CMPD South District TG

[kg4pbd]

Friday evening and now they are on TG 9136, another former investigations talkgroup. I don't know how this corresponds with where they have been on TG 9168.

I also noticed that the old Baker 4 TG (8784) is being used as the new "South Conference" talkgroup.

 

[jplyler]

dist 22 have been using 9136 for several weeks although the South "22" group is listed on the 8720 talkgroup. I guess the process of switching over to the new channel and district names is not finished. There seems to be much confusion among the users of the system on how to "navigate" the new radio configuration and even which groups cover which geographc area.

 

[kd4kac]

12/19/04-Now sounds like South-22 district is on 8720. For the longest time they were on 9168. Is 8720 the correct code for South Division?

 

[jplyler]

that's what I have too. They have been swithching around the past few months for some reason. For the last few days they have been on 8720 listed and South Div 22 or the old Baker 2 talkgroup.

Jon

 

[jplyler]

now they are back on 9136, go figure.

 

[Phillipsc84]

confususion

I am glad i found this post. i have had the same difficult time trying to figure these guys out. i wondered for a while why i never heard anything out of the old Adam1 baker 2 TGs. then i found them on 9136. seems like they are always working joint on the same channel. I do have one odd thing to see if anyones knows about. I have two scanners in my car. A pro2066 anda pro2067. a uniden and a GRE respectively. When I had them both on the Char/Meck TRS the other night all GRE scanners (pro96,95, and 2067) were on tg 9136 and doing fine but the pro2066 which is the uniden was on tg 9139 which was the same tg. this is the first time i have seen this happen. Any ideas?

 

[jplyler]

It might have something to do with the way each scanner interprets the status bit of the data. I know w/ the bc246 you can select to ignore the status bit or not. No real experience here w/ the status bit but it sounds like what's possibly happening in your case.

Jon

 

[kg4pbd]

9136 has been the most consistently used tg for South Dispatch, at least lately. What I don't understand is I regulary hear dispatchers on this talkgroup call investigators and refer to this talkgroup as Frank 1 which was I think was the old designation for 9136.

 

[jbstahr]

9136 has been the most consistently used tg for South Dispatch, at least lately. What I don't understand is I regulary hear dispatchers on this talkgroup call investigators and refer to this talkgroup as Frank 1 which was I think was the old designation for 9136.

The dispatchers are just as confused as we are. The users of the system are having a heck of a time adjusting to the changes.

 

[jeffmulter]

>> It might have something to do with the way each scanner interprets the status bit of the data.

Correct. The 2066 is an older trunktracker, and the scanner does not have an option to decode status bit variations. The Uniden 895 base and 235 handheld scanners, along with atleast one other Radio Shack scanner (the Pro 90?), have the same limitation.

In scan mode, you will only hear the specific mode for which you have an I-D entered ... so you might not hear an emergency button activation, unless you have that variation programmed in.

In search mode, you will see the variation as an altered I-D, which can give you a better understanding of how the talkgroup is being used, over someone whose scanner automatically compensates for the altered status bit.

If someone is looking to receive all the status bit variations on the Pro 2066 or similar scanners, the only way - other than programming in all the variations - is to set up the trunked system as Type I, and enter the talkgroups in the corresponding fleet I-D format.


Jeff Multer