BCD396XT: Macomb County (MI) Rebanding

[MikeA]

PLEASE excuse my ignorance. While scanners are not completely new to me, digital ones are and trunking definitely is new. So I am seeking some help.

Macomb County (Michigan) Sheriff's Office preps have been rebanded. I do not know if they are on the new freqs yet but I do not that the radios have been changed. Thus my question.

For the 396XT would it be better to enter all new freqs or use a reband plan? Which is easier and works best?

I have not been able to find the rebanding changes yet and will keep looking. If some one knows the new freqs I'd sure appreciate a copy of them.

Does anyone know why they call the portable radios preps? I asked a couple of deputies and they did not know why.

Thanks for any and all help.

Mike

[ka3jjz]

Your questions about the traffic should go to the Michigan forum - they're the ones best qualified to handle them, since they're local to you

It would appear that Macomb county is on the MPSCS statewide trunk...

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS) Trunking System, Statewide, Multi-State - Scanner Frequencies

Finding the new frequencies is no mystery - just drop all the frequencies between 866 and 868 Mhz by 15 Mhz. As this system is P25, no custom table should be needed.

Mike

[kc8syo]

prep stands for personal radio equipt patrolman

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[MikeA]

Originally Posted by kc8syo

prep stands for personal radio equipt patrolman

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I figured it was something like that but I could not get all the letters of prep to make sense.

Thanks!

Mike

[MikeA]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

Your questions about the traffic should go to the Michigan forum - they're the ones best qualified to handle them, since they're local to you

It would appear that Macomb county is on the MPSCS statewide trunk...

Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS) Trunking System, Statewide, Multi-State - Scanner Frequencies

Finding the new frequencies is no mystery - just drop all the frequencies between 866 and 868 Mhz by 15 Mhz. As this system is P25, no custom table should be needed.

Mike

Yes, it is on the state police system. That sure is easy to fix. Thanks for the help. Greatly appreciated.

Mike

[kc8syo]

No problem Mike it all stems from Detroit PD they were the first in the nation to carry portable radios. Hence the word P.R.E.P. I hope that takes care of that:-)
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[MikeA]

Interesting. I did not Detroit was first in the nation. I sure won't forget that and may even quiz some deputies on it!! LOL

Thanks for the info!

Mike

[kc8syo]

Another little tidbit Mike they were also the first police dept in the world to have mobile radios in there vehicles sometime in the 1920's

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[MikeA]

1920s???? WOW! Did not know there were radios back then.

Seems like Detroit was on the cutting edge of things. Wonder what happened.

Mike

[W8RMH]

April 7, 1928 - Milestones:One-Way Police Radio Communication, 1928 - GHN: IEEE Global History Network

The first truly mobile two-way radio was developed in Australia in 1923 by Senior Constable Frederick William Downie of the Victorian Police. The Victoria Police were the first in the world to use wireless communication in cars, putting an end to the inefficient status reports via public telephone boxes which had been used until that time. The first sets took up the entire back seat of the Lancia patrol cars. (Source Wikipedia).

[jkahn]

Thanks for that link! it was a very interesting article.