Spitfire8520
I might be completely clueless! =)
Here we are approaching the end of another eventful year of monitoring! As time moves on, so does the development of radio systems. For those of you who monitor Boulder County, you may already have some idea of what this topic is about. For everyone else, here are some of the latest developments for our little island.
Boulder County has recently implemented a new channel naming scheme and has moved away from their color coded channel names on the week of November 8, 2015. There is still plenty of back and forth between the new and old names, but I believe it is largely out of habit and familiarity.
For those that aren't aware, this coincides with plans by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office to move from VHF to DTRS in the future. Additional talkgroups for Boulder County have already been added and patching between VHF and DTRS has increased. Boulder County will be adding additional sites for coverage in the future, one of which I believe will be located on Lee Hill.
Note that the DTRS is not yet a reliable way of monitoring Boulder County outside of TG 9100 and sometimes TG 9104. The whole rule of user affiliation is still required before anyone can hear the patches. A vast majority of the users still access the system using their VHF side and will likely continue to do so for the immediate future.
Boulder County Law
Now Boulder County law isn't the only ones who get to have fun. The fire departments also get some action with renaming and patching as well. If you're lucky enough to catch these patches, then you can enjoy the expanded coverage of a couple of the simplex tactical channels.
Boulder County Fire
Boulder County has recently implemented a new channel naming scheme and has moved away from their color coded channel names on the week of November 8, 2015. There is still plenty of back and forth between the new and old names, but I believe it is largely out of habit and familiarity.
For those that aren't aware, this coincides with plans by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office to move from VHF to DTRS in the future. Additional talkgroups for Boulder County have already been added and patching between VHF and DTRS has increased. Boulder County will be adding additional sites for coverage in the future, one of which I believe will be located on Lee Hill.
Note that the DTRS is not yet a reliable way of monitoring Boulder County outside of TG 9100 and sometimes TG 9104. The whole rule of user affiliation is still required before anyone can hear the patches. A vast majority of the users still access the system using their VHF side and will likely continue to do so for the immediate future.
Boulder County Law
- Green is now County Law - Patched to 9100
- Yellow 2 is now Law 2 - Patched to 9101
- Yellow 1 is now Law 3 - Patched to 9573
- Purple is now Data - Patched to 9571
- Copper is now L-Tac 1 - Might be patched to 9566
- Black - Unknown new name
Now Boulder County law isn't the only ones who get to have fun. The fire departments also get some action with renaming and patching as well. If you're lucky enough to catch these patches, then you can enjoy the expanded coverage of a couple of the simplex tactical channels.
Boulder County Fire
- Red 1 is now County Fire - Patched to 9104
- Red 2 is now F-Tac 2 - Might be patched to 9105
- Red 3 is now F-Tac 3 - Patched to 9106
- Red 4 is now F-Tac 4 - Unconfirmed
- Red 5 is now F-Tac 5
- Red 6 is now F-Tac 6 - Unconfirmed
- Red 7 is now F-Tac 7 - Unconfirmed