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primehifi
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Just back from a weekend in Corner Brook.
Spent a lot of time scanning but didn't do a lot of logging. I've submitted some changes and will likely submit a few more to the DB when I think on it.
One note is that Corner Brook area site (subsite 10) is not site 902 but just 1 now. From what I could see coming across and doing analyze when I could on my HP1 it looks as though they've called every site 001 but then are using Subsite to mark the individual sites, running low (west coast) to high (east coast).
Corner Brook is also on two channels, 160.2000 and 160.8000, both of which will rotate between being the active control channel and not, so you'll need them both. There are a couple of other sites in and around the area but I need to recheck the few notes I made before submissions.
Also of note is that RNC in Corner Brook have not switched to the p25 system and are still operating off one frequency (as noted in the DB, 155.2200 if memory serves correctly). They're using less security then some of the taxi cab companies in St. John's and just have one active frequency with PL codes (100.00 is all I saw used). This concerns me as given that the RNC in Corner Brook haven't jumped on the p25 network, it's entirely possible that the RNC in St. John's will not switch to p25 either.
The contrast between RNC and RCMP is funny. RNC -- rightfully so IMO -- use plain speak to communicate. I suspect they have a lot of interop with the FD and Ambo's out that way, since they can being on just an analog frequency with only NFM modulation, so the interoperability probably comes in handy. Not to get off on a tangent, but this is the way it should be.
Oddly, there was no mention of this in the interoperability report the government had commissioned a year or so ago.
I digress.
I saw one new talkgroup light up on the west coast, but only had a couple comms and nothing to determine what it is. I suspect disptach made an error because I then heard her on DeerLake's TG requesting the same info (status on a call) right after. My guess would be that it's simply an Admin channel.
Coming across the island is great though. I got p25 traffic from Come By Chance all the way out to my destination and it's so clear and wonderful. Compared to the EDACS system on the Avalon the p25 is like having them in the car with you.
Spent a lot of time scanning but didn't do a lot of logging. I've submitted some changes and will likely submit a few more to the DB when I think on it.
One note is that Corner Brook area site (subsite 10) is not site 902 but just 1 now. From what I could see coming across and doing analyze when I could on my HP1 it looks as though they've called every site 001 but then are using Subsite to mark the individual sites, running low (west coast) to high (east coast).
Corner Brook is also on two channels, 160.2000 and 160.8000, both of which will rotate between being the active control channel and not, so you'll need them both. There are a couple of other sites in and around the area but I need to recheck the few notes I made before submissions.
Also of note is that RNC in Corner Brook have not switched to the p25 system and are still operating off one frequency (as noted in the DB, 155.2200 if memory serves correctly). They're using less security then some of the taxi cab companies in St. John's and just have one active frequency with PL codes (100.00 is all I saw used). This concerns me as given that the RNC in Corner Brook haven't jumped on the p25 network, it's entirely possible that the RNC in St. John's will not switch to p25 either.
The contrast between RNC and RCMP is funny. RNC -- rightfully so IMO -- use plain speak to communicate. I suspect they have a lot of interop with the FD and Ambo's out that way, since they can being on just an analog frequency with only NFM modulation, so the interoperability probably comes in handy. Not to get off on a tangent, but this is the way it should be.
Oddly, there was no mention of this in the interoperability report the government had commissioned a year or so ago.
I digress.
I saw one new talkgroup light up on the west coast, but only had a couple comms and nothing to determine what it is. I suspect disptach made an error because I then heard her on DeerLake's TG requesting the same info (status on a call) right after. My guess would be that it's simply an Admin channel.
Coming across the island is great though. I got p25 traffic from Come By Chance all the way out to my destination and it's so clear and wonderful. Compared to the EDACS system on the Avalon the p25 is like having them in the car with you.
