Our family is traveling through Colorado for a few weeks and doing almost a full lap of the State (Co Spgs>Denver>Boulder>Estes Park>Aspen>Glenwood Spgs>Telluride>Ouray>Durango). I have a SDS200 with GPS and wanted to plug in PD/FD/EMS along with some Ranger/SAR freqs/TGIDs while we traverse the State. Looks like much of the state is on DTRS and I have programmed that along with many of the county conventional channels where we are passing through already.
A few questions, I see many cites with both P25 DTRS and conventional for the same agencies (PD/FD...), I presume that if they are on DTRS then those conventional freqs are for paging or backup, is that a good assumption? Where I live (Central TX), almost everyone is on P25 and conventional is strictly paging.
I also see Colorado State Patrol on both DTRS and conventional, is that also a good assumption that they are on DTRS when its available and conventional where its not?
I also see a few cities with their own P25 systems not on DTRS (MARC, Aurora, Denver, Boulder). Denver's P25 doesn't look worth programming into the radio as its almost all encrypted for emergency ops. Are there any other P25 or other trunk systems that I should include in my programming for any of the cities on that route above?
Any specific suggestions on any of these cities (Co Spgs, Estes Park, Aspen, Glenwood Spgs, Telluride), as we will be there for a few days each?
Any other general feedback or suggestions (other talkgroups/freqs to listen into, what to listen to besides FD/PD/EMS, etc)
Thanks in advance!
A few questions, I see many cites with both P25 DTRS and conventional for the same agencies (PD/FD...), I presume that if they are on DTRS then those conventional freqs are for paging or backup, is that a good assumption? Where I live (Central TX), almost everyone is on P25 and conventional is strictly paging.
I also see Colorado State Patrol on both DTRS and conventional, is that also a good assumption that they are on DTRS when its available and conventional where its not?
I also see a few cities with their own P25 systems not on DTRS (MARC, Aurora, Denver, Boulder). Denver's P25 doesn't look worth programming into the radio as its almost all encrypted for emergency ops. Are there any other P25 or other trunk systems that I should include in my programming for any of the cities on that route above?
Any specific suggestions on any of these cities (Co Spgs, Estes Park, Aspen, Glenwood Spgs, Telluride), as we will be there for a few days each?
Any other general feedback or suggestions (other talkgroups/freqs to listen into, what to listen to besides FD/PD/EMS, etc)
Thanks in advance!