Howard County Testing

[bear105]

I'm hearing technicians testing on TG00048. They are discussing low-power transmissions. Does this TG make sense for this system??

 

[mlevin]

Back when they implemented the system I think the radio techs were using that ID for testing. I could be wrong and getting confused with something else though. Either way that's a valid ID, and as far as I know moto systems can have both the 6 digit IDs as well as IDs with lower values

 

[ka3jjz]

Back when they implemented the system I think the radio techs were using that ID for testing. I could be wrong and getting confused with something else though. Either way that's a valid ID, and as far as I know moto systems can have both the 6 digit IDs as well as IDs with lower values

Yep, in AA county that's often where the EMS folks respond; I think there's a similar usage in Baltimore county.
Besides, I think the MAXIMUM length of a talkgroup is 6 characters; so a talkgroup of 000048 is perfectly valid.

73s Mike

 

[ericcarlson]

Motorola talkgroups range from 16 to (2^16)-16 in increments of 16 using Uniden's weird method of including the status bit in the talkgroup ID.
There is a total of 4095 possible talkgroup IDs per system. The highest talkgroup ID is 65520 (decimal). In hexadecimal, ignoring the status bit, talkgroups range from 001 to FFF.

-Eric

 

[Admin0140434]

There is a total of 4095 possible talkgroup IDs per system

wow... how long did it take to find that out

 

[baybum]

I saw 00048 pop up on Wednesday. No voice, just a carrier.
Bear, have you heard any voice yet?

Mike

Bear, I'm in E.C. too. PM me for specifics if interested.

Mike