Howard PD

[baybum]

I've noticed PD is not transmitting, using 3 different radios. Did something happen?
I hear the salt trucks and FD.

Mike

 

[troymail]

I've noticed PD is not transmitting, using 3 different radios. Did something happen?
I hear the salt trucks and FD.

Mike

I just flipped PD on - I'm hearing them as of 0415

 

[sc800]

Just heard someone talking about moving a "technology trailer" though. I wonder if PD is using silent dispatching (MDT) until the radio issues gets fixed

 

[blee1099]

Man I thought they had changed control channels after getting a notification. Hopefully they are just having issues and aren't going to encryption in wake of the mall shooting.

 

[KB3VQD]

I'm hearing them as of 1 p.m. 2/5/14

 

[sc800]

I personally don't think it is encryption, as I have heard some traffic on PD, but not all. I have been hearing one side of the conversation a couple of times, like the PD unit calling dispatch, but not the dispatcher's answer. Seems a weird way to do ENC if that is what it is

 

[baybum]

They changed talkgroups for Northern and Southern PD dispatch.
43248 is Northern
43312 is Southern

I realized this when I switched the bank on my PRO-96 from closed to open.
I don't know how permanent this is but they switched around 1230 last night.

Mike

 

[ThePhotoGuy]

They changed talkgroups for Northern and Southern PD dispatch.
43248 is Northern
43312 is Southern

I realized this when I switched the bank on my PRO-96 from closed to open.
I don't know how permanent this is but they switched around 1230 last night.

Mike

Running Unitrunker from home and 43248 is showing up as a Digital patch.


Edit: Second Screenshot to show patch....

Edit x2: Might be worth checking the radio archives during that timeframe to see if there was any mention on the radio.

 

[baybum]

Now that we know the "how"...I'm curious as to the "why", and the "for how long".

Thanks for the research photoguy.

 

[ThePhotoGuy]

Maybe it is related to this? Probably not but....

http://forums.radioreference.com/ma...orum/281067-howard-county-elkridge-patch.html

 

[baybum]

Yes, I saw that thread. Almost 24 hours now seems like a long time to have a patch nailed up.
We'll have to see what happens.

Thanks

 

[sc800]

MSP A-Troop

--EDIT--

Just heard A1/B1 traffic, will see how much I have heard

 

[baybum]

That (MSP) talkgroup never changed. The only ones I noticed change were the two listed in my post.

 

[sc800]

Howard County Police A1

Now there is no traffic on A1, northern at all. Can hear Southern (B1) fine

 

[blee1099]

Hopefully someone can unitracker or similar programs to scan for new talkgroups. I wish I had a 2nd radio to do that without having to disrupt the live feed.

 

[CqDx]

I caught the other half of traffic on the two talkgroups baybum posted. There seems to be no correlation as to who uses the old and new talkgroups. I hear the same dispatcher on both of them.

 

[sc800]

So what do you think this is? A phased roll out of the new talk groups? (i.e. dispatch simulcasts, officers should use the new one, but can still use old if they want, until a point, then depreciate the old)

 

[casey_bennett]

My PSR-800 normally shows northern district (47120) on a patch but today it's not saying so. I can hear dispatch and units just fine. The southern district (47152) is saying it's on a patch which is new. Everything sounds normal on that channel too

 

[sc800]

No Southern District on the feed so far today. I will see what happens when the shift's change to see if this is shift/dispatcher dependent on the patches etc.

 

[ThePhotoGuy]

I wish I could get better reception to listen to it from here but it appears the patch is still up according to Unitrunker