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For a few reasons, but primarily because in NY, some mid- to lower-Hudson Valley counties that have recently built out their respective P25 systems don't play nice here. For one, Westchester regularly responds to both Rockland and Putnam counties; they don't have interoperability, and each has its own P25 system.

Umm because 2 of the systems are 700 and 1 is T-Band.
Westchester always chooses to be an island unto themselves.
 

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Umm because 2 of the systems are 700 and 1 is T-Band.
Westchester always chooses to be an island unto themselves.
That is tue. Westchester loves to isolate themselves. I would think (in a perfect world) they could be connected via ISSI regardless of band?

Are you making demands now?

It's all set. I had a mental fart on the sort, and just copied and pasted based on that.
You didnt copy it from SNE did you?
 

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Curious about some of Winsted PD's alpha tags. And yes, I know their audio is encrypted. I still like looking at the tags when there's a call to see who's responding so please humor me :)

I see 5 radios tagged as folllows:
162 PD M0240-P
162 PD M0239-P
162 PD M0235-P
162 PD M0234-P
162 PD M0233-P

233-240 do not seem to correspond with any of the badge numbers I'm aware of, (although I suppose it's a possibility as there is one officer with a badge of #150 as well as another with badge #475 and there are four officers whose badge numbers I don't presently know. All the rest of the portables for the department are tagged with the Officers' last names.

The only thing that makes sense in my mind is maybe they are multiple portables assigned to cars 23 and 24, but that's just a shot in the dark (I've only seen fire departments do the portables on a vehicle thing but I suppose stranger things have happened)

Any ideas?
 

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Curious about some of Winsted PD's alpha tags. And yes, I know their audio is encrypted. I still like looking at the tags when there's a call to see who's responding so please humor me :)

I see 5 radios tagged as folllows:
162 PD M0240-P
162 PD M0239-P
162 PD M0235-P
162 PD M0234-P
162 PD M0233-P

233-240 do not seem to correspond with any of the badge numbers I'm aware of, (although I suppose it's a possibility as there is one officer with a badge of #150 as well as another with badge #475 and there are four officers whose badge numbers I don't presently know. All the rest of the portables for the department are tagged with the Officers' last names.

The only thing that makes sense in my mind is maybe they are multiple portables assigned to cars 23 and 24, but that's just a shot in the dark (I've only seen fire departments do the portables on a vehicle thing but I suppose stranger things have happened)

Any ideas?
If I had to venture a wild far out guess, I would think that might be the last five digits of the radio serial number. But I know nothing and I'm completely unfamiliar with the process they do.
 

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Umm because 2 of the systems are 700 and 1 is T-Band.
Westchester always chooses to be an island unto themselves.
It is not that Westchester always chooses to be an island unto themselves, the real reason was because of the price.

Because of the topography of Westchester County there would need to be a lot more 700MHz sites compared to the T-Band system that was implemented. They are still having difficulty in acquiring access to additional sites as "fill-ins" with the current system. It would have been very difficult to just acquire sites to license a 700MHz system.
 

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It is not that Westchester always chooses to be an island unto themselves, the real reason was because of the price.

Because of the topography of Westchester County there would need to be a lot more 700MHz sites compared to the T-Band system that was implemented. They are still having difficulty in acquiring access to additional sites as "fill-ins" with the current system. It would have been very difficult to just acquire sites to license a 700MHz system.
Seagravebuff60 and W1KNE, you can "poop" it and dislike the post as you might, but for someone who works on this system everyday, I have a better inside view than a hobbyist forum.

Currently we are in the process of "backfilling" the removed channel from the South Zone (which was removed to establish the South 2 Paging channel (470.200MHz). This will restore the South Zone to six channels. A third South Paging channel will also be operational in the short term (don't ask what "short term" means, we are dealing with MSI).

Longer term, the system will be expanded with three additional channels (which we just received the licenses for) in each of the two zones. This is longer term, as there is a lot of engineering to have the additional equipment installed in limited spacing in the shelters, and getting all of the frequencies to "play nice with each other" on the existing antenna systems and associtated equipment.
 

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Seagravebuff60 and W1KNE, you can "poop" it and dislike the post as you might, but for someone who works on this system everyday, I have a better inside view than a hobbyist forum.

Currently we are in the process of "backfilling" the removed channel from the South Zone (which was removed to establish the South 2 Paging channel (470.200MHz). This will restore the South Zone to six channels. A third South Paging channel will also be operational in the short term (don't ask what "short term" means, we are dealing with MSI).

Longer term, the system will be expanded with three additional channels (which we just received the licenses for) in each of the two zones. This is longer term, as there is a lot of engineering to have the additional equipment installed in limited spacing in the shelters, and getting all of the frequencies to "play nice with each other" on the existing antenna systems and associtated equipment.


“GTR’s” or the new “D-Series multi carrier” ??

Just curious.
 

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My understanding from talking with the engineering side of our group, MSI is pushing the D-Series. Last I heard them talking about it, this series "should" be available in UHF sometime in 2026.
 

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Looks like a new agency has joined the network with 178xxxx Radio IDs:
P25, BEE00.3A9, -2, 1789106, 50, Normal, 0, 2025/12/22 11:46, "", "MHA CovnSt-CS", 79319A8D
P25, BEE00.3A9, -2, 1789109, 50, Normal, 0, 2025/12/29 10:24, "", "MHA WFH-CS", 6B11FE6B
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1781003, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784001, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784082, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, "", "MHA Philip-P", 5FD59B47
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784083, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1789102, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""

Any ideas?
 

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Additionally, seeing some activity on 217xxxx radios in conjunction with Danbury radios in talkgroup 31701:
P25, BEE00.3A9, 31701, 346007, 50, Normal, 4, 2025/12/31 16:30, ""
P25, BEE00.3A9, 31701, 346008, 50, Normal, 1, 2026/01/03 19:02, ""
P25, BEE00.3A9, 31701, 2175500, 50, Normal, 10, 2026/01/03 19:21, ""
P25, BEE00.3A9, 31701, 2175501, 50, Normal, 5, 2026/01/03 19:21, ""

I've recorded audio for both of the 217xxxx radios but nothing discernable yet
 

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The traffic on 31701 has been Nuvance medics talking with the Danbury units. I don't know the status of Danbury EMS as an entity, looking at the city website, it seems that they have someone who oversees the contract with private companies. If I recall correctly, the state allows private EMS companies to use the system for 911 calls but not for private calls.
 

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Looks like a new agency has joined the network with 178xxxx Radio IDs:
P25, BEE00.3A9, -2, 1789106, 50, Normal, 0, 2025/12/22 11:46, "", "MHA CovnSt-CS", 79319A8D
P25, BEE00.3A9, -2, 1789109, 50, Normal, 0, 2025/12/29 10:24, "", "MHA WFH-CS", 6B11FE6B
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1781003, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784001, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784082, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, "", "MHA Philip-P", 5FD59B47
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1784083, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""
P25, BEE00.954, -2, 1789102, 50, Normal, 0, 0000/00/00 0:00, ""

Any ideas?
Adam, what are you using to grab those Aliases off the air? I am new to decoding this trunking stuff.
 
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