Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) - Master Thread

[patin]

LACO FIRE added 4 dispatch frequency digital
VVFIRE21 is active

 

[es93546]

With an antenna set on the roof of an 8-story building in East Hollywood, would it be possible to pick up LASD dispatch for Santa Clarita and Lancaster? The towers are based on Oat Mountain and Mt McDill, which are about 40-50 miles from my antenna, respectively.

You probably will find success with Oat Mountain, but a UHF signal for Lancaster will be blocked by the western edge of the San Gabriel Mountains. Most of the Palmdale/Lancaster area is carried by an electronic site on Hauser Peak, which is higher than anything else in the the valley area of the north county, but is low as compared to the San Gabriel Mtns.

 

[StephanBH]

View attachment 174090LACO FIRE added 4 dispatch frequency digital
VVFIRE21 is active

Can confirm these patches are active (of course only when someone is affiliated with the site). 1067 was active on Downtown 700 tonight, clear audio, much better than what I hear over on the UHF freqs from my location.

I would honestly love to see every channel patched over, but then again it’s likely not going to be used by anyone but the admin side so not worth the trouble.

 

[patin]

The UHF COUNTYWIDE is terrible the other DISPATCH freq come in better ( CARSON)

 

[ScanFanEd]

Hello Friends!

Just curious how some of you feel about the future monitoring opportunities of the LA-RICS system as it expands and completes. With the Big E always being an issue and on our minds, do we feel that there will always be enough in the clear to make it an enjoyable system to monitor or how concerned should we be? Thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[speedway_navigator]

When that radio changes channels or gets turned off, then the "site" will no longer put-out traffic from Dispatch-10.

Does the SU send a message when it turns off so the site knows it no longer needs to TX that TG traffic?

 

[Engine104]

Hello Friends!

Just curious how some of you feel about the future monitoring opportunities of the LA-RICS system as it expands and completes. With the Big E always being an issue and on our minds, do we feel that there will always be enough in the clear to make it an enjoyable system to monitor or how concerned should we be? Thoughts?

Thanks!

The "Big E", is what it is...LASD is the main reason most of us would want to monitor LA-RICS, and at this point, all of the L-TACS, A-TACS, etc are encrypted. Dispatch is supposed to remain in the clear for now. Dispatch is being simulcast on UHF so far. I mainly monitor LACoFD and they have taken over many conventional UHF frequencies that formerly belonged to the Sheriffs. I'm not rushing to buy a Phase-2 capable scanner until I see what is happening with the Ventura Co TRS.