New CHP Extender Channel Assignments

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That's why it's called fishing and not catching! Appreciate the work you do...

 

[scannerboy02]

I hate to throw a wrench in the works, but CHP South Lake Tahoe EV-20 extenders are using EE4 NAC. All of the other areas I've heard have been using EE6 NAC. I'm inclined to change all the EV-20 extender freqs back to open tone in the DB for now...

I have no particular information to support this but is it ~possible~ they are using the different NACs as a kind of 'primary' and 'alternate' steering, like they had with the CPVE setup?

 

[officer_415]

I have no particular information to support this but is it ~possible~ they are using the different NACs as a kind of 'primary' and 'alternate' steering, like they had with the CPVE setup?

In both systems, the portable radio uses different NACs to "steer" the extender to different mobile channels (i.e. Ch 1 car-to-station, or Ch 2 car-to-car on the base frequency). The "alternate" VRS freq ended up being used as the EV-20 freq for each area.

I believe the portables are programmed for F7E (open NAC) receive on the EV-20 system, so maybe listing the EV-20 freqs with no tone in the DB is the right thing to do in any case. I'm just confused...EE6 everywhere, and then of course I come across EE4.

 

[scannerboy02]

In both systems, the portable radio uses different NACs to "steer" the extender to different mobile channels (i.e. Ch 1 car-to-station, or Ch 2 car-to-car on the base frequency). The "alternate" VRS freq ended up being used as the EV-20 freq for each area.

I believe the portables are programmed for F7E (open NAC) receive on the EV-20 system, so maybe listing the EV-20 freqs with no tone in the DB is the right thing to do in any case. I'm just confused...EE6 everywhere, and then of course I come across EE4.

I'm almost wondering if this was a programming error, it is a little strange.

Also, is the beaconing being observed in all areas?

 

[officer_415]

Also, is the beaconing being observed in all areas?

You mean the ED6 data bursts?

 

[Radiobern]

Aqua (Hayward) EV-20 using 769.94375 with a voice NAC of EE6

 

[radioopperator]

Are they running any encryption over the extenders? My bcd325p2 wont hear crap from EL Centro through Winter haven?

 

[officer_415]

Are they running any encryption over the extenders? My bcd325p2 wont hear crap from EL Centro through Winter haven?

No, but you have to be very close to a CHP unit to hear it, and it's usually only active when the officer is out of the car.

 

[hayesguziejka]

CHP Riverside was working a fatal and I picked up both Extenders.
CPVE 769.44375 NAC: DB3
EV-20 769.71875 NAC: EE6