New Midland System

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So Midland moved to a new radio system. I have some questions and have a few comments.

As I have said in another thread, I have input the new system but I only hear fire dispatch. Everything else appears to be encrypted. I have submitted the TGID to the database.

I have read the new system uses Motorola radios, but radio reference shows it to be P25. Should I have set it up as mototrunk? Would that matter? I will probably try it later just to see.

I’ll continue to monitor, but it seems pretty bleak.

 

[hiegtx]

I have read the new system uses Motorola radios, but radio reference shows it to be P25. Should I have set it up as mototrunk? Would that matter? I will probably try it later just to see.

While the equipment used on the system may be from Motorola, the system type is P25 Phase II. That's very different than what you are calling "mototrunk". I suspect you may actually meaning DMR. MotoTRBO is a trunked system using DMR, Definitely not the same as a P25 system.

 

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While the equipment used on the system may be from Motorola, the system type is P25 Phase II. That's very different than what you are calling "mototrunk". I suspect you may actually meaning DMR. MotoTRBO is a trunked system using DMR, Definitely not the same as a P25 system.

This is kind of what I suspected which confirms that there is only one channel that is not encrypted on this system.

 

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While the equipment used on the system may be from Motorola, the system type is P25 Phase II. That's very different than what you are calling "mototrunk". I suspect you may actually meaning DMR. MotoTRBO is a trunked system using DMR, Definitely not the same as a P25 system.

One more thing. I assume if I am picking up one TGID and it sounds fine, I probably programmed the system correct? Is this a safe assumption?

 

[hiegtx]

One more thing. I assume if I am picking up one TGID and it sounds fine, I probably programmed the system correct? Is this a safe assumption?

Almost certainly, yes. On this type of system, as long as you have the correct control channel frequencies entered (and it sounds like you do), the scanner will get the band plan needed to correctly monitor the system from the control channel data stream; you do not need to enter it manually.