New Marta P25 Control Channel On the Air

[dudegt]

853.0625 has migrated over to become a voice channel on the new P25 system.

WACN: BEE00, SysID: B9E. Atlanta seems to be RFSS 1 Site 1

 

[dudegt]

Network: BEE00.B9E


Site: 1.1 NAC=B91

Channel 0-303: 852.9 SCC
Channel 0-329: 853.0625 SCC
Channel 0-359: 853.25 CC
Not sure what the bandplan is

 

[dudegt]

Bandplan #0: Base=851.00625 Offset=-45 Spacing=6.25 BW=12.5
Bandplan #2: Base=851.0125 Offset=-45 Spacing=12.5 BW=12.5 Slots=2

So far.

 

[Casey]

I heard no activity all day today and then after 6pm someone used talkgroup 1 to do a couple audible voice tests between two different radios or consoles (1004 and 1005 radio ids)

 

[dudegt]

CQPSK, no known neighbors yet.

 

[dudegt]

Channel 0-255: 852.6 SCC

 

[dudegt]

They've either turned another simulcast site on or the power up, I am getting a way better signal from my apartment

 

[Casey]

Testing 1,2,3,4 countdowns on 10407 and 11517...the system has been pretty quiet other than occasional countdown tests...radio id noted 1005

 

[ctiller]

any news on the new system? i'm not picking up the old one at all anymore at my house

 

[dudegt]

any news on the new system? i'm not picking up the old one at all anymore at my house

All I have seen is testing so far, the old system has also always been hit or miss when receiving it for me

 

[ctiller]

i've always gotten it pretty good at my house. I don't monitor it a lot, but the last time I heard it was that night we had the snow a few weeks ago.

 

[ctiller]

after scanning the old system all day I just got a very weak signal on the N/S trains talkgroup. i'm wondering if a tower to the old system has been shut off, but hard to know as an outsider except that something changed

 

[DanRollman]

after scanning the old system all day I just got a very weak signal on the N/S trains talkgroup. i'm wondering if a tower to the old system has been shut off, but hard to know as an outsider except that something changed

I am still hearing the usual activity on the old system from midtown, but I agree it appears to sound a lot weaker.