Alamance County

[Chris0516]

I can get the FD Disp(4167 in the county listing on Viper) no problem. But I rarely hear anything else from their Viper listing. So, I unlocked the conventional channels for the county and, the channel for the county jail is blocking anything from coming through. Any ideas, TIA

 

[drayd48]

I hear Alamance county all the time when I travel through there. What towers are you monitoring?

 

[Chris0516]

I hear Alamance county all the time when I travel through there. What towers are you monitoring?

I have Chatham County(home)'s Pittsboro tower in use at the moment. Because I tried towers in my neighboring counties(Alamance, Durham, Harnett, Moore, Orange, Randolph, Wake) w/o any success. I do have all the counties programmed in properly(I want to hear what is happening in a neighboring county). Just that, I am only getting the dispatch channel from that tower.

 

[tvengr]

I am only getting the dispatch channel from that tower.

If you have a BCDx36HP or SDS100/200, go into the profile editor in Sentinel and enable all of the service types. Only the dispatch service types are enabled when you first install Sentinel.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

What make & model scanner are you using? Your signature only mentions a BCD325p2 & if this were the case then the service type solution wouldn't be applicable to that model

 

[Chris0516]

If you have a BCDx36HP or SDS100/200, go into the profile editor in Sentinel and enable all of the service types. Only the dispatch service types are enabled when you first install Sentinel.

What make & model scanner are you using? Your signature only mentions a BCD325p2 & if this were the case then the service type solution wouldn't be applicable to that model

I only have the BCD325p2. But I d/l'ded Sentinel . To see what you were referring to, hoping that I could somehow do the same function in ProScan. But NEITHER, mention TAC channels. I guess those are encrypted.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Sentinel isn't compatible with the BCD325P2. Also Alamance County Fire Tac channels are listed as "in the clear" (mode "D") in the DB. If they were fully encrypted, they'd show up as mode "DE" (or "De" if encrypted partially)

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
4157	103d	D	AlamanceCo FD 2	County Fire Tac 2	Fire-Tac
4208	1070	D	AlamanceCo FD 3	County Fire Tac 3	Fire-Tac
4159	103f	D	AlamanceCo FD 4	County Fire Tac 4	Fire-Tac
4160	1040	D	AlamanceCo FD 5	County Fire Tac 5	Fire-Tac
4161	1041	D	AlamanceCo FD 6	County Fire Tac 6	Fire-Tac
4163	1043	D	AlamanceCo FD 8	County Fire Tac 8	Fire-Tac
4164	1044	D	AlamanceCo FD 9	County Fire Tac 9	Fire-Tac
4156	103c	D	AlamanceCo FD 10	County Fire Tac 10	Fire-Tac

 

[Chris0516]

Sentinel isn't compatible with the BCD325P2. Also Alamance County Tac channels are listed as "in the clear" (mode "D") in the DB. If they were fully encrypted, they'd show up as mode "DE" (or "De" if encrypted partially)

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description	Tag
4157	103d	D	AlamanceCo FD 2	County Fire Tac 2	Fire-Tac
4208	1070	D	AlamanceCo FD 3	County Fire Tac 3	Fire-Tac
4159	103f	D	AlamanceCo FD 4	County Fire Tac 4	Fire-Tac
4160	1040	D	AlamanceCo FD 5	County Fire Tac 5	Fire-Tac
4161	1041	D	AlamanceCo FD 6	County Fire Tac 6	Fire-Tac
4163	1043	D	AlamanceCo FD 8	County Fire Tac 8	Fire-Tac
4164	1044	D	AlamanceCo FD 9	County Fire Tac 9	Fire-Tac
4156	103c	D	AlamanceCo FD 10	County Fire Tac 10	Fire-Tac

I know Sentinel is not compatible with the 325p2. I just temporarily installed Sentinel to better understand what tvengr meant.

 

[drayd48]

I have Chatham County(home)'s Pittsboro tower in use at the moment. Because I tried towers in my neighboring counties(Alamance, Durham, Harnett, Moore, Orange, Randolph, Wake) w/o any success. I do have all the counties programmed in properly(I want to hear what is happening in a neighboring county). Just that, I am only getting the dispatch channel from that tower.

Remember, a unit has to be affiliated on a specific channel for it to be carried across that tower. Most radios sit on dispatch all the time, so it makes sense that someone happens to be affiliated on dispatch on that particular tower you are on. If no one is affiliated on a certain channel, even if that tower is capable of carrying that talkgroup, that tower won't broadcast that talkgroup. It is very unlikely that a unit affiliated on a tac channel would be outside the county.

 

[drayd48]

the channel for the county jail is blocking anything from coming through

Looking at the FCC database, that channel is the control channel for the Franklin County system. You are probably receiving that channel.

 

[Chris0516]

Remember, a unit has to be affiliated on a specific channel for it to be carried across that tower. Most radios sit on dispatch all the time, so it makes sense that someone happens to be affiliated on dispatch on that particular tower you are on. If no one is affiliated on a certain channel, even if that tower is capable of carrying that talkgroup, that tower won't broadcast that talkgroup. It is very unlikely that a unit affiliated on a tac channel would be outside the county.

I know they sit on the dispatch channel, and they have to be affiliated with a tower. I know I am getting Alamance County off the Pittsboro tower, because. Chatham County has a patch to their VHF channels. Just from focusing on the voices, I can tell the difference between Chatham n' Alamance (and the other neighboring counties I have programmed).

Looking at the FCC database, that channel is the control channel for the Franklin County system. You are probably receiving that channel.

I'm curious? Can you tell me where, on the FCC site, that you searched? Because, Franklin County is not a neighboring county for me. As for the jail blocking everything, the jail has a VHF channel that is blocking everything.