Another DPS Question

[Caddop22]

I have input all of these frequencies into my Pro-95, and all I ever hear is the dispatch.
I hear DPS-1 and DPS-2 but I NEVER hear the cars.

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=844

Does anyone know why this is? Am I maybe just too far away?

By the way, I do get some traffic on the edacs system at night. Very little but it is car to dispatch.


Thanks for any input on this.

Ken

 

[bassmkenk2508]

Did you program the input frequencies?
The input frequencies will be the Car-to-Base frequencies. Base-Mobile (BM) types don't operate as repeaters. More like a simplex way of communicating.

You said you programmed in all the frequencies though.

A lot of times, in this kind of situation, the cars have to be kind of relatively close to you for you to hear their side of the conversation. I am in Mississippi and our DPS units have the same kind of base/mobile deal. It is really hard for me to pick them up decently. So if this is the case, I can relate

Alabama's EDACS system is not maintained very well (if at all) at the moment. I heard that their system admin retired or left from his position a long ways back. Since then it hasn't been up to par. In a couple of the bigger areas, I hear that the DPS units will utilize the AL TRS (or even the city/county's TRS where they are) at times, but mainly stick to the VHF stuff elsewhere.

 

[Steve]

Ken,

The cars will have to be close to your location for you to hear them. Now if the car is on a hill, you may hear them farther than normal.

Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087

 

[DARRELL]

You will not hear the trooper cars on a hand held scanner unless they are close to you or at a high elevation. DPS does not use repeaters. Of course, the trooper cars are equipped with mobile vehicle repeaters (MVR) that may be activated by the trooper to allow communications on his hand held radio. Most troopers do not turn the repeater on unless they are going to be out of their car. The 800 MHz trunked systems are rarely used by troopers. VHF is the primary radio system. Supervisors, ABI, and some specialized troopers utilize Southern LINC for admin communications.

 

[Caddop22]

Thanks for the replies.

I figured it was an issue with the cars being too far away.

I just wondered why I never hear them, I have yet to hear a car reply to dispatch.

I am in Huntsville by the way.

Thanks again,
Ken

 

[Caddop22]

I had another question.

I hear the dispatcher say NSR quite often, what does that mean?

Thanks,
ken

 

[Steve]

No Stolen Report or negative 29's (10-29)


Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087

 

[Caddop22]

Thanks Steve

Ken

 

[TechnoDave]

I tell ya... what gets me is the Bham post always ending their transmission with their callsign, KIB507


Didnt that leave sometime in the 70's??

 

[SCPD]

dunnno, Montgomery post been using KIB5-505 ever since I started listening back in the 80's

 

[kingpin]

KIB515 here at the Mobile Post.

It's rarely even followed but FCC rules dictate that you should give your callsign at the end of your transmission.
-or-
announce your callsign every 10 minutes

DPS chooses every conversation so to speak.

 

[Steve]

Boy memories.
KIB514 - Opelika
KIB506 - Jacksonsville
KIB510 - Dothan
KIB511 - Quad-Cities
KIX588 - Alexander City
These are the ones off the top of my head.
The KIB callsigns are the majority callsigns. As always there are a few oddboys, like Alexander City and some others.


Steve
KD4LCY
KAF9087
Veteran of KIX588 and KIB514

 

[wwhitby]

I heard that their system admin retired or left from his position a long ways back.

Back in the '90s, there was a DPS major that was pushing this system. When he retired, the roll out of the EDACS system was stopped, and hasn't been restarted since.

Warren

 

[Julian1]

Station I.D. / Call Letters

BhamDispatch

Still quite common to give call letters. Ga State Patrol does it as Ala troopers do. Other agencies use the automatic station identifiers that announce via morse code. Montgomery post has that feature.

Speaking of call letters.......... your agency's old vhf ones were KIB664. Then the UHF were KSQ471 and at the earliest time KSQ471, 472, & 473. Eventually went to one license KSQ471.

Best Regards,
Julian

 

[TechnoDave]

Julian, yeah, I remember KSQ471, I ended BOLOs and other important announcements like that when I started at Bham (10+ years ago).
Probably these days when I end with WPZE311, nobody has a clue what I am saying anyway...lol

 

[claybarnes]

Now that you mention it Dave, the call sign hangup does get on my nerves. I think I'll start ending each post with Clay... KD4GVK in case you did not get it the first time Clay...KD4GVK

 

[TechnoDave]

LOL Clay.... why not end everything with that.... before you hang up the phone when talking to a friend... say "this is Clay Barnes, KD4GVK, bye", when you end an email, a post, or as you walk away from the checkout counter at Walmart. LOL... not being a smarta$$, just having fun.


Walking out the front door of walmart after they check your receipt... "Have a good day"... "you too ma'am.. this is Clay Barnes, KD4GVK"

 

[TechnoDave]

Dang, I forgot....

This is Dave, WPZE311

 

[claybarnes]

Dave, I Love It!!! Great Ideas!! LOL I think you have something, maybe it will catch on, and all of us can go around giving out our call signs! Btw we do not want to leave out our good friend Dave 911. He can Say Hi I'm Dave 911! Seriously Dave, I hope you have a great day, and thanks for all you do behind the mic, and for the great laugh!

Clay...KD4GVK