OC CCCS rebanding?

[monitor142]

So as they do the rebanding, how is the information passed to the radios in the field

Every single radio has been reprogrammed that operates on the system. The rebanding reprogramming gives the radios the ability to see the old and new control channels. A status bit is on the OSW indicating that the system has rebanded I believe which references revised channel tables in the radios. They also have all the new T/A channels and mutual aid channels reprogrammed.

Most agencies have purchased new P25 subscribers so they are ready to migrate to the P25 system after the dust settles with rebanding. Many of the sites already have the P25 infrastructure installed so it's just a matter of a cell by cell cutover to P25 in 2019-2020.

The P25 system will also add additional RF sites (cells) to current sites to improve coverage and performance. With the migration to P25, the County will be able to do over the air reprogramming of radios in the field. They will no longer need to "touch" every radio for updates in the programming templates including removing the old legacy CCCS Smartzone info.

 

[allend]

Rebanding of the North Cell has been completed. Everything is back to normal operations.

 

[allend]

Here are the complete re-banding frequencies for the North Cell

851.15000
851.40000
851.65000
851.67500
851.90000
852.15000
852.17500
852.40000
852.65000
852.67500
852.90000
853.15000 - A
853.17500 - A
853.40000 - A
853.65000 - CC

 

[Markb]

Any estimate of when the county-wide cell will change over to the new system?

If you're referring to the new P25 system, the timeframe is supposedly 12-18 months, probably less now.

 

[Engine104]

Hi MarkB and Allend,

If I'm understanding correctly, county-wide has been rebanded, but the P25 system has not yet come online and we're looking at 12-18 months or less?

 

[allend]

Yes no working daily P25 Site is up and running. As to the time frame its all about speculation and timelines for when radio communication for OCSD finalizes the project. From being on the outside nobody has the exact answer for you.

Well they have replaced all of their older Motorola base/mobile radios since those radios will not be-able to do P25 Phase I. Also, the rate they have been re-banding and they are almost complete now. So it looks like they are moving pretty fast at the project.

Maybe by the end of this year you might see some P25 sites going online. Seems by other posts that the hardware backbone is already in place.

 

[Engine104]

Yes no working daily P25 Site is up and running. As to the time frame its all about speculation and timelines for when radio communication for OCSD finalizes the project. From being on the outside nobody has the exact answer for you.

Well they have replaced all of their older Motorola base/mobile radios since those radios will not be-able to do P25 Phase I. Also, the rate they have been re-banding and they are almost complete now. So it looks like they are moving pretty fast at the project.

Maybe by the end of this year you might see some P25 sites going online. Seems by other posts that the hardware backbone is already in place.

Thanks, Allend. Good to know.

 

[scottyhetzel]

Can anyone confirm that Anaheim Police dispatch is in the clear, d.b. Says “D” or is this a error. I thought all of OrCo Police was the big E., also looks like the control channel needs updated on the D.B. Too.

 

[allend]

Can anyone confirm that Anaheim Police dispatch is in the clear, d.b. Says “D” or is this a error. I thought all of OrCo Police was the big E., also looks like the control channel needs updated on the D.B. Too.

Its a DB error for sure. OC LE has been gone forever now.

52800 ce4 DE ANA PD GRN1 Police Dispatch - Green 1 Law Dispatch

 

[allend]

Here are the complete re-banding frequencies for the NorthWest Cell. Looks like Rebanding has been completed for Orange County

851.7000
851.8500
852.3250 - A
852.7000
852.8500 - A
853.3250 - A
853.7000 - CC

 

[Anderegg]

Countywide Cell has already been rebanded. The controllers just needed to be updated and a few new channels will if haven't been added, one removed. The work was minimal because they operate in the general category spectrum (856-860MHz); High Site, High Power. The other cells and IR sites are moving down the standard 15MHz per the rebanding plan (866-869 to 851-854MHz).

Are the control channels in the RRdb correct for the Countywide cell in it's rebanded form? CW is all I monitor when I need to listen to Red.

Paul

 

[allend]

Are the control channels in the RRdb correct for the Countywide cell in it's rebanded form? CW is all I monitor when I need to listen to Red.

Paul

The CountyWide Cell does not need to be re-banned. It falls within specs

 

[RadioDaze]

The CountyWide Cell does not need to be re-banned. It falls within specs

So if I unwittingly applied rebanding to the CW site, does that mean it wouldn't track properly?

 

[Markb]

The Countywide Cell will track properly regardless of whether or not the rebanded bandplan is used.

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[RadioDaze]

Thanks, Mark.