peteman said:
Just wondering if you have any info on The Hat and LLoyd.
DX-300 said:
I've been searching around 800Mhz myself and have come upon a Motorola type system not mentioned yet
Unfortunately I have nothing on Medicine Hat that's of any use. The easiest way to determine if the system is a trunk is to put a newer TrunkTracker in control channel only mode (or a program like T4Win) up and running and browse the band. If it locks onto a control channel, it should give you some information.
Lloydminster again I don't have any information for. My scanning (and roaming) is limited to the area around Calgary. There are other folks who browse both here and the Albertascan yahoo group that live in Edmonton and are at least in the same half of the province as Lloyd...
As for finding new Motorola (and other) systems, here are my observations of the past couple days...
System 753F, Calgary Smartzone - very busy, used by Fire, EMS, (not just Calgary either, for both), Police, Enmax, and Airport Authority.
System 730F, Calgary Stampede - fairly busy during Stampede. Not sure what it will be like in the quieter times of the year.
System 6E03, PDL Mobility - Seems kind of busy. Haven't monitored it enough to really say for sure yet.
System 6904, TAC Mobility (formerly Nucell) - Also seems fairly busy.
System 1222, NextCom - Also seems busy. Again, haven't monitored on a work day so it could be quite different as I continue to monitor.
City of Calgary EDACS - Streets, Parks, and Parking Control talkgroups still active on the system as of today. Not sure about the others. Pretty certain ENMAX has moved wholly to 753F.
City of Calgary EDACS 2 - Smaller system still in operation, apparently licensed to Parking Control, but no activity noted.
Communications Group Calgary - Total of 3 MPT1327 systems located in City of Calgary area. Haven't had a chance to monitor for any length of time. System ID acquired for one of the three so far.
Calgary Regional Health Authority - Total of 4 MPT1327 systems, one in each hospital. Got system IDs for 3 of the 4 so far.
Telus LTR system (shown in the current RR database) - System appears gone, no activity noted and TAFL shows frequencies reallocated, some to Telus iDEN trunks, some no longer in use in Calgary area.
Telus Motorola system (shown in the current RR database) - Same as the Telus LTR system.
Sundance Radio LTR - Still allocated as such in TAFL. Could not track over the past couple days.
Sekom LTR - Still allocated as such in TAFL. Could not track over the past couple days.
Nextcom LTR - Still allocated as such in TAFL. Could not track over the past couple days.
Caltronics LTR - Still allocated as such in TAFL. Could not track over the past couple days.
Telus iDEN - Total of 14 sites located in Calgary, Airdrie, High River, and Strathmore, all using some of the frequencies previously allocated to other Telus trunk systems (see above). Many other sites in TAFL using other frequencies. Yes, I know these can't be scanned/tracked at this time. Just mentioning them to indicate where the Telus trunks have gone.
I'm working on an Excel 2000 workbook that will eventually encompass
all the monitorable trunk systems in the Calgary area, including frequencies, talkgroups, and radio IDs; also trying to have a sheet included that will help export data to the XML format used by T4Win.
With some time off coming up, I hope to be able to do a bunch of monitoring. Post updates here or submit them to the database so we can all share them!
