Hey Utah

[MrBungle]

Just popping in to see what's the latest. Six years ago, I retired as a Utah deputy, and during my time, I was our agency's radio liaison with UCA (or UCAN) for both departments I worked for. Recently, I bought a USB SDR (Software-Defined Radio) unit, and it's super cool! I'm really enjoying it. Besides that, my main focus is scanning the SPOK Pagers with PDW, using a huge filter list to only see the interesting stuff. I do this on my Toughbook, which also has a RadioShack Pro93 on the back, along with a DIY data slicer with RS232 I made back in 2002 when I joined.

I've heard about the new changes being made to the 700 system, and it's super interesting. I am currently in Box Elder, so I still get the county on 155.5875Mhz, which is awesome. I use my tiny UV9R to listen to it. All my scanners are old – Pro-433 in my car and various analog handhelds. I've never had a digital scanner. The plan is to get another USB unit and trunk it, even after the switch. It will be decrypted soon.

I also planning on expanding the radio I pick up in my car. I may add an antenna. Inside I have a small 800MHz unit.

 

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[tsalmrsystemtech]

Yes I use that same pager software decoder for one fire department. Still old school but love seeing all of the calls come thru before any units getting dispatched.

Looks like your statewide system is moving from Motorola to a new Harris P25 TRS system that is in the works. Will be interesting to see how this is going to work. Looks like the system is going to fill in the coverage gaps as the older system will be retired. By the looks of everything looks like a huge multi year project

 

[MrBungle]

Yes I use that same pager software decoder for one fire department. Still old school but love seeing all of the calls come thru before any units getting dispatched.

Looks like your statewide system is moving from Motorola to a new Harris P25 TRS system that is in the works. Will be interesting to see how this is going to work. Looks like the system is going to fill in the coverage gaps as the older system will be retired. By the looks of everything looks like a huge multi year project

I wonder if Box Elder will keep themselves on UHF? I would think they would also keep on there also, given how large BE is.

PDW is funny, but I don't get how it works. I mean, I get how it works as a pager system but why is it forwarding stuff to SMS? I'd love to see a flow chart on this process so I can visualize it.

 

[enosjones]

8 sites are licensed in boxelder County for 770mhz