Heard some radio traffic on 40552 this morning ... Kent Police testing emergency alert button.
MARCS-IP ("New MARCS") Site and Talkgroup Discussion
Thanks for the heads up. I want to be on the look out for it. I just duplicated the Stark System in my scanner and changed the control channel. Will that work?
No that will not . A minerva site never existed. It is brand new. Some of the frequencies will be ones reused from old sites that are decommissioned from the Stark Co Motorola system when it goes down.
License: WRAW381 (OHIO, STATE OF) FCC Callsign Details
Freqs:
851.3375
851.6125
851.95
855.0375
858.5375
859.5375 probably will be the active CC when it comes online
I would recommend, for now, that you only put in a single frequency (859.5375). P25 Trunked system, with a single freq for now.
If my assumption is correct that it the active CC will be 859.5375 when it does come online, your scanner would pick up the active channels from the control channel. You'd only have to modify it after we all are able to determine (once it is online), what the primary/alt CC are.
Mike
By chance you getting or monitoring MARCS Cuyahoga County Common Talkgroups CountyWide Tactical 1-10 off the Shalersville Tower ? Wonder if it’s wothy of putting in and monitoring.
FCC App: Lexington, OH (Morrow Co)
Here is a license application for a site in Lexington, OH (Morrow County)
ULS Application - PubSafty/SpecEmer/PubSaftyNtlPlan,806-817/851-862MHz,Trunked - 0008407980 - OHIO, STATE OF - Locations Summary
851.65
852.2625
853.9625
854.6625
857.0875
Typically MARCS sites have at least six repeaters/frequencies. So if/when this site ever comes online it might also use some other frequencies not assigned to this license.
Mike
Here is a license application for a site in Lexington, OH (Morrow County)
ULS Application - PubSafty/SpecEmer/PubSaftyNtlPlan,806-817/851-862MHz,Trunked - 0008407980 - OHIO, STATE OF - Locations Summary
851.65
852.2625
853.9625
854.6625
857.0875
Typically MARCS sites have at least six repeaters/frequencies. So if/when this site ever comes online it might also use some other frequencies not assigned to this license.
Mike
From reading the various posts, it looks like you only need to enter the control channels to monitor a P25 network such as MARCS. Can someone confirm this for me? If that's the case does anyone know where you can download just the control channels? Thanks!
budevans
Member
Confirmed. For Ohio MARCS-IP P25 System you only need to enter the Control channels.
To find the Control channels. Click on the Databases tab top of the screen. Then Click on the State (Ohio). Next Click on your County.
From the County screen scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will see All Trunk Systems (for your county). Scroll down the list till you see: Ohio MARCS-IP Multi-Agency Radio Communications Click on it.
You will see the entire State of Ohio MARCS-IP Sites listed by County. The frequencies are shown for each site. The Control channels are displayed in Red and Blue.
To sort the list, you can click on Site or County at the top of the listing.
Here's a link for Lorain County: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=2086
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2-065 Minerva (Carroll) - Online as of 10-22-2018
The Minerva site is online.
859.5375 c
855.0375 a
Callsign: WRAW381
mike
The Minerva site is online.
859.5375 c
855.0375 a
Callsign: WRAW381
mike
City of Kent must be getting close to cutting over to MARCS ... hearing Fire Dispatch simulcasting from their old system on TG 40542 tonight (Dispatch only, no units) and earlier this week heard radio training for Fire utilizing TG 40559 that they identified as TAC-1 channel 15.
With holding any submission to database until cut over.
With holding any submission to database until cut over.
jasonhouk
Member
Mike,
Looked this license up and am a little suspicious that MARCS would add a site a mile away from the Clearfork Steam Corners site.
Thoughts?
Houk
Take a look at a topo map and see what the terrain looks like.
If both sites are on sides of hills and shadowed from one another I suppose I could see it, but if they're both on hilltops (as is typical of MARCS sites), I'd be skeptical.
Could also be a type of situation similar to the Laurelville, Hocking Hills and Tar Hollow sites. All are within a few miles of one another but were put in to solve challenging coverage problems in the northern Hocking Hills area.
Only other thing I can think of is perhaps planning to stand up a new site on 800 MHz with better coverage (higher power?) to replace the Steam Corners site. Pretty unlikely though, unless the control channel chosen is already programmed into tens of thousands of radios across the state.
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Tom (and Jason),
I think Tom hit the nail on the head. Likely site move. 2018 Google Imagery for the Lexington Lat/Long show a tower and some worker trucks and a crane. Right across the street (literally) from MId-Ohio.
The current Steam Corners site already has a license with the same 800 mhz freqs (and wouldn't surprise me if some of them were already active on Steam corners). This new license duplicates the 800 mhz from the "Steam Corners" site license.
Mike
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City of Kent Fire Dispatch appears to be fully in use ... Fire Dispatch TG 40542 submitted to database.
MotorolaDave
Member
I have those county-wide TAC groups in my scanner, and they barely hit. When they do, it's just somebody yapping.
I haven't observed many Cuyahoga based TGIDs show up, most likely being that the tower isn't configured as preferred for anything north of Portage county. On my MARCS portable, I can force it to affiliate but it tends to go back to Cuyahoga unless I am out of range for Cuyahoga. Then it will affiliate to whatever is closest.
Brimfield Police Dispatch appear to be Talkgroup 40552 ... not sure if this is a Talkgroup solely for Brimfield or might be a shared Talkgroup. I’ll wait a little while longer before submitting to database.
I think KSU Police dispatch Brimfield.
I think KSU Police dispatch Brimfield.
Just now saw it ... I replied ... thanks !