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Posted a little over 4 years ago about usage of VHF, and VIPER in the county. What has changed? Planning a day excursion to the flea markets.
TIA,
Larry
TIA,
Larry
Valley River casino is using a DMR CAP+ system with encryption.
Larry in Btown
I'm surprised that VRC is using a TRBO system as the Cherokee just upgraded from a LTR to a trunked NXDN system with encryption.
Thanks for the answer Larry. I was beginning to wonder if anyone scanned in WNC
I certainly do miss Monitoring Times.
Larry
So do I Larry. Have you been monitoring our mutual friends down there at Camp Merrill lately? Looks like there have been some changes if I read the RRdb right. Site 9 is best here. Gayle and I are thinking about a trip down there if I can get this 436 trunk analyze and discovery features to work. I still have issues that blew up on me when we were in Biloxi/Gulfport and I was trying to monitor the Navy TRS down there. Sure would like to know what I am doing wrong. ;-)
Chief Larry
Hopefully, you read Post #3 about the county SO and FD being on VIPER. It appears, according to the RR database, that Murphy and Andrews are still on conventional VHF. The only way to find out is to program and listen. The UV-5R will be useless on the statewide system. The Chief lives in Brasstown Bald and would be the most familiar with the area.I hope somebody can help me out with trying to get analog frequencies for Cherokee County.
Here is the situation: I am sending somebody in that county a receiver that I absolutely MUST have pre-programmed ahead of sending it out. It's a Baofeng UV-5R that will be used as a scanner. They are actually located in Murphy it that helps.
Looking at the threads, it appears that the county Sheriff has gone digital? It is a little tough for me to figure this all out and they have been waiting a week for me to even get this in the mail to them. Good thing it's family, or I would have heard a bunch of complaints by now. (I probably will anyway eventually).
I wrote somebody on here about a week ago and have not received a response yet. I don't want to send this out with frequencies that don't do anything, or worse yet - end up playing digital noise that drives them crazy.
lol
All I need are the basics like Murphy and Andrews Police dispatch,Sheriff, fire dispatch (but not fire-ground ops), State Police & Highway Patrol simulcasts - if any, other related county services, but they can only be VHF high, and UHF. This unit will decode tones, so they would be a great help in cutting out interference from their tv's and other appliances.
I'm really not sure what has gone digital and what remains for the most basic of scanners. Any help at all would be very much appreciated. I don't want to have this sent back and forth just to program a few frequencies. They are not the type to follow programming instructions very well and get confused easily.
I want to send this out to them on Monday if at all possible but I want to make sure it is right to begin with. I am giving this to them for free and don't want it to turn into a headache.
Anybody have this current information?
I guess that I can be wrong:lol:
Larry