EDACS system?

[tflatt281]

i moved states and im very involved in the fire dept and waiting to join a dept nearby but i got deployed until march so just doing some research on depts and ect well the dept i i wanna join runs this pro voice EDACS system not a clue what it is, the last dept i was at ran the DMR stuff hall had mototrbos and what not. so my question is what radio do i have to have to be able to talk and listen on there freqs? once i get on the dept of course just trying to get a idea of what mobile i want to install in my jeep. ill post a link to the freqs page for the county im talking about. i can program motos and what not but i dont know how the system they use works it seems to be UHF from the freqs i saw but i could be wrong

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=6

 

[KevinC]

I would start by contacting the person in the link below...

Bell County 911

 

[Michael-SATX]

Hey tflatt281, I clicked on your link to the Bell Co EDACS system and the RRDB shows all the TG's listed
are in EDACS Standard (Analog) "A" mode except for these 4 TG's show Pro-Voice (Digital) "D" mode etc.
You may luck out programing in that your system does not employ "ESK" (Enhanced Security Key)
which renders the control channel encrypted (like San Antonio uses) thus no trunk tracking w/o key # !.
Temple Talkgroups
1185 09-041 D Tem PD Disp Temple PD Dispatch Law Dispatch
1186 09-042 D Tem PD TAC1 Temple PD TAC 1 Law Tac
1187 09-043 D Tem PD TAC2 Temple PD TAC 2 Law Tac
1194 09-052 D Tem PD Car Temple PD Car to Car Law Talk

Note that your area agencies may have already or plan to migrate to this new Bell County (P25) TRS
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=6897

I like KevinC suggestion of calling up Michael Harmon Exec Dir of the Bell Co 911 Comm Center
He might say sorry son no 3rd party non-dept owned radios and or refer you to your future FD dept ?
Hopefully you don't hear .... click ! You say ... Hello, are you still there ? Now go on and make their day

 

[tflatt281]

I appreciate he feed back, im currently deployed so phone calls are out of the question plus id rather not call him until i was on a dept just so wouldnt look like a *** clown. Right now im put of the states until march so i have a hot min before im back just doing some research on there radio setup sovin the future when i join iv got a idea of what kinda setup i need and price range and your right that may not allow private owned radios but as of right now its just all research. I had a private mobile for the dept i was on in TN but it was a very small community with no complicated encrypted radio stuff