Is it me or is the rest of the MTA Police very quiet on this system? I only hear Dists 1/2 which is the Island, and I'm up in Putnam. I get the fire brigade as well. Thanks~
MRRS System (MTA PD)
- Thread starter K2KOH
- Start date
Which simulcast site are you listening to? Westchester? If you are able to hear the NYC Simulcast site, you will hear all of the districts (except D-8 in Ct.) as well as NYC talkgroups and NY State PD ect..
I'm listening to two sites, actually Zone 2 and Zone 7. No where near the Island. One is Southern Dutchess and the other site is in Mahopac. Weird
It al
Someone keeps dragging D1/2 up to Zone 7. Occasionally someone will drag D3 to Zone 7 as well.
Someone keeps dragging D1/2 up to Zone 7. Occasionally someone will drag D3 to Zone 7 as well.
I can hear SP Manhattan off of site 134(Corning Towner)
That’s like an everyday occurrence up there.
Fully Encr so far. Maybe one of those 3 towns mentioned by @firepilot up above in post #6
getting the same type on 5012. Fully encr.
In the last 20 minutes, all I see on 9650 is one radio id, and it has keyed up 30 times and its the only rid seen on that tg.
Not really. It can be silent for long periods. Sometimes I tend to think it’s switched off! Or should I say, not connected to the network? Getting full signal. But very little traffic.
Last edited:
Interesting. Could you clarify please? I used to get traffic off Corning Tower on this system. Are we saying the same or similar thing?
Thanks!
When a radio (subscriber) comes up on a talkgroup at a site, it has affiliated. Basically the subscriber is telling the system "Hey I'm here at Site X, and I want to listen to TG Y", at which point the system will start broadcasting that TG's radio traffic at that site. If the subscriber de-affiliates and there are no other subscribers at that site on that TG, the traffic is no longer carried.
There are exceptions to this rule, but they require the system admin to force traffic to be carried regardless of subscriber affiliation (or lack thereof) and are not commonly done.
So the bottom line is that if there are no radios requesting talkgroups at your local site, there won't be anything to listen to. The system is operating normally, and the site is not "disconnected" from the rest of the system.
There are exceptions to this rule, but they require the system admin to force traffic to be carried regardless of subscriber affiliation (or lack thereof) and are not commonly done.
So the bottom line is that if there are no radios requesting talkgroups at your local site, there won't be anything to listen to. The system is operating normally, and the site is not "disconnected" from the rest of the system.
Thank you for your explanation.
Since MTAPD already uses LTE on subway patrols on a daily basis. I would say the capability is definitely there and well demonstrated. I think the limiting factor is a lot of Upstate New York (is Dutchess/Putnam) are quite rural and LTE coverage is also spotty
As well as keeping GPS and Bluetooth on 😑 Of course when I ask my buddy who’s an MTA Police officer what he thinks of the Harris radios; himself and literally everyone he knows in his district complains batteries die too quickly
