Franklin County/Columbus P25 System Discussion

[Robert43055]

I heard they were switching over tomorrow July 1st anyone know that for sure, and anyone know if there channels are gonna be encrypted or not?

 

[MBECKNELL]

are you talking cincinnati or some were else ????

 

[Volfirefighter]

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Canton?

 

[Robert43055]

Columbus sorry

 

[RakkFO]

I think a holiday weekend is not a smart time to switch. I could be wrong, but I would not switch before Red, White and Boom.


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[W8RMH]

I think a holiday weekend is not a smart time to switch. I could be wrong, but I would not switch before Red, White and Boom.


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I heard they were going to start testing on a large scale during Red, White, & BOOM on their event channels, not necessarily "switching over" altogether.

 

[mmartinfan]

It will be before Labor Day

 

[K8CMH]

W8RMH is correct. They will be using the P25 - X EZ-# talkgroups throughout the day for RWB.

 

[gtaman]

CFD is currently operating the Locution System on the Columbus City site.

 

[W8RMH]

CFD is currently operating the Locution System on the Columbus City site.

They have been multi-casting dispatch on X ALPHA and X 10FIRE for about a week now.

 

[gtaman]

They have been multi-casting dispatch on X ALPHA and X 10FIRE for about a week now.

Gotcha I haven't been monitoring in a little bit. And I noticed it's different then the sheriff multicast. It's not a patch from analog. The locution device is plugged directly into the controller.

 

[baj76]

Good to know.. Thank you

 

[bigredtruck411]

now I have to figure out how to reprogram my scanner

 

[edhaywd]

CPD

I thought you were asking about Cleveland

 

[W8RMH]

I hope the county switches to headsets and they get off those terrible desk mics.

 

[SCPD]

I hope the county switches to headsets and they get off those terrible desk mics.

They use headsets: https://www.facebook.com/OHFCSO/posts/936293409797110

 

[W8RMH]

They use headsets: https://www.facebook.com/OHFCSO/posts/936293409797110

They sound terrible and you can hear the "clunk" when they let off the button. Those headsets pictured may be for telephone use.

 

[wdz]

The last memo I got said FCSO is switching this Sunday, July 10th starting at midnight. The same memo says Columbus will switch July 17th.

 

[mmartinfan]

And the analog system has crapped out again. Its fun to listen to the dispatchers and officer try to locate things on the radio.

 

[W8RMH]

From a very reliable command source "The Columbus Police Division is scheduled to switch over to the P25 system on Sunday, July 17 at 5:00AM, and encryption will only be used on a couple SWAT and NARC talk groups".