FCC Rebanding in VA

[trainman111]

I just moved to Virginia and I programmed the Chesterfield/Henrico/Richmond 800 Mhz. system into my PRO-2055 scanner. I haven't heard anything at all. I tried just trunking the analog frequencies but there was still nothing. I also tried not trunking them at all....still nothing. I was wondering if anyone knows if the FCC Rebanding has begun in this area yet. When I was here a couple weeks ago for a vacation, I programmed the frequencies into my non-trunking BC92XLT and I heard them just fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Nick

 

[dtscho]

Richmond/Henrico/Chesterfield is a digital system. You'll need a digital scanner to hear anything but noise. (Neither the Pro-2055 nor the BC92XLT is digital.) And no, rebanding isn't happening in Virginia yet as far as I know. Hope this helps...

Dave

 

[trainman111]

According to the RR Database, that system is both Digital and Analog so I should be able to hear the analog part of the system. Since part of it is analog, why aren't I hearing it???

 

[dtscho]

The system is analog-capable (because it's not a true Project 25 system), but all the talkgroups identified on the system are digital. There's really nothing to listen to on the system with an analog scanner.

Dave

 

[trainman111]

Thanks you very much Dave. So on the RR Database when it says A for analog next to the freq. that means the talk group is capable of being analog, but that doesnt me it is necessarily analog right?

 

[dtscho]

If it says "A" for analog next to the talkgroup, that means the talkgroup is analog. If it says "D" next to the talkgroup, then it's a digital talkgroup. I've never seen a single talkgroup that uses digital sometimes and analog sometimes. But there are many systems which have both analog and digital talkgroups within the system. Hope this helps.

Dave

 

[photone]

Chesterfield Fire/EMS simulcasts on 154.160...you can hear dispatch and routine traffic as well as minor incidents, howevwer if they go to a Tac, you loose them.