Mystery Channel/Feature

[ocbutler]

I currently scan my counties Trunking System (Horry County, SC Trunking System) with the primary intention of listening to Fire Dispatch, as it is my line of work. I monitor most of the talk groups that appear on radio reference. However, when I’m at work, and I am on scan mode with my APX6000, it picks up some kind of additional channel that I cannot figure out. It is simply a digital voice announcing call dispatches, for example “Box 3901, Fire Alarm, Ladder 39, Engine 4”, or “Medic 30 move up to station 36”. When I asked my knowledgeable partner what channel I was hearing, he replied “It’s not a channel, it’s a feature.” And he seems to be right, it’s not a regular listed talk group. What is this that I’m hearing? Is it some kind of integration with the CAD? With the paging system? How do I add it as a feature to my at-home scanner? Any help with this would be awesome

 

[CrabbyMilton]

Sounds like you answered your own question the end of the paragraph though i could be wrong. There are several departments around here that use an automated voice to dispatch around here. Most of them are on a separate TG.

 

[mc48]

Turn on the scanners ID search mode to find the TG, then program it in as a new TG. You should then submit the new TG to the database.

 

[brian]

Can APX radios read data messages out loud? Perhaps it's announcing information being sent via data/text. That would be a "feature."

 

[jaymatt1978]

I'm curious if this is the system you're monitoring:

Horry County Trunking System, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Horry County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[ocbutler]

I'm curious if this is the system you're monitoring:

Horry County Trunking System, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Horry County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Yes it is