Get ready, Here it comes.

[kylerdaybell]

Hey everyone in Utah, If you hope to keep scanning Utah public safety things are changing.
Here is the information I have.
1. System cutover looks to begin at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, This will bring an end to the dinosaur that is the UCA Motorola type 2 system.
2. VHF systems you are currently scanning may go dark. UCA provided significant funding with L3Harris to get rural county organizations to purchase radios compatible with the new system.
3. Scanners for p23 phase2 are expensive. but they do not have to be. I have had great success monitoring the active sites with a couple of simple $30 dongles and antennas.
4. I have created a discord for Utah scanner nerds to have communication about how they are scanning around Utah in anticipation of this new system.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

3. Scanners for p23 phase2 are expensive. but they do not have to be.

P23 huh? That a downgrade to P25? Haha, jk. Welcome to the RR forums

 

[kylerdaybell]

P23 huh? That a downgrade to P25? Haha, jk. Welcome to the RR forums

My fingers go faster than my brain sometimes I can send you a link to the discord if you are interested.

 

[bhall7]

Hey everyone in Utah, If you hope to keep scanning Utah public safety things are changing.
Here is the information I have.
1. System cutover looks to begin at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, This will bring an end to the dinosaur that is the UCA Motorola type 2 system.
2. VHF systems you are currently scanning may go dark. UCA provided significant funding with L3Harris to get rural county organizations to purchase radios compatible with the new system.
3. Scanners for p23 phase2 are expensive. but they do not have to be. I have had great success monitoring the active sites with a couple of simple $30 dongles and antennas.
4. I have created a discord for Utah scanner nerds to have communication about how they are scanning around Utah in anticipation of this new system.

Discord server link?

 

[kylerdaybell]

Join the UCA Monitoring Discord Server!

Check out the UCA Monitoring community on Discord - hang out with 7 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

 

[kylerdaybell]

Discord server link?

I cant post it publicly according to RRF

 

[KevinC]

I cant post it publicly according to RRF

Says who?

 

[kylerdaybell]

Says who?

Well, it was pending as a suspicious post for a little bit, but it did go through. Thanks!

 

[AK9R]

All new users are moderated until we see that they demonstrate their abilities as radio nut cases...just like the rest of us here.

 

[kylerdaybell]

We now have RDIO set up with carbon county public safety!!! the RDIO app is much more powerful than other online scanner systems as it allows you to choose individual talk groups to listen to.

 

[kylerdaybell]

We now have RDIO set up with carbon county public safety!!! the RDIO app is much more powerful than other online scanner systems as it allows you to choose individual talk groups to listen to.

and supports multiple system listening at the same time.

 

[DanLP456]

I listen to UCA on a HomePatrol-II and Pro-96. Will either of these have the ability to listen to the new system?

 

[kylerdaybell]

It looks like the home patrol 2 will do it, BUT that depends on where you are in Utah, if you are in a simulcast zone, it will struggle.

 

[enosjones]

I have a hp2 as well as several others

 

[DanLP456]

It looks like the home patrol 2 will do it, BUT that depends on where you are in Utah, if you are in a simulcast zone, it will struggle.

Well of course the only site I get reliably at my house is the Wasatch Simulcast 🙃 Thank you for your response 🙂 I will have to see how things sound when the switchover happens.

 

[DanLP456]

Does anyone know if they'll be "Phase 2 capable" at first or actually operating in Phase 2 mode right away once the switchover happens?

 

[522]

Well of course the only site I get reliably at my house is the Wasatch Simulcast...

Your location says Summit County, UT. Have you tried any of the other UCA Sites for Summit County?

7202	022 (16)	Lewis Peak	Summit, UT	852.3125	852.600	852.9125c	853.1375	853.225c	853.3875
7202	041 (29)	Humpy Peak	Summit, UT	851.050c	851.3375c	853.0375c
7202	042 (2A)	Echo Peak	Summit, UT	851.3625c	851.850c	852.650	853.200	853.5875
7202	050 (32)	Elizabeth Ridge	Summit, UT	851.775c	853.450c
7202	051 (33)	China Ridge	Summit, UT	852.8375	853.1125c	856.9875c

 

[DanLP456]

Your location says Summit County, UT. Have you tried any of the other UCA Sites for Summit County?

7202	022 (16)	Lewis Peak	Summit, UT	852.3125	852.600	852.9125c	853.1375	853.225c	853.3875
7202	041 (29)	Humpy Peak	Summit, UT	851.050c	851.3375c	853.0375c
7202	042 (2A)	Echo Peak	Summit, UT	851.3625c	851.850c	852.650	853.200	853.5875
7202	050 (32)	Elizabeth Ridge	Summit, UT	851.775c	853.450c
7202	051 (33)	China Ridge	Summit, UT	852.8375	853.1125c	856.9875c

I have, Lewis Peak comes in sometimes, I think those other sites are more North and East (Coalville or the Unitas). I program my HP2 with all sites in Morgan, Summit, and Wasatch Counties (I have a mount for that scanner in my car) and program my Pro-96 with Wasatch Simulcast and Lewis Peak. Kind of a bummer that the Pro-96 won't work with the new system.

 

[kylerdaybell]

I have, Lewis Peak comes in sometimes, I think those other sites are more North and East (Coalville or the Unitas). I program my HP2 with all sites in Morgan, Summit, and Wasatch Counties (I have a mount for that scanner in my car) and program my Pro-96 with Wasatch Simulcast and Lewis Peak. Kind of a bummer that the Pro-96 won't work with the new system.

Thats ok! The cheapest option is to live the SDR life which allows us to do some really cool things. I am working on making sure that SDRTrunk can handle the simulcast but so far SDR Trunk with an RDIO scanner app, it works amazingly.

 

[utvdealer]

Hey everyone in Utah, If you hope to keep scanning Utah public safety things are changing.
Here is the information I have.
1. System cutover looks to begin at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, This will bring an end to the dinosaur that is the UCA Motorola type 2 system.
2. VHF systems you are currently scanning may go dark. UCA provided significant funding with L3Harris to get rural county organizations to purchase radios compatible with the new system.
3. Scanners for p23 phase2 are expensive. but they do not have to be. I have had great success monitoring the active sites with a couple of simple $30 dongles and antennas.
4. I have created a discord for Utah scanner nerds to have communication about how they are scanning around Utah in anticipation of this new system.

How do I get an invite to the Discord?