanner 2 years ago.

[pasadenamd]

Originally Posted by maus92

Curious if you tried activating the attenuator - I don't know where you live, but it worked for me when I was having issues in northern AA Co. with a RS (GRE) scanner 2 years ago.

I am not sure how to do that, I will have to read up.

[pasadenamd]

A fire unit switch over to a digital talkgorup and dispatch told them to switch back to analog. It was 16528.

[pasadenamd]

Here's some more:
2672
2676
1904
1968
1616
2576
2736

[ka3jjz]

hmm...at least some of those are old police tgs from the analog days...73 Mike

[pasadenamd]

Anyone have a copy of the old pd analog frequencies? I keep seeing ids coming up on Uni Trunker and I want to see if it is the old analog talkgroups.

[ka3jjz]

You mean the old analog talkgroups? Like these, perhaps...

http://www.bearcat1.com/fleetmd_files/annearmd.htm

73 Mike

[pasadenamd]

Do you have the list of Police, Sheriff, others in analog like we used to have in the database before the switchover to digital? I am looking for the list of the old analog talkgroups.

[troymail]

Originally Posted by pasadenamd

Do you have the list of Police, Sheriff, others in analog like we used to have in the database before the switchover to digital? I am looking for the list of the old analog talkgroups.

1616 Northern
1648 Eastern
1680 Western
1712 Southern
1744 Channel 5

I could probably find the whole list...

[pasadenamd]

Originally Posted by troymail

1616 Northern
1648 Eastern
1680 Western
1712 Southern
1744 Channel 5

I could probably find the whole list...

Thanks, I've been getting alot of stuff on trunker for anne arundel county, and i want to see if alot of it is the old analog talgroups

[ka3jjz]

See message 131 in this thread, Pasadena. That list is very old, but it might be a starting point 73 Mike

[troymail]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

You mean the old analog talkgroups? Like these, perhaps...

http://www.bearcat1.com/fleetmd_files/annearmd.htm

73 Mike

Wow!- a blast from the past! These are the very first TGIDs for AA County - I'm still picturing the old display on my BC235XLT in the days where you had to know what the ID was when it came up on your scanner (that is - pre-alpha tagging days).

The police orgs that went to digital still have the analog TGs in their radios (I think) and occasionally accidentally show up there. When they don't get an answer they correct themselves and go to the digital TG.

The same applies for the FD radios - the radios were (and are) programmed with both the digital TGs and the analog but of course the FD never switched. In this case the reverse is true - FD people sometimes show up on digital and have to be reminded to go back to analog.

As for some of the IDs you reported seeing earlier, here's what I have as far as what they are (or were):

2672 APD 13-D Ops
2676 ** looks like a "patch" (doesn't look like a standard base TG)

1904 AAPD 11-J Ops-3
1968 AAPD 11-L Ops-5
1616 AAPD Northern
2576 APD 13-A Ops
2736 APD 13-F Tac

[pasadenamd]

From Another Website from 2005:


Fire
000016 1A DISPATCH
000048 1B TAC-1
000080 1C TAC-2
000112 1D FLD COM 1E/1F
000144 1E TAC-3
000176 1F TAC-4
000208 1G COMMAND 1E/1F
000240 1H SPEC OPS TAC1
000272 1I SPEC OPS TAC2
000304 1J FIELD 1K/1L
000336 1K TAC-5
000368 1L TAC-6
000400 1M COMMAND 1K/1L
000432 ADMIN
000464 MEET ME
000496 3F EMRC CALL 1
000528 3G EMRC MED 4
000560 3H EMRC MED 8
000592 4A BWI DISPATCH
000624 4B BWI TAC 1
000656 4C BWI TAC 2
000688 4J BAT CHF ADMIN
000720 4K VOL CHF ADMIN
000752 4L ANNA FD ADMIN
000784 4O FIRE MARSHALL
000816 4P X-RAY
000976 10O F.M.A.R.S.

Police
001616 11A NORTH
001648 11B EAST
001680 11C WEST
001712 11D SOUTH
001744 11E CID
001776 11F TTY
001808 11G ADMIN
001840 11H OPS 1
001872 11I OPS 2
001904 11J OPS 3
001936 11K OPS 4
001968 11L OPS 5
002000 11M OPS 6
002032 11N SPEC OPS SEC
002064 11O NEGOTIATIONS
002096 12A NORTH AUX
002128 12B EAST AUX
002160 12C WEST AUX
002192 12D SOUTH AUX
002224 12E UNID
002256 12F ANIMAL CTRL
002288 12G UNID
002320 12H UNID
002352 12I UNID
002384 12J UNID
002416 12K UNID
002448 12L UNID
002480 12M UNID
002512 12N UNID
002544 12O UNID
002576 13A SHERIFF OPS
002608 13B SHERIFF SEC
002640 13C SHERIFF TAC
002672 13D ANNAP DISP
002704 13E ANNAP TTY
002736 13F ANNAP TAC
002768 13G UNID
002800 13H AACC
002832 13I UNID
002864 13J REPEAT 5
002896 13K UNID
002928 13L UNID
002960 13M JAIL TRNSPRT
002992 13N JAIL
003024 13O COUNTYWIDE

DPW
004816 20A HIGHWAYS
004848 20B ENGINEER
004880 20C ADMIN
004912 20D DISPATCH
004944 20E WATER
004976 20F SOLID WASTE

Gov't
004816 20A HIGHWAYS
004848 20B ENGINEER
004880 20C ADMIN
004912 20D DISPATCH
004944 20E WATER
004976 20F SOLID WASTE

[pasadenamd]

These are new talkgroups. Some might be the Digital Fire Department Talk Groups that will be used later. The ones that dont have a name next too, are new digital talkgroups:
1616-Old Northern
1680-Old Western
1744-Old CID
1776-Old TTY
1840-Old Ops 1
1872-Old Ops 2
1968-Olds Ops 5
2032-Old Special operations
2096-
2576-Old Sheriff Security
2640-Old Sheriff Tac
2672-Old Annapols Dispatch
2704-Old Annapolis Tty
2736-Old Annapolis Tac
2800-Old AACC
16496
16528
16976
17040
17072
18256
18384
18800
18832
25538
25540
25543
25549
25583
32048
32112
32176
32336
32368
65248
65504
65536