Burlington County 700 MHz Project 25 TRS

[joey123]

Receiving a moderate strength control channel at 859.6625 in neighboring Camden County with my SDS 100. I can the system ID matches that on 771.63125. Interestingly the strength of 771.63125 has definitely decreased in this spot now that the other

how do I listen to the control channel on my bcd436hp

 

[policefreak]

You can press the CHANNEL button to park on any channel. Next type 771.6312 and press the CHANNEL button again. You should now be parked on the control channel. You may not hear any audio at all even if you set squelch to 0. But if you see a DAT icon on the screen, then it is picking up.

 

[NParkNJ]

Band conditions were quite good today, I was picking up Atlantic County P25 and a new site on this system from Lower Manhattan with a stubby antenna and SDR Sharp.

System ID: 99A
WACN: BEE00
RFSS: 1
Site: 12
859.6625 Control Channel

Quick FCC search seems to show this frequency is associated with a number of sites, each with four channels:
WQUF689
TABERNACLE, NJ
CHATSWORTH, NJ
NEW GRETNA, NJ

WQVS278
WARREN GROVE, NJ
SWEETWATER, NJ
JENKINS, NJ

Guess Burlington County is getting their TRS train rolling.

 

[rrpratt]

Burlington County Central is testing the new F1 dispatch radios today.

 

[edisonfire]

Is dispatch still on 154.220 or a different frequency?

 

[rrpratt]

Same one.

 

[jimmie13]

Just found a new talk group in the system 3501

 

[rrpratt]

Just found a new talk group in the system 3501

Do you mean on Burlington County's new system? If so, is there's data base or file I can retrieve?
Rick

 

[jimmie13]

Yes in the new system it's encrypted audio though

 

[Skypilot007]

Lots of testing today on TG 3501, radio Id's i914, i915 and 10211. All encrypted.
TG 3502 was logged several days ago with similar activity.

 

[policefreak]

So wait, they're even going to encrypt F-1 on the new system?

 

[rrpratt]

No. As far as I know Law Enforcement channels will be encrypted. Not F1 or anything else.
Rick

 

[jimmie13]

Probably those talk groups are law enforcement

 

[rrpratt]

Probably those talk groups are law enforcement

And they are continuing tests today on the new F-1 transmitters.

 

[rrpratt]

In addition, the only law enforcement Chan I listen to is P9. Everything else is fire and EMS. My background was in the fire service as a volunteer.
Rick

 

[policefreak]

Any report on when Fire/EMS may be switching over if all goes well?

 

[joey123]

Any idea when the the new system will be in full effect

 

[rrpratt]

Joey, if ya scroll back to sometime last June, unless it's been changed, it looks like the beginning will be early 2020 and progress to the 2nd quarter.
Rick

 

[phillydjdan]

OK, lets take a moment to clarify something. When we say "F-1" are we referring to the FIRE DISPATCH VHF channel?? Because that is not part of the 700MHz trunked radio system...

 

[rrpratt]

True. And that is staying the same.