Saw over on scan New England that the MBTA Transit Police has now turned off the uhf repeaters and have now moved over to the MSP800 trunked system. Saw reports that they can be heard on multiple zones such as 1,3,5 and 8.
Saw over on scan New England that the MBTA Transit Police has now turned off the uhf repeaters and have now moved over to the MSP800 trunked system. Saw reports that they can be heard on multiple zones such as 1,3,5 and 8.
Bill, I'm going out on a limb and assuming that the T 800 trunked radios can operate in either EDACS or Motorola Smartnet mode. Or are they using some other mechanism to get the traffic on the MSP trunk?
Good question - only monitoring T Band and State 800 (Not the MBTA system)
I don't know if they are even on the EDACS system, altho the dispatchers kept telling them to stay on the Analog System (T-Band) and others were testing on the 800 (State System)
I'm sure more will come as we actually get to monitor the roll-out
Bill, I'm going out on a limb and assuming that the T 800 trunked radios can operate in either EDACS or Motorola Smartnet mode. Or are they using some other mechanism to get the traffic on the MSP trunk?
Good question - only monitoring T Band and State 800 (Not the MBTA system)
I don't know if they are even on the EDACS system, altho the dispatchers kept telling them to stay on the Analog System (T-Band) and others were testing on the 800 (State System)
I'm sure more will come as we actually get to monitor the roll-out
It would be odd, but not that odd, if they weren't on the EDACS system at all. I think the original plan was for them to talk to T Ops on Ops channels, but I don't know if that will happen.
I put it the talk group in the MSP system and just in case, in the 700 Mhz overlay system. As you say, we'll know more as they roll out the system.
Saw over on scan New England that the MBTA Transit Police has now turned off the uhf repeaters and have now moved over to the MSP800 trunked system. Saw reports that they can be heard on multiple zones such as 1,3,5 and 8.
It would be odd, but not that odd, if they weren't on the EDACS system at all. I think the original plan was for them to talk to T Ops on Ops channels, but I don't know if that will happen.
I put it the talk group in the MSP system and just in case, in the 700 Mhz overlay system. As you say, we'll know more as they roll out the system.
They are not on the EDACS system. It's been reported that the T Police were against it for numerous reasons and the chief supports his men. They bought a large number of P-25 capable mobile and hand held (presumed to be dual band) radios recently and many have been already installed and are in use.