HRM live calls configuration

[Deziel0495]

Ok, that's what I thought. So either I go full blast on the settings, or get my antenna up higher, and or upgrade it to a Yagi.

The item I linked above, the amplifier, helped me a great deal. Got my discone antenna in the attic and I'm running my gain at 36. I'm getting my local site and 2 neighboring sites which are a distance of 17km/10mi and 22km/13mi.

Transit ops has disappeared from the list

Talkgroups dissapear when they have not been active for X amount of time. I forget how much time that is, 24hrs I think.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Ok so there no reason to worry ?it will come back again as I’m worried I wort be able to hear them

 

[Deziel0495]

Ok so there no reason to worry ?it will come back again as I’m worried I wort be able to hear them

Yes, it will show back up once it's active again.

You can see all talkgroups captured and filter the list by time. The default is 24hrs. See here: Talkgroups Seen on System: Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)

 

[NE1C4NSC4N]

I picked up one of these and it helped quite a bit with reception: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07XNLJ9X2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Now I just need a yagi antenna because my discone ain't cutting it for sites further away that I want to monitor. 😃

Seems my discone isn't either. Was thinking a Yagi might help, or move the receivers closer to the antenna. My cable run is overly long and not the most ideal cable for part of it. I saw a nice remote setup on reddit a few days ago that got my wheels turning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/1g7ro0h

 

[NE1C4NSC4N]

Just saw @Deziel0495's other post lol, thanks for the info!

 

[Deziel0495]

Seems my discone isn't either. Was thinking a Yagi might help, or move the receivers closer to the antenna. My cable run is overly long and not the most ideal cable for part of it. I saw a nice remote setup on reddit a few days ago that got my wheels turning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/1g7ro0h

Can you not hit Maritime Centre (46) or Geizer's Hill (45) from your location?

You would have some signal loss on a long run of coax. The shorter, the better.

Yeah I’m not sure either as Daniel said it dissipate when it not active but the last time i heard was yesterday evening so I’m nog sure if that something normal or not as it odd to have them silent for all day then active yesterday evening so I’m like worried now

Talkgroups only show as active if they have been fed into the system in the last 24 hours. If it's not showing up, it either a) has not been active, or b) has not been captured and sent in by a provider. Once both those things become true, it will populate in the list again.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Is the best thing to do is keep a look out on the list ?

 

[Deziel0495]

Is the best thing to do is keep a look out on the list ?

Yes. When it's active and being captured by @NE1C4NSC4N it will repopulate on the list. If it's showing last activity yesterday, then that's the last time it was captured, not necessarily the last time the talkgroup was active.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Ok so they could be talking but it sometimes doesn’t show up depending on that node

 

[Deziel0495]

Ok so they could be talking but it sometimes doesn’t show up depending on that node

Correct. Each node is assigned to a specific site/tower. So if Transit isn't on the site that someone is providing, in this case the Preston site, you won't hear them or you'll only hear them sometimes.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Ok so is there away that he can add more sites to the system is that possible ? I just curious

 

[Deziel0495]

Ok so is there away that he can add more sites to the system is that possible ? I just curious

He can add as many sites as he can receive with the setup he has. There is no limit.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Ok so all he needs to is add more sites that transit is covering then it could help pick up site nodes. I feel more better now that is something that can be done

 

[Deziel0495]

Ok so all he needs to is add more sites that transit is covering then it could help pick up site nodes. I feel more better now that is something that can be done

It all depends on location and the equipment you have. There are a lot of factors. But for example, if he had the equipment and good enough signal to monitor 3 sites around him, he could provide 3 nodes. 1 for each site. Then all the radio traffic from each of those sites would be available to listen to on the Broadcastify Calls system.

 

[Enjoi19]

It will be hard to add more sites when they're already having difficulty receiving 1. That should be the prime focus to start - figuring out what's going on with the signal. What little was received today sounds very poor or seems like it picked up the activity but lost lock quickly.

 

[Jason_wyler]

It all depends on location and the equipment you have. There are a lot of factors. But for example, if he had the equipment and good enough signal to monitor 3 sites around him, he could provide 3 nodes. 1 for each site. Then all the radio traffic from each of those sites would be available to listen to on the Broadcas

I just thought I would copy the time down so it would be easier to see how active it is so far today

	Time	Src	Dur
5:19:05 p.m.	41800	2
5:19:00 p.m.	41849	2
5:18:58 p.m.	41800	2
5:18:39 p.m.	41800	2
5:18:35 p.m.	41800	0
5:18:32 p.m.	0	0
5:18:27 p.m.	41800	2
5:18:06 p.m.	0	1
5:18:04 p.m.	41800	1
5:18:02 p.m.	41800	1
5:17:43 p.m.	41884	1
5:16:05 p.m.	41802	1
5:15:15 p.m.	41800	5
5:15:02 p.m.	41800	2
5:14:58 p.m.	41837	2
5:13:40 p.m.	41800	2
5:13:38 p.m.	0	0
5:13:33 p.m.	41884	0
5:10:38 p.m.	41884	1
5:10:36 p.m.	41802	2
5:10:33 p.m.	41884	1
5:08:56 p.m.	41899	3
5:08:53 p.m.	41899	2
5:08:43 p.m.	0	1

 

[Jason_wyler]

I listen to transit today this morning and it was half choppy and some good so it wasn’t totally bad but still has some broken Transmissions

Here is the times it was active

10:07:48 AM	1
10:07:46 AM	1
10:01:22 AM	0
11:23:16 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:23:10 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:23:07 PM 2024-10-31	3
11:22:59 PM 2024-10-31	3
11:22:55 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:22:52 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:22:49 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:22:42 PM 2024-10-31	2
11:22:40 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:22:37 PM 2024-10-31	0
11:17:58 PM 2024-10-31	0
11:10:11 PM 2024-10-31	1
11:10:08 PM 2024-10-31	2
11:05:03 PM 2024-10-31	1
5:45:57 AM 2024-10-31	1
5:19:05 PM 2024-10-30	2
5:19:00 PM 2024-10-30	2
5:18:58 PM 2024-10-30	2
5:18:39 PM 2024-10-30	2
5:18:35 PM 2024-10-30	0
5:18:32 PM 2024-10-30	0
5:18:27 PM 2024-10-30	2

 

[Jason_wyler]

So far Transit hasn’t been active much, but I think once the antenna issue is fix it should be more active

Last time transit was active was 44 minutes ago so far but I'll keep a look out.

 

[Jason_wyler]

Here is the other timeline for the rest of the calls not very active so far

11 hours ago
30000	HRFE Disptch	Fire dispatch	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	7 hours ago
37078	DND CFB Hfx FD 1	CFB Halifax fire department channel 1	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	3 hours ago
37080	DND ShearwatrFD1	Shearwater fire department channel 1	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	10 hours ago

Fire-Tac​

TG	Display	Description	System	Seen
30001	HRFE Ops 2	Fire operations channel 2 (on-scene)	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	3 hours ago
30002	HRFE Ops 3	Fire operations channel 3 (on-scene)	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	5 hours ago
30003	HRFE Ops 4	Fire operations channel 4 (on-scene)	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	4 hours ago
30009	HRFE-Airport	Airport fire liason	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	2 hours ago

Transportation​

TG	Display	Description	System	Seen
41801	HRM Transit1	Halifax Transit ops 1	Atlantic Provinces Public Safety Network (APPSN)	4 hours ago

 

[Enjoi19]

Doesn't sound like the user has had time to adjust things yet, if it's still sporadic and poor. Perhaps wait for confirmation from them that they've made changes.