Monroe Counties New Harris P25 System

[dampier]

our elected officials even declined to answer questions for a reporter doing a newstory on the costs involved.these comm giants must rub their hands together everytime a tender is put out for a changeover,promise them the world,and deliver absolute garbage,after the contract is locked in for how many years.and guess who's paying for it? sorry,rant over.

What I love is when they refuse to answer questions for "security reasons." That's about as credible as the power ego tripping officials that insist on encrypting everything for no good reason other than they can.

Many times these deals get done with federal grant money because local taxpayers could never afford the bite on their local tax bill if your local fire or police department decided to upgrade using local money. I've been well-aware that governments and local non-profits can "find a need" for just about anything if there is a grant sitting on the table waiting to be received.

 

[bigcam406]

no govt grants here.being paid by the taxpayers in our region,which is already 200 mill in debt.and all encrypted,even fire.go figure.

 

[kc2nru]

I'm not sure why they won't answer questions.......

http://www.democratandchronicle.com...-M3S-Monroe-County-draft-audit?nclick_check=1

 

[w2csx]

In case anyone is interested, they are doing voice test this morning Saturday September 29th 7:15am on talk group 9191

 

[kc2nru]

In case anyone is interested, they are doing voice test this morning Saturday September 29th 7:15am on talk group 9191

Any word on how this went or how it sounded?

 

[w2csx]

Any word on how this went or how it sounded?

They at this hour 14:20 9 29 2012 are still running voice mostly with the east system. I think they are testing the system like it was being used on a day to day bases. So am not sure if anyone is up at the site.

 

[ThePagerGeek]

... with the east system....

They are testing the entire West simulcast cell, minus the site that will be going in at the airport.

fyi

tpg

 

[stevez97]

Are these frequencies/talk groups posted somewhere here on the forum?

 

[GTR8000]

Are these frequencies/talk groups posted somewhere here on the forum?

Finger Lakes Regional Emergency Communications Radio System Trunking System, Various, New York - Scanner Frequencies

 

[w2csx]

They are testing fire alarm tones this morning 11/19/2012 on id:1005.

 

[ThePagerGeek]

The 2-tone sequence you are hearing is an automated system that the engineers use to test the system.

It's a program using a portable to talk to another to analyze connect time, busy occurrences, dropped audio packets, etc. "Call reliability" testing essentially.

tpg

 

[w2csx]

Hey thanks for the info.

 

[W2ER]

I am hearing a control channel on 770.6875. Anyone know if this is part of the Finger Lakes system? I looked up the frequency but it doesn't appear to be a valid frequency on the current bandplan. Anyone know what the correct frequency is? Are there any other active control channels being used.

Ed
W2ER

 

[GTR8000]

That's interesting. 770.6875 is part of the state license, allocated to Erie County. You shouldn't be hearing anyone in NYS on that frequency. Are you able to decode a system type or system ID on the frequency?

 

[k2hz]

I am hearing a control channel on 770.6875. Anyone know if this is part of the Finger Lakes system? I looked up the frequency but it doesn't appear to be a valid frequency on the current bandplan. Anyone know what the correct frequency is? Are there any other active control channels being used.

Ed
W2ER

I am in Rochester (Brighton) and I hear nothing on that frequency. The only system CC I hear active right
now is the Monroe West 852.1375. The others have been mostly off the air recently.

 

[ThePagerGeek]

I am in Rochester (Brighton) and I hear nothing on that frequency. The only system CC I hear active right
now is the Monroe West 852.1375. The others have been mostly off the air recently.

Try 769.75625... been running for at least a week

 

[W2ER]

Here are the first couple of lines of the activity log from a homepatrol.

11/30/2012 13:57:10 "38,B800000F2D010F2D01019481" System Service Broadcast
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "29,A9000101002B00098B040546" Secondary Control Channel Broadcast Explicit
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "3A,37FD00020002813A0000894C"
"00,0101005F09BF7000412F911D RFSS Status Broadcast Extened Sid:002h Sub:1 Site:1 LcnT:95 LcnR:2495
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "3B,37FD00020002813B0000BE7C"
"00,000010005F09BF706A817382 Network Status Broadcast Extened Wacn:00001h Sid:002h LcnT:95 LcnR:2495
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "3D,BD000325E064092C53E05CBF" Identifier Update for non-VHF/UHF Bands Iden:0 Bw:100 Tofs:376 Csp:100 Bfrq:153900000
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "38,B800000F2D010F2D01019481" System Service Broadcast
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "29,A90001010153000AB3048A21" Secondary Control Channel Broadcast Explicit
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "3A,37FD00020002813A0000894C"
"00,0101005F09BF7000412F911D RFSS Status Broadcast Extened Sid:002h Sub:1 Site:1 LcnT:95 LcnR:2495
11/30/2012 13:57:10 "3B,37FD00020002813B0000BE7C"
"00,000010005F09BF706A817382 Network Status Broadcast Extened Wacn:00001h Sid:002h LcnT:95 LcnR:2495
11/30/2012 13:57:11 "3D,BD000325E064092C53E05CBF" Identifier Update for non-VHF/UHF Bands Iden:0 Bw:100 Tofs:376 Csp:100 Bfrq:153900000

 

[GTR8000]

Looks like a test system at Harris. Did you get the PM from k2hz?

 

[k2hz]

Try 769.75625... been running for at least a week

The sites in the Brighton area must be down. 769.75625 was very strong in the past when they were testing the E Henrietta Rd. site. I can hear a signal on there now that is way down in the noise with deep fades. If I use my PSR500 portable and move around I can find some spots where I start to get a signal without the phasing cancellation. It sounds like I am only getting signal from some distant sites.

The West 852.1375 signal is consistently weak here and is better that what I am getting now on the East 769.75625.

 

[W2ER]

>>Looks like a test system at Harris.

That makes sense. I live on University across from Harris.

Ed