disneyland on nextel?

[E5911]

I programmed all the 900 frequencies from the database but all was quiet in the park. Noticed nextel Push to Talk phones on the staff, anyone know?

 

[Mick]

Disneyland

It was approx. September 2008 when they switched to Nextel.

Here's a long thread that picks up about when the switch was made:
http://forums.radioreference.com/gr...12-i-think-im-done-disneyland-scanning-6.html

I programmed all the 900 frequencies from the database but all was quiet in the park. Noticed nextel Push to Talk phones on the staff, anyone know?

 

[Eng74]

They switched to Nextel about 2 years ago but they still have the 900 trunked system as a back up.

 

[Jurassic69]

They are on the Motorola-Nextel iDEN trunked digital system. Anyone know, are they using their dozen or so 899mhz freqs for this?

 

[WayneH]

They are on the Motorola-Nextel iDEN trunked digital system. Anyone know, are they using their dozen or so 899mhz freqs for this?

No, it's all Nextel. The freqs you speak of are inputs to the 900 system.

 

[peepoop]

There are three talkgroups still in active use.

592 Jungle Cruise
1424 Some kind of backstage custodial (very infrequent)
432 Monorail/Railroad (used only as a backup when Nextels are down)

Everything else - Nextel.

 

[Mick]

Jungle Cruise "Jungle Central" on 592 today with lots of radio checks, report of boat motor not starting, and request for animation prep.

1424 had lots of maintenance requests yesterday.

There are three talkgroups still in active use.

592 Jungle Cruise
1424 Some kind of backstage custodial (very infrequent)
432 Monorail/Railroad (used only as a backup when Nextels are down)

Everything else - Nextel.

 

[spock00]

A few questions

Is it a Nextel-like Iden trunked system with phone capabilities? Are there unique cell sites in the park for this? How does this work? I assume a private IDEN system with the option to migrate to Nextel if out of range. http://www.motorola.com/Business/US...Way+Radios+and+Pagers+-+Business/iDEN+Harmony

I was also wondering what the approximate range of the backup 900 Mhz system is?

 

[WayneH]

It's part of the Nextel system, not Nextel-like.

 

[peepoop]

Nextel/Sprint will be phasing out iDEN as of 2013.

Sprint phasing out Nextel's iDEN network, selects vendors for $5b network upgrade project -- Engadget

I wonder how that will affect things at the resort.

 

[b52hbuff]

No, it's all Nextel. The freqs you speak of are inputs to the 900 system.

I'll be taking my HP-1 with 'custom' programming to see what I can pick up on the 900MHz system. Last time I went (during the summer), I heard the custodial chat and the jungle cruise boats.

Did they finally pull out the Mot TRS radios from the jungle cruise boats?

 

[WayneH]

I wonder how that will affect things at the resort.

Possibly migrate to PTT over CDMA?

Hopefully not....

 

[trooperdude]

Or change the 900 system over to Mototrbo ?

Although I can't see Spring wanting to give up the per-subscriber monthly fee and
airtime usage fees.

 

[Jurassic69]

The Nextel i355 seems to be the model used throughout the parks. Under 50 bucks a unit vs how much per 900mhz trunked HT?

 

[WayneH]

The Nextel i355 seems to be the model used throughout the parks. Under 50 bucks a unit vs how much per 900mhz trunked HT?

What about the ability to completely control your network? I'd say that outweighs cheap subscriber radios.

 

[monitor142]

Unless mandated, they will not go to TRBO. D-Land replaced the 900 equipment (new repeaters, controller, additional Gold Elite Consoles, etc) prior to switching over to Nextel. The 900 system is their back up and they intend to keep it running as long as possible.

-M142

Or change the 900 system over to Mototrbo ?

Although I can't see Spring wanting to give up the per-subscriber monthly fee and
airtime usage fees.

 

[b52hbuff]

Possibly migrate to PTT over CDMA?

Hopefully not....

Is this a guess, or does someone else deploy it?

...and why hopefully not?

It is already monitorable. It couldn't be more unmonitorable...

 

[b52hbuff]

I was at Disneyland during the recent downpour. Here's what I found recorded on my HP-1:

TGID Alpha Description
432 Monorail/Trn Monorail / Trains
592 JungleCentrl Jungle Central / Jungle Cruise Boats
1296 All Call All Calls
1424 BkStageCust Back Stage Custodial
720 CustodialCnt Custodial Central

 

[dosboot]

I guess they switched when WDW switched or maybe a little after.How cool that the Jungle Cruise had it's own talk group that is awesome.


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