Enid NXDN Simulcast Shutting down

[zahicks1]

The Enid, OK Fire Department has shut down its NXDN Simulcast system. According to the Fire Chief, it was due to "feedback" being heard through the station speakers. I was listening as this was going on and I personally think that it was someone unauthorized keying up on the repeater as I could hear the radio being moved around/background noises. Does anyone know of a scanner that will pick up NXDN Trunk other than an SDR and SDS-100/200? I spoke with the fire chief in reference to this and he is almost completely against using the Simulcast system. I brought up the fact that it makes great interop with other agencies, he then told me that no agencies use that to contact them. I know that is not true, as I have seen it very often with a Medi flight coming in, it was their patch into the NXDN System vs using OK Fire 1.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[GeoFenceFound]

What did he say they were going to use for communications?
I don't know of many that still use NXDN in central OK. Maybe its more common in the Enid area.

 

[zahicks1]

They're still using the NXDN Trunk, the link from NXDN to analog/analog to NXDN is shut down. Meaning the only way to listen to transmissions will be monitoring the trunking system. Yes Enid/Garfield County loves NXDN. City of Enid is on a trunk and all county channels are NXDN Conventional.

I wish Kenwood would allow NXDN Radios to allow monitoring NXDN Trunks in conventional mode, as I have several. The only way I can think of being able to monitor is an NAS From the city (I highly doubt they will do that), SDR, or an SDS-100/200.

 

[JeffersonSpyplane]

Here's a couple of other scanners that can handle NXDN.

NXDN - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[GlobalNorth]

For every public safety agency chief/director that uses the NFPA recommendations for P-25, there's another one who would use non-NFPA standards to keep any and all control of their agency.