marcs

  1. radioscan

    MARCS Radio

    MARCS Radio in a Middletown Transit System bus. Radio is set to TGID 9470, 09 TA 04. What you'll mostly hear are buses calling each other a few minutes before reaching the Transit Station (aka The Hub) advising of any transfers.
  2. johnnyelectron

    396XT replaced by 396T issues

    Yeah, I know, I moved backwards. The 396XT worked without issues until it disappeared. Bought a 396T, thinking it would be a breeze to program with the control channels=WRONG. No dice. No audio. I can only assume it's because the 396T was 'born' before the XT? Can the 396T do 700MHz and do I...
  3. johnnyelectron

    Lucas/NW & MARCS reband 396T

    Hello, had a working 396XT on Lucas/NW Ohio simulcast and on the Toledo MARCS site. 396XT downgrade, replaced by 396T Uniden. Control Channel programming a non-starter on MARCS or on Lucas County simulcast on the 396T. Is there a specific "Bandplan" template that I need to program in addition to...
  4. S

    MARCS switch to Phase II

    Does anyone know if or when Ohio MARCS is switching to phase 2?
  5. S

    Whitehall Police MARCS

    I know that Whitehall Police is on the new MARCS system. But for Franklin County there are multiple different sites listed as part of the MARCS system. Which system is Whitehall using? I have been struggling to program them in their own bank, and I just want the system frequencies that they're...
  6. K

    Cincinnati PD Radio Issues

    Cincinnati moved to the Ohio statewide MARCS system. Looks like the problems persist. Check out this article from The Cincinnati Enquirer: FOP President: New radio problems putting officers lives at risk FOP President: New radio problems putting officers lives at risk
  7. N

    Analog to MARCS

    Greetings, I live in Massillon. To this point our local safety services have been analog soon to go MARCS. I've not kept current on digital because I have not had to. Just two questions for now, is MARCS hard to receive? Secondly is there anyone living in Massillon that is also getting ready for...
  8. reo236

    Antenna for indoor use

    Looking for a good indoor antenna for all around use. I live on the south side of Clark county and can't get Greene co marcs system. Looking for a better antenna. Any suggestions would be helpful thanks. I may not have it programmed correctly.
  9. A

    Chesterland (Geauga County) MARCS question

    Didn't see anything on the wiki about this but what channel does chesterland PD operate on? (if the have a PD). I am from Geneva and will be traveling there for work from now on starting Wednesday and want to have everything programmed and ready to go for my trips there.
  10. B

    Monitoring MARCS

    I have a HP1 and have a favoirts list with most of my County stuff and it seems to work ok. I would like to know if it is possible to pick up next door counties of is yhe scanner just no that sensitive. I have an outdoor discone antenna and can pick up other countis with vhf but can't seem to...
  11. A

    North Madison, Lake County marcs

    I noticed on the MARCS:IP site map that there are partner sites all over the place. My question is, 1. what are they and are they used and tied into the main lake co. simulcast 2. If so, has anyone come across the freq. for them? I noticed they are not on the database. If no one has come...
  12. W8VFD

    MARCS coverage lacking in Pymatuning State park

    Based on what I saw this past Sunday while assisting in a missing person search in Pymatuning State Park the coverage for Ohio MARCS was lacking to say the least. The ODNR had a heck of a time communicating even on his radio in the car and handheld coverage was definitely out of the question...
  13. M

    MARCS on bc996t vs bc996xt

    I just uploaded identical databases from RR to my bc996 and bc996xt. I am hearing the MARCS frequencies on the XT but not to 996. Am I doing something wrong, or is the 996 not capable of picking up MARCS?
  14. M

    Help please on Marcs changes

    A few months ago, my 996t and 996xt stopped picking up the Ohio Highway Patrol in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties. After seeing the rebanding notices, I updated the new frequencies using info from radio reference. The TGID's seem to have not changed. I have the latest firmware...
  15. H

    ohio marcs on uniden scanner

    i have 2 uniden scanners until the rebanding i was able to hear the ohio marcs, i have done the firmware upgrade and put the new freqs in the list, i still cannot hear anything on the scanner any help would be great
  16. A

    Hearing nothing on MARCS

    I'm still pretty new to programming my (pro-96), even after four years so I apologize if I sound like an idiot with this question. Amidst all of this rebanding, I was wondering if MARCS did the same? I am not positive that I know exactly how reband the Summit County Regional 800 system, so doing...
  17. L

    Conneaut (Ohio) Police New MARCS Digital

    My wife and I are heading out to the store and we're strongly considering purchasing a new Uniden BCD396XT with hopes of picking up the Conneaut Police Department's traffic after recently upgrading to the MARCS digital system. Can anybody confirm that we'll be able to pick them up? Does anyone...
  18. dbsar

    When do the new models arrive?

    I am planning on purchasing the BCD396XT this year but was wondering…when to the manufactures release the new models? The only thing that gives me pause to purchase is the current model not decoding P25 Phase II. I will be monitoring Ohio MARCS.
  19. B

    Uniden Home Patrol 1 & MARCS

    Hi! I have purchased my first scanner. I bought a Uniden HomePatrol1 and am having trouble using. it. I only seem to be able to pick up on OSP. I want to listen to OSP, Toledo and the suburbs particulary Sylvania and Sylvania TWP. I have used Sentinal software to narrow the MARCS list. If...
  20. radioscan

    MARCS TGID 48400 - Dayton Area

    For years I have been hearing traffic on MARCS TGID 48400 which is listed for NCI-1 Noble Correction Institution. This talkgroup is consistently heard off of the Dayton tower site Zone 712D Site 033. NCI is clear on the opposite side of the state. I have monitored this enough to note that...
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