interesting. I only see one real license for this Coop -
and that particular license says "for telemetry".
without knowing more of the details that were provided to you on their DMR or OFT.... It will be difficult to help.
it's certainly possible that they are on a business DMR system rather than using their own (?)
doug
doug,
When James & I first started kicking this system around, I saw the same license you linked, undoubtedly for telemetry, not voice.
But there is another license for the utility:
FCC Callsign WQSR647 (ESCAMBIA RIVER ELECTRIC COOP)
www.radioreference.com
What, of course, I would not know is whether it is in active use. I'm well over a thousand miles out of range. What I provided to James was a pdf file with step by step instructions & screenshots on creating a trunked system based on the
license. I also (in our conversation) included settings to make One Frequency Trunked systems using the frequencies. The main purpose of initially using OFT systems instead of a normal DMR trunk is that it gives you a better opportunity to see if there is any activity on the frequencies, as well as a starting point for color codes used on each site, and a sampling of talkgroups.
It's possible that the utility is not currently using the system, or only would use it during 'disaster' operations, when there is a maximum effort repair operation is occurring do to damage from, say, a major hurricane. If the utility has migrated to using MDTs or PTT via the cell network, then the prospective DMR system would not be in use. Here in my area, the local gas utility is using MDTs & PTT cell instead of voice communications that a scanner can monitor. Oncor, the power distribution entity that covers a large part of the state of Texas, has an older EDACS system, but is migrating to P25. But even with such a large coverage area, there's surprisingly little radio traffic, except after a major power outage event due to storms.
