richee2000
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Has anyone heard any on air references to new radios? Or new system range and reliability tests?
New Jersey Interoperability Communication System (NJICS)
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mdsxfire
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Interoperability is still a joke, when we were VHF I needed one radio and could talk to every town that we border, now no matter which town I goto I need at least 2 radios, NJICS is a great idea/system it just needed to happen way earlier, in my county alone if u count NJICS, and the county system we have 8 different trunked systems and one town that is dispatched and uses another counties system, plus probably almost a dozen towns that still use uhf repeaters, we have access to maybe half the depts if we need to, only way to communicate is the county M/A channels. Would have been nice to have everyone on the county system or each county on NJICS, but as with most things everyone wants their own toys.
(I definitely like the trunked system better than our ancient voted VHF repeated system though)
Sorry to say it the world we live in, a local city in my area had the balls use E on their EMS operations channel during COVID, well it blew up in his face, will not name the person or agency don't have time to get into a fistfight here.
mdsxfire
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Like most I don’t think fire or ems ever need E, and police I think should have an E TG to change to for sensitive ops but not day to day ops,but that’s a horse beaten dead
richee2000
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Well said.
Thanks! I certainly did assume that - wrong question, got the answer I deserved.
I've seen this document before....I knew it was coming, it has not been a surprise.
For Livingston? I have seen them show up on West Orange Simulcast....RID and TG 5107 & 5113 - I have not been around to capture audio.
UHNJ EMS is now using their E channels more than they use the regular dispatch channel. I'm sad. Miss hearing the happenings in Newark.
I know this was noted in 2019 that TG 4827 is for Mountain Valley, this has been active again as of this morning overnight using this TG. Seeing New Providence RID and MV RID. However, the PD was suppose to be (originally was 4815).
New Providence PD is still assigned TG4815, they're just using their conventional mostly instead right now. 4827 is likely another MV Ops Group. I have information that says 4827 and 4829 are in addition to 4831, but I have only been able to confirm 4831 as MV Tac.
I have it on a good source that New Providence PD went back to NJICS today (or some trunked system - assuming it is NJICS) today. Monitoring 4815, so far quiet (Maybe they went E?)
Any more New Prov activity on 4827? And I doubt they went dark...the only thing they have to hide is their high school varsity football offense (or lack thereof)...
richee2000
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is New Providence PD still using their UHF channel?
I have been monitoring both since I replied and I have not heard ANYTHING on either.
But Livingston has been quiet as heck today too - and they were not suppose to switch over yet, so I have no idea.
But Livingston has been quiet as heck today too - and they were not suppose to switch over yet, so I have no idea.
I put 4815, 4827, 4829 in scan mode on my radio today and so far nada
Just got some traffic, appaers to be 4815 in the clear - oddly enough ProScan did not capture any TG or UID's.
OK - it took several communications but I am not receiving RID's 2011*** and 2026*** and they are in the clear. I will continue to monitor on this other radio a little more today.
OK. It appears to be working as expected now. In the clear. TG 4815 - they are not simulcasting.
And folks - there it is. Livingston Police testing - ENC - I can see them, but I cannot hear them. They are running tests now so far only on 5107 but I have seen traffic also on 5109, 5111 from Livingston RID's.
Since OP - Now seeing TG 5113 also with E.
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