American Electric Power

[RonnieUSA]

I follow this system very closely, and have it on my feed now.
My question is about a talk group, it's this one>> 339 02-103 A ASHL DDC Ashland DDC ,
I have a new BCT15X with radio ID's enabled, and when I hear this one I see an ID of i877 for Ashland DDC, so is it listed wrong, or could each person talk takes a call on that talk group have their ID show?

[RonnieUSA]

I think I may have sorted this out, it looks like Uniden take it a step higher, and shows the unit # of the dispatcher or radio they are talking on also. I have seen than 1 ID so far, different talk groups though.

[RonnieUSA]

Also in this pic in the upper left corner what does the 3F stand for?

[mtindor]

Originally Posted by RonnieUSA

I follow this system very closely, and have it on my feed now.
My question is about a talk group, it's this one>> 339 02-103 A ASHL DDC Ashland DDC ,
I have a new BCT15X with radio ID's enabled, and when I hear this one I see an ID of i877 for Ashland DDC, so is it listed wrong, or could each person talk takes a call on that talk group have their ID show?

Ronnie,

Yes, each radio on the system has it's own radio ID. And if you have a scanner that supports private wildcards / iCalls, and you enable them, then you will actually be able to hear radio-to-radio conversations between field units that don't happen on any particular talkgroup.

In my neck of the woods at least, it is extremely common for the various guys who are out and about doing line work to make private calls to each other. The traffic will not be heard on any talkgroup and will specifically between two radio IDs.

So, on the AEP system, if you have a scanner capable of I-Calls / Private Wildcards, be sure to enable them so that you can take advantage of listening to any unit-to-unit conversations.

Mike

[RonnieUSA]

Originally Posted by mtindor

Ronnie,

Yes, each radio on the system has it's own radio ID. And if you have a scanner that supports private wildcards / iCalls, and you enable them, then you will actually be able to hear radio-to-radio conversations between field units that don't happen on any particular talkgroup.

In my neck of the woods at least, it is extremely common for the various guys who are out and about doing line work to make private calls to each other. The traffic will not be heard on any talkgroup and will specifically between two radio IDs.

So, on the AEP system, if you have a scanner capable of I-Calls / Private Wildcards, be sure to enable them so that you can take advantage of listening to any unit-to-unit conversations.

Mike

I'll do that, Thank You.

[Thunderbolt]

It has been reported by a few people that the AEP sites in Southwest Lower Michigan have been upgraded to OpenSky technology. Can anyone confirm if this is the case in Indiana or Ohio?

73's

Ron

[mtindor]

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt

It has been reported by a few people that the AEP sites in Southwest Lower Michigan have been upgraded to OpenSky technology. Can anyone confirm if this is the case in Indiana or Ohio?

73's

Ron

Nowhere that I can reach in East Ohio (JEFF/HARR/BELM/COLUMB/TUSC/STARK/CARROLL/WheelingWV). I do remember seeing quite a few MI licenses over the past year showing change in emissions to Opensky. But I haven't seen any changes here in East Ohio in FCC records, nor have the actual AEP sites that I monitor changed from EDACS.


mike

[chidd88]

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (BlackBerry; Opera Mini/7.1.32543/28.3821; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 Version/11.10)

Yeah, in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana AEP has switched to OpenSky. I had them out at my house and I asked a linemen and he said they changed but not sure how far spread its gonna be.