New Jersey Interoperability Communication System (NJICS)

[GTR8000]

Per @GM, Site 34 Wall has a new NAC of 392, so for those of you with SDS series scanners, make sure to update your programming if you have the Site NAC set to the old 394.

 

[railtrailbiker]

Was there a system outage earlier today, perhaps involving the Garrett Mountain and/or Ramapo sites? I noticed that Hawthorne PD switched back over to their UHF repeater for about an hour or so this morning.

 

[GTR8000]

Site 24 Netcong has a new NAC of 398.

 

[rr60]

Of which made me open UT on Site 7.

Washington Site 32 on the DB neighbors list to 7 seems to have dropped off. I did
refresh the list.

 

[rr60]

And Washington (32) is appearing on Martinsville (28) neighbors list. However upon looking over the DB it has 28 at Miller Lane. This surprises me. I will have do do some checking.

 

[rr60]

Yep Miller Lane it is. I always thought (28) was on Pillar of Fire, not so. Noted that the sometimes elusive (by affiliation) B2-5 now seems full time on (28). Not so on (7).

 

[timetraveler4]

Is STR-II down in New Providence? Not seeing it come up while scanning.

 

[GTR8000]

Site 22 Ramapo has a new NAC of 396.

 

[RadioDitch]

Site 22 Ramapo has a new NAC of 396.

Welp, they're still following the pattern.

Is STR-II down in New Providence? Not seeing it come up while scanning.

It's still being identified as an inactive peer to Union County, and it was still physically there and deployed as of yesterday (Saturday) morning.

Yep Miller Lane it is. I always thought (28) was on Pillar of Fire, not so. Noted that the sometimes elusive (by affiliation) B2-5 now seems full time on (28). Not so on (7).

That's been that way for quite a while. B2-05 will be available on 7 (UC) for a couple transmissions, then disappear for hours or the whole day with no Somerville cars affiliating. It's honestly not even worth listening to it on the NJICS on the UC side of the hill.

 

[RadioDitch]

It was confirmed this morning that STR-II remains fully deployed, and continues to be tied into NPFD building power, but is off the air. It remains as a Site 7 peer for now. New Prov TG's showing on Site 7.

 

[rr60]

Is STR-II down in New Providence? Not seeing it come up while scanning.

I observed lazy (21) on air today NAC Decimal 92 CC 774.60625, normal RF coverage.

 

[RadioDitch]

I observed lazy (21) on air today NAC Decimal 92 CC 774.60625, normal RF coverage.

Allegedly it developed an issue which was rectified this morning.

 

[rr60]

West Orange has reverted back to it's primary CC, 774.78125.

And West Orange back to alternate 774.54375. Let’s see for how long, again.

 

[K2NEC]

And West Orange back to alternate 774.54375. Let’s see for how long, again.

Still using ACC?

 

[rr60]

Still using ACC?

Yes

 

[rr60]

As long as 774.78125 is still control capable, there's no need to update the database so soon. If we determine after a few weeks or a month that 774.54375 appears to be the new permanent preferred control channel, then we can look at an update.

One week now. ALT CC 774.54375 remains in use site 01.

 

[GTR8000]

One week now. ALT CC 774.54375 remains in use site 01.

As stated previously, as long as the appropriate channels are flagged as control capable (which they are), we're not going to worry about it that much, nor are we going to chase our tails updating primary/alternate assignments.

 

[GTR8000]

The NJSP are making moves. They are starting to issue out new radios to troopers (likely APX portables). All of a sudden over the past week or two I'm seeing numerous NJSP subscribers affiliating directly with northern NJICS sites on Troop B talkgroups. Audio is natively P25 when they transmit, vs the lousy patched analog audio from the SmartZone system. The obvious upside to this, aside from the audio sounding clearer, is that the NJSP talkgroups will be carried on more consistent basis on NJICS sites as more of these new radios are issued out and wind up affiliating with various sites. Until they decide to encrypt everything, of course.

 

[RadioDitch]

I can also confirm that Somerville and Perryville assigned troop car mobiles have begun receiving new programming.

 

[K2NEC]

APX6000's, GTR