"New" Palmetto 800 sites

[brian]

During a nice band opening on 800MHz this evening I've been monitoring some Midlands-area Palmetto 800 sites with Trunk88.

I note that there is a new site #36 being advertised as a neighbor of the Fairfield site #59 with a control channel of 868.9125. The only license for that site is WQOY456 for a location north of Camden in Kershaw Co. Folks in that neck of the woods might want to take a listen for that site.

Also, site #64 is being advertised as a neighbor of Site #44 Harbison with a control channel of 867.750. WPUR551 is licensed to a location on Main Streen in Downtown Columbia. Folks in that area might give a listen for that site.

[Caesar]

nice catches, will try to run the trunker some this weekend on both...

[evan]

Originally Posted by brian

Also, site #64 is being advertised as a neighbor of Site #44 Harbison with a control channel of 867.750. WPUR551 is licensed to a location on Main Streen in Downtown Columbia. Folks in that area might give a listen for that site.

I've actually tried monitoring this CC in the past with trunker. It gives a sysID of 6314, site number of 5, with a site alias of "PARIS." At the moment, the control channel is 866.8625. It is listing Site 6 (NAUGST) as a neighboring site.

I've never seen any voice traffic or affiliations on it.

The first time I found it, I thought I was listening to a band opening of the Paris Mountain site. After monitoring it with trunker, I have concluded it is some sort of experimental/test site.

[brian]

Originally Posted by evan

I've actually tried monitoring this CC in the past with trunker. It gives a sysID of 6314, site number of 5, with a site alias of "PARIS." At the moment, the control channel is 866.8625. It is listing Site 6 (NAUGST) as a neighboring site.

I've never seen any voice traffic or affiliations on it.

The first time I found it, I thought I was listening to a band opening of the Paris Mountain site. After monitoring it with trunker, I have concluded it is some sort of experimental/test site.

This is an interesting comment. When I was monitoring site 59 Winnsboro, I noted repeated messages from Trunk88 stating "Neighbour SysID (6314) not in SysID list; discarded." This would imply this temporary SysID is in use in some related way with Palmetto 800. I would suspect it has something to do with the SmartX migration, but I don't know any technical particulars.

If anyone has the ability to run trunk88 on a Midlands-area site, try adding 6314 to your SysID list (ie OmniLink) and see what pops up. Evan, perhaps that's what you've already done.

[scscannerjunkie]

Brian the new site is north of Camden on Hwy 521.

[LarrySC]

That information if offered in the form of a MAP within this database.

[scscannerjunkie]

Originally Posted by LarrySC

That information if offered in the form of a MAP within this database.

This is a new site in Kershaw County, not on the MAP yet. Its been operational just a few months.

[LarrySC]

Here is the link to the site. wqoy456 (SC Budget & Control Board (DSIT) Kershaw) FCC Callsign Details

[scscannerjunkie]

Originally Posted by LarrySC

Here is the link to the site. wqoy456 (SC Budget & Control Board (DSIT) Kershaw) FCC Callsign Details

ah I didnt know how to get to that link. I was looking on the Pal 800 page when you click on each site. Kershaw was not listed but now it is.
Thanks

[kj4bnd]

Originally Posted by brian

This is an interesting comment. When I was monitoring site 59 Winnsboro, I noted repeated messages from Trunk88 stating "Neighbour SysID (6314) not in SysID list; discarded." This would imply this temporary SysID is in use in some related way with Palmetto 800. I would suspect it has something to do with the SmartX migration, but I don't know any technical particulars.

If anyone has the ability to run trunk88 on a Midlands-area site, try adding 6314 to your SysID list (ie OmniLink) and see what pops up. Evan, perhaps that's what you've already done.

P25 9600 test system...

[evan]

Originally Posted by kj4bnd

P25 9600 test system...

The CC was 3600, not 9600.

The P25 test site in Columbia has a CC of 868.75.

[trumpetman]

No, what he's saying is the neighboring system is part of the test P25 system.

We had a similar setup in Charlotte when we did the SmartX switchover. There were 2 System IDs used, 2C10 and the 0F18 that was already in use, plus the new 9600 system on 2D0.

Not sure of the use of the extra 3600 system, but I imagine it's necessary for the switch-over to allow a proper migration, possibly to support Omni-Link operation, or to properly route all the necessary data across the network.

[fire1112]

Kershaw Co. Fire went to Palmetto 800 as their primary communications 1 year ago. This site was added in the northern part of the county to remedy the low or no signal issues that were present.