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Lee's Summit is the lone phase 2 user on the system AFAIK.Is there any talk about the P-25 MARRS system moving to phase 2 system anytime soon ? Curious if anyone can share any info? Thanks
Is there any talk about the P-25 MARRS system moving to phase 2 system anytime soon ? Curious if anyone can share any info? Thanks
Lee's Summit is the lone phase 2 user on the system AFAIK.
I was thinking of posting an updated version of the radio ID ranges I've seen for MARRS. It occurs to me that this might work better as a wiki page, rather than a forum post. Anybody think this is a good or bad idea?
I would include just the ranges, like "4001xxx KCMO Police", or "4007xxx KCMO Fire". I don't plan to post RIDs for any individual users, except maybe for the dispatch radios.
I've never been told "don't do that" for my forum posts about RIDs, so I assume there aren't any "official" objections (either on the part of RadioReference or of the agencies involved), but I figured I would ask. I am not employed by or affiliated with any of the agencies that use MARRS, or any radio, hardware, or software vendor.
For an example of what the proposed wiki page might look like, see my post from February 2020: 2020 - Kansas City Metro Area MARRS P25 Trunked Radio System
Thanks!
tl;dr: How do the fire dispatch radios work on MARRS?
I've noticed that some of the fire dispatchers on MARRS seem to "share" radio IDs, in a way that law enforcement usually does not. For instance, whenever I've heard RIDs 4000 001 through 4000 016, they have always been for the KCMO police. 4000 017 through 4000 030 are always fire dispatchers, but sometimes I'll hear the KCMO fire dispatcher on one of those RIDs, and then days or weeks later, hear a Central Jackson County fire dispatcher on the same RID.
I assume that the dispatch center doesn't have one mobile radio bolted to the top of one power supply at each dispatcher's desk. Rather, the transceivers are all in a rack in the back room somewhere, and when a dispatcher keys up, "the system" selects an idle transceiver and connects their microphone to it. It just seems like some of the transceivers are dedicated to the larger users, like KCMO PD, while others get shared among multiple agencies.
Thanks!
Lee's Summit is the lone phase 2 user on the system AFAIK.
No, I listen with OP25 and a old 396xtDo you have a SDS100 by any chance?
I have a dumb question. When a changeovers to phase II occur, will talk group IDs remain the same or will they change?
As @PVPD730 stated above, most of the time P1 to P2 transition will be quite passive. The majority of users to the system will not notice anything more different... other than audio being a bit more......... squished (12.5 vs 6.25 bandwidth slots). People that use scanners (Whistler, Uniden, etc) that do not support P2 decoding will be hearing nothing with P2 radio activations.I have a dumb question. When a changeovers to phase II occur, will talk group IDs remain the same or will they change?
Any new meeting minutes or a website to check, thanks!?MARC has been slow to release their MARRS management council meeting minutes for months (I haven't seen anything new since July). Anyone else noticed this?
From Public Input - Regional PlanningThe whole MARC website is slow to update stuff.
Since this is a public organization, they should keep the public informed of what is going on, we should demand more transparency.
JMHO
Who do we complain to?
HH
The whole MARC website is slow to update stuff.
Since this is a public organization, they should keep the public informed of what is going on, we should demand more transparency.
JMHO
Who do we complain to?
HH