Assuming it's a Motorola ASTRO 25 system, you're seeing the behavior of a system at release 7.15 or older. The default BSI interval on one of the voice channels for ASTRO 25 systems prior to 7.16 was every 30 minutes. Keep in mind that 65536 is not an actual talkgroup, it's just a dummy ID that the author of Unitrunker gave to the BSI function many years ago. At no point does the system encode 65536 over the control channel to indicate BSI.
dlnorth
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I was near the new site, parked in the ATV parking lot. I didn't think the old site was still used anymore.
The plot thickens LOL!
BM82557
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It occurs every hour at 32 min past on the PaStarNet P25(Using DSD+)
No BSI's on site 1.95 yet.
The old site might actually still be an active Opensky Site. IDK, They are maintaining the old system for at least a year or 2, until everyone's on the new system.. There are other users of the old system still using it... Plus it's a backup for the new system, temporarily.
Many of these NTIA sites are actually sending a BSI of "NTIA" or none at all. At least on the PaStarNet P25 sites...
Truce 1.65 (not an NTIA site) just started sending a BSI this week. It's been on air since October 2018.. So.. it may or may not as time goes by..
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dlnorth
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It is up to you,
It's the new site. I went to the old site and there doesn't appear to be any equipment installed there anymore, other than the old VHF antenna that has always been there. I was not able to RX the repeater output without my antenna from that location. The new site gave me 4-5 bars on the signal meter from Birch Run Road, just east of the tower, without an antenna.
The OpenSky maintenance contract ends June 30, 2021. Beyond that date, the system may or may not stay online depending on migration status of users and functional status of equipment. If the old system fails anywhere after that date, no work will be done to fix the failed sites. The sooner all users move off, the sooner the plugs will be pulled. Of course, that will be dictated by the budgeting and planning of each user agency.
Pmc
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Anyone hear about the p25 phase 2 system moving into Bradford or tioga county anytime soon
raven315
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I hear psp in the clear here on my bcd436 on the p2 system .
You would be the very first person to hear any clear PSP activity on the new STARNet P25 system. Are you sure that you're not confusing the two P25 systems? There is the new STARNet system which is primarily VHF with some 800 MHz sprinkled in, and there is the 700 MHz Air-to-Ground system.
raven315
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PA Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet) P25 P2 system is what I have in my radio . My bcd436hp is clean with no Other systems in it but that one system with the Morgantown Site Programmed .
Morgantown (CHES01)Chester 856.5875 857.5875a 858.0625a 859.6375c
Must be confusing PGC with PSP?
10001-10223 = PSP (Possible exceptions 10078-10089)
12000-12057 = PGC
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What is the ID of the talkgroup you're hearing PSP on?
Does anyone one know when the dcnr will be switched over to the new p25 system
I'd also like to know this if anyone has the info.
I highly doubt you're hearing PSP ops in the clear. Only activity I've heard in the clear thusfar on the Devault sites was from the Game Commission
raven315
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Sounded like troop J embreeville or Avondale doing a traffic stop . next time I hear something ill make a recording of the transmissions . the Morgantown site is the only system site I have programmed in .