Lancaster County - P25 System (Was OpenSky System Dumped)

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One thing of interest. Yesterday 64 was testing their stuff and had a few emergency activations that didn't give anyone and alert or priority according to whoever was on the other end.

Wonder what the deal was?
 

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Medic 86-5 was on the air on Dispatch C, arriving on scene and county was talking. Did some EMS move over yet? 4 Different times with county.

77 has been using their private and discussing response to calls, but never on a dispatch channel.
 

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I am now hearing fire dispatch c and metro police but not Lancaster city
 

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OK, how would I add the "Fire Simplex" frequency to the LCWC P25 System or would I have to put them in a separate conventional system and scan that in addition to the P25 system?
 

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OK, how would I add the "Fire Simplex" frequency to the LCWC P25 System or would I have to put them in a separate conventional system and scan that in addition to the P25 system?

That's a good question, I don't have a radio near me today, is that channel operated on a p25 mode?
 

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I am not sure of the mode, I don't have a radio near me at the moment either. I was on one Monday evening during training and was scrolling through the TG's and now know the frequency, but didn't take notice to the mode.

I may be able to check later today or tomorrow, when I am possibly able to get my hands on one for a few minutes.
 

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Just heard Lancaster city PD 1 testing today at 1:28pm not sure if they will stay here on the new system or not sounds like there have issues with radio.
 

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OK, how would I add the "Fire Simplex" frequency to the LCWC P25 System or would I have to put them in a separate conventional system and scan that in addition to the P25 system?

Yeah, you will have to add it as a conventional channel. If your scanner is a Uniden, you can assign it the same quick key as LCWC and scan it automatically.

I'm coming up there next month, looking forward to hearing the new system.

BTW: Whoever is running the new feed, good job it sounds great.
 

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I have been having trouble with my pro 2096 with setting it up for lancaster P25 system. I would like to know the offset and skip setting for the table. I have checked in other threads and no luck with the advice. Would the table numbers be the same for uniden vs RS scanner? I was told offset needs to be 0 and skip 12.5. Is that correct? I don't understand how the work or how to get the right settings. Thanks in advance
 
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Didn't get a chance to check it out yet, did Lancaster city Move over today?


Also, does anyone think there will be a big interest for a new feed for the Fire/EMS talk groups? I just got my 536 to go with my 436, so I may use my 996xt for a public feed, I just have to get my old computer up and running, I was thinking of doing that, or just doing it for a private one until I can remote control my 536 from anywhere,
 

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I'd be interested for the times when I'm at work or away from a radio or my 996xt.

Indeed, same here. I am hoping they update the wifi feature for the 536 so I can use my phone.

I figure if I do it, it'll be closer to may I guess. I took the hard drive out of the old PC and put it into my current one, so I'll have to get a cheap one to put in it so I can have a dedicated one up. I don't like having my main one on all the time.
 

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If I had another scanner to dedicate to it, I would host it on my Unix machine, but I don't have a second scanner, nor the budget to get another. I will have to wait until someone gets one up.
 

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Switch over to P25 system

County control just announced to all units that County "will be switching over to P25 at 0600 hours" (4/13/2015).
- - - Jim
 
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