St. Tammany Parish

[chickman1313]

I got a Uniden 396XT and so far the only Louisiana agency I have been able to pickup is the Abita Springs PD. I have been able to hear other parts of Mississippi though... I live in Mandeville and would like to hear St Tammy Parish Sheriffs, State Troopers (troop L) and Mandeville PD. any insight?

Also, if I cant get this figured out I would like to take it somewhere and have a professional check it out and see if they can figure out why it wont work, any recommendations for the Northshore or New Orleans area?

 

[teufler]

do you know any police in mandeville. If so ask them are they still on the old system, they probably don't know what Edacs means, or have they switches to the new system , the Lwin system. They would have new radios. Abita springs is only 8 miles, your should get Covington, its 8+ miles. Try ing to find the range of the radios antenna. Normally the stock antenna, I get maybe 10 to 12 miles. With an outside vertical antenna, 100 miles is the norm. Antenna is about 20 feet off the ground. Elevation is about 480 feet.

 

[jim202]

The rumors that I hear is everyone is still on the EDACS system, that was there before in St. Tammany Parish. I also hear the cut over to the LWIN system might take place in the late fall.

 

[pinkfish457]

I live in Slidell. I'm using a Radio Shack PRO-106. I have Slidell, LWIN (St. Tammany) loaded. Go to the RR data base, load St. Tammany LWIN and New Orleans which has troop B. You're right across the lake, you should be able to pick them up.

You can loadup Slidell also. If the 396XT has software, you should have no problems. As for the STPSO, I'm using SDR#, Unitrunker etc. They come in great. Let me know if you need more info.

 

[INDY72]

St T will begin migration in Fall 2015. Unknown if they will all be full time LWIN real fast. If the way other switchovers have occurred is any indication, expect full time LWIN usage by Christmas at latest unless there are delays.

 

[pinkfish457]

The new St. Tammany tower (Lacombe site), constructed by Motorola, is completed. A newspaper article states it will be operable by November.

 

[INDY72]

Lic issued by FCC...
WQVU993

P25 Phase 1 LSM. So you guys be ready for multipath issues.

 

[chickman1313]

I live in Slidell. I'm using a Radio Shack PRO-106. I have Slidell, LWIN (St. Tammany) loaded. Go to the RR data base, load St. Tammany LWIN and New Orleans which has troop B. You're right across the lake, you should be able to pick them up.

You can loadup Slidell also. If the 396XT has software, you should have no problems. As for the STPSO, I'm using SDR#, Unitrunker etc. They come in great. Let me know if you need more info.

I have all of this loaded, used freescan to get it all and had some help as well. Man it looks like everything is in correctly, I just can't figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I can't get anything, the only police I have been able to pickup is still abita, in Louisiana, but I can also get some random stuff in Mississippi. But I have gotten zero state trooper, st tammany parish sheriff or Mandeville pd.... really frustrating considering those are the reasons I got this...

Is there a shop or something I can go to and see if they can look at it?

 

[pinkfish457]

I'm taking a wild guess here and say you don't have the control channels programmed in. You may be getting the analog channels.

If you used the manual on the CD, its very complicated. Here is a simple version of the manual, step-by-step.

Easier to Read BCD396XT Digital Scanner Manual

 

[teufler]

pinkfish457, I created the file, I have one file that has everyone site in la , then set for search mode rather than id scan. He is getting nothing. I have some Mswin that is coming through, plus he gets the wx buro and some fm stations, so the scanner appears to be working. This has been an issue for 10 days or so.

 

[chickman1313]

yeah the control channels are definitely in there. almost feels like there is some simple setting I have turned off or on. When I tune to STPSO East or West Dispatch the scanner shows its getting a signal, looking at the signal strength display, but nothing comes out of the speaker.

 

[Technoguy58]

You will not be able to monitor STPSO or Mandeville PD or Covington PD because they use the Sheriff's office EDACS ProVoice system and your scanner can not monitor it. They will migrate over to LWIN talkgroups slowly, but I believe they will be encrypted. As far as you monitoring LWIN, you should be hearing all kinds of stuff on there. It is always very busy.

 

[chickman1313]

well dang, thanks for the info

I haven't really heard much on LWIN yet but I have been concentrating on the others. I'll give it another shot tonight and let yall know how it works out.

 

[teufler]

I thopught there was something about Edacs Provoice that didn't compute.

 

[kd5pck]

I have all of this loaded, used freescan to get it all and had some help as well. Man it looks like everything is in correctly, I just can't figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I can't get anything, the only police I have been able to pickup is still abita, in Louisiana, but I can also get some random stuff in Mississippi. But I have gotten zero state trooper, st tammany parish sheriff or Mandeville pd.... really frustrating considering those are the reasons I got this...

Is there a shop or something I can go to and see if they can look at it?

I don't think it's Abita Springs PD that you are hearing. They dissolved their department a few years ago and STPSO now handles the area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qi0EeLuIxI
La. Town Votes to Abolish Police Department