Billings Police

srockne · Jan 20, 2013

Anyone know what happened to the Billings PD? I cant find them on the scanner.

Gumbyooo · Jan 20, 2013

I wish I knew. They are not broadcasting on the 800's or the rebroadcast. I have even tried the live Internet feeds.
I sure hope someone finds out what changed FAST!!!

batwingtech · Jan 22, 2013

They are still operating in the 800 band, but are now P25.

SCPD · Jan 30, 2013

are they still using 00 855.21250 00 856.46250 00 857.96250 00 855.71250 00 856.9625?

if so we should update the LTR system to a P25 system or is the LTR still active also?

srockne · Feb 2, 2013

Anyone have a list of the talk groups they have found or a .996 file?

fotoguy · Feb 3, 2013

Have they decided if they are going to encrypt or not? St. John was talking about wanting to when they went to P-25.

Thunderbolt · Feb 4, 2013

We're receiving conflicting information about the status of the new radio system in Billings. Can we confirm what frequencies are being used on the new P25 radio system? Also, are they using conventional or trunked technology? Finally, is this system a part of the Montana Statewide Project 25 TRS? Any confirmed information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

73's

Ron

blantonl · Feb 4, 2013

My understanding is that it is a P25 Trunked system implemented by Cassidian.

Cassidian Communications Awarded Contract by City of Billings for P25 Land Mobile Radio System

srockne · Feb 4, 2013

They are still using the same frequencies listed in the database. How ever they are now using a p25 trunked system.
Once you learn what the talk group id's are, this works great. I can now follow a conversation. Much better than the multinet system.

Thunderbolt · Feb 5, 2013

srockne said:
They are still using the same frequencies listed in the database. How ever they are now using a p25 trunked system.
Once you learn what the talk group id's are, this works great. I can now follow a conversation. Much better than the multinet system.

What frequency is the data channel for the system operating on? If you could run Pro96Com software on this new system, it would give us a lot of information to place in the database on this Web site.

73's

Ron

srockne · Feb 5, 2013

Well i would if i could get pro96com to work with my 996xt.
The only program i have found that works for me is FreeScan.
The data channel is 855.2125

blantonl · Feb 6, 2013

If you hold the scanner on the data channel - can you tell us what data the scanner is reporting? The 996xt will report the system ID, Site ID and RFSS.

srockne · Feb 6, 2013

SID: 01F6H-0101
WACN:92503. What ever this is
This is all I have found. Please bare with me I am new to the digital scanner

blantonl · Feb 6, 2013

Perfect, that is what we needed to know. Now, can you tell us what talkgroups are active? That will help out a bunch of people who would love to monitor this system. Thanks for your efforst!

blantonl · Feb 6, 2013

Looks like the system is filling out nicely.

Billings Public Services (Project 25) System Trunking System, Billings, Montana - Scanner Frequencies

srockne · Feb 7, 2013

I have submitted the info for the talk groups already. it looks like they have been uploaded to the data base. I still have a few more, however I cannot confirm who they are for yet.

SCPD · Feb 7, 2013

I roll through Billings sometimes... I used to monitor them on 155.67 I think. Is the new digital system patched to the old x 2 radio system?

srockne · Feb 7, 2013

They no longer rebroadcast on 155.670 since they moved to the P25 system

auriferous · Feb 8, 2013

A new update today:
Most city radio transmissions to remain open to the public after switch to digital

steve722 · Feb 8, 2013

"We will keep the line open in which dispatch sends messages out to police and fire crews," she said. "This is obviously public information and it is accessible."

Sounds like they will do the same thing their doing here in Helena, everything will be encrypted except Dispatch.

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