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are all 'exclusively' (a few analog CCVFD handhelds and several analog pagers) using DMR Tier III (with analog VHF and UHF gateway for everything except EMR) until we switch to TACN.

Thanks. Glad to know I'm not crazy as I knew I was hearing them on DMR regardless of what he db said before. Of course, I know the admins had simply updated what had been submitted. Unfortunately, sometimes people submit things as if they are fact when they are, in fact, not.

Yeah, db updates are usually pretty quick as RR has solid db admins who don't let submissions pile up.

 

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Yeah, db updates are usually pretty quick as RR has solid db admins who don't let submissions pile up.

I was 121st in line!

 

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I was 121st in line!

I don't know for sure but I think that's the global list whereas each admin handles certain areas so the admit covering TN (or that part of TN or however they have it divided) may have only had a few. I've noticed the big number before, as well, but it doesn't seem to be an accurate reflection of the whole process. Maybe. At least how I've interpreted it.

 

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Carroll County Fire is now live on TACN in limited capacity. Radio installation in apparatus has begun, handhelds will go out at some point after all apparatus is done. Gateways for VHF analog and Tait DMR are active. Vintage scanner buffs will get to keep using their vintage gear and folks with digital scanners won't have to change DMR talkgroups over to P25 any time soon if they don't want to. I don't know when CCSO will switch, but I assume it will be as soon as fire is complete and bug free. McKenzie and Huntingdon Fire/PD will switch at some point, but but I'm not sure when. Bruceton Fire is sticking with DMR. I recommend they sell a few kidneys and switch over based on how well the system performed this evening...well, it's after midnight, so yesterday).

 

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Carroll County Fire is now live on TACN in limited capacity. Radio installation in apparatus has begun, handhelds will go out at some point after all apparatus is done. Gateways for VHF analog and Tait DMR are active. Vintage scanner buffs will get to keep using their vintage gear and folks with digital scanners won't have to change DMR talkgroups over to P25 any time soon if they don't want to. I don't know when CCSO will switch, but I assume it will be as soon as fire is complete and bug free. McKenzie and Huntingdon Fire/PD will switch at some point, but but I'm not sure when. Bruceton Fire is sticking with DMR. I recommend they sell a few kidneys and switch over based on how well the system performed this evening...well, it's after midnight, so yesterday).

Thanks for the update! Definitely appreciate the information and insight.

 

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I messed with the radio this evening. CCSO is still using Tait DMR radios, but the gateway to TACN is up and working. This more or less confirms what i thought, that county fire would be the guinea pigs and get the system sorted out so that the SO should be able to quickly swap out radios and get up and running smoothly.