AWIN scanning

[bahand]

Correct me if I'm wrong on anything i say, but i'm not real impressed with scanning the AWIN system. I live in Maumelle but work on the east side of NLR. Therefore, depending on whether i'm at work or home, i'm between towers. It only picks up things in my vacinity and i have to change the 800 freqs depending on whether im at work or at home. I'd like to be able to hear Cabot, or even further. Any ideas on how i can better my listening? I like the old Motorola type ii hybrid system for listening more than i've ever liked the apco 25 system. Listening to the system Little Rock is on is much easier and in my opinion better. I work for MEMS and we use both the AWIN and the current Little Rock system. I would much rather keep the system we'r on now than go AWIN...

 

[safetyobc]

That's how AWIN works. Whatever radio is associated with the tower you can monitor, that is who you will hear. So if MEMS is on tower A and B but not C, then you can hear MEMS on A and B and won't on C. If a state police car from Troop L comes to Little Rock and still has L active on his radio, then every tower his radio associates with, you can hear Troop L traffic on that tower until he leaves the area.

Can you pick up both towers from your home and work? If so, you might just monitor both towers separately and hear the info you want.

 

[7eng]

"The Little Rock system will be comprised of a three-site, 30-channel, simulcast system.
The city anticipates it to take approximately 18 months to complete the integration to AWIN.
The Little Rock, North Little Rock , and Jacksonville systems should also experience a significant improvement in the quality of communications inside buildings and other areas where poor signal quality was previously a barrier, said Kirk Miller, senior account manager, of Motorola."
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"Like Fayetteville , Laura Martin, communications manager, for the city of Little Rock also cited the interoperable benefits of the AWIN system as well as the financial benefits to the city.

“Our system was antiquated and the financial resources to upgrade it were limited.” Martin said."

I pulled these quotes from a Jan. 21 post by aspclay because I thought they might serve as a reminder of why the LRPS system is being replaced, and what benefits AWIN might offer.
A 3 site simulcast system sounds as if it may provide much the same content as LRPS TRS listeners currently enjoy, minus the reception issues experienced in some areas with the current analog system.