Are San Diego (City) / San Diego RCS splinter systems?

[b52hbuff]

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=499

Thanks!

 

[n4voxgill]

FCC rule 90.619 designates that systems within 110 kilometers (68.4 miles) of the Mexican or Canadian border will offset 12.5 kHz. In scanner talk that is a splinter system. This is a result of treaty with Mexico.

Gill

 

[b52hbuff]

So is that a yes?

 

[pro92b]

No, it's a maybe. Systems use a splinter offset on an as needed basis to avoid local interference.

Some of the listed systems are splinter and some are not. Those with frequencies below 866 having a zero in the fourth decimal place are splinter. All others are normal.

 

[rescue_pooh]

On my Pro-96 I have SDFD as a splinter system, but my bank with Heartland Fire is set up normal.

 

[b52hbuff]

No, it's a maybe. Systems use a splinter offset on an as needed basis to avoid local interference.

Some of the listed systems are splinter and some are not. Those with frequencies below 866 having a zero in the fourth decimal place are splinter. All others are normal.

Ok, thanks for the information. My next question, if you have a Motorola SmartZone system, and one zone is splinter, does that mean all are?

So going back to:
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=499

As my example, here is the 'South Zone':
866.03750 866.13750 866.41250 866.43750 866.63750 866.88750 866.91250 867.06250 867.13750
867.38750 867.41250 867.61250 867.63750 867.91250 868.07500 868.13750* 868.41250* 868.43750
868.60000

Since no freqs are < 866, we say this isn't a splinter then?

But if you look at the 'North Zone':
856.17500 856.20000 857.17500 857.20000 858.17500 858.20000 859.20000 860.17500 860.20000
860.22500 861.00000 861.15000 861.20000* 861.50000 862.15000* 862.20000* 863.15000* 865.00000

Since we have frequencies < 866 with a '0' in the 4th decimal, then the North Zone must be a splinter.

Am I understanding this correctly?

Just strange to see a 'South' zone in SD which should be closer to mexico not be a splinter...

 

[WayneH]

Splinter only applies to 851-866, not the 866 PS sub-band. So any site of the San Diego RCS would be splinter if it used freqs from the lower range. It's safe to say all of the 800 trunked systems in San Diego and Imperial Counties are splinter.

-Wayne

 

[MikeyC]

San Diego City, RCS North, and most of the fill-in sites in the East County (until RCS East goes live) are splinter systems ... RCS South and the Unified Port District are not splinter systems

- Mikey

 

[WayneH]

San Diego City, RCS North, and most of the fill-in sites in the East County (until RCS East goes live) are splinter systems ... RCS South and the Unified Port District are not splinter systems

Exactly, because they use freqs in the 866 sub-band. For RCS if you program all freqs into one bank then you want to set it as splinter. It won't impact the 866 freqs.

-Wayne