Local law enforcement agencies were presented with 36 digital portable radios through a grant. The Hearld Star is reporting the switch for Jefferson county from analog to digital will happen on March 31st.
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Jefferson County migration to MARCS-IP?
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I am hearing that I will not happen on 3-31-15 now.
According to what I been told all Law will be encrypted and Fire-EMS not for now.
The March 31st switch to P25 didn't happen. It has been pushed back to later date..............................
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thanks to live scanner feeds for killing the hobby here in the valley
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The live feed has not been on line for a month or so. I did listen to it but I have Siren on my iPhone and with a vpn connection I can listen to what I want.
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i know , I had a nice conversation with the 911 admin here in belmont county and he said a small reason for the change ( encryption ) was due to the live feed broadcast. another reason was it wasn't as expensive to do these radios as compared to putting it on the old radios. Anyway before the forum police shut me down ill get back on subject.
I was not aware that Jefferson was going to switch to MARCS IP , thought they were gonna have their own system still. That's cool though gives me a reason to listen to the IP system when they make the switch. I just know all their current equipment is not capable of a phase 2 system and that's what IP is , is it not?
I was not aware that Jefferson was going to switch to MARCS IP , thought they were gonna have their own system still. That's cool though gives me a reason to listen to the IP system when they make the switch. I just know all their current equipment is not capable of a phase 2 system and that's what IP is , is it not?
Yes, they will be apart of the IP system one day soon. Jefferson County 911 and OSP Post 41 will be on 800. MHz simulcast.
I am not sure of the current equipment if it is capable of phase 2.
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most of the equipment they had was replaced when the rebanding was done with nextel. the mcs and most mts portables were replaced with xtl2500 mobiles and xts portables. there are still a few mts portables in use. none of that equipment is phase 2 compatible all mobiles and portables would have to be upgraded to apx
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not everyone is using it , look at the database
ODOT used neighboring towers because Jefferson County has no Marcs IP towers active yet.
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Not all of their current equipment is/was upgradable to P25 Phase 1. MARCS-IP is Phase 2 capable [or will be], but I haven't seen anyone using Phase 2 talkgroups. Eventually down the road that will happen though.
It's not that the equipment isn't Phase 2 capable, it's that some of the equipment isn't P25-trunking capable. Some of the equipment is old enough that it cannot be upgraded from Moto Type II trunking to P25 trunking. But it's like that for everyone in every county. This county is not unique.
Not only will JeffCo's simulcast morph into a P25 simulcast, but it definitely will be part of MARCS-IP. In fact, it's more than part of MARCS-IP. The Zone 3 controller is here in Jefferson Co and JeffCo and MARCS have a certain relationship whereby infrastructure assets are shared in the county between MARCS and JeffCo.
So it's not a question of IF, it's simply a question of when.
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By the end of April the article stated.
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They will be using the existing five frequencies and should have a total of 13 frequencies on the new P 25 system.
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The news article stated it was 9 total
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