So Forney city council has approved for a new P25 system. Does anyone know when this is suppose to be implemented?
Take a look at the Prosper TRS. And, of course, there are some single frequency trunked systems in use. See this one.Amazing a city that small can afford a whole P25 system.
whats the minimum number of voice channels it can have? LOL
The unanswered question (I have no sources to ask, so just wondering their intentions myself) is whether they intend to use the existing set of frequencies, including those from the MotoTrbo system, in a new P25 trunked system, or was the approval intended to indicate a shift to P25 operation on conventional frequencies (in other words, not trunked).So Forney city council has approved for a new P25 system. Does anyone know when this is suppose to be implemented?
Thanks for the link, Tom.
I have a system set up in my HP-1 for this already. Not sure I'll be in range, but the HP-1 is connected to a rooftop antenna, and I can hear the TxWARN site in Kaufman.License issued 11/1/13
ULS License - Trunked Public Safety 700 MHz License - WQSR493 - CITY OF FORNEY
Correct.I see that one of the emission mode designators for this system is 9K80D7W, which means: "P25 Phase II fixed-end 2-slot TDMA (Harmonized Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keyed modulation - H-DQPSK)." If they use it, you will need a PSR-800 to decode the Phase II talkgroups.
73's
Ron
The license shows two emission codes. One would be the type used for a Phase I system, which your 996XT can handle. However, the other code, 9K80D7W (see Thunderbolt's post above) would indicate licensing for Phase II. The question is whether the system will be operated in Phase II mode, or used as Phase I, but is Phase II capable. Plano's PAWM and and the Frisco P25 system both show up as "Phase II" in the database, because both systems show that capability when the control channel is analyzed with Unitrunker or another utility, However, for both of those systems, no Phase II talkgroups are in use; all traffic is using Phase I, so there is no need for a Phase II capable scanner at this time to hear them.Thanks for that link. Do we know when they will be switched over to this new system or is it live now? Some people I know with FFD were told possibly after the first of the year.
So will I not be able to pick up this system with the BCD996XT?
-Thanks!
If you look at that council agenda, it does state that the system will be Phase II, We'll have to see if they operate it that way, or use it as Phase I, like Plano & Frisco, among others, are doing.http://www.cityofforney.org/vertical/sites/%7B01C87FD4-B96D-46B3-955F-0FEDBFBAC2CC%7D/uploads/M07-02-13.pdf
Amazing a city that small can afford a whole P25 system.
whats the minimum number of voice channels it can have? LOL
I see that one of the emission mode designators for this system is 9K80D7W, which means: "P25 Phase II fixed-end 2-slot TDMA (Harmonized Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keyed modulation - H-DQPSK)." If they use it, you will need a PSR-800 to decode the Phase II talkgroups.
73's
Ron
Russell,Very interesting article. So, when did Terrell go P25? I still hear them sometimes on 154.755 PL 203.5. And, if they went to P25 on their VHF channel then Forney's radios MUST be capable of VHF and 700/800; if the got APX 7000 type radios with that band split then that's entirely possible.
Or ... is Terrell joining TxWARN using the Kaufman County site? I can only hear that site on a very good night; most of the time I can't lock on to the control channel. Seems to me all of Kaufman Co should use a single system. Whether it Forney's 700 MHz system, TxWARN or a P25 VHF trunked system,.
Also, who gets the VHF frequencies used by the old DMR system? Right now, Forney has licensees all over the place. Can't wait for it to settle down. InterOp in Kaufman County must be pretty complicated right now. Perhaps they're using the VHF interop channels
Russell