Dallas Area Rapid Transit - Opensky?

[ckqualls]

I noticed DART has a P25 system, buses. They also have an OpenSky, which I assume DART police (and maybe rail) is/was on.

Opensky is ancient, and being phased out. Does anyone know if DART is still using Opensky?
Where can I find DART PD and DART rail?

 

[nd5y]

FCC FRN: 0007393051 (DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY)

FCC FRN: 0007393051 (DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY)

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I can't help with current usage.

 

[kmartin]

New DART Radio System

I don't want to jump the gun and declare the DART 03039.0D6 P25 radio system is dead but I haven't observed it on the air in at least a year (from Dallas). I have been monitoring a new P25 radio system that identifies as 46F74.0D6 (notice the different WACAN but same Sysid). Here is what I have...

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[kmartin]

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System, Dallas Fort Worth Metro, Texas

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System Profile

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[Whiskey3JMC]

Looks like the transition from OpenSky to P25 Phase-II is ongoing or has already happened as talkgroups for DART Police were added to the database today. Not sure if rail ops would be included in any of the "DART All" categorized talkgroups or not but evidently bus ops are. Might want to enable ID Search if your scanner supports it to catch undocumented talkgroups if they exist...

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System, Dallas Fort Worth Metro, Texas

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System Profile

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[ckqualls]

Looks like the transition from OpenSky to P25 Phase-II is ongoing or has already happened as talkgroups for DART Police were added to the database today. Not sure if rail ops would be included in any of the "DART All" categorized talkgroups or not but evidently bus ops are. Might want to enable ID Search if your scanner supports it to catch undocumented talkgroups if they exist...

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System, Dallas Fort Worth Metro, Texas

Dallas Area Rapid Transit P25 Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

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Thank You. I'll give it a try.

 

[mwjones]

The long and short of it is that DART is moving off of OpenSky, mainly because of the Anterix Rebanding of the 930MHz spectrum, and the OpenSky system is somewhat end of life.

It is likely that all aspects of DART (with the exception of the rail operations operating on BNSF/UP/CPKC tracks which will have to remain on VHF) will be on the new P25 system once fully operational. Rail in particular is the likely reason for the "leaky coax" site in the Mockingbird Tunnel, as well as the low powered site at the DFW airport train stations.