keep in mind, that Ocala does not usually run the City Wide channel all day long, I've usually seen them run the channel for short periods and occasionally periods of up to a few hours, so basically I am waiting to see when the patches drop out, to try to confirm which TGID is being used for the ALL CITY (OPD City Wide) transmission. Apparently, the TG's are still being built and configured, it's going to be a long process till everything they want is in the trunk system.
One thing that might help locals who wish to monitor the new Ocala digital trunked system, is that most of the agencies with-in the city have new radios in thier console, from where they dispatch from. If your monitoring Wildcards with-in this trunk system, and have your digital scanner set to read and interperet the RID or radio ID numbers, the following info may be useful in determining what agency or city affiliation is transmitting.
Ocala Police have dispatch consoles, and are currently using RID 1, RID 2, RID 3, RID 4.
Ocala Fire Rescue dispatches out of RID 6, and RID 7.
Ocala Electric & Utilities are dispatching from RID 8, and RID 9.
so, if you happen to get a wildcard hit with-in the trunk system, and the RID is 3 or 4, or 1, that new talkgroup associated with that RID, you may have just stumbled upon may be a TGID channel for the Ocala Police... and if you get a hit and the radio ID number is 8 or 9, it could be a talkgroup affiliated with Water, Electric, or local city utilities workers such as water meter readers, or electric disconnect/reconnect services.
I have also noticed that some trunk system clients here seem to be dispatching from a RID number that closely resembles a stock radio RID, and may not be dispatching from a large radio console, but more likely a standard issued radio, similar to the mobile radio devices that are mounted in most city vehicles. Room permitting in an office or maint shop, the mobile radio may be mounted at a dispatchers desk or remote office location. This I cant confirm, just an educated guess. I have monitored Public Works dispatching from a RID number that closely resembled the vehicle unit radio he was conversating with in the field.... just a few numbers away.
also, Ocala Fire Rescue is using Visinet, a CAD system, and this has reduced radio traffis dramatically. Marion County uses it also, they refer to it as silent dispatch, and it too eliminates quite a few radio transmissions... not what scanner enthusiasts want to see, but this is the wave of the future. Marion County received Accredition of excellence for implementing and utilizing thier Visinet system...
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