Elkhart County info just updated on the database under safe-t. I don't know when Elkhart county will switch from vhf to safe-t. I was told 11-10-2020 but that didn't happen, was then told too day it will be 11-18-2020 so we'll wait and see
Elkhart County info just updated on the database under safe-t. I don't know when Elkhart county will switch from vhf to safe-t. I was told 11-10-2020 but that didn't happen, was then told too day it will be 11-18-2020 so we'll wait and see
yes they cut vhf patch to the system back in oct. And little more info in county fire they are going to split up the Fire Departments up in districts. so not sure what departments are going to use what talk group and how paging going to be done. one guy said that they will tone out on vhf and talk on safe-t ???? but he said too day that might change with the new 911 center upgrades being done by the first of 2021. who knows maybe p25 paging?
That will probably depend on how many of the FD's can afford to ditch their Minitors and get Unications. I'm far from the area under discussion but the vast majority here still get toned out on VHF even though they operated on Safe-T because they can't afford to replace all of those pagers.yes they cut vhf patch to the system back in oct. And little more info in county fire they are going to split up the Fire Departments up in districts. so not sure what departments are going to use what talk group and how paging going to be done. one guy said that they will tone out on vhf and talk on safe-t ???? but he said too day that might change with the new 911 center upgrades being done by the first of 2021. who knows maybe p25 paging?
That will probably depend on how many of the FD's can afford to ditch their Minitors and get Unications. I'm far from the area under discussion but the vast majority here still get toned out on VHF even though they operated on Safe-T because they can't afford to replace all of those pagers.
Yep, system is looking busy today!As of today 11/18/20 Elkhart County is on safe-t. Will have to update the talk groups as not hearing all departments so if anyone hears a new talk group please update rr database thanks happy scanning
Yep, system is looking busy today!
Thanks to their checks of all stations' radios this morning, I've nailed down the 3 fire districts of the county (includes Goshen fire). I'll submit those talkgroups to the DB. I'll probably make a little map of them, I guess throw it up on the wiki for Elkhart County? With regards to how county fire is being dispatched, their announcement this morning advised calls will come through on SAFE-T. The exact way it's been coming out has varied (probably just because it's new procedure), but the general gist is a short call with the station name and Signal 76/10-50 PI/whatever is going on, then at least 2 longer calls with the full details, and between at least 1 of these calls they use the Motorola console alert 3 tone for a couple seconds. Example
I've still got a fair bit of talkgroups that are unknowns, probably some tacticals/firegrounds, will submit them as I ID them. ECSO seems to have dispatch traffic coming over what used to be their "ops" channels, so they may be in districts as well. Working on figuring that out next.
Agree with that. No evidence of districts, but it looks like 10220 is being used for the Goshen City/Elkhart County court security (might not be new, but just happened to notice it now). 10219 had a couple Goshen RIDs mixed with SO RIDs so it's possible that's still an ops channel. Going to wait to submit these until I have a little bit more data to work with.Goshen PD Dispatch appears to be using TG 10221, which is identified as 20-ELE-OPS4 in the database.
It appears Elkhart county PD is up on safe-t this morning 8/19/2020 .So far all I have copied is dispatch on talk group 10208Elkhart County info just updated on the database under safe-t. I don't know when Elkhart county will switch from vhf to safe-t. I was told 11-10-2020 but that didn't happen, was then told too day it will be 11-18-2020 so we'll wait and see
It appears Elkhart county PD is up on safe-t this morning 8/19/2020 .So far all I have copied is both sides of dispatch on talk group 10208Elkhart County info just updated on the database under safe-t. I don't know when Elkhart county will switch from vhf to safe-t. I was told 11-10-2020 but that didn't happen, was then told too day it will be 11-18-2020 so we'll wait and see
Also found two unidentified talk groups at least on the System Talkgroups page . 12722 and 12724. Both refer to dispatch during transmission. with 12722 I believe I heard Nappanee reverenced...
Thank you for submitting those two. One more turned up today 12729. I would assume it's just another TG from district fire talk groups. One question when you say district fire talk groups are you talking Elkhart county or just the whole district 24 area. Sorry for my very poor knowledge base. I just came home from seven years in Charlottesville and my pro 197 was dead. I just thought Indiana had switched to phase 2. Then I noticed Elkhart Simulcast had switched from 800MHz to 700 MHz and South bend had new 800MHz frequencies. Anyways I put them in the scanner and low and behold everything came alive. Even the talk groups for the most part were the same. Oddly South bend PD ,St Joe County and ISP also were on 700MHz. Was that because I was hearing them through the Elkhart simulcast system as apposed to hearing them directly.12722-12724 are the district fire talk groups. I have already submitted those to the DB.
Thank you for submitting those two. One more turned up today 12729. I would assume it's just another TG from district fire talk groups. One question when you say district fire talk groups are you talking Elkhart county or just the whole district 24 area. Sorry for my very poor knowledge base. I just came home from seven years in Charlottesville and my pro 197 was dead. I just thought Indiana had switched to phase 2. Then I noticed Elkhart Simulcast had switched from 800MHz to 700 MHz and South bend had new 800MHz frequencies. Anyways I put them in the scanner and low and behold everything came alive. Even the talk groups for the most part were the same. Oddly South bend PD ,St Joe County and ISP also were on 700MHz. Was that because I was hearing them through the Elkhart simulcast system as apposed to hearing them directly.
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well I guess that could be .But both simulcast systems are identical. Parameters in scanner settings are identical. I rechecked type it's P25 AUTO. The control channels are rechecked. I programed in LaPorte's simulcast. It's a little far away but was able to copy a couple transmissions. so it works. Thanks milf for your help. I'm at a loss. But will keep investigating. If there is anything you think I'm missing let me know. I'm a long way from being an expert that's is for sureThere is something not programmed right on your scanner.