AWIN Discussion

[Bulldogarcher]

My bad..

LifeFlight most likely uses Trauma Com 1 or Trauma Com 6. There's also been a lot of chatter on "Central 1" concerning EMS but I have not been able to distinguish whom it is.

Life*Net* also has a helicopter in Texarkana, Arkansas, and they serve as the primary care provider for Miller and Bowie Counties.

Northstar EMS out of Searcy, Beebe, Heber Springs and Quitman seem to use this (Central 1) and commonly refer to it as "State"

 

[wbswetnam]

Northstar EMS out of Searcy, Beebe, Heber Springs and Quitman seem to use this (Central 1) and commonly refer to it as "State"

This has been my strong suspicion, too, but I didn't want to report it until I could be more sure. I hear the same voices on this channel as I do on their UHF channel in Cleburne county.

 

[03msc]

Email update / notification today:

State Wide
February 13, 2018

System technicians will perform Router maintenance at the Master Sites
between 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The sites may be down during the
maintenance. Please be prepared to use backup communications during this
time.

Affected Area: State Wide​

 

[INDY72]

NEW Garland Co SITE

NEW 700 MHz Simulcast Site for Garland County

SY WRBL469
ARKANSAS, STATE OF
[GENERAL STATE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE]
Control Point 1 - 1 CAPITOL MALL, LITTLE ROCK AR 501-683-1798
(link)
04/19/2018 License Issued
1 - 5 MI W, MOUNTAIN PINE (GARLAND) AR [Structure: Guyed] (map)
[Antenna 1 - HTT: 88.4m, Gain: 6.0dBi, HAAT: 232.7m]
770.09375 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K70D1W (P25 Phase I)
769.83125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K70D1W (P25 Phase I)
769.58125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K70D1W (P25 Phase I)
769.33125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K70D1W (P25 Phase I)
2 - END OF BLUE MOUNTAIN RD (WEST), JESSIEVILLE (GARLAND) AR [Structure: Lattice tower] (map)
[Antenna 1 - HTT: 30.5m, Gain: 6.0dBi, HAAT: 341.9m]
769.33125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 210e Units: 1 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
770.09375 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 210e Units: 1 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
769.83125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 210e Units: 1 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
769.58125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 210e Units: 1 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
3 - PEARCY MTN, 591 PEARCY MOUNTAIN TRAIL, PEARCY (GARLAND) AR [Structure: Lattice tower] (map)
[Antenna 1 - HTT: 91.4m, Gain: 6.0dBi, HAAT: 161.5m]
769.58125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I)
770.09375 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I)
769.83125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I)
769.33125 FB2 Ant: 1 100p 160e Units: 1 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I)
4 - AR Statewide
800.09375 MO Ant: 1 35p 60e Units: 31000 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I) 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
799.83125 MO Ant: 1 35p 60e Units: 31000 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I) 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
799.58125 MO Ant: 1 35p 60e Units: 31000 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I) 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)
799.33125 MO Ant: 1 35p 60e Units: 31000 8K10F1D (P25 Phase I) 8K10F1E (P25 Phase I)

Maybe Hot Springs will come on with this addition?

 

[wbswetnam]

Maybe Hot Springs will come on with this addition?

Maybe, they're sure behind with their existing analog system.

 

[canthonysmith]

Anyone know if Garland Co SO will be moving to AWIN full time after this? They are running Harris Unity now.

 

[INDY72]

Anyone know if Garland Co SO will be moving to AWIN full time after this? They are running Harris Unity now.

It is a possibility. The higher ranking Officers have AWIN use, as do the OEM folks. There is a distinct possibility that with good coverage, you could see at least all the LEA in Garland go AWIN. FDs are another story. I would even hesitate to say HSFD go AWIN off the UHF at least to begin with. Though this would be the perfect time to get the whole city on the same page.

 

[wrr20891]

The plan is for Garland County and Hot Springs city public services to go on AWIN. A portable AWIN site was set up at Oaklawn for the Arkansas Derby a couple of weekends ago as a test/demonstration. Reports are that users were pleased with how it worked.

Hot Springs has a pending application for three 700 sites in town. The application is in the city's name, not the state, so not sure yet how it will integrate with AWIN..

 

[INDY72]

So 2 simulcasts, one County, one City.... Plus the other two or three usable sites. Yah that will open it up for everyone.

 

[INDY72]

NEW SITES?!

As 162 was found and added... location still unknown.... Here are some new sites we need found...

Oh yeah, new ZONE too.
429, 430, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436

Fire up your searches for 700 as well as 800 MHz sites! Unknown if a ZONE 3 exists or not, but 4 is alive.

 

[wbswetnam]

As 162 was found and added... location still unknown.... Here are some new sites we need found...

Oh yeah, new ZONE too.
429, 430, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436

Fire up your searches for 700 as well as 800 MHz sites! Unknown if a ZONE 3 exists or not, but 4 is alive.

With my latest dongle, I ran SDR# on those frequency ranges from my QTH in Russellville, but I didn't find anything that I couldn't identify.

 

[INDY72]

And we have a new discovery in Texarkana... They have a new 700 MHz site.... Unknown yet if it is AWIN, or just for Texarkana and tied to AWIN.... Hope we get someone in the area to run a analysis on it and get us details!

 

[boy7777777777]

I noticed yesterday that the Searcy County ( marshall site) and Baxter County ( Mountain Home site ) are backwards. They should be switched. Marshall should have the 852.2375 set of frequencies and mtn. Home the 851.100 set.

 

[03msc]

I noticed yesterday that the Searcy County ( marshall site) and Baxter County ( Mountain Home site ) are backwards. They should be switched. Marshall should have the 852.2375 set of frequencies and mtn. Home the 851.100 set.

Here are their licenses...

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQCK448

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQBZ950

Which, if I'm looking correctly, have the frequencies you said they should. The db shows them as you said they should be. Correct?

 

[Scanningar]

I am curious. In the database for the AWIN system the Little Rock Metro Simulcast listing shows 3 transmitter locations. These are at Shinall Mountain, Roosevelt Rd (same as East Little Rock site location), and off of Batesville Pike. Are the Shinall Mountain and East Little Rock sites still operated as single transmitter sites in addition to being part of the simulcast, or are those defunct listings now? The two licenses showing associated with these two sites both show expired in 2006 and 2013.

When using a database driven scanner such as the 436HP or SDS100 the Shinall Mountain and East Little Rock sites are still scanned, and sometimes show activity. However, I believe this is most likely only because they share some of the same frequencies as the LR Simulcast.

 

[boy7777777777]

No. The database shows the Marshall tower control channel to be 851.100. It should be 852.2375.

 

[INDY72]

If you have corrections submit them. I can not stress this enough again and again and again. The ONLY way the DB stays up to date is by you guys SUBMITTING the info. As for up to date FCC Licenses,... I do not go through daily and look at the licenses. Anyone can look in the DB under the County page, run an FCC search. Or go to the actual FCC ULS search.

What is needed all, is every site in the state to have someone take the time to sit at them and run Pro96Com, or UniTrunker for a few hours and get a GOOD log of EVERYTHING about each site! Then submit the latest data. Sounds like work doesn't it? It is, but it IS the ONLY way for this to get done.

Here are all the AWIN licenses for Pulaski County: Note the UAMS Site, the TV Station Site..... There are sites not listed in the DB that are most likely online and not submitted for fill in spots etc....
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQPE643
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQPU456
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WPDK603
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQQK985
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQPY766
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQRX942
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQPY759
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQQZ513
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WNJI746 (Lonoke/Pulaski Line basically)
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WPKV208 (Jacksonville )
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WNZK461 (Little Rock Simulcast)
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WPWZ521

 

[INDY72]

Baxter County AWIN FCC Licenses...

We need verification again folks... What is live what is not?

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQCK448
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WNJI751
In fact... Everyone everywhere... Run a search for 700, 800 MHz P25 Control Chans...
List the SysID and verify it is AWIN or other... If it is AWIN... Get the Site Number, Site NAC, ALL freqs in use, acc etc.. Time to reverify it all.

 

[03msc]

If I can figure out how to do this with Pro96com or whatever I will see what I can find out from the Independence County area. I've never done it before so it will be a learning experience. Maybe there are good instructions out there; I haven't looked yet.

Of course, for best results we need people all over the state doing this as milf said.

What's the "ideal runtime" for it to get most everything? A few days?

 

[INDY72]

Depending on which scanner your using as to if Pro96Com or Universal Trunker is better for you. Best run times are at least an hour on a busy site, and several hours for slow sites, up to a day on like a slow site and Sunday. I use my PRO-96, or my BCD396XT for Pro96Com and UniTrunker. It is extrmely easy to set up and run Pro96Com. All you need is the USB cable that you use to program the scanner and iether an scanner supported by the program, or an tapped scanner feeding the control chan to the software. The ReadMe files that come with it explain the process pretty easily to understand. And, you can use the software to feed in with one scannr, and use it to control an second scanner for monitoring! SO I could use my PRO-96 to feed in data, and control my BCD396XT with it at the same time!