Blount (TN) gets new emergency radio system

[davewhall29]

Blount gets new emergency radio system
The county and cities are just days away from converting to a new digital emergency radio system.
The system will piggyback on the $26 million Tennessee Valley Corridor System that serves the I-75 corridor from Knoxville to Chattanooga.

Blount Gets New Emergency Radio System - The Daily Times

 

[jkbodden]

A LEO neighbor of mine advised they ran into some issues, however are now scheduled to be up and running on the new system this Monday 8/13/12. They (LEO personnel) all have new portables for the new system, however they are leaving the old radios in their vehicles as back-up.

 

[dsimerly]

did their frequency change, i can no longer listen on my scanner?

 

[davewhall29]

did their frequency change, i can no longer listen on my scanner?

They have now switched over to the 700/800 mhz system "Tennessee Valley Regional Telecommunications System" effective about 2 weeks ago. The new system is what basically everyone is switching to now. It is going to be a statewide system so everyone can talk to everyone across the state.
As of right now, I understand they are using the UHF (460.175 for Blount Sheriff) only as a back up. All of their dispatching for Blount Co, Maryville City and Alcoa City (Sheriff, police and fire) are being done on the new system.

For more information check out this link

Tennessee Valley Regional Telecommunications System Trunking System, Various, Multi-State - Scanner Frequencies

or some of the other discussions in the TN discussion forum here:

Tennessee Radio Discussion Forum - The RadioReference.com Forums

There is a lot of information at the forum, especially the TVRTS TG unids forum.

 

[icom1020]

That 460.175 has been around since the mid 70's when I lived off 411. Odd to see a "legacy" system finally go. BCSO cars were blue and white