I cannot stand Halton EDACS system because...

[EJB]

I haven't successfully monitored this system in ages.
I can get the Burlington Tower well enough, 2-4 bars on my 296, the freqs are listed in the LCN order, it is set in EDACS wide set to AFS.
I get activity, t/g's show up but very rarely do I get anything other than the wonderful EDACs beep beep beep
There is def activity on the v/channels but rarely do the tags and voice comms go 2gether.
I tried this out in Aldershot the other week and the same thing.
TIA, would appreciate some help.
Eric

 

[exkalibur]

I remember someone talking awhile back about there being special patch talkgroups or something which make the Halton system a royal pain to listen to. I never listen to Halton, so I have no idea about the system or any of the channels/patches, but maybe that's what is causing the issue?...Aside from the crappy signal strength you're seeing. 2 to 4 bars should be enough to hear no problem, I can hear Toronto Police when the signal is down to around 1 bar.

 

[ocscan]

Are you seeing valid talkgroups show on your display...if so problem might be in your scanner programming? EDACS must be programmed in in the proper LCN order.

 

[EJB]

It is in the order listed on this site for the Burlington site. It was programmed properly.
Right now I am getting this tower at 2-3 bars from Toronto and I am always getting the t/g's and OCASIONALLY actually getting lucky enough to get voice transmissions (as we speak I am).

As I mentioned in my earlier post I have never had much luck with EDACS systems.
My 296, for whatever reason does a horsesh*t job on these.
Same went for Toronto's EMS EDACS.
I am off to Burlington 2day. I will play around with it and see how it goes.

If you want I'd email my ARC250 file and perhaps you can find that I am doing something wrong.
E

 

[jellotor]

Eric, one thing I forgot to ask...is it programmed as EDACS wide or narrow? It should be narrow, I believe. That may be the cause of some of your EDACS headaches.

 

[rhutch]

I monitor it all the time while passing through with no problem (396). Try EDAC's narrow like Jellotor said.

 

[Chrome69]

I monitor it all the time while passing through with no problem (396). Try EDAC's narrow like Jellotor said.

Yes i agree thats what i have it set to, but most of the time i get the patch groups only... After i get my 330T i will try and do a system search and see what we find maybe were missing a few TG's? Since i am close to the board of Mississauga and Oakville I get strong signal... I will also turn it on my feed now for the afternoon for anyone to listen to...

 

[EJB]

Guys: I tried narrow. On narrow it switches the mode from FM to NFM.
I also havent heard anything on it. When I lock onto the control channel on EDACS Narrow, nothing, no ids pop up.
On EDACS Wide there is sparadic action.
I can sometimes hear what is going on but most of the time nada. The signal was good in the Brant/QEW area but really weak in the Aldershot area.
Honestly I am at a loss; I have always hated EDACS systems; I 'd probably not give a rat ass about Halton but if there is a major incident it would be nice if an analog system that should work would work.


This is the orde rof the frequencies (I left channel 901, bank 10 blank):


0861.2625
0861.5125
0861.7625
0862.0125
0859.3625
0857.1125

It is set to the following:
Delay=no.
Record is 'checked'
Icall is set to On.
and the ID format is AFS.
Both the activity ID and
Emergency Alt are also checked.

 

[radio62]

Halton EDACS

90 percent of the PD activity takes place on the patched talk groups.

Rick

 

[EJB]

Still the same ol' bullsh*t.
I am in the middle of the city of Burlington.
On EDACS narrow I cannot hear a thing.
On EDACS wide I can get the tower well but cannot normally track any talkgroups.
;-(((

 

[jellotor]

I guess I'll have to send you my ARC250 file at some point, Eric. Works fine with either of my 250Ds.

 

[EJB]

Thanks Graeme.

 

[jellotor]

Give me a couple days...I'm still in vacation mode...yawn.

 

[EJB]

Ya, i hear ya Graeme:
I am detoxing from moving mode.

 

[EJB]

Pointed in the right direction and it works now.

Thanks to Rainbow 6 I got this system working!
I had the freqs in the correct order but I skipped a channel I.E. I used channel 901 instead of 900, a deference to my Pro 93 days (skip the 1st channel).
Thanks 2 all those who helped!
E

 

[motomeso]

Does this mean you Love the Halton Edacs System again.

 

[EJB]

Terry: Nah, 2 many patches,
LOL

 

[xml]

The system makes excessive use of patches to not only interconnect the sites but to conveniently confuse the heck of your scanners. On a system radio, these patches are seamless.

 

[jellotor]

On a scanner with the patches programmed it's relatively seamless too. I was missing parts of some conversations at one point...programmed a few of the patches I had forgotten and was off and running.

 

[niko]

what exactly does the term patches mean, and how can i configure my pro-94 to pickup halton(oakville) edacs, because its not working!!!

can that file u guys have be uploaded to mine too?