NCPD no longer broadcasting????

Did NCPD 4th and 5th go to P25 and is no longer available to hear?

NCPD 3/6 and 4/5 are no longer simulcasting on their old UHF Repeaters. 2/8 and 1/7 are still in service on the simulcast.
I do not know if this is a temporary issue, or if the repeaters are down for good.

what about highway/ESU??

HWY/ESU were on the air, but using low power (and audio). I haven't heard them in a few days either.

And FWIW, Tac-2, F4, BSO, and Tac-10 are no longer in use, and any UHF equivalent have been missing from the radio layouts that I have seen. Tac-10 has been replaced by the Detail / Admin Channels, Tac-2 is now Countywide 1 (and Countywide 2). BSO is now a BSO only Talk Group.

For record keeping, this is the last time I have heard 4/5, 3/6 and Hwy:

4/5: 10/14/14 16:27:20
3/6: 10/20/14 14:46:49
HWY/ESU: 10/08/14 15:05:47

Any updates...?

It looks like we are one step closer to losing NCPD on our scanners. The last transmission I logged for 1st & 7th was 1923hrs tonight. This just leaves 2nd & 8th left on Simulcast.

3 and 6 on the UHF as I type ..... 16:45 11/1/14

As of today (4pm 11-2) I'm reading 2/8 & 3/6 pcts. Also both 478.7125 (bso/det) & 478.9375 (tac9) are "working"

Ditto

P25

Is it possible to get a P25 scanner and continue to listen or is it going to be encrypted and unable to be heard?

It already is encrypted. Please see the RR Database on this system for the Encrypted Talk groups (Marked with an "E"). Anything not marked with an "E" is not encrypted and you can monitor it with a P25 Trunking scanner.

I don't get it...why are they encrypting their talk groups but simulcasting them in the clear over their legacy UHF repeaters ? Not that I'm complaining, but cmon Nassau...run the dispatch talk group in the clear already ! If anything sensitive needs to go through, it's a click on the knob.

I agree with you S-Z, but here are a lot of politics in play here. The big question is why they can't dispatch the everyday calls over a clear talk group, and if there is any type of dispatch that needs to be "covert", let the units know to check their MDTs or switch to the Detail talk group.

With that said - Here is a part of the story, and I am leaving a lot of stuff out of here. For those who know what happened, know why I am not giving out the full amount if information.

The part that I can share is this:
All fire departments received 2 portable radios so they can monitor PD. They are setup to receive only. One radio stays in the dispatcher's office, and the other radio would go to a Chief. So, can you see the problem? There are more Chiefs in each department then there are radios, and there are no radios for the rigs. (The county paid to have radios installed in the Ambulances so they can communicate with Medcom).

The departments are complaining that they cannot hear PD, and it is a safety concern. They also don't get the 'jump' on calls so the feeling is response times will suffer. They were able to put pressure on the county to leave the simulcast in place for as long as it has been active.

The county said they will keep the Simulcast going as long as the repeaters stay online. However, there is no money to maintain or repair any repeaters, and CB has the option of pulling the plug on the simulcast at anytime.

Now - back to paragraph one - all of this can be fixed by unencrypting the main dispatch talk groups. PD does not want to do that.

There are other issues at hand, but I'm not in a position to discuss them.

NCPD From low band to no band

Phil, I am unencumbered from receiving flack for revealing what's really going on in NCPD's inner circle, so fellas here's the straight scoop, NCPD is scrapping it's entire existing trunked network & has already been receiving the latest high tech cutting edge secret "no bid" Falcon III radio network from Harris under their beta testing program, this uncharted technology is rumored to combine the best features of the already existing OpenSky & ProVoice encryption standards, Harris has patented their new encryption technology as ClosedSky & AmateurVoice which emanates no detectable RF to decrypt much less even monitor with existing consumer grade scanners.


Harris Corporation


Two members of NCPD's elite "Special Victims Squad" beta testing the new Harris Falcon III portables in the NCPD headquarters parking lot .

Does anyone know if they are running lower power on their simulcast repeaters. I used to be able to hear them fairly well but now it's very spotty, 3/6 PCT and 4/5 PCT come in best for me. I'm about 12-15 miles away from Nassau county.

My logs show that only the 3/6 is active today on simulcast. The 2/8 stopped simulcasting around 3pm yesterday.

The VHF Aviation frequency may or may not still be in operation. I normally hear them when they are getting ready to take off or land, but I haven't logged them at all today on simulcast.

I heard 4/5 around 2am last night.

NCPD's 3rd and 6st Precincts are alive and kickin' today on 478.91250