mike_webb59
Member
More of observations that have me interested on the makeup of this system.
I have several sites programmed into my rusty trusty scanner as we car enthusiasts have a tendency to scoot about the highways and byroads in this systems's range.
I have noticed that when I am in range of a tower, I may pick up TGIDs from another area. For example, when I am in the Kerr County range, I pick up Boerne, and when I'm home I can get Comal County South, but I also can track San Marcos and New Braunfels from the same Comal Towers. Almost a MOT Smartnet type of action.
Is that by design of EDACS systems, or is the LCRA doing some strategery around towers and repeating transmissions?
I leave the Comal EDACs is in open mode and only tracks these TGIDs; i.e. I don't get Kendall County or anything like that. Do get the 2033 and 2035 talkgroup patches as well
I think, just think, that I picked a PD 10-28 on a Fire Talkgroup and I picked up what I thought should be a TAC conversation (plainclothes survelliance) on a DISP TGID. Is it also possible that a system can be tagged one way (from a trunktracker) and used another way by the agency? Or am I taking this hobby way too seriously?
And what can I do with my simple scanner to help research the system?
Thanks, Mike
I have several sites programmed into my rusty trusty scanner as we car enthusiasts have a tendency to scoot about the highways and byroads in this systems's range.
I have noticed that when I am in range of a tower, I may pick up TGIDs from another area. For example, when I am in the Kerr County range, I pick up Boerne, and when I'm home I can get Comal County South, but I also can track San Marcos and New Braunfels from the same Comal Towers. Almost a MOT Smartnet type of action.
Is that by design of EDACS systems, or is the LCRA doing some strategery around towers and repeating transmissions?
I leave the Comal EDACs is in open mode and only tracks these TGIDs; i.e. I don't get Kendall County or anything like that. Do get the 2033 and 2035 talkgroup patches as well
I think, just think, that I picked a PD 10-28 on a Fire Talkgroup and I picked up what I thought should be a TAC conversation (plainclothes survelliance) on a DISP TGID. Is it also possible that a system can be tagged one way (from a trunktracker) and used another way by the agency? Or am I taking this hobby way too seriously?
And what can I do with my simple scanner to help research the system?
Thanks, Mike