BatmanofGotham1234
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Just bought a handheld Uniden Bearcat Radio Scanner BC89XLT 50 Channel 800MHz, trying to find out what frequency I can listen to Norwich fire& pd??
Norwich assistance
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Why not check out the database?
New London County, Connecticut (CT) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for New London County, Connecticut (CT)
www.radioreference.com
Never heard of that one but you are most likely out of luck with the PD as they are on the 700/800MHz Statewide P25 Phase 2 trunked system (CLMRN). You may be able to use it for the FD channels in the database even though the FD is in the process of switching over to the CLMRN system as well. I would suspect that you would be able to hear the FD(s) on an analog VHF signal for the near future.
Welcome to the RR forums. Building upon what was already mentioned you will need a P25 Phase-II capable scanner to listen to Norwich police & fire on CLMRN. Talkgroups are TDMA (mode "T") so a P25 Phase-I scanner won't work in this case. Detectives are fully encrypted (mode "TE") so you won't be able to pick them up. Strongly recommended to use a Uniden SDS100 or SDS200 to overcome simulcast distortion you'll likely face monitoring with anything else
I had one of those back in the day, I loved that scanner it was a hot receiver
But its over 30 years old and only does analog
This is from the RR Wiki- you need one of these scanners to listen to Norwich pd and as stated above you have to contend with simulcast distortion
The Unication G4 & G5 are also an option
Scanner Support for TDMA[edit]
The following scanners can decode P25 Phase I, Phase II, and Motorola X2-TDMA systems.- GRE PSR-800 2
- Radio Shack Pro-18 3, Pro-668
- Uniden BCD325P2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, BCD996P2, HomePatrol-2, SDS100, SDS200
- Whistler WS1080, WS1088, WS1095, WS1098, TRX-1, TRX-2
2 Requires latest firmware update. 3 Requires Whistler Official Upgrade (WOU).
If you don't want to purchase a new scanner, there is a Norwich PD and FD feed online here on Broadcastify.com
www.broadcastify.com
Norwich Police and Fire Live Audio Feed
Norwich Police and Fire Live Audio Feed on Broadcastify.com
www.broadcastify.com
You can still monitor Norwich Fire to an extent on 33.66, PL 179.9 for the volunteer companies and 154.205, PL 192.8 for the city.
The simulcast is up due to paging and interoperability with mutual aid.
The simulcast is up due to paging and interoperability with mutual aid.
You can still monitor Norwich Fire to an extent on 33.66, PL 179.9 for the volunteer companies and 154.205, PL 192.8 for the city. The Police are now fully on a 7/800mhz P25 Phase II system that your scanner is not capable of receiving.
The simulcast is up due to paging and interoperability with mutual aid.
The simulcast is up due to paging and interoperability with mutual aid.
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I have purchased a Uniden SDS200 based on what a friend told me who lives in my same general area and currently has problems picking up the Norwich Police on their new system.
I have had problems listening to the Norwich Police on my Uniden BCD996P2.
I guess as you say "Whiskey3JMC", my problem is simulcast distortion.
However the Norwich City and Volunteer Fire Departments come in great with it (BCD996P2).
When the Fire Departments DO change over, I will need to put that SDS200 in service.
I sure do miss the days of the high, low, and Ultrahigh band programmable scanners.
Just put in the frequency, hit enter and it worked great.
Driving from Connecticut to Fla., years ago I heard every major fire and police dept that I passed through on I-95 using a portable programmable scanner.
I just added or deleted the frequencies as I made a stop about every 2 hours.
I hear Norwich PD and Norwich Fire with no issues on an SDS100, with a stock Uniden antenna, as well as my SDS200. No issues at all.
... also ... Norwich Fire has changed over. They are presently simulcasting, but they have switched over. You can only monitor their TAC channels on CLMRN.
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Thank you for that info.
I have heard the dispatchers tell fire units to switch to Tac 1 or Tac 2
Just a guess here but from what I think is the City Units generally operate on Tac 1 while the Volunteer Units operate on Tac 2
I have heard the dispatchers tell fire units to switch to Tac 1 or Tac 2
Just a guess here but from what I think is the City Units generally operate on Tac 1 while the Volunteer Units operate on Tac 2
Does anyone know the frequencies for the new 800 system for the Norwich fire dept?
I have Norwich Police in my 996p2 and their
Coming in great. I tried the same frequencies with the fire dept and don’t even have a signal. I have an antenna on the roof and using lmr400 cable. I forgot the name of the antenna, But it’s like a X
Thanks
I have Norwich Police in my 996p2 and their
Coming in great. I tried the same frequencies with the fire dept and don’t even have a signal. I have an antenna on the roof and using lmr400 cable. I forgot the name of the antenna, But it’s like a X
Thanks
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In regards to the above, I very recently talked with a Norwich Firefighter and he told me that they (the Norwich FD) and I assume the Volunteer fire departments, are now operating on the new 800 mhz channels.
That Norwich Firefighter also told me that all of the older high band radios have been taken out of the trucks as well.
Each member working is also carrying around the new portable radios.
I still pick up the Norwich Fire (high band) and the Norwich Volunteers (low band) on my other scanner but I was told that it could END at ANY TIME
Like "georged4997", Is there anyone out there that could just pass on the frequencies, or the numbers needed, to pick up those two new Dispatch channels ?
Note - I am using an SDS 200 scanner and I want to be ready when the older channels are no longer broadcast
I'm far from being an expert when it comes to this new 800 stuff
So if you can help in some simple terms, I sure do appreciate it.
Thank you
20421-Disp 20422 Disp 20423-Tac1 20424-Tac2 20425- Tac 3 20426 Tac4 20427 Tac5 20428 Norwich FD.
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| 857.0125 | M | 103.5 PL | Norwich F/G 1 | Fire Ground 1 | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 857.0875 | M | 203.5 PL | Norwich F/G 2 | Fire Ground 2 | FMN | Fire-Tac |
| 857.8375 | M | 103.5 PL | Norwich F/G 3 | Fire Ground 3 | FMN | Fire-Tac |
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A big thanks for everyone that helped me with Norwich. I’ll put them in tomorrow.
Portables yes, mobile radios ... no. Most retain their prior mobiles, in addition to CLMRN.
Yes, the simulcast may be shut down at any time, this is confirmed.
The Volunteers joined CLMRN at the same time at The City department. Each volunteer department now has Unication G4 pagers. While some still use their Minitor or Unication G1 pagers (depending on fire company) , the G4 pagers have been in stations for months now. I have had a hand in assisting with the adjusting of some G4 pagers to be more effective in use, so I have first hand knowledge of this.
if only there was a website with a whole database full of radio frequency/channel information. Somebody should work on that.
I have heard nothing on the city of Norwich, except on 154.205
