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Silent Key
I have been asked through a PM what to expect as the area is rebanded since the area I live in has already gone through it. Basically, if you have an edited trunking table (Custom Band plan) programmed into your scanner, all you will need to do is replace the old Control Channel frequency with the new one and everything should go as it did prior to the change.
The problem in your area now seems to be determining the new Control Channel frequency. We were quite lucky because we found out early on that all of the frequencies used by UCAN (the entity over the Utah statewide trunking system) would drop exactly 15 MHz. In trying to answer the PM sent to me earlier, I checked the 800 MHz Transition Administrator Web site by putting in the current CC frequency of 860.7625 and I get "Public Safety Licensees Only Reconfigured (they can opt out)" which tells me that your new CC cannot be calculated without inside information. Does anyone know what the proposed new CC will be?
By checking the FCC Database for Call Sign WPEM250 you get a whole box full of frequencies (four pages worth), any one of which could be called on to be the CC.
Personally, from what I have read in your forum here, you will weather this change without too much trouble, but I would keep your UniTrunker programs warmed up and ready to go to work to determine all the frequencies that will placed in service. Finding these things is what makes scanning so fun.
The problem in your area now seems to be determining the new Control Channel frequency. We were quite lucky because we found out early on that all of the frequencies used by UCAN (the entity over the Utah statewide trunking system) would drop exactly 15 MHz. In trying to answer the PM sent to me earlier, I checked the 800 MHz Transition Administrator Web site by putting in the current CC frequency of 860.7625 and I get "Public Safety Licensees Only Reconfigured (they can opt out)" which tells me that your new CC cannot be calculated without inside information. Does anyone know what the proposed new CC will be?
By checking the FCC Database for Call Sign WPEM250 you get a whole box full of frequencies (four pages worth), any one of which could be called on to be the CC.
Personally, from what I have read in your forum here, you will weather this change without too much trouble, but I would keep your UniTrunker programs warmed up and ready to go to work to determine all the frequencies that will placed in service. Finding these things is what makes scanning so fun.