AFRRCS - Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System - INFO HERE

[VE6BRW]

Are you seeing talk group 931? It appears to be a NCC group in use up there with 411 Id's.

Also if you are able to confirm control channels on sites 235, 240 and 238? If so the database and the map could be updated for your area.

Yes
400, 4012002, ...6057, ...6063, ...6051, etc
401, 4012800, 4012002
901, 4110460, 4110467, etc
931, 4110482, 4119048, etc
974, 4110414, 4110487, 4110394
1151, 4120043, 4120029, 4120005, etc
1596, 9950237, 9950204, 9950208
also seeing 4199048,

 

[harryshute]

Site numbers not talk groups

So this past weekend I've noticed that all of the NW AHSEMS repeater have gone silent. I see UID's showing up on the AFRRCS site in and around Grande Prairie. Does anyone know if AHS has officially gone live with AFRRCS province wide? even the paging channel is silent to all stations. Am receiving UID's and TGID's on...
235 - Grande Prairie
240 - Saskatoon Mtn
238 - Beaverlodge
225 - Demmitt
218 - Wapiti
217 - Debolt
etc...

In the database these site numbers were listed as talk groups which is not correct. The new site numbers for the database are 235, 238 and 240.

 

[mciupa]

If I had the frequencies for 235, 238 and 240 I could fix those sites right now. Otherwise, we may have to wait for thundermedic to log in and fix it up.

 

[VE6BRW]

If I had the frequencies for 235, 238 and 240 I could fix those sites right now. Otherwise, we may have to wait for thundermedic to log in and fix it up.

Sysid RFSS Description County Name Lat Lon Frequencies
05A 235 Grande Prairie Grande Prairie 55.10781 -119.00234 770.59375c 770.85625 772.03125 772.05625 772.83125 773.56875 773.76875 774.05625 774.09375 774.39375 774.68125 774.78125
05A 240 Saskatoon Mtn Grande Prairie 770.60625c 771.15625 771.75625 772.09375 773.05625 773.83125 774.40625 774.90625
05A 238 Beaverlodge Grande Prairie 771.89375 774.01875 774.30625 774.58125
05A 227 Bezanson Grande Prairie 771.34375c 771.70625 772.54375 774.18725
05A 225 Demmitt Grande Prairie 774.36875c

VHF 141.27250c 141.79485c 141.84125c
this is what I've logged.
also have an active list for TGID's and UID's (not sure how to attach the file of the logging)

 

[mciupa]

Sysid RFSS Description County Name Lat Lon Frequencies
05A 235 Grande Prairie Grande Prairie 55.10781 -119.00234 770.59375c 770.85625 772.03125 772.05625 772.83125 773.56875 773.76875 774.05625 774.09375 774.39375 774.68125 774.78125
05A 240 Saskatoon Mtn Grande Prairie 770.60625c 771.15625 771.75625 772.09375 773.05625 773.83125 774.40625 774.90625
05A 238 Beaverlodge Grande Prairie 771.89375 774.01875 774.30625 774.58125
05A 227 Bezanson Grande Prairie 771.34375c 771.70625 772.54375 774.18725
05A 225 Demmitt Grande Prairie 774.36875c

VHF 141.27250c 141.79485c 141.84125c
this is what I've logged.
also have an active list for TGID's and UID's (not sure how to attach the file of the logging)

Thanks for this.

Unfortunately, I'm ready to start my commute here in "the big smoke". I'll get to it later or thundermedic will. It'll be corrected by this evening.

 

[mciupa]

Okie-dokie, I've added the sites and removed the AHS talkgroups.

I hope someone can provide the lat/long's for the new sites.

I didn't add the VHF though.

 

[Jay911]

Those VHF aren't correct anyway, with all due respect - VHF in Alberta is still using the 5kHz spacing.

 

[mciupa]

Those VHF aren't correct anyway, with all due respect - VHF in Alberta is still using the 5kHz spacing.

Aha, so it's "dongle data" or a scanner set on American band plan. :roll:

 

[thundermedic]

Okie-dokie, I've added the sites and removed the AHS talkgroups.

I hope someone can provide the lat/long's for the new sites.

I didn't add the VHF though.

Thank you my friend! I'm on a course out of town and only have internet access at night.

 

[mciupa]

Thank you my friend! I'm on a course out of town and only have internet access at night.

Don't look now, but if you only have Internet access at night, the two submissions for AFRRCS in the queue will keep you going to daybreak! :lol:

 

[Jay911]

http://www.westernwheel.com/article/New-radios-boast-clear-connections-20160928

Can't really copy and paste any of the article due to posting from my phone, but a brief story on town of Okotoks liking their rollout of the system.

 

[Jay911]

I have three groups logged recently with no identity:

38 - tons of testing here with a tech tweaking a site. RIDs lead me to believe this might be Harris.
41 - Just a couple of comms including "leave it on this group for now". RIDs indicate likely Harris.
501 - RIDs in the 402xxxx range (new range not yet seen by me) with an adult male talking to a child who is 'down by the lake near the fallen logs'. (????? Maybe somebody took his radios home for 'testing')

 

[harryshute]

Coalhurst Fire

Did anyone catch the radio ID first 3 digits for coalhurst Fire
and Okotoks Enforcement

Has anyone found the first 3 diget radio ID number for Coalhurst yet?

 

[Jay911]

All the RIDs I've tracked on Okotoks talkgroups so far have been in the 10000 range, and all the RIDs I've tracked so far from Coalhurst have been in the 110000 range. So I guess "the first three digits" would be 001 and 011 respectively.

 

[harryshute]

Thanks for the clarification both on the thread and PM.. I interpreted the number wrong and thought it was 100 for Okotoks and 110 for Coalhurst.

 

[Jay911]

For the sake of interest here are some other radio ranges I've seen...

401xxxx - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
411xxxx, 412xxxx, 413xxxx - AHS of course
990xxxx - SOW cache radios (seen during YMM wildfire). Speculation: 991xxxx is the other SOW's cache, because...
992xxxx - Harris testers
995xxxx - Customer testing (Motorola, other radio shops, etc)
002xxxx - Somebody testing on tg 128

Now I have a question for you (and everyone else):

Anybody know what law enforcement agency uses "Wave" (or something that sounds like that) as a communications and/or MDT system? I've got recordings off MOTO 1 tg with them doing some operational testing and referring to using AFRRCS instead of that device/service. One unit's callsign or vehicle ID was L15154.

 

[willwilliams]

We have been testing a moto mobile and on the moto1 channel Cp police was testing.
And I'm sure 002 is black diamond.


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[Jay911]

We have been testing a moto mobile and on the moto1 channel Cp police was testing.
And I'm sure 002 is black diamond.

That makes sense 'cause I heard them talking about a train stoppage at one point. Thanks!

 

[harryshute]

Site 05A-173 has been renamed Pine Ridge from Panny River. I guess it can be confirmed now in the database and map. 773.18125, 773.43125, 773.68125 and 773.93125.

 

[thundermedic]

Site 05A-173 has been renamed Pine Ridge from Panny River. I guess it can be confirmed now in the database and map. 773.18125, 773.43125, 773.68125 and 773.93125.

I will do that tonite / tomorrow