Today I came across the State of Alabama EDACS and I was wondering, is this system still in use?
Alabama EDACS system.
As of Jan. 2014 the 800 site on Cheaha Mtn. is still active & transmitting a control channel on freq. 855.26250 / CTL 03.
I can pick it up about 30 miles away with a weak signal but it's very strong in Oxford, AL.
I have not seen the freq. change to an alternate control channel as of several months of monitoring.
It's possible it could change every so often as with other systems but I have not seen it change yet.
I can't confirm any activity on that site other than the.control channel.
I do know that one of the listed EDACS freq.'s 856.26250 is an active control channel on the ARCS system.
That freq. does not appear to be connected or active on the AL EDACS system.
I was told by a Alabama DOT Worker who is a good friend of mine that the Alabama Troopers had to turn all of their 800 mhz radios in a few months ago. The State of Alabama built the 800 mhz system years ago in larger cities and was going to connect it. The plan was for the whole state to be 800mhz, Funding was never found to complete the system statewide. The plan now is to get more funding for the new 700 mhz system. The goal of the new 700 mhz system is to be like what Mississipp has now statewide.