Use the System Status tool in the Analyze menu. Try it with both Dallas Layer 1 & Dallas Layer 2. If you aren't getting a signal, then you may be out of range. It's also possible that they may have tweaked the antenna pattern to focus more on Dallas County.
Check your squelch.
The Dallas Layer 1 & 2 sites are simulcast. Some of the other sites are not.
Dallas Layer 1 is the primary site used for public safety agencies, whether Dallas (city) or Dallas County, as well as the smaller cities on NTIRN (Cedar Hill, Desoto, Duncanville, & Lancaster).
And back on May 15th last year, authorized working with Motorola for obtaining the radio equipment needed for moving to the trunked system.
Thank you @hiegtx for the info. I appreciate it.
I didn't see anything mentioned about the move in any of these notes or did I miss something ?
I went through their city council meeting minutes up to the most recent one posted, and did not see anything related to a ‘start date’ (changeover) listed.
As I understand it, Public Safety(DPD & DFR) radios use Layer 1 primarily, but will use Layer 2 when/where needed. I imagine that there enough radios in locations where Layer 2 is better than Layer 1, so it ends up being that they are on both layers 1 & 2 almost all of the time. For me, in NE Tarrant County, I receive Layer 2 much better than Layer 1.
Ben, I'm seeing the same pattern. DFR & DPD show in my logs as mostly using Layer 1. But there are still occasions where, instead, their TGIDs show as using Layer 2. I suspect that you are correct, that in some areas, there might be a better signal on Layer 2 than what Layer 1 can provide. Since Layer 1 is using the state license, we can't independently check site locations via the FCC licensing. Layer 2 might be somewhat better off since most of it's site frequencies were part of the old analog Dallas City Government Moto Type II. There might be more Layer 2 subsites than the number actually in use for Layer 1.
