Franklin Township Trunking

[W2SJW]

I myself have seen 48048 show up on the county side.

It's one of two possibilities:

#1 - Under heavy load, the Franklin site can push transmissions off into the county zone to cope with the radio traffic.

#2 - A Franklin unit might have been operating out-of-town at the limit of the normal coverage area, and at the time he/she transmitted, the system could have seen the unit at the fringe & pushed the traffic into the county zone to successfully complete the call (SmartZone systems are great!).

If you have seen the XTS-1500's that the FD & EMS were issued (like I have), their units are programmed on Zone 2 with TGID's that actively jump between both systems as you work your way around the dial (every zone has EMS MAIN as the first 'channel', and zone #1 has EMS MAIN as #1 and #16 - if you forget where you are in the radio, just wip the knob all the way in either direction, and you'll get dispatch...:roll.

 

[robbinsj2]

I hear Police TG's on the Somerset TRS. I do NOT hear any fire or EMS... I am even searching the system instead of TG Scanning.

Do you mean you don't hear any county fire/ems talkgroups on the county zone? There aren't a lot of FD/EMS users there yet, but 45 is on Zone 6 and 48 may be on Zone 2 (depending upon the call location). SMC-EMS is using EMS Dispatch 1.

If you're monitoring after you hear one of these agencies/units get paged out and still don't hear anything, I can't suggest anything other than making sure the talkgroups aren't locked out.

 

[kenisned]

Do you mean you don't hear any county fire/ems talkgroups on the county zone? There aren't a lot of FD/EMS users there yet, but 45 is on Zone 6 and 48 may be on Zone 2 (depending upon the call location). SMC-EMS is using EMS Dispatch 1.

If you're monitoring after you hear one of these agencies/units get paged out and still don't hear anything, I can't suggest anything other than making sure the talkgroups aren't locked out.

Yes, the county zone. I'm hearing N. Plainfield PD...some interagency PD.. no fire/ems. If I can hear those non-franklin zone TG's then I should hear the others (if they are programmed correctly or i'm searching, right?).

Maybe I just haven't been fortunate to have it on when there was chatter, but I listen a lot.

Thanks, I'll keep listening.

 

[W2SJW]

kenisned,

My apologies! I mis-understood what you were asking about there. I thought you were asking a question about things from Franklin being heard on county...

Leave it to Jim to save the day when I'm half-asleep reading the forum at 11:00pm...

 

[mikea7531]

but 45 is on Zone 6 and 48 may be on Zone 2 (depending upon the call location). SMC-EMS is using EMS Dispatch 1.

East Millstone FAS will also operate on EMS Region 1 when responding to calls in the borough of Millstone. Rocky Hill FARS operates on EMS Region 2 on a routine basis now. Bernardsville Fire & First Aid are at times heard on Fire Region 1, but still mostly on low band.

 

[mikea7531]

Yes, the county zone. I'm hearing N. Plainfield PD...some interagency PD.. no fire/ems. If I can hear those non-franklin zone TG's then I should hear the others (if they are programmed correctly or i'm searching, right?).

Maybe I just haven't been fortunate to have it on when there was chatter, but I listen a lot.

Thanks, I'll keep listening.

I would definetly check to see if you have TGs locked out. There are numerous PDs that operate on the system in additon to North Plainfield. Bedminster, Far Hills, and Peapack/Gladstone can be heard on PD North, and South Bound Brook PD can be heard on PD South.

OEM Dispatch is also in frequent use as well. It's a pretty active system now.

 

[mikea7531]

Franklin Fire District 1 is currently running a drill on the new system. Currently running on Franklin Fire OPS (49680) in Clear Digital.