Montgomery County Maryland New Radio System

[Woodman75]

Will I be able to monitor the new system if I purchase a Phase 11 scanner?

 

[Mr_Boh]

100%. Just only police dispatch is in the clear so no police tactical

Do yourself a favor and get an SDS series Uniden, or Unication. The best ways to listen

 

[Woodman75]

Thanks so much for your reply. Not familiar with the radios you mentioned.

 

[ka3jjz]

From our wiki, the largest such wiki in the world . Note that both here and in our wiki, anything blue is a link;

SDS100 - The RadioReference Wiki

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SDS200 - The RadioReference Wiki

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SDS100 and SDS200 FAQ Page - The RadioReference Wiki

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Unication Voice Pager Receivers - The RadioReference Wiki

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Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

There is a great deal of what must seem like greek to you involved here. While the scanners are, to a certain extent, plug and play, to really get to know how to use them, you will need to understand many new concepts and terms. Use our wiki-based glossary, take a look at the introductions to trunking and the Easier to Read manuals (all of these are linked in the FAQ) and take your time. This is a whole new world, and it will take time to come up to speed.

Mike

 

[jkahn]

100%. Just only police dispatch is in the clear so no police tactical

Police dispatchers are in the clear and any unit replying or calling on the dispatch talkgroup are too, so are the local PD radios (Takoma Park, Chevy Chase Village and the City of Rockville, MSP, WSSC PD and MdTA (ICC) units.) Any unit can flip the encryption switch on or off for most t/gs.

FRS dispatch and OPs T/G are in the clear, as are most fireground T/G. Many units talking to hospital have been using using encryption, but not all. Same for the hospitals. Each f/g group has at least 2 secure t/g that can be used.

The recommendation for the SDS radios is because they have been designed to work better than others on simulcast systems (same signal from multiple towers "simultaneously") which is what MoCo is.

 

[jkahn]

Does anybody have an idea of what or who these new talkgroups I am logging on the new MoCo (P25) system belong to?
I think many might be MCPD TAC channels since a lot of them are encrypted. Some look like they would fit in other category listings: 4820; 4830; 4835; 4955; 6055; 6180; 6210; 6245; 6255; 6290; 6295; 6315; 6320; 6230; 6340 6495; 6550; 6605; 6640; 6725; 6730; 6755; 7366 (as of 3/13/2021)

JK

 

[allen5565]

Does anybody have an idea of what or who these new talkgroups I am logging on the new MoCo (P25) system belong to?
I think many might be MCPD TAC channels since a lot of them are encrypted. Some look like they would fit in other category listings: 4820; 4830; 4835; 4955; 6055; 6180; 6210; 6245; 6255; 6290; 6295; 6315; 6320; 6230; 6340 6495; 6550; 6605; 6640; 6725; 6730; 6755; 7366 (as of 3/13/2021)

JK

SAT, SOD, detectives? All those are now absent from the filled-in portions of the new system.

 

[ka3jjz]

I suspect much of this is now outdated; which of the wiki articles linked here need to be trashed?

Montgomery County (MD) - The RadioReference Wiki

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MIke

 

[Bjc123]

The Radio Aliases & The Radio Zone parts can be removed / updated with new ones, currently, they are both out of date. I am working on a list of the new Radio Aliases and will update them when I complete my list.

The Actual MoCo P25 wiki page is current and up to date.