Charlottesville and vsp

[BlueMoon2]

I was talking with a friend of mine about Charlottesville's 800 MHz system and the fact that they still have to upgrade from Motorola smartnet to p25 phase 1 or phase 2. He said that Charlottesville is already on phase 1. I don't think that's correct. I know that vsp is on p25 phase 1 per the radio reference database, but I doubt that Charlottesville is. When I have scanned Charlottesville and vsp on my 436hp, every time there is activity in a channel for EITHER system, it comes up on the display 'nfm p25'. I thought I read somewhere that for phase 1 it would come up 'p1' or 'p2' in the display for which version the system is on. Can anybody clarify?


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[sallen07]

When I have scanned Charlottesville and vsp on my 436hp, every time there is activity in a channel for EITHER system, it comes up on the display 'nfm p25'. I thought I read somewhere that for phase 1 it would come up 'p1' or 'p2' in the display for which version the system is on. Can anybody clarify?


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Which scanner? The 436 will show "P25" for Phase 1, and "PT0" or "PT1" for Phase 2 (slot 0 or 1). If you are seeing "P25" that's P25 Phase 1.

 

[fredva]

Perhaps the confusion about whether the system is P-25 or not comes from the SMARTNET system already having P25 voice?

 

[GmanX]

Charlottesville has an analog control channel with a digital or analog talk channel depending on the talk group. Smart Zone. While the audio is P25 phase 1 . The whole system does not qualify as a P25 system

 

[BlueMoon2]

Gmanx that's what I was thinking. So it's just the audio that's p25 phase 1. Good to know. Thanks


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