Columbus PD signal slightly worse?

mparker · Jul 26, 2015

I've noticed over the past few months my scanner seems more staticky than normal. I sort of payed no attention to it thinking maybe they were updating a transmit site but it hasn't improved. We at probably talking a 6-8 month time frame?

Anyone else?

W8RMH · Jul 26, 2015

They do have one or more frequencies that have more static than others. I have even received problem reports on my feed from listeners, which I reply it is beyond my control.

It really depends on how much they are willing to spend on the old analog system with the digital system looming in the distance, provided this static isn't causing problems with their radios.

wdz · Jul 27, 2015

I've noticed this too recently. I'm having a lot of static in places that I had crystal clear reception before. I've also heard dispatch telling units they are staticy or garbled more often so it's not just scanners.

mparker · Jul 27, 2015

Good to know. Thanks guys.

Any info when they are going to go digital?

I am itching to get a fancy new scanner. [emoji12]

wa8pyr · Jul 27, 2015

mparker said:
Good to know. Thanks guys.

Any info when they are going to go digital?

I am itching to get a fancy new scanner. [emoji12]

Buy now, it won't be too much longer. By the time they start moving you'll have a good idea how to use your complicated new box . . .

Maddawg1787 · Jul 31, 2015

wdz said:
I've also heard dispatch telling units they are staticy or garbled more often so it's not just scanners.

As one of those dispatchers I can assure you it is just as annoying for us. Zone 4 is the worst. Gets very aggravating having to ask officers to repeat themselves 3-4 times. And we all know how asking an officer to repeat themselves multiple times goes...lol.

W8RMH · Aug 16, 2015

wa8pyr said:
Buy now, it won't be too much longer. By the time they start moving you'll have a good idea how to use your complicated new box . . .

Hearing CPD units going to the radio shop to have their radios reprogrammed....getting close.

gtaman · Aug 18, 2015

W8RMH said:
Hearing CPD units going to the radio shop to have their radios reprogrammed....getting close.

FCSO has already switched over. You can hear them on the Franklin County multicast on IP.
CPD is in the process
CFD will be the last to go.

W8RMH · Aug 18, 2015

gtaman said:
FCSO has already switched over. You can hear them on the Franklin country multicast on IP.
CPD is in the process
CFD will be the last to go.

The FCSO has been multicasting on P-25 and the old TRS system. The suburban agencies using the old TRS system, such as Westerville, Arlington, and the ones on MARCS, such as Whitehall, Gahanna, and all the county fire departments will be switching too.

phatboy48 · Sep 11, 2015

I switched my Franklin County SO feed to the new IP system simulcast but discovered that 25EAST talkgroup had disappeared. 25WEST is still active. This has been the case for the last week or so. As a result I have started feeding both the old system and IP system for Franklin County SO. I will keep this configuration until they get things smoothed out on the IP system.

W8RMH · Sep 11, 2015

phatboy48 said:
I switched my Franklin County SO feed to the new IP system simulcast but discovered that 25EAST talkgroup had disappeared. 25WEST is still active. This has been the case for the last week or so. As a result I have started feeding both the old system and IP system for Franklin County SO. I will keep this configuration until they get things smoothed out on the IP system.

I am hearing the SO East channel just fine on the IP.

phatboy48 · Sep 11, 2015

Thats odd because I am still hearing the WEST group fine. The EAST group is not inadvertently locked out and I am getting good signal from the site. Will have to upload the scanner to my PC and take a closer look at the programming.

Maddawg1787 · Dec 5, 2015

gtaman said:
FCSO has already switched over. You can hear them on the Franklin County multicast on IP.
CPD is in the process
CFD will be the last to go.

Flip that last part. CFD is next and CPD will be after.

KD8DVR · Dec 5, 2015

Seems to me it isn't converted over... just FCSO dispatch is being patched over (poorly) I don't see any cars sending a unit ID over the p25 stuff. None of their back channels are there, either.

wdz · Dec 7, 2015

Per FCSO dispatch they will be switching sometime in January, but when exactly is still up in the air.

cbehr91 · Dec 10, 2015

Tonight I wasn't picking up any FCSO on MARCS-IP. Unlocked the old system and was hearing all the usual stuff. I wonder if they've temporarily switched back.

KD8DVR · Dec 10, 2015

cbehr91 said:
Tonight I wasn't picking up any FCSO on MARCS-IP. Unlocked the old system and was hearing all the usual stuff. I wonder if they've temporarily switched back.

They never left the old system.

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