I like that the radio based panic switches don't rely on a smart phone or the cellular network in general. I realize that P25 subscriber units are expensive. However, I am not a fan of a solution where someone has to find a seldom used app on their smart phone and hope it all works. Especially when they are under duress and extreme stress.
Why do they create new talk groups? Why not just encrypt the current TG’s. Will the old ones be deprecated & reused?
What @dispatchgeek said, plus loading the key in all the radios takes time. For most of the day, you'll have some switched and some not. Makes for a fun day on the dispatch side, to be sure.
When Ottawa county did it, they had to touch every radio in the county. It took months for them to migrate to an encrypted police dispatch. But they had them securely patched at the same time so there was no comms gaps. It was interesting seeing more and more radios move over until none were left.
Slightly OT, but I'm actually in the process of trying to get my work set up with an MPSCS channel that we can use to communicate with Dispatch during events such as a lockdown. I'm not sure if we'd end up with MPSCS-enabled radios in the building offices or if we'd be able to patch one of our channels over, but I've been in contact with the county's radio guy recently trying to get it worked out (I know he lurks here too). It'll be interesting to see, if we get the MPSCS radios, if we end up with a panic button.
Dug around & found the FCC license grants for the Calhoun County simulcast cell:Calhoun County is starting to play around with their new fire talkgroups. Heard them page Bedford Township on Sunday on 23713.
Also seeing increased use of 23699 and 3719 (already in DB).
I don't believe the simulcast cell is on the air yet, but there is a new tower here:
42°20'28.2"N 85°12'02.4"W
maps.app.goo.gl
I'm pretty sure that the other towers are built as well, just haven't had the chance to drive out there & check 'em out.
Yes, I do indeed lurk. I have fellow dispatch center friends that let me know when I've been summoned; there seem to be a number of us on here. Also, I was a scanner nerd before I became a radio sys admin. 🤣
I had heard an indirect reference to it, I think on 68COM. I sent you a message with some other information though that confirms it.Yes mentioned Tri-Town and were using unit #'s of 1XX. Tri-Town Fire - Admin?
I didn't hear a tac, missed it?
Oscoda County (MI) - The RadioReference Wiki
wiki.radioreference.com
Also 4892 is some sort of oscoda fire group.
The simplest explanation is that there may not have been any units on D6NORTH in Muskegon County at the time of those other transmissions. No radios on that TG affiliated with a site = No traffic on that TG carried on that site.
True! I also forgot that they use local county police dispatch instead of their D6 dispatches.
