KSICS Anchor Thread

[fuzzmanks]

NO LONGER HEARING TRAFFIC FOR THOMAS COUNTY AGENCIES

I am troubleshooting my inability to pickup any KSICS traffic for my local police & sheriff (Talkgroup 1352), and EMS that I noticed yesterday (Feb 1) on both my Homepatrol and BCD325P2 scanners. I also fired up my RTL dongle and am not getting any traffic locally. I realize today is Sunday and it may be a really quite day for the first responders.

On Friday (1-31) I heard police units were being called to the Station for radio reprogramming. Saturday evening I heard no police radio traffic. I thought is that maybe the police went encrypted. However, on my RTL dongle SDRtrunk software I can see in the Events list that neighboring County law enforcement agencies (that have been encrypted for many months) are transmitting and encrypted. So I assume my local police would also show up in that Events list if they have started doing encrypted traffic. I checked the RR Database to see if the control channel has changed. I did noticed the Colby Tower antenna site had a change in the license on January 15 but if I'm reading the FCC database correctly, it was just a change to the contact name and email change.

I have my Homepatrol programmed to monitor the Halford Tower site (9 miles from me) and the 325P2 monitors the Colby Tower site (3 miles from me) which are both located in Thomas County. I am picking up the KHP traffic on the Halford Tower so I assume that means the tower control channel has not changed.

I did set my 325P2 to "ID Search" rather than "ID Scan" which, as I understand this radio, will play any Talkgroup it hears on the Tower Site.

 

[fuzzmanks]

NO LONGER HEARING TRAFFIC FOR THOMAS COUNTY AGENCIES

It looks like theThomas County / Colby PD talkgroup has gone encrypted. Several months back I had captured a few squad car Radio ID's and tagged them in SDRtrunk as either Sheriff or PD Units. Apparently those units came on duty a couple hours ago and SDRtrunk showed them in a encrypted Call Group. I haven't figure out why the Dispatch Radio ID didn't show up and no where was the software showing the Talkgroup was in a encrypted call group.

It guess it's time to sell my 45 day old BCD352P2 scanner.

 

[blake23]

1 (1)

061 (3D)

Kingman

Kingman

854.0125

856.7125

857.4375

857.7625

858.0875

858.4375

I noticed that the Kingman site isn't showing any control channel frequencies. Does anybody have any insight as to which ones are CC's and if any Alt CC's?

Thanks

 

[firefive76]

1 (1)

061 (3D)

Kingman

Kingman

854.0125

856.7125

857.4375

857.7625

858.0875

858.4375

I noticed that the Kingman site isn't showing any control channel frequencies. Does anybody have any insight as to which ones are CC's and if any Alt CC's?

Thanks

Typically, the 2nd frequency is the control channel and the 3rd is the alternate. That was told to me by a Motorola tech.

 

[blake23]

Typically, the 2nd frequency is the control channel and the 3rd is the alternate. That was told to me by a Motorola tech.

I'll plug those in and give them a shot. Heading to Wichita later this week, so will see what happens. Thanks

 

[Redneck0410]

The weird thing is doing a license search on the callsign assigned to the Kingman tower reveals a GMRS license to an individual in Tennessee. Maybe it was a typographical error?

 

[dgruver911]

Typically, the 2nd frequency is the control channel and the 3rd is the alternate. That was told to me by a Motorola tech.

Not necessarily, when they set up our system we were told the 2 highest freqs are always the control channels. Which we know is not always the case, but....guess it depends on the project manager/engineer.
I've stil got Pro96Com on my computer at home. Let me see if I can fire it up this evening and see what it shows.

 

[mwjones]

The weird thing is doing a license search on the callsign assigned to the Kingman tower reveals a GMRS license to an individual in Tennessee. Maybe it was a typographical error?

It is, the correct callsign is WRXE526. I'll submit a correction.

 

[dgruver911]

Not necessarily, when they set up our system we were told the 2 highest freqs are always the control channels. Which we know is not always the case, but....guess it depends on the project manager/engineer.
I've stil got Pro96Com on my computer at home. Let me see if I can fire it up this evening and see what it shows.

856.7125 is the correct current control channel for the Kingman tower. dg

 

[blake23]

856.7125 is the correct current control channel for the Kingman tower. dg

Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate it

 

[Storm423]

Does anyone in the Kansas City area know if KCK Fire dept dispatch is monitorable? Is it on the MARRS system?

 

[bctrainers]

Does anyone in the Kansas City area know if KCK Fire dept dispatch is monitorable? Is it on the MARRS system?

They are on MARRS only, no KSICS. If KCKFD also was on KSICS, that would be news to me.

 

[OldScaninFF]

Looking for alpha tag for TGID 4161 in the KC Metro area. Running a BCD996P2 on "ID SEARCH." I've checked the KSICS, MARRS, and even the MOSWIN and cannot find it.

 

[bctrainers]

Looking for alpha tag for TGID 4161 in the KC Metro area. Running a BCD996P2 on "ID SEARCH." I've checked the KSICS, MARRS, and even the MOSWIN and cannot find it.

The last time that I had logged TG 4161 on KSICS JoCo site was 2023-01-21 - nearly three years ago. I do not have anything for TG 4161 on KC MARRS net. I cannot pickup MOSWIN from where I am at, so it might be on that system/net?

 

[OldScaninFF]

The last time that I had logged TG 4161 on KSICS JoCo site was 2023-01-21 - nearly three years ago. I do not have anything for TG 4161 on KC MARRS net. I cannot pickup MOSWIN from where I am at, so it might be on that system/net?

I searched the page using ctrl + F and typed it in on all 3 pages, nothing generated. It is really close to Lansing PD TG #'s in Leavenworth County. I haven't had enough time to listen today to try and hear any clues or identifiers. I think it's going to be an LEO TG. I'll give an update if I figure it out.

 

[OldScaninFF]

I searched the page using ctrl + F and typed it in on all 3 pages, nothing generated. It is really close to Lansing PD TG #'s in Leavenworth County. I haven't had enough time to listen today to try and hear any clues or identifiers. I think it's going to be an LEO TG. I'll give an update if I figure it out.

I believe 4161 is Eisenhower VA Police in the city of Leavenworth. I have no evidence to back this, only based off of what I have heard tonight.

 

[OldScaninFF]

4161 is NOT Eisenhower VA. Maybe LCF based off of more traffic hear. A couple new ID's that have popped up that I cannot find. TGID 30 and TGID 36. Both are digital voice dispatches. Based off of addresses given, pulling up in Johnson County KS. TGID's are not listed in MARRS system or KSICS (which is what they are hitting on.) Have searched multiple area systems with no results. Anyone have a thought on how I am picking up TGID's that are not on a system? Or have there been changes that have not been reported? Any ideas would be appreciated. I'm racking my brain for answers.

 

[J-Wrock]

I live in Johnson County, KS and TGID 30 and 36 are unfamiliar to me. Seems like I've seen 4161 before and I want to say it's Lawrence, KS Fire, but don't quote me on that yet. I will try to listen to KSICS more to see what I can find out. I'm wondering if TGID 30 / 36 are either temporary TGIDs for special events or if they are test TGIDs?