Hi all,
The provincewide Alberta P25 (Phase 1) network that Harris is currently building out is getting more and more functions tested as time goes by, and one of them has been discussed here in the past. I'm a little confused by the concern people have raised vs what I've witnessed and I want to get an idea of what I should be looking for.
I have seen people here mentioning that P25 patch following is not supported in current or past Uniden models (let's say the x36 and HP1/HP2 lines - I have a 436, 536, and two HP1s in use). Here's why I'm confused about that.
The P25 system I'm monitoring (see link above) has several test talkgroups, in the 148xx-149xx range. The other day, while fiddling with Unitrunker, I saw that a nearby site had four of those TGs patched together; the patch ID, according to UT, was 2001.
I heard all the comms I expected to hear all day long, including on the talkgroups that were members of that patch group.
Am I missing something? If the radios aren't following patches properly, shouldn't I have either not heard anything, or, since my radios are set to ID SEARCH mode, heard comms on "talkgroup" 2001 instead of 14851/2 & 14953/4?
The provincewide Alberta P25 (Phase 1) network that Harris is currently building out is getting more and more functions tested as time goes by, and one of them has been discussed here in the past. I'm a little confused by the concern people have raised vs what I've witnessed and I want to get an idea of what I should be looking for.
I have seen people here mentioning that P25 patch following is not supported in current or past Uniden models (let's say the x36 and HP1/HP2 lines - I have a 436, 536, and two HP1s in use). Here's why I'm confused about that.
The P25 system I'm monitoring (see link above) has several test talkgroups, in the 148xx-149xx range. The other day, while fiddling with Unitrunker, I saw that a nearby site had four of those TGs patched together; the patch ID, according to UT, was 2001.
I heard all the comms I expected to hear all day long, including on the talkgroups that were members of that patch group.
Am I missing something? If the radios aren't following patches properly, shouldn't I have either not heard anything, or, since my radios are set to ID SEARCH mode, heard comms on "talkgroup" 2001 instead of 14851/2 & 14953/4?
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