Air Canada at PIA

[jonesyxvii]

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Does anyone know if the Air Canada trunked system at Pearson is still operational? The RR database says it was last updated in November 2011 but when I was out at the airport this morning I picked up nothing. No talk groups, no control channel.

 

[exkalibur]

Highly doubtful. Last I saw, Air Canada employees were all carrying Motorola i305 radios, so I would assume they're on the Harmony system like everyone else these days.

 

[VE3JSO]

i think they got rid of the trunk system a few years ago

 

[georgesharpe]

Just what the heck is the Harmony System, anyway?

 

[exkalibur]

A privately run 900MHz iDEN system. Think the Telus MiKE system, but private.

 

[pathalogical]

This system Air Canada (Pearson International Airport) Trunking System, Toronto, Ontario - Scanner Frequencies ??? I was at Aviation World on Wednesday, brought my 246 and I'm positive AIR CANADA popped up with tgids as all my system names are all upper case. I purposely watched for this tsys since you have to be very close to YYZ to hear it. Perhaps Sunday just isn't a very busy day.

...dang it...now I gotta go back there and check...

 

[hypersight]

If you are referring to the system that Pathalogical posted - Air Canada (Pearson International Airport) Trunking System, Toronto, Ontario - Scanner Frequencies
- it is very much active. Listening to it as I type this. Loud and clear from Woodbridge.

 

[Jay911]

Interesting - several years ago I tried to listen and also checked its licenses and a bunch of the frequencies had been dropped and picked up by TELUS iDEN, and I got zero activity at the passenger terminals, just as jonesy said.

However, the licenses are there again. I didn't try tuning in to it in July, thinking it was gone and replaced with the Harmony stuff.

 

[pathalogical]

Confirmed. The system is active, but I can't hear it from 401 & Weston Rd. Along the 409 it started coming in scratchy, arrived at Carlingview Dr around 1pm today and no hits at all in about 15min of listening ! Drove to Orlando Dr (Wendys) and it was non stop action. I think, you have to find a sweet spot around YYZ to listen to this tsys.

 

[exkalibur]

Yup, you beat me to it! I took a slide by the airport last night and you're right, the system is still alive. My 396 wasn't able to pick it up reliably until I got to around Eglinton on the 427.

 

[smitty9999]

Confirmed. The system is active, but I can't hear it from 401 & Weston Rd. Along the 409 it started coming in scratchy, arrived at Carlingview Dr around 1pm today and no hits at all in about 15min of listening ! Drove to Orlando Dr (Wendys) and it was non stop action. I think, you have to find a sweet spot around YYZ to listen to this tsys.

Thanks for the info. I'm at Jane / Wilson and nothing was coming through.

 

[pathalogical]

Thought I'd also mention that there were some tgid that popped up as wildcard on my pro 106; 748, 752, 672, 624. Probably others that I didn't write down. The talk was all the same about passengers, luggage, flight/gate, standbys etc...

 

[jonesyxvii]

I've downloaded the system from RR into FreeScan and uploaded it to my 996XT and 15T and neither picked it up while I was at the airport. Weird. I wonder if my programming is off somehow. How do you guys have it programmed in?

 

[exkalibur]

I just dumped all the frequencies in as if they were control channels. Not sure which one lit up.

 

[pathalogical]

I've downloaded the system from RR into FreeScan and uploaded it to my 996XT and 15T and neither picked it up while I was at the airport. Weird. I wonder if my programming is off somehow. How do you guys have it programmed in?

Use the Splinter System setup.

EDIT: Maybe a DB Admin can add that instruction in the Air Canada page.

 

[mciupa]

Use the Splinter System setup.

EDIT: Maybe a DB Admin can add that instruction in the Air Canada page.

I've added that instruction, your Honour :wink:

Usually the disclaimers on ads are "don't try this at home", I think I'll have to review my programming and give it a shot. Thanks for pointing this out.

 

[jonesyxvii]

Use the Splinter System setup.

Wow, having changed that on my 346XT I'm now picking up this system in Richmond Hill. It's very faint but just strong enough that I can run Unitrunker on it. Helps that I'm seven storeys up, I guess.

Thanks for the help getting this working,

Rob

 

[mciupa]

I've noticed that the control channel today is 853.0500 if that helps anyone.

 

[mciupa]

Let the HomePatrol do it's thing this afternoon on Discovery Mode and logged these un-ID talkgroups between 3 - 4 pm

336,464,576,672,688,704,752,768,816,832,880,960, 976.

Other observations, tg 272 Baggage Runner has the most traffic. All fifteen freq. were being used and today's control channel is 852.8250

 

[02blackss]

I need some help with this one guys........I have programmed it into my 346 through radioreference.......Changed the band plan to Splinter....still nothing. I am in the Dixie and Bloor area in mississauga, quite close to the airport actually. And I am up 7 floors as well.

Anything else I should be changing?