Manchester, Ocean Cty

[wazu77]

BC396T Scanner. I am trying to program in Manchester Twp, which is an Project 25 Standard Trunked Radio System. I must be doing something wrong as I can not receive any transmissions. Please help. Thanks in advance Wazu77

 

[W2SJW]

If you have ARC396 from Butel, I'll send you my .mem file of that system. I confirmed proper reception of that system myself just this past week (even if you use the trial version, you should still be able to upload the file).

 

[wazu77]

Thank you for responding. I downloaded a trial version of ARC 396 but am not sure how to use it. If you would send .mem file of that system, I will try to figure out how to get it into the scanner. wazu77@yahoo.com Thank You

 

[W2SJW]

Here you go...

 

[elk2370bruce]

Thanks Scott. BTW, thanks for the QSO on Saturday!
73 de KC2PBJ

 

[wazu77]

Thanks for the file. I still can't get it to work.

 

[Bentley]

I'm not having any luck with that department either...I live in Toms River, close to the manchseter border...I dont think I'm out of range or anything. I just dont pick anything up. I'm using a R.S. pro-2096, their freq / TGID's do appear on my screen from time to time, but there is no voice or anything.

STUMPED!!??!!??

 

[elias1988]

Nope you're not out of range, i get them loud and clear from Seaside Heights;did you follow the correct steps for programming the system? remember it must be setup for 9600 baud and the custom frequency table must be programmed in.

 

[W2SJW]

I was in Toms River last week, and the system sounds great. I hope more towns jump on the 9600 bandwagon - to never hear raw digital at the start of a transmission is a beautiful thing...

BTW - one of my confidential sources told me that Jersey City is looking to implement NJ's first IP-based trunk system with an ASTRO-25 VOPN solution (nothing set in stone yet).

 

[Bentley]

Elias,

you are the man!!! I didnt realize it was 9600!!! Got 'em loud and clear now!!!

Thanks so much!

 

[elias1988]

No problem,i'm glad its working for you now. make sure you have the system in open mode for any new talkgroups that might come up;i have a list of unknown talkgroups i found while running pro96com on the following site:

http://www.eastcoastscanning.com/viewtopic.php?t=58&sid=7e321e228228344d60a71a49ce635aa3

 

[Bentley]

No problem...I will definitley keep the bank in open mode. I will let you know (post) if I get any information on any TG's that are not listed on the RR database.

Thanks again!

 

[elias1988]

Ok thanks.

 

[ctrabs74]

I'm not having any luck with that department either...I live in Toms River, close to the manchseter border...I dont think I'm out of range or anything. I just dont pick anything up. I'm using a R.S. pro-2096, their freq / TGID's do appear on my screen from time to time, but there is no voice or anything.

I can't speak to the 2096, but a likely reason is that some TGs on the Manchester Twp system are encrypted. I don't know how that affects the RS scanners, but on the 396, there's a brief garbled xmit, then it goes silent, displaying "ENC" to indicate an encyrpted talkgroup.

 

[ctrabs74]

Jersey City

BTW - one of my confidential sources told me that Jersey City is looking to implement NJ's first IP-based trunk system with an ASTRO-25 VOPN solution (nothing set in stone yet).

So, does this mean that Jersey City is looking at a system that can't be monitored by a scanner (ie. Open Slime, uh, I mean, Sky)?

 

[elias1988]

I can't speak to the 2096, but a likely reason is that some TGs on the Manchester Twp system are encrypted. I don't know how that affects the RS scanners, but on the 396, there's a brief garbled xmit, then it goes silent, displaying "ENC" to indicate an encyrpted talkgroup.

With the Pro-2096 the encrypted talkgroups still show up with the garbled transmissions and doesn't go silent like it does with the 396.

 

[W2SJW]

So, does this mean that Jersey City is looking at a system that can't be monitored by a scanner (ie. Open Slime, uh, I mean, Sky)?

I would have to assume that the new IP7 systems that Moto is developing (I think that's what my buddy called them) will use the P25 format, but I have no idea how becoming a VoIP system will affect the ability to listen to it (you might be able to hear the transmissions, but not trunk the system in the proper way).

 

[W2SJW]

I would have to assume that the new IP7 systems that Moto is developing (I think that's what my buddy called them) will use the P25 format, but I have no idea how becoming a VoIP system will affect the ability to listen to it (you might be able to hear the transmissions, but not trunk the system in the proper way).

OK, corrections

 

[W2SJW]

I would have to assume that the new IP7 systems that Moto is developing (I think that's what my buddy called them) will use the P25 format, but I have no idea how becoming a VoIP system will affect the ability to listen to it (you might be able to hear the transmissions, but not trunk the system in the proper way).

OK, corrections to my last (after talking with my buddy):

The system is known as '7X', and it's an IP-style network between the consoles & site controllers. The subscriber units in the field work just like a normal system, and we should be able to trunk it with our current digital scanners (so long as they don't go encrypted).

 

[DJ88]

This morning Stations 32 and 34 were dispatched to a call on County UHF Fire Dispatch, so it appears they have made the switch from low band. Fire ground must still be on low band as I didn't hear any response from them on the trunk system.