AZ WINS for DPS?

[kingshootr]

I currently listen to DPS (Maricopa County area) on the individual frequencies. Should I be able to pick them up off the AZ WINS South Mountain tower as well?

 

[KG7LER]

I monitor multiple sites for AZWINS to listen to DPS, I have not paid much attention to which towers have which talk groups though.

 

[Ravenfalls]

South Mt usually has D4. Occasion D12. White Tanks usually West.
North Mt, never know what district will be enabled.

For Adot, I use North Mt

 

[KB7MIB]

I have all of the metro area sites. White Tanks, Shaw Butte, South Mtn, Thompson Peak, and Ahwatukee for the 202 South Mtn for when I'm mobile in that area.
There's supposed to be a new site somewhere in the Valley, but I haven't checked yet to see if I can pick it up.

John
Peoria

 

[Ravenfalls]

DPS is using VRS extender which explains the digital sound on analog. Not sure if standard VHF? Or 700Mhz as CHP does?? Troopers were using the extender heavily in bad radio area. Now the use has increased.

Any ideas?

 

[Foresigt]

DPS is not using extenders. Some of what you hear may be the patch between AZWins and their UHF channels depending on which freuencies they are on and you are listening to. Some troopers are using the AZWins system and others like the conventional UHF. DPS uses LTE for coverage in areas where radio coverage is bad, not extenders.

 

[Ravenfalls]

Patch was my 1st guess. Thought Troopers still issued APX8000? Seems DPS has upgrade to Next radios for LTE?

Troopers usingwere loud & clear where UHF horrible. LTE solves whole coverage issue! CHP officer are in transition to Next.

 

[mbnv992]

I’ve even seen a few apx7000 radios still being used. Most have apx8000’s with very few NEXT models roaming around.

 

[kb7kfc]

Has anyone done a site search lately for any more new sites up North like Mount Ord or Greens Peak or Payson area. Its been pretty quiet on new sites.

John

 

[p19997]

The license has been updated.

 

[radiochuck]

I currently listen to DPS (Maricopa County area) on the individual frequencies. Should I be able to pick them up off the AZ WINS South Mountain tower as well?

I live in Sun City and monitor DPS on AZ WINS off of the Shaw Butte site. I get Metro West, Metro Central, Metro East, Metro South, D12 Prescott, D6 Casa Grande and often D11 Payson, D4 Yuma, and occasionally D8 Tucson and D9 Sierra Vista.

From your location I would recommend throwing another site into the mix, such as White Tanks, just so you're not always relying on just one site. I get great results with that configuration.

 

[joncleve]

My step daughter lives in north Glendale near 101 and N 67th, I will be visiting near the end of February and would like to listen to DPS. I realize they use AZWINS and UHF. but is the traffic the same on both sides or does one carry more than the other? It would be easier to just take my G5 but I can bring a UHF HT if needed. Thanks.

 

[radiochuck]

My step daughter lives in north Glendale near 101 and N 67th, I will be visiting near the end of February and would like to listen to DPS. I realize they use AZWINS and UHF. but is the traffic the same on both sides or does one carry more than the other? It would be easier to just take my G5 but I can bring a UHF HT if needed. Thanks.

Traffic is USUALLY the same on WINS and UHF, but WINS has been known to go silent, on rare occasions. I listen to WINS on Shaw all day at work and it's rare for it to go silent, but when it does, I flip to the analog for a while.

Don't know if the site goes offline for maintenance, or what the deal is, but like I say, it's pretty rare, but it happens.

 

[Foresigt]

If you only listen to the AZWINS side, you miss out on all the great simplex car to car traffic that is on UHF. Sometimes that traffic is better than what is on the repeaters.

 

[joncleve]

Great info, so I will take both radios with me and monitor both. Thanks guys very much.