UCALL and UTAC frequencies/licenses

SlipNutz15 said:

I see the state has licensed a local tower in Port Royal (JUNI05) for the UCALL and UTAC channels.

I know we have all the UCALL and UTAC frequencies in our fire and EMS radios in Juniata County but if we were to use them, we are to go into Direct Mode.

Does anyone know if these frequencies are going to have repeaters enabled and/or patch capable to the state system for any reason?

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SlipNutz15 said:

I see the state has licensed a local tower in Port Royal (JUNI05) for the UCALL and UTAC channels.

I know we have all the UCALL and UTAC frequencies in our fire and EMS radios in Juniata County but if we were to use them, we are to go into Direct Mode.

Does anyone know if these frequencies are going to have repeaters enabled and/or patch capable to the state system for any reason?

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redbeard said:

The interoperability overlays are spaced out among the many towers the state employs in the system. There are repeaters, and they do correspond to talkgroups on the Opensky system. Whether these will stay and connect to the new P25 system remains to be seen.

http://www.psp.pa.gov/About Us/Documents/PA-STARNet_UHF_Overlay_Maps.pdf

http://www.psp.pa.gov/About Us/Documents/PA-STARNet_VHF_Overlay_Maps.pdf

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HM1529 said:

I'm still trying to figure out what agency, if any, actually has the ability to monitor the talkgroups linked to the repeaters. I have yet to see a radio or a fleetmap that includes the talkgroups. But hey, if you're a local responder and you have the frequencies, you've got free repeaters. If it were needed, I suppose they could reprogram the Opensky radios over the air to include a talkgroup for the local UTAC repeater in a county should an incident arise. This isn't difficult for a preplanned event, but they don't exactly give on the fly interoperability with any state agencies.

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