Indian River County P25 (00B.924A8)

[batdude]

IR county is still in transition from their analog EDACS system to a P25 system.

here is the current build out of the 700 Mhz side of the P25 system:

Indian River County Public Services (P25) Trunking System, Vero Beach, Florida

Indian River County Public Services (P25) Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

here is what APPEARS TO BE the basis for the 800 side of the new P25 system (that's a guess btw):

Indian River County 800 MHz Trunking System, Various, Florida

Indian River County 800 MHz Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

^^^ NOTE: There are NO TALKGROUPS active on this 800 P25 site and it is only reporting a single channel, 851.0625.

some other thoughts/guesses.... not based on anything factual.

this will be a 700 and 800 P25p2 system.
In time, the current 800 EDACS system channels (Indian River County Public Services Trunking System, Vero Beach, Florida - Scanner Frequencies) will be slowly decommissioned and moved to the P25 side.
Don't know if the system will be simulcast or not. I would imagine that it will be.

there are several fairly busy - and UNIDENTIFIED - TGs on the 700 system.... 418, 644, 657, 1041, 1906, 1908


just my .02 and observations.

 

[batdude]

here's the latest dump of unknown talkgroups on the 700 Indian River P25 system. seems like activity is picking up a bit

; Indian River County

TG ID #hits Time Stamp


149, 150, 2020/10/30 8:21, " (TDMA)"
179, 12, 2020/10/28 16:47, " (TDMA)"
181, 107, 2020/10/30 8:32, " (TDMA)"
195, 2, 2020/10/30 7:48, " (TDMA)"
196, 2508, 2020/11/22 8:47, " (TDMA)"
277, 169, 2020/10/30 8:34, " (TDMA)"
290, 3, 2020/06/20 16:33, " (TDMA)"
293, 4, 2020/10/28 14:03, " (TDMA)"
418, 201, 2020/10/30 8:27, " (TDMA)"
419, 100, 2020/10/30 8:34, " (TDMA)"
457, 34, 2020/10/30 7:42, " (TDMA)"
644, 148, 2020/10/30 5:56, " (TDMA)"
657, 2930, 2020/11/22 8:48, " (TDMA)"
658, 387, 2020/10/30 8:31, " (TDMA)"
689, 39, 2020/10/30 3:34, " (TDMA)"
769, 3, 2020/10/30 6:34, " (TDMA)"
945, 1388, 2020/10/30 8:35, " (TDMA)"
946, 182, 2020/10/30 8:34, " (TDMA)"

 

[wanabe]

Doug, I’m heading to Vero Beach in March. Should I program the old EDACS system or the new P25 system in my Harris P7300? I also know most probably LE will be encrypted on the new P25 system, Thank you sir

 

[batdude]

Doug, I’m heading to Vero Beach in March. Should I program the old EDACS system or the new P25 system in my Harris P7300? I also know most probably LE will be encrypted on the new P25 system, Thank you sir

that's a really good question. I believe that all LE / Fire / EMS is on P25 now - but I will verify.


doug

 

[wanabe]

Was in Indian River County (Vero Beach) last night. IRCSO and IRCFR were the only thing I heard on the EDACS system. Not a peep on any of the Vero Beach TGs on EDACS. Didn’t have the P25 programed in my radio though.

 

[TDR-94]

Was in Indian River County (Vero Beach) last night. IRCSO and IRCFR were the only thing I heard on the EDACS system. Not a peep on any of the Vero Beach TGs on EDACS. Didn’t have the P25 programed in my radio though.

All LE talkgroups are encrypted on the P25 system.

 

[wprileyjr3]

Visiting Sebastian and have been using my SDR and laptop. On Labor Day I was getting IRCSO on EDACS and seeing encrypted on P25. Today looks like they are off the EDACS and only on P25 with E. Also looks like Sebastian is P25 with E only. I can see IRCFR on both in the clear and Vero Beach PD on EDACS.

 

[batdude]

As a general statement, I have it on good authority that IRCO and their radio system/switchover .... is "A MESS".

YMMV.

 

[wprileyjr3]

After monitoring for a bit I will agree. IRCSO is now transmitting on both systems again so is Vero Beach PD. IRCFR sounds horrible on the P25 system, Very choppy audio and I have noticed several times transmissions and audio on EDACs that does not show up on the P25 system at all.

 

[TDR-94]

It's all part of the transition process.

 

[firerick100]

There is this issue that been going on the past few months where on Saturdays yiu can only hear the Fd and not the sheriff dept which you can hear during the week on the edacs system (I listen to the feed from ct) a few weeks ago I was only hearing Vero beach pd and the fd on a Saturday .any idea why this is happenin?

 

[TDR-94]

It's only on issue for scanning hobbyist, not the actual system users. This is how things are being transitioned on this system.

 

[ElroyJetson]

Considering what company is managing the transition, I'm honestly not very surprised that they're having "difficulties". Not that they can't do the job right, but if what I heard is right, they're having issues finding and retaining qualified technicians down there. No company is better than the qualities of its workforce.

That same vendor has at least three counties in a row: Indian River, Brevard, and Volusia. Being a Brevard resident I'm HOPEFUL that they don't have such issues when Brevard transitions to P25 PII "soon", but that's quite a big leap from a networked simulcast EDACS system to make in literally one jump.

I'm reminded of the fact that a few years back, they tried to roll out an upgrade at the Palm Bay tower site and it went so smoothly that they had to roll it back to the previous state within a few hours.

It's kind of strange to be looking at your radio in failsoft mode for several hours on Upgrade Day. And it does not inspire a feeling of confidence.

I'm going to predict it: The Brevard transition will have a few "hiccups" along the way. There's just too much to go wrong. Murphy lives under the site shelters.

 

[firerick100]

10-17-2022 looks like they pulled the plug on the edacs system today, no comms from police or the FD all day. The fd is operating on the new system and apparently not on edacs as of today

 

[ElroyJetson]

Are you seeing CC Scan all the time on the old system? Or have you scanned the old system's frequencies in conventional analog scan, looking for activity or a control channel?

 

[firerick100]

Are you seeing CC Scan all the time on the old system? Or have you scanned the old system's frequencies in conventional analog scan, looking for activity or a control channel?

I’m on a feed from CT but my buddy is down there and nothing on the EDACs system

 

[TDR-94]

Yep, it's no longer transmitting a CC.

 

[firerick100]

Yep, it's no longer transmitting a CC.

My friend down there reports they shut the system down. Everything. Is on the new system and only fd and tacs in the clear. i asked the host to put the simulcast fd channel on the current feed but has not done so apparentl. Maybe someone down there will set up a feed with the p-25 capable scanner to do the fd stuff.

 

[ochmewa]

Indian River County has stopped transmitting on the EDACS trunked system and now the EMS is transmitting on 153.920 but I cannot locate the county at all except the EMS.. Former co workers tell me the radios in the trucks are working that used to be on EDACS 03.025 (Parks Div.) for 1 of the depts,but like I said EMS who used to be there is now on a lower frequency (153.920) and all the departments in Indian river county are transmitting somewhere. But I cannot find them at all. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Check the database and you'll see Indian River has a new P25 Phase-II system linked below. Sheriff is fully encrypted (mode "DE") so you won't be able to monitor them

Indian River County Public Services (P25) Trunking System, Vero Beach, Florida

Indian River County Public Services (P25) Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com