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mdcory

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Summarizing what we have found so far...

48572 Cambridge FD Private
48571 Collins FD Private
48570 Colo FD Private
48563 Gilbert FD Private
48566 Maxwell FD Private
48564 Nevada FD Private
59968 Roland FD Private
58599 Slater FD Private
48559 Zearing FD Private
58585 Tac 4
58586 Tac 5

48574 Nevada PD
 

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I see someone has gotten Ames and Story County back up on Broadcastify. Good job people.
 

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I see someone has gotten Ames and Story County back up on Broadcastify. Good job people.

This is my feed, thanks. Although even after the antenna @mdcory recommended I still feel like I am missing some transmissions. Based solely on the signal bars, it did improve my reception at least a little bit if not a good amount. So I'm not sure what exactly is going on with that. I also saw someone pushed a few changes to the database which I need to update (specifically Nevada PD channel and the Story Fire tac 4/5 channels).
 

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I'll try to listen to both my scanner and the feed and let you know what I'm seeing/hearing.
As you probably already know it can be hard to compare because the scanner can be on one "channel" and the feed on another. Also I have my scanner set for ID search and not just scan.
Tomorrow I'll update my scanner data to see if the new tgid are uploaded.
 

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Yeah, I see them in the RR database so I went ahead and added them (as well as ISU PD) to my favorites list via Proscan. This is what the feed is supposed to cover now. I don't like having one feed trying to catch all of this but I don't really want to dedicate another feed to it until I figure out why the reception is so spotty. I'm leaving the scanner set to ID Scan and not changing it to ID Search.

Ames Talkgroups
DECHEXModeAlpha TagDescriptionTag
58569​
e4c9TAmes Police DispPolice DispatchLaw Dispatch
58568​
e4c8TAmes Police 2Police Channel 2Law Dispatch
58560​
e4c0TAmes Fire DispFire DispatchFire Dispatch
58561​
e4c1TAmes Fire TACFire TACFire-Tac
Iowa State University Talkgroups
DECHEXModeAlpha TagDescriptionTag
58573​
e4cdTISU Police DispPolice DispatchLaw Dispatch
58572​
e4ccTISU Police InfoPolice InfoLaw Tac
Story County Talkgroups
DECHEXModeAlpha TagDescriptionTag
58592​
e4e0TStoryCoSheriffSheriffLaw Dispatch
48574​
bdbeTNevada PoliceNevada PoliceLaw Tac
58584​
e4d8TStoryCoFirePageFire PagingFire Dispatch
58583​
e4d7TStoryCoFireOps1Fire Ops 1Fire Dispatch
58585​
e4d9TStory Co F-Tac 4Fire Tac 4Fire-Tac
58586​
e4daTStory Co F-Tac 5Fire Tac 5Fire-Tac

Thanks for all of your help. I greatly appreciate it! :D
 

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Somehow in the database we lost the Story County Sheriff LEA channel on 58588.
It's still the primary dispatch for Nevada, Story City, and Huxley.
 

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I haven't heard secondary roads come across the analog system for some time now. I've only been monitoring it intermittently. So I went through about a half dozen archive audio files and they are all empty. I'm going to take the analog feed offline I think. I'll submit an official request via Broadcastify in a few days, but if anyone thinks I should keep it up please let me know before probably Sunday or Monday.
 

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... I'll submit an official request via Broadcastify in a few days, ...

I submitted the request and the guy replied back with they go offline after 3 weeks to provide time for people to access archives. Neat! That works for me.

Also, interestingly, lately I have had a little bit more luck picking up the new system on my 996p2 without the extra antenna, compared to the SDS200 with the extra antenna. It's not a LOT better, just enough to be noticeable. No idea what's up with that!
 

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I finally got my SDR to work and it picked up these TGIDs. I listened to most of the audio files and put my notes below, but I haven't really been able to figure out anything definitive. I don't know why some of the TGID hits and the audio files (included below) have different numbers.

48562 - 1
48565 - 14
48576 - 1
48577 - 1
48578 - 1
48579 - 2
48580 - 2
48581 - 38 - thinking some sort of maintenance. A Scott was referenced several times and a Drew once. Also one reference to "not done with brush" which I have heard secondary roads mention before.
48583 - 3
48588 - 1
48591 - 5
58566 - 17 - "Go ahead on TAC 3"; a few mentions of checking the lobby and city hall; talking about looking for either a sign or a sign guy; something to do with a median
58571 - 239 - "Rover for command, I'm heading for gas"; "Can you come by gate two, we have a truck parked on the outside"; "Command from guard shack 1, radio check"; gave plate info using NATO alphabet; something about "All patients, we have a DSD/ESD/something in building 20, first floor conference hall"; "Cal, they're moving some cables and stuff around"; "Can you go up to gate 10, I got a power failure"
58574 - 15 - someone calling for ISU
58589 - 4 - "1113, 625, on deck"

Audio files, in folders by date and then TGID subfolders. DSD Plus Recordings 506 to 509
 
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58571 is the ISU Security Command Base
58574 is one of the Parking channels like 58575
58589 is Story Sheriff Law TAC 1

We'll have to keep working on the 48*** groups. You got some good stuff there.
 

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Does anyone here have interest in more DSD Plus recordings? I don't have time to go through and listen to them, but I can find time to pull and upload them for others to surf through. I just don't want to go through uploading if there isn't an interest.
 

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Anyone happen to know what secondary roads is planning to do?

I'm about 85% certain Secondary Roads is on TG 58548. I only switched my primary scanner from ISICS to SARA this morning but I recognize a couple voices and names, and they were talking about their assignments (someone was blading today) as well as leaving a pickup truck for someone else. I've been working on Radio IDs for ISICS and after getting a decent amount saved I've switched to SARA to start working on that.
 

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58548 is Story County Secondary Roads. Also confirmed is Story County Fire TAC 6 is 58587, Gilbert Fire Private is 48569, Story City Fire Private is 48561, and Ames Electric Service on 48599.

Talk groups with unconfirmed labels: Story County EOC used 58593 for Covid Testing ISU students but channel might be Sheriff OPS 2?
Ames Public Works? Parks? Utilities? were on 48583 and 48587 for storm cleanup.
Roland PW might be 58555?
And ISU using 38586, 38588, 38589, 38593, 38594, 38596, 38598, 38599 as various Maintenance channels for buildings and housekeeping but not sure what official channel designation is. All seem to be Building Maint services in the dorms or classrooms on campus.
 

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I'm just getting into ham radio/scanners etc, what radio/scanner do I need to pick up these talk groups everyone is referring to?
 

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I'm just getting into ham radio/scanners etc, what radio/scanner do I need to pick up these talk groups everyone is referring to?

You should be fine with any scanner that offers the ability to listen to anything Project 25 Phase 2. Note that some scanners have Phase 1 but not Phase 2, and you need Phase 2. Some info on that here APCO Project 25 - The RadioReference Wiki
 

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Wondering if anyone else has been listening recently. I think Ames PD Ch 2 is their info channel, but not sure. I've caught them referring to being on Info once or twice. I took it off of my Broadcastify feed just in case.

58568 e4c8 T AMES PD CH 2 Police Channel 2

I'm also gonna peg a guess at 48599 being Ames Electric but I don't remember why. I was thinking that. Something about street side issue and calling an electrician I think?
 

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TGID 48585 is possibly Ames streets dept? Heard something about turn lanes and something about turning around near University and CyRide during this snow event moving thru. Something to keep an eye on the next few days with the snow we are supposed to get.
 

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I have it on good authority that the new tower at the Sheriff's Office is now active. The other new towers for Story County's SARA will be live at the end of August/beginning of September.
 

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Are they going to simulcast with Ames PD? I heard the signal in Ames isn't wonderful. I can't wait until the end of June. I'm going to try a few of my new SDRs and tune the system on my laptop.
 
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