*OLD* MARCS Shutdown Discussion

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tg 14256 - Possible Community Ambulance

I haven't been able to confirm it, but I think it might be Courtesy Ambulance out of Newark. I just heard them talk to LMH on HOS-4501, so they have the radios.
 

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I haven't been able to confirm it, but I think it might be Courtesy Ambulance out of Newark. I just heard them talk to LMH on HOS-4501, so they have the radios.

I'll enter it in the database as such; if you find otherwise please advise via submission or PM.
 

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It looks like Mr Swisher was 100% correct when he stated the Toledo & MARCS patch would not last long, TG 25296 has not been active the last 3 day's. Looks like all good things must come to a end...lol
 
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When I went thru the latest library in my copy of EZ Scan I did not see them in either listing, I will check the DB online and see.
 

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Their ID's would appear to be what I picked up, its just that the library wasn't in numerical order and I didn't look far enough, Thanks.
 

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TG 55360

TG 55360

Likely [guessing] another East Ohio OSP talkgroup, along the lines of 55264/55296. Only heard traffic on it once today and didn't note the tower I heard it off of. But my guess is another East Ohio OSP replacement talkgroup. I'll keep my ears peeled. "CW2" was talking to another character whose ID I didn't catch.

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TG 55360

Likely [guessing] another East Ohio OSP talkgroup, along the lines of 55264/55296. Only heard traffic on it once today and didn't note the tower I heard it off of. But my guess is another East Ohio OSP replacement talkgroup. I'll keep my ears peeled. "CW2" was talking to another character whose ID I didn't catch.

Mike

Heard again. CW2 was talking to Atwood 1 (i.e. at Atwood Lake area in Dellroy, Carroll Co). CW2 was checking on a supposedly locked bathroom, which was reported as locked by a person in lot 636. I'm fairly sure they didn't say GW2 (as in Game Warden), but I could be mistaken.

So my guess is this is Atwood Lake Park, Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) or ODNR talkgroup. Maybe park rangers, but does Atwood have park rangers? It's not an SP.

If you're in the Atwood Lake region [which I will be moving to later this summer], you might want to add TG 55360 as it obviously carries some type of traffic related to Atwood Lake.

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According to this page the MWCD has its own rangers at Atwood Lake.

Hmm, thank you. I bet that's it then -- probably MWCD Rangers.

(sidenote: Interesting that the OSP Lisbon talkgroups changed from the ones they used for years to 55264 / 55296, and now we've got 55360 mixed in with them. All East Ohio stuff. 55328 is probably mixed in somewhere around here too, so I'll be on the lookout for it.)

MWCD covers a pretty big area. But I'd bet that talkgroup (55360) isn't exclusive to Atwood Lake but probably for all MWCD service areas.

I'm going to add it to the DB as MWCD Rangers. If a more accurate description is determined down the road, we'll change it.

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I'm going to sit on 55360 for a couple days before adding it, just to see if I can pin down a beetter description of what is going on.

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TG 55360 and 55424

Another talkgroup in the same vein as TG 55360 -- this time TG 55424.

Referencing fixing a picnic table spigot at Lot 14. Also referenced the amphitheater. Atwood Lake does have an amphiteater, but I can't be sure that they were referencing Atwood Lake on this one. Other places in the MWCD may very well have amphitheaters. Just heard them again, this time talking about the person at Lot 216 is going to need for them to move his camper this afternoon.

So I thik 55360 and 55424 are related and both have had Atwood Lake related activity on them. Beginning to sound even more like MWCD talkgroups.

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I may have jumped the gun on these

TG 55360 is quite active today. Many radios active on this talkgroup in Carroll Co area. And some of them are also joining other known ODNR talkgroups like 33184, 48944, and 27328.

So either 55360 and 55424 are new ODNR talkgroups, or MWCD is considered part of ODNR for the purposes of radio. I don't know.

Anyway, once I'm clearer on the agency using these talkgroups I'll get them added to the DB again.

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Another talkgroup in the same vein as TG 55360 -- this time TG 55424.

Referencing fixing a picnic table spigot at Lot 14. Also referenced the amphitheater. Atwood Lake does have an amphiteater, but I can't be sure that they were referencing Atwood Lake on this one. Other places in the MWCD may very well have amphitheaters. Just heard them again, this time talking about the person at Lot 216 is going to need for them to move his camper this afternoon.

So I thik 55360 and 55424 are related and both have had Atwood Lake related activity on them. Beginning to sound even more like MWCD talkgroups.

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The radio IDs seen on 55360 and 55424 are in the 4xxx range. Have never seen 4xxx range radio IDs before this year [and before these talkgroups came about]. I had wondered if they were Wildlife Enforcement, Parks and Rec, or Forestry... They definitely aren't ODNR Wildlife Enforcement since those talkgroups are active with [usually] 23xxx radio IDs and are pretty much exclusively encrypted. If these aren't ODNR Parks & Rec [and I doubt they are], they probably are WMCD talkgroups. I just don't know where these talkgroups should be added in the grand scheme of subcategory groupings at this time. Under ODNR or under separate category.

I'd probably hear 55424 a lot more except that Tappan area communications are likely all through the Deersville tower, which I really don't get a decent copy on.

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I added 55360 and 55424 as MWCD talkgroups. Descriptions might change, but for now its basic operations -- mostly maintenance but also other things heard. I don't know if the talkgroups are by county or by region or what. But I know Tappan Lake and Atwood Lake are in the same region, yet Tappan is heardon 55424 while Atwood / Leesville is heard on 55360 thus far.

There was a board minutes PDF on the mwcd.org website from November 2012 indicating that they approved subscribing to MARCS.

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The radio IDs seen on 55360 and 55424 are in the 4xxx range. Have never seen 4xxx range radio IDs before this year [and before these talkgroups came about]. I had wondered if they were Wildlife Enforcement, Parks and Rec, or Forestry... They definitely aren't ODNR Wildlife Enforcement since those talkgroups are active with [usually] 23xxx radio IDs and are pretty much exclusively encrypted. If these aren't ODNR Parks & Rec [and I doubt they are], they probably are WMCD talkgroups. I just don't know where these talkgroups should be added in the grand scheme of subcategory groupings at this time. Under ODNR or under separate category.

I'd probably hear 55424 a lot more except that Tappan area communications are likely all through the Deersville tower, which I really don't get a decent copy on.

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Logged some SOFAST traffic during a raid on two locations in Winton Woods a few days ago. TGs and IDs:

38912
38960 - (1415, 1428, 45150, 45168)
39008 - (45164, 45167, 45168)

Assuming that 38912 is the first talkgroup for them (since 38896 is Butler REC 2), this MIGHT be the basic layout:

38912 SOFAST 1
38928 SOFAST 2
38944 SOFAST 3
38960 SOFAST 4
38976 SOFAST 5
38992 SOFAST 6
39008 SOFAST 7
39024 SOFAST 8

39040 may or may not be a bookend for those TGs - heard it last week with two units discussing the fastest way to a location via the Norwood exit. Later had a few comms regarding setting up in the lobby of the hospital. Mark logged 39056 as a possible ambulance service...so 39040 could be the same.
 

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Logged some SOFAST traffic during a raid on two locations in Winton Woods a few days ago. TGs and IDs:

38912
38960 - (1415, 1428, 45150, 45168)
39008 - (45164, 45167, 45168)

Assuming that 38912 is the first talkgroup for them (since 38896 is Butler REC 2), this MIGHT be the basic layout:

38912 SOFAST 1
38928 SOFAST 2
38944 SOFAST 3
38960 SOFAST 4
38976 SOFAST 5
38992 SOFAST 6
39008 SOFAST 7
39024 SOFAST 8

39040 may or may not be a bookend for those TGs - heard it last week with two units discussing the fastest way to a location via the Norwood exit. Later had a few comms regarding setting up in the lobby of the hospital. Mark logged 39056 as a possible ambulance service...so 39040 could be the same.

EDIT: 39040 active this morning from the Cincinnati site. User IDs 1428 and 45150, so that does make it a SOFAST talkgroup.
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Gallipolis PD ?

We received a submission by somebody suggesting that Gallipolis PD is now on MARCS. However, a specific talkgroup was not given. If you live in the Gallia Co area, you might want to listen for any new talkgroups (i.e. scan in open mode / use a group wildcard) to see if you are hearing Gallipolis PD on MARCS.

If anyone is able to come up with confirmation and a specific talkgroup, please submit it to the database for listing.

Thanks

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We received a submission by somebody suggesting that Gallipolis PD is now on MARCS. However, a specific talkgroup was not given. If you live in the Gallia Co area, you might want to listen for any new talkgroups (i.e. scan in open mode / use a group wildcard) to see if you are hearing Gallipolis PD on MARCS.

If anyone is able to come up with confirmation and a specific talkgroup, please submit it to the database for listing.

Ditto for Logan PD (Hocking County).
 
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