Montgomery County Unit ID list

[Bjc123]

I am going through and making myself a list of Unit IDs and adding them into my HP-2 using HomePatrol Sentinel.

I was just wondering if anyone already had a list? if so it would be greatly appreciated if you could share it. I was looking at MCPD and MCFRS in particular.

Thanks ,

Bradley.

 

[Bjc123]

I did see this earlier but saw that it was outdated has anyone found this to still be correct? Montgomery County (MD) MCFRS Radio Aliases - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[maus92]

When you say "unit numbers," what do you mean exactly? Be aware that RIDs on the current system may not (and probably will not) be the same when the new system comes online next month, meaning your work may end up being obsolete. And the HP-2 may not work so well on a P25 simulcast system that is being installed, depending on your location and how many tower site are providing signal to the radio vs. current SmartZone system.

 

[Bjc123]

ahhh very good point. and yes I was referring to RIDs. I will definitely wait and not input them now.

 

[jkahn]

Just curious but what do you need all these RIds for, other than possibly stalking a particular patrol officer? This is the kind of thing that encourages encryption.

 

[Bjc123]

That is not my plan at all. I was just going to have the fire and rescue ones. I don't necessarily need the PD ones. I was just going to put them in for fun so that instead of having the RID it would just come up as PE*** but I guess this is a little extra and don't necessarily need it.

 

[Bjc123]

I didnt realize that this type of thing was frowned upon so my apologizes.

 

[ThePhotoGuy]

If you are going to log RID's wait to the new system arrives next year as all radio id's will change. RID's on the new system will be 250xxxx & 251xxxx.

Tracking radio id's is extremely helpful when you are following a new radio system or determining new talkgroups especially encrypted talkgroups.

 

[pittsville]

If you live in a small place with a one man department, he is dispatched by county, along with all of their units, on the same talkgroup. In order to listen to your hometown PD you would have to listen at the unit id level, as it is on the same talkgroup as the entire county.

 

[mc48]

I didnt realize that this type of thing was frowned upon so my apologizes.

It's not frowned upon, I have over two thousand units identified.

 

[maus92]

Just curious but what do you need all these RIds for, other than possibly stalking a particular patrol officer? This is the kind of thing that encourages encryption.

Naw, I use RIDs to ID fire apparatus. As far as police are concerned, RIDs and beats change over time, so it would be a loose correlation.

 

[maus92]

I didnt realize that this type of thing was frowned upon so my apologizes.

It is not frowned upon AFAIK - never heard of the practice being an issue.

 

[dmi]

I did see this earlier but saw that it was outdated has anyone found this to still be correct? Montgomery County (MD) MCFRS Radio Aliases - The RadioReference Wiki

Those are all out of date. I keep an updated list of MCFRS Radio IDs.

Unfortunately those are going to change with the new system..

Jay

 

[Bjc123]

Yeah I’m going to go through and log the new ones on the P25

 

[maus92]

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