New GSP mobile repeaters

[SCPD]

The new 700mhz frequency is alive and well in the Augusta area BTW...

 

[Stavro35]

Does this change also apply to GSP Brunswick and Jekyll?

 

[INDY72]

From the input from all the great sources, it appears that the 700 is in use everywhere except ATL... so far..... Keep listening guys, they may add it to the atl troop and that would make interesting listening.. Hmmm another idea to ponder, would it also be set up for rebroadcasting say AL stuff near the border, or NC/TN stuff?

 

[b7spectra]

Doubt they would add it to the ATL area since they are already up on the ATL TRS. The Troop C troopers are already carrying their XTS portables that are on the ATL TRS.

 

[N8IAA]

Actually monitored some activity on the new mobile repeater in Gwinnett near Buford this afternoon. There seemed to be a lot of activity on I-85 today.
Larry

 

[Casey]

Actually monitored some activity on the new mobile repeater in Gwinnett near Buford this afternoon. There seemed to be a lot of activity on I-85 today.
Larry

Hey Larry, by chance did you happen to hear if it was the local post coming through their car radios or do you think the troopers were tuned to GSP Atlanta 800 that far out?

 

[N8IAA]

Hey Larry, by chance did you happen to hear if it was the local post coming through their car radios or do you think the troopers were tuned to GSP Atlanta 800 that far out?

The signal wasn't very strong and I didn't hear the unit calling. I know that there were some accidents in the area. I haven't heard any comms since. I will be monitoring today because of the wx and road conditions.
Larry

 

[Casey]

OLD UHF Repeaters still in use 575 and 515

Had a chance to test receive the new/old GSP mobile repeaters through Cherokee, Pickens and Lumpkin...two different good hits on the traditional UHF repeater freq..no hits on the new one...

 

[WJS884]

GSP Radios

The Georgia State Patrol is using the FutureCom DVR (Digital Vehicle Repeater) band mobile extender. The FutureCom is assigned to Troopers who work at Post that have counties with an 800 MHz trunked system outside of metro Atlanta. The Troopers working in Troop-C, metro Atlanta, do not use mobile extenders; they have car mounted 800 MHz and 800 MHz hand held units that use the Atlanta system. As Atlanta moves to digital, GSP will move to the Atlanta UASI Regional Radio System, this move will take place by June 1ST. If the Trooper is assigned a Post that covers counties without a trunked system, his/her unit has the Motorola PAC/RT UHF mobile extender.

 

[b7spectra]

Atlanta is going to join the UASI? That would be a trip! So far, only Cobb is there. No one else who has gone P25. I've got the Cobb UASI P25 programmed in and never heard peep one from GSP on it, the only time I heard them on the Cobb system is when they came on the STEP channel to assist in a chase.

Info on FutureCom can be found at their site here and on the Motherola site here.

 

[Julian1]

During my travels up and down I-85 Lagrange to Atlanta I'm getting both the new 700-Mhz while still hearing a few of the old 458.4875 Mhz ones in use.

 

[Firebuff880]

Actually,

Cobb is not a UASI member the system is owned and operated by the State, Fulton, City of Atlanta & DeKalb. However, Cobb does house and operate the SmatrtZone switch necessary to link many parts to it and they are an associated member. (This is probably going to change soon.)

------------------------ Next 30 days will be real interesting listening --

Atlanta is going to join the UASI? That would be a trip! So far, only Cobb is there. No one else who has gone P25. I've got the Cobb UASI P25 programmed in and never heard peep one from GSP on it, the only time I heard them on the Cobb system is when they came on the STEP channel to assist in a chase.

Info on FutureCom can be found at their site here and on the Motherola site here.

 

[b7spectra]

Actually,

Cobb is not a UASI member the system is owned and operated by the State, Fulton, City of Atlanta & DeKalb. However, Cobb does house and operate the SmatrtZone switch necessary to link many parts to it and they are an associated member. (This is probably going to change soon.)

I was more referring to the fact that there are designated UASI channel on the Cobb P25 system. I'm still trying to figure out why RR list them as GEWIN instead of Cobb County!

 

[MTS2000des]

I was more referring to the fact that there are designated UASI channel on the Cobb P25 system. I'm still trying to figure out why RR list them as GEWIN instead of Cobb County!

For some reason people are referring to Cobb's DTRS as "GEWIN" Georgia Emergency Wireless Interoperability Network as a trunked radio system when it is more about linking 911 centers with common infrastructure than the actual radio systems, using MotoBridge to link different the radio systems at 911 centers. Nowhere in the document does it mention GEWIN being the name for the new Astro 25 systems being procured by various municipalities in Georgia. In fact, it states that the majority of the state is on VHF:

http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/docs-radio/georgiaOverview0807.ppt

 

[b7spectra]

Which brings me back to my original question. Why are we (RR) calling it GEWIN instead of Cobb County P25?

 

[MTS2000des]

Which brings me back to my original question. Why are we (RR) calling it GEWIN instead of Cobb County P25?

don't know, that is not the name of the system to begin with. but for some reason it is erroneously referred to as "GEWIN" by some.

Once again, GEWIN is an effort to patch radio systems across the state via MotoBridge voice over IP telephony (see the above power point on the FCC page re: GEWIN) not a statewide trunking system. There is a push by Motorola to upsell Astro 25 to the many jurisdictions across the state who are currently using legacy analog 800MHz Smartnet systems to buy Astro 25 and they are being told "this will make your system compatible with the state mandate". This is the same dribble Commissioner Olens repeated to me at the town hall meeting in June of 2005 when Cobb was giving a sales pitch for the SPLOST. It was even mentioned that there was a "mandate for Cobb to go digital" and it was "Federal law". Of course subsequent requests for specific Federal and State case law or statutes mandating digital radio for public safety have gone unanswered and they simply don't exist. But the Motorola sales machine says otherwise.

Maybe someone can correct this on RR. At this time, Georgia does NOT have a statewide 800 system, at least not yet- and likely won't for a long time to come unless the magic money ferry drops around 2 billion in the state kitty. As the GEWIN PPT says, the majority of the state law enforcement and public safety radio is still VHF conventional. This includes most state agencies, county sheriff's, fire departments and local governments. VHF low band is the official mode for GEMA's statewide radio communications, and in fact, a low band radio on the GEMA 46MHz frequency is a requirement for a state authorized rescue truck. (I took rescue specialist last year and this was mentioned in the comm training section.) The goal of GEWIN is to bridge the various radio systems at E-comm centers via voice over IP using MotoBridge (another overpriced Motorola product. Amateur radios use the same technology with EchoLink and have been doing so for 8 years at NO COST BTW).

Georgia only has 800 trunked systems in scattered locations, mostly in urban areas and large cities, with few exceptions (such as Tift county, Thomas county, etc). Everywhere else it's all VHF. VHF radios are required in all sheriff's office vehicles, state law enforcement vehicles and fire department trucks.

I wonder why. (Maybe because it F-ING WORKS?)

 

[N8IAA]

MTS200des, you are preaching to the choir Same reason when I lived in Cleve,OH couldn't figure out why they moved from an excellent UHF, newly updated system, to what was ancient technology (VSELP) sold by Motherola to the water department. I wish I had their deep pockets!!!!
Larry

 

[procopper7005]

Yes GSP is using the new 700mhx mobile repeaters all over south GA now as well. Ive heard them in Tifton, Valdosta, Waycross. The nice thing for these troopers is they now have hand held access to local 800mhz systems like in Tifton, and Valdosta which is great for big incidents like wrecks and chases.

In Atlanta many troopers still have the old VHF radios in their cars for use in outlying counties like Gwinnett where their portables wont reach the Atlanta TRS.

 

[kc4wai]

I'm in Barrow County and I still hear GSP activity on 154.68. That's the old base-to-car frequency for state troopers out in 'the sticks'. Pretty much everything out here (i.e. Barrow, Jackson and Oconee Counties) is still VHF Hi-band....and it really should stay that way. There is talk about a multi-county digital 800 TRS for Hall, Jackson, Barrow and Banks. But why? Isn't that why we have 'state band' on VHF? (i.e. 154.905, 154.935) Sorry, but rural counties in Georgia don't need 10 million dollar (and up) digital 800 systems. Just 'cause Gwinnett got one of them new fangled P25 systems, doesn't mean everyone else has to. VHF conventional is still proven and reliable technology. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Just improve what you already have.

 

[relicwr]

Activity around the central state, probably the Perry post. I'm on the east side of the county though but when it first stopped it showed LNK but didnt establish. Then it was something not P25, more like a frog or motorboat. Now its vocal.