Does anyone have any talkgroup information on the system that Bladen County uses as a backup to VIPER ? This system is referred to as Bladen County Alternative Telecommunications System (BCATS). This article provides some details about the background of the system. https://www.wect.com/2018/11/20/emergency-responders-work-improve-radio-system/
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Probably the 700 interop freqs recently licensed under WRNW594.
Per the emission designator code listed on the license (8K70D1W) this is for a P25 LSM System. This system appears to have 3 tower sites which are located in E-Town, Kelly, and Tar Heel.
Emissions Designator Notes: 8K70D1W P25 Linear Simulcast Modulation ASTRO (9.6 kbps in 12.5 kHz channelspace)
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n4dbm
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The county console (dispatch) simulcasts transmit audio to VIPER and UHF conventional systems for fire and law. The fire frequency is still 460.600 with a tone of 186.2. Law is 453.775 with 186.2. The units in the field normally (99% of the time) respond back to central on VIPER. However, they CAN respond back on the input frequency (458.775 and 460.600) which are remote receivers scattered around the county.. Elizabethtown, Bladenboro (Storms Rd), Kelly, Bull Street (near Garland) and Tar Heel. These sites have voters that vote the best RX signal then send it back to county park to be re-transmitted out the TX frequency and back to central, assuming central has that console port turned up to monitor. Since most field units report BACK to central on VIPER, you can monitor the 453.775 and 460.600 frequencies and HEAR dispatch, but you will rarely hear a field unit..
There is an 800 MHz conventional system in place for backup. They are using the regular 853.xxx and 808.xxx (or there-abouts) pairs in clear P25 or narrow band analog. I don't know the frequencies for those right off hand but I'm sure you can do a geographic search for licenses granted in Bladen county.
Some agencies are using 8TAC94 which is located in Elizabethtown.
460.350 also sounds familiar. I think that's EMS ALT 2.
There is an 800 MHz conventional system in place for backup. They are using the regular 853.xxx and 808.xxx (or there-abouts) pairs in clear P25 or narrow band analog. I don't know the frequencies for those right off hand but I'm sure you can do a geographic search for licenses granted in Bladen county.
Some agencies are using 8TAC94 which is located in Elizabethtown.
460.350 also sounds familiar. I think that's EMS ALT 2.
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The BCATS system is not fully up and running yet. The county only has one repeater on that system up and running
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