What type of scanner do you use do you listen to OPP? How do you program your scanner?
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LMRN General Discussion
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Muxlow
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Word is next month they will start using the system. Not sure if the systems will be patched together somehow or what the deal is.
Windsor Essex and Chatham-Kent FleetNet towers go offline and LMRN on fully for testing. Those groups on LMRN patched back to FleetNet.
But word is next month system goes "live"
Windsor Essex and Chatham-Kent FleetNet towers go offline and LMRN on fully for testing. Those groups on LMRN patched back to FleetNet.
But word is next month system goes "live"
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I'm trying to keep this thread focused directly on new discoveries such as new sites coming on-line and new talkgroup activity so I have moved some posts to an Off Topic thread : LMRN General Discussions
Any threads that don't follow the spirit of this thread will be moved there.
Any threads that don't follow the spirit of this thread will be moved there.
Hopefully We will still have something to listen to!
Muxlow
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OPP are P25 digital, not DMR. And soon to be fully encrypted.
So is there any traffic unique to this new system? I'm just wondering if its worth putting it in my SDS100 because if it just a simulcast of what I already hear on the Windsor site here and will switch to enc anyway, then why bother?
It has been so long since I added anything to may favorites I forgot how to do it and had to wipe scanner to fix the card and go back to older list last time I messed with it. What is the bandplan? I'll just try it in the 396 that would be easier for me.
It has been so long since I added anything to may favorites I forgot how to do it and had to wipe scanner to fix the card and go back to older list last time I messed with it. What is the bandplan? I'll just try it in the 396 that would be easier for me.
I would 100% be monitoring the system. You never know what you may catch. There may be a reference made to a site or progress on a specific phase of the change over. A new TG may pop up. Anything
For those with CC logging capabilities grabbing items like the bandplan and neighbors will be important. A new neighbor will let everyone know that a site has been added to the network and that the CC and associated frequencies will need to be logged.
I would also expect as the current FleetNet site in Essex becomes less active, that some of the frequencies will be reassigned for use in other nearby sites.
We also need to remember that its not only OPP and EMS on the system. Other low usage users will have to be reprogrammed too such as the MTO, Jails, Ministry of Rev etc.
All this will take time, but as the change over occurs it will help identify some of those weirder TG groups we have seen. So log, log, log. If you can log the actual comm's especially on the last thing I mentioned it may shed some light on what's what.
For those with CC logging capabilities grabbing items like the bandplan and neighbors will be important. A new neighbor will let everyone know that a site has been added to the network and that the CC and associated frequencies will need to be logged.
I would also expect as the current FleetNet site in Essex becomes less active, that some of the frequencies will be reassigned for use in other nearby sites.
We also need to remember that its not only OPP and EMS on the system. Other low usage users will have to be reprogrammed too such as the MTO, Jails, Ministry of Rev etc.
All this will take time, but as the change over occurs it will help identify some of those weirder TG groups we have seen. So log, log, log. If you can log the actual comm's especially on the last thing I mentioned it may shed some light on what's what.
I pick up Skylon and Fonthill sites, Should I go into my favorites list and just delete the Primary control frequency for these two sites and leave all the other frequencies in these sites as they are, and see what I pick up?
Steve
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I wouldn't get too excited about it just yet. If you see a particular frequency for the site(s) you have in range drop out of the regular traffic rotation then check it manually for P25 CC activity. The frequencies in the TAFL data for "Trafalgar" are all part of FleetNet site 9 (Britannia) so my educated guess says as the new P25 site comes online those frequencies will start to migrate maybe one or two at a time during testing to minimize any lack of capacity on FleetNet in the coverage area prior to the transition.
I concur. Many systems have done migrations in the past and the process is not anything really new. You just have to pay attention to your local sites. All indications are that the changeover will be from the southern tip towards the rest of the province. Its not an overnight thing as radios need to be changed and code plugs loaded and checked.
For us what we are more concerned about it the migration process. We already know a couple of major things. Specifically the site number/location and the general TG names and uses. Even with 100% encryption know what TG is active and how active can be informative in itself.
For us what we are more concerned about it the migration process. We already know a couple of major things. Specifically the site number/location and the general TG names and uses. Even with 100% encryption know what TG is active and how active can be informative in itself.
georgesharpe
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Just wondering if you think that OPP will keep a Media Access Channel open, so the media and the public can be aware of road conditions/hazards?
That may go the way of the dodo. With social media all over its just as easy to post a tweet or update a Facebook page. Time will tell. I would like to see something like Toronto is doing with a time delayed posting or even better a delayed stream 15-30 min.
Muxlow
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Vehicle repeaters are going to be in the 700 MHz range and also encrypted.
