I saw that on RRDB. I'll check during this week during the day. May have limited time on.
MARCS-IP ("New MARCS") Site and Talkgroup Discussion
TOW's are standalone trunking systems & are not interfaced to a zone controller. They will not appear as a neighbor on a regular MARCS site & the TOW's don't broadcast any neighbors.
I plugged in all the CC's listed for the two TOW's in RRDB with no signal this afternoon.
Is there a large event or emergency happening near you right now?
The TOW trailers are stand-alone, short range sites that can be taken anywhere in the state on an as-needed basis. They have no peer sites, and unless you're pretty close, it's unlikely you'll hear the TOW site itself unless it's on a very tall hill.
Subject: General Inquiry
Message: regarding the CVSR, I have a radio scanner that picks up regular rail channels and the Ohio marcs system. I’ve heard the communications on both (62735 TG and AAR57), except the brake test in Akron. Are they using a 2nd marcs talk group for that. I can’t pickup , or another regular RR channel or cell phones ? Also , they talk about channel 16, Thanks so much in advance for your answer . Fred Wheele - please text if possible
Message: regarding the CVSR, I have a radio scanner that picks up regular rail channels and the Ohio marcs system. I’ve heard the communications on both (62735 TG and AAR57), except the brake test in Akron. Are they using a 2nd marcs talk group for that. I can’t pickup , or another regular RR channel or cell phones ? Also , they talk about channel 16, Thanks so much in advance for your answer . Fred Wheele - please text if possible
When they say channel 16 they are referring to a Marcs talkaround channel (M-T/A).
Program M-T/A 1 and 2 and you’ll be set.
See below:
Program M-T/A 1 and 2 and you’ll be set.
See below:
Ohio MARCS Conventional Systems (Ohio) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Ohio MARCS Conventional Systems (Ohio)
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When they say channel 16 they are referring to a Marcs talkaround channel (M-T/A).
Program M-T/A 1 and 2 and you’ll be set.
See below:
Ohio MARCS Conventional Systems (Ohio) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Ohio MARCS Conventional Systems (Ohio)www.radioreference.com
Negative, it's Summit County P25 T/A.
They don't usually tie those in to the rest of the system, so there would not be any peers or adjacents. But they also could have taken it down by now. That was a few months ago.
Meanwhile, I can verify visually that the tower for the new site in Sheffield has been constructed. Can't miss it. Just west of SR301 (Abbe Rd) and just south of SR611 (Colorado Ave). When I went by last week, it looked like they might still be hanging antennas, but I'm sure that would be done by now.
There's a water treatment plant back away from the roads, and it's behind that.
There's a water treatment plant back away from the roads, and it's behind that.
Thank you for the correction!!
regarding CVSR communications:
When a blogger says they are getting both TG 52735 and TG 52737 in Cuyahoga County . but I have only hear TG 52735 from Akron. Could this be why i am missing the other radio talk from the train , (just between the engineer and conductor, regarding the brake tests and departure orders).
Is there a difference from which county I upload the Ohio-MARCS-IP system on my scanner? There has to be a difference, because if I am listening to the entire Ohio-MARCS-IP system, I would receive from Dayton, Columbus , and others further away. Its Probably that I do not understand it very well. Please help me figure this out. I appreciated the help ! Thanks ! Fred
This is possible if there's not a radio on the 52737 TG in Akron when you're listening. The system doesn't transmit TG's that don't have a radio tuned to it on every tower. It saves the system from being busy broadcasting to nobody.
If you were in range of one of the other sites you could put your scanner on site hold and switch to those sites.
And this is completely logical for the CVSR, since they usually do their brake tests up north before the trips leave.