Midwest City PD is also on the East Central Oklahoma Emergency Communications Network (ECOECN for short).
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connycarson
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Question-trying to reband Home Patrol-1 units for work, did Sentinel database & firmware update this morning, radio reference says rebanding is supported on this scanner. No luck with updated database. Scannermaster.com says Home Patrol 1 supports P25 phase 1, but it does not receive P25 phase 2 signals. Do I need to get a new scanner that gets P25 phase 2 in order to monitor OKWIN? Main interest is OHP Troop A.
Midwest City PD went to their own channel several months ago, apparently because their OKWIN freq was getting interference from something. It’s listed in RR. 854.1125.
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I did a force write of the full database on both scanners and it worked! So, all is now good. I can hear everyone again
Thanks again!!! Success... MWC is using one of their direct 800 Tac frequencies... I successfully added Midwest City as one of my favorites as I'm in the East Metro area.
Another Question... I'm setting up a list called OHP Out of Area. In case I decide to travel outside Troop A area. Do I need to load all the OKWIN P25 sites? Would I be able to hear any of these sites from Troop A's area?
Another Question... I'm setting up a list called OHP Out of Area. In case I decide to travel outside Troop A area. Do I need to load all the OKWIN P25 sites? Would I be able to hear any of these sites from Troop A's area?
nd5y
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You can only receive sites that are near you.
How far that is depends on your location, antenna height and other factors but would likely be less than 30 miles.
n5bew1
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I listen to OKWIN P-25 site 41 on the OU Energy center where it seems most traffic is P-25 type 1. Lawton OHP traffic comes through that Norman site. Troop F Ardmore comes through a lot on the Lexington site. I don't know how far north site 41's range is up into OKC as its antennas are only about 185 ft AGL. The Lexington site might be a stretch for people in OKC.
Hopefully a few answers to above questions:
Do you need a Phase 2 scanner? Depends. If you only want to listen to the OKWIN P25 system then no. If you want to listen to OKC then yes. I haven't see any traffic on OWKIN that is Phase 2 (pretty sure its locked to only Phase 1).
Do you want to program other sites in your radio? Depends. If you are only staying around one site, its usually ok to just stick to that one. If you are on the OKC site, there is plenty of traffic on that site to keep you busy. You might be able to hear Geary, Guthrie, Carney, Shawnee, Chickasha, or Norman, depending on where you are and what your antenna setup is. Depending on what scanner you have, the "out of area" sites my lock out with GPS (with uniden), or your scanner may lock onto the first decent control channel it can find (Whistler). I personally program all sites (or a spectrum scan) in my radios so they will automatically roam as I travel.
Do you need a Phase 2 scanner? Depends. If you only want to listen to the OKWIN P25 system then no. If you want to listen to OKC then yes. I haven't see any traffic on OWKIN that is Phase 2 (pretty sure its locked to only Phase 1).
Do you want to program other sites in your radio? Depends. If you are only staying around one site, its usually ok to just stick to that one. If you are on the OKC site, there is plenty of traffic on that site to keep you busy. You might be able to hear Geary, Guthrie, Carney, Shawnee, Chickasha, or Norman, depending on where you are and what your antenna setup is. Depending on what scanner you have, the "out of area" sites my lock out with GPS (with uniden), or your scanner may lock onto the first decent control channel it can find (Whistler). I personally program all sites (or a spectrum scan) in my radios so they will automatically roam as I travel.
nd5y
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I'm sitting here watching the Lawton site on Unitrunker. Hopefully the band conditions will stay good for another hour or so.
They just took it off the air at 10:01.
nd5y
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Here is a screen shot of the last activity on the Lawton type II site. (unless they turn it back on for some reason)
nd5y
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New Lawton P25 site is on the air.
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nd5y
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So far all the Lawton area talkgroups I have seen are still the same (Type II / 16 = P25).
It's not showing any neighbors yet.
It's not showing any neighbors yet.
Works in SDRTrunk 5 alpha 3 pretty well although I don't hear all the traffic because not enough dongles. I wish Denny would make it single dongle but it is what it is New OKWIN P25 Phase 1 - YouTube Sounds good otherwise.
Now I tried UniTrunker v2.1.0.49. Easier to manage but P25 voice decoder is somewhat raspy or sounds like it's overdriven but i prefer UniTrunker over SDRTrunk until SDRTrunk gets a hold and cancel and resume function. Many LCN's WOW!! UniTrunker Monitoring New OKWIN OKC Site 1 - YouTube
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Let’s pray so. If those continue its ultimately going to make a bad day worse when someone gets hurt and can’t call for help
fairlane68
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How do I get the new frequencies programmed into my radios? I'm not familiar with most of this, I just know the basics. I own a wrecker service and I need my radios to work.
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K4DPS on YouTube will show you everything you need to know
Hey Tom,
Just looking at your UniTrunker output here.
Did 856.7125MHz ever come up as a voice channel, or no?
nd5y
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Yes.
On the old system 851.2375 and 856.7125 and the Alt CCs were not used often. I think they were for overflow only.
On the P25 system they have a lot more traffic but in the short time was able to run Unitrunker on it 851.2375 looks normal and 856.7125 had about half the hits as the others.
That's what I expected. The OKC P25 site has two new voice channels. And the neighboring sites started showing up today.
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