Greater Cleveland Radio Communication Network

[mrlightfoot]

System goes down again and not one peeps out of you guys LOL. Went down for about 1hr

 

[rcid1971]

What agency are you with?

We’ve been 5x5 all day.

 

[mrlightfoot]

multiple agencies and they all went down, i was told by a motorola tech that the UPS system took a dump at schaaf rd

 

[rcid1971]

multiple agencies and they all went down, i was told by a motorola tech that the UPS system took a dump at schaaf rd

That's patently false.

 

[mrlightfoot]

If you say so LOL. Whatever but I can show you a pics of my radios with out of range on the displays. And I'll guarantee the system went down! That's a fact

 

[rcid1971]

If you say so LOL. Whatever but I can show you a pics of my radios with out of range on the displays. And I'll guarantee the system went down! That's a fact

Are you a lower tier user like sanitation or sewers? heh heh heh

 

[Bswartz95]

Curious how you guys have your favorites list set up for Cuyahoga County. Currently I have city of Cleveland in one favorites list, other Cuyahoga fire in a second and then law-enforcement in a third list. Thinking about dividing the fire and police into east and west as well. The latter two favorites have both Cleveland towers and Marcs.

I’ve had an SDS100 for several years. Just received a new SDS200. Can’t wait to play around this weekend.

 

[rcid1971]

Curious how you guys have your favorites list set up for Cuyahoga County. Currently I have city of Cleveland in one favorites list, other Cuyahoga fire in a second and then law-enforcement in a third list. Thinking about dividing the fire and police into east and west as well. The latter two favorites have both Cleveland towers and Marcs.

I’ve had an SDS100 for several years. Just received a new SDS200. Can’t wait to play around this weekend.

I have the GCRCN as one favorite, largely setup like the database, with every department active, then I have another GCRCN favorite with everything inactive that I can just select which department I want to isolate. I’ve basically committed all the department numbers I have to memory.

For MARCS I have one favorite with several local towers I can hit. Then I have another favorite that utilizes location/GPS when traveling, and another favorite that also allows me to isolate a department. I also have MARCS favorites that are only one department. Say there’s a crash on 271 in Beachwood, I can quickly activate my Beachwood only favorite (I rarely use these, but they are there).

So in all I probably have ten MARCS related favorites, two GCRCN favorites, and one favorite that has Medina-Parma-Ottawa, Lorain County and Huron County Harris systems all in one as they’re tougher for me to monitor location wise.

 

[Bswartz95]

This is what I'm going with so far. I cant figure out if I can separate some of the MARCS departments. MARCS seems to lump them in by county. I created a google doc because my screen shots are too large to post.

Scanner Quick Keys

Scanner Quick Keys Cleveland Greater Cleveland Radio Communications Network Cleveland Fire Cleveland EMS Cleveland Police Brooklyn PD Cuyahoga County Fire & EMS - EAST Greater Cleveland Radio Communications Network Chagrin Valley Dispatch East Cleveland Garfield Heights Oakwood/Walton Hills Warr...

docs.google.com

 

[KB8VJU]

TG 56121 seems to be kennel related traffic such as cleaning and appointments for animals? It follows just after animal control. Any else have a thought?

 

[an39511]

TG 56121 seems to be kennel related traffic such as cleaning and appointments for animals? It follows just after animal control. Any else have a thought?

I've been hearing them for a week or so and believe it's the Cleveland APL

 

[an39511]

Does anyone have information on the tower/antenna that was located at Hopkins Sheraton hotel? It's been torn down and if not mistaken, the antenna was on the roof of that building. I'm wondering if it was removed from service, or relocated, and where that location is.

 

[lwoznicki17]

Is it conceivable that Case only has portable radios? You'll hear an entire shift and the officers are clearly mobile and in buildings, but only on one Radio ID the entire day.

Not trying to hijack the post I know this message is over two years old lol but I have friends that work with CWRUPD, some have in car radios (roadbosses) while patrol officers have their portables you’ll mainly hear their callouts (directives) at night parking lot checks building checks etc. hope that helps sorry I’m late to the party haha

 

[Bswartz95]

Currently running an SDS100 and an SDS200. Work great. Thinking of adding a Unication G4 to the lineup. Anyone on here have success with the Cleveland system on Unication? I think I could add the entire Cleveland system to Knob 1, then break them up by departments to each of the other knob positions. Feedback welcomed before I drop $750.

Also, anyone else pick up on the new Cleveland Fire automated dispatch? The tones are quite annoying. 🤣

 

[rcid1971]

Don’t spend more than $500, there’s plenty of quality preowned units that pop up all the time on social media. I blew $800 on my first new one with horrific programming and regret it, because at the time there weren’t many programming videos and I was intimidated by the lack of knowledge available online. Next unit I found for $500 and another for $400, they’re all quality.

I struggle to hear GCRCN with an SDS100 without perfect atmospheric conditions and antenna placement. The Unication G5 picks this system up with stock antenna 5x5.

As far as programming that’s up to you, this is a medium sized but very busy system. I’m successful scanning most of what I’m interested in within one single knob. I use multiple zones for various channel isolation, and the G4 should serve your listening very nicely. It’s a great radio but terrible scanner. Working in harmony with your Uniden’s I think you will be very pleased with this system on the G4.

 

[Bswartz95]

Don’t spend more than $500, there’s plenty of quality preowned units that pop up all the time on social media. I blew $800 on my first new one with horrific programming and regret it, because at the time there weren’t many programming videos and I was intimidated by the lack of knowledge available online. Next unit I found for $500 and another for $400, they’re all quality.

I struggle to hear GCRCN with an SDS100 without perfect atmospheric conditions and antenna placement. The Unication G5 picks this system up with stock antenna 5x5.

As far as programming that’s up to you, this is a medium sized but very busy system. I’m successful scanning most of what I’m interested in within one single knob. I use multiple zones for various channel isolation, and the G4 should serve your listening very nicely. It’s a great radio but terrible scanner. Working in harmony with your Uniden’s I think you will be very pleased with this system on the G4.

Thanks for the tips! I always worry about reliability when I buy used. Guess I’m just paranoid. Lol.

I’m in old Brooklyn and get GCRCN very well. I can even lock onto Summit & Lake county MARCS to get a lot of other agencies. This is with the SDS 100. I’ve read up on the G4 and have watched a lot of videos. Thinking I might even be able to pick up farther out.

 

[rcid1971]

Thanks for the tips! I always worry about reliability when I buy used. Guess I’m just paranoid. Lol.

I’m in old Brooklyn and get GCRCN very well. I can even lock onto Summit & Lake county MARCS to get a lot of other agencies. This is with the SDS 100. I’ve read up on the G4 and have watched a lot of videos. Thinking I might even be able to pick up farther out.

Lorain, Medina, for sure.

 

[KB8VJU]

New talkgroups

Anyone had any luck identifying these two?

56832 Sounds like power company

56836 Heard RTA Rapid Transit portable checks at airport. similar to what used to be on Region 15

Thanks.