Posting a few notes on Nebraska DMR systems, specifically in the Omaha/Lincoln area. Been looking to track some of these down over the past few months, and this is a reprisal of a very informative thread from a few years ago - wonder if maybe we should post a sticky on this subject.
1. Shaffer Communications seems to have expanded their Hytera system into the Omaha area from Lincoln, and it appears to be undergoing range testing. License for the new sites in Cass and Douglas counties seems to be covered under WRBU638; wondering if this is rolling out to challenge the First Wireless Connect Plus system for customers.
2. First National Bank of Omaha is operating a new multisite Capacity Plus system in Douglas county, with sites at the tower downtown and their western Omaha business complex. So far just security seems to be using it, cutting over from the conventional DMR repeater they had been using for a few years.
3. Not strictly Nebraska, but there has been a lot of NXDN traffic on the MidAmerican Energy-licensed frequencies around Harrison and Pottawattamie Counties across the river - maybe switching from the MPT-1327 system?
4. Have been fruitlessly searching to see if Telebeep Wireless in the rural counties west of Omaha has switched to DMR or gone offline completely - I have not see any hits on either the old LTR system or the new DMR-licensed frequencies (see for example WQZZ983 in Beemer).
5. Can anyone confirm if the HDR Capacity Plus and West Corporation Hytera systems are still online? Have not heard anything from them for almost two years now, but maybe they have just attenuated the power. The West Corporation license appeared to be being rented out to a recycling company at one point.
1. Shaffer Communications seems to have expanded their Hytera system into the Omaha area from Lincoln, and it appears to be undergoing range testing. License for the new sites in Cass and Douglas counties seems to be covered under WRBU638; wondering if this is rolling out to challenge the First Wireless Connect Plus system for customers.
2. First National Bank of Omaha is operating a new multisite Capacity Plus system in Douglas county, with sites at the tower downtown and their western Omaha business complex. So far just security seems to be using it, cutting over from the conventional DMR repeater they had been using for a few years.
3. Not strictly Nebraska, but there has been a lot of NXDN traffic on the MidAmerican Energy-licensed frequencies around Harrison and Pottawattamie Counties across the river - maybe switching from the MPT-1327 system?
4. Have been fruitlessly searching to see if Telebeep Wireless in the rural counties west of Omaha has switched to DMR or gone offline completely - I have not see any hits on either the old LTR system or the new DMR-licensed frequencies (see for example WQZZ983 in Beemer).
5. Can anyone confirm if the HDR Capacity Plus and West Corporation Hytera systems are still online? Have not heard anything from them for almost two years now, but maybe they have just attenuated the power. The West Corporation license appeared to be being rented out to a recycling company at one point.
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