Looks like the first cutover in April was delayed due to an other dept moving offices and computer and phones they did not want it all down and changing at the same time the second delay was digital issues ID's not right not enogh testing and training and the Fire Depts noise issues. The 3rd delay is higher up questioning the digital system so for now it looks like just Fire Dept training with the new radios to listen to and Motorola tweaking the system. As for the old analog they might be adding the freqs to the new tower sites for better covrage and for Fire to use the Analog till some the Digital issues gets worked out and have PD cut over but for now NO cutover dates set MECA is on hold still. Still no movement on APCO or the FCC incase any one cares.
Ongoing Changes: Marion Co. MECA System
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Cut over is moving forward. I will update the DB with dates shortly..
seanb580
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I received an email on this today....
The outstanding issues with the CAD interface have been resolved. As a result, MECA is now moving forward with the cutover from analog to digital. Attached is the cutover schedule identifying which dates agencies will be cutting over. The cutover will take approximately 2 weeks, beginning with the City of Beech Grove on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The Town of Speedway and the City of Lawrence will follow on Thursday, June 26, 2008 and Friday, June 27, 2008 respectively. IMPD, IFD and other law enforcement and fire agencies will follow with their cutovers the following week, beginning June 30, 2008.
The newest edition of the Radio Roundup will be disseminated within the next 36 hours. I would request that this document be forwarded to all members of your agency, as it will contain important information for users. Should there be any questions regarding cutover, protocols, etc., please feel free to contact me at the numbers below.
Thank you all for your patience, and I look forward to a successful cutover.
Here is the attachment......
System 1 Cutover Schedule by Agency
Date Time ID Name
Jun 23, 2008 1000 EMD Emergency Mgmt
Jun 24, 2008
800 BFD Beech Grove FD
800 BPD Beech Grove PD
800 STFRAN St Francis
Jun 26, 2008
800 SFD Speedway FD
800 SPD Speedway PD
Jun 27, 2008
800 LFD Lawrence (City) FD
800 LPD Lawrence (City) PD
Jun 30, 2008
1000 AFD Airport FD
1000 APD Airport PD
Jul 1, 2008
800 IMPD NW
800 CLMT Clermont PD
800 PIKCON Pike Twp Constable
800 PIKSP Pike Twp School PD
800 WAYCON Wayne Twp Constable
800 MARIAN Marian College PD
Jul 1, 2008
1000 IMPD NO
1000 MHPD Meridian Hills PD
1000 PARK Park Tudor PD
1000 ROCKY Rocky Ripple PD
1000 WASCON Washington Twp Constable
1000 WASSP Washington Twp School PD
1000 WCPD Williams Creek PD
1000 CNPD Crow's Nest PD
Jul 1, 2008
1200 IMPD NE
1200 CUM Cumberland PD
1200 LWRC Lawrence Twp Constable
1200 WARCON Warren Twp Constable
1200 WARSP Warren Twp School PD
1200 WPPD Warren Park PD
Jul 1, 2008
1400 IMPD SE
1400 FKNCON Franklin Twp Constable
1400 FKNSP Franklin Twp School PD
1400 HPD Homecroft PD
1400 PERCON Perry Twp Constable
1400 PERSP Perry Twp School PD
1400 SOPORT Southport PD
Jul 1, 2008
1600 IMPD SW
1600 DECCON Decatur Twp Constable
1600 DECSP Decatur School PD
Jul 1, 2008
1800 IMPD CD
1800 IMPD IN
1800 IMPD Other
1800 CTRCON Center Twp Constable
1800 IWMP Indy War Memorial PD
1800 MCC MC Coroner
1800 MCCL MC Crime Lab
1800 MCJA MC Justice Agency
1800 MCPO MC Prosecutors Office/Adult Services
1800 MCSP Marion Suprior Court Probation
1800 RANGER Park Rangers
1800 IHPD Indy Housing PD
1800 ACC Animal Care & Control
Jul 1, 2008
700 MCSD Court line
800 MCSD Civil Division
900 MCSD Admin, Communications, LE
1415 MCSD Jail Division
Jul 2, 2008
600 IPS Indy School PD
800 BUTLER Butler PD
800 CLR Clarian
800 IUPUI IUPUI (FD/PD)
800 MCCC MC Community Corrections
800 UINDY U of Indy
900 DEAF Deaf School PD
1000 WHS Wishard Security
1200 HHC Health & Hospital
Jul 7, 2008
900 IFD Indy FD
900 DEC Decatur Twp FD
900 PIK Pike Twp FD
900 LWR Lawrence Twp FD
900 FKN Franklin Twp FD
900 PER Perry Twp FD
900 WAY Wayne Twp FD
900 WIS Wishard Ambulance
900 FHAS Fire House Alerting
900 ER Emergency Rooms
900 ROCHE Roche
900 LILLY Eli Lilly
The outstanding issues with the CAD interface have been resolved. As a result, MECA is now moving forward with the cutover from analog to digital. Attached is the cutover schedule identifying which dates agencies will be cutting over. The cutover will take approximately 2 weeks, beginning with the City of Beech Grove on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The Town of Speedway and the City of Lawrence will follow on Thursday, June 26, 2008 and Friday, June 27, 2008 respectively. IMPD, IFD and other law enforcement and fire agencies will follow with their cutovers the following week, beginning June 30, 2008.
The newest edition of the Radio Roundup will be disseminated within the next 36 hours. I would request that this document be forwarded to all members of your agency, as it will contain important information for users. Should there be any questions regarding cutover, protocols, etc., please feel free to contact me at the numbers below.
Thank you all for your patience, and I look forward to a successful cutover.
Here is the attachment......
System 1 Cutover Schedule by Agency
Date Time ID Name
Jun 23, 2008 1000 EMD Emergency Mgmt
Jun 24, 2008
800 BFD Beech Grove FD
800 BPD Beech Grove PD
800 STFRAN St Francis
Jun 26, 2008
800 SFD Speedway FD
800 SPD Speedway PD
Jun 27, 2008
800 LFD Lawrence (City) FD
800 LPD Lawrence (City) PD
Jun 30, 2008
1000 AFD Airport FD
1000 APD Airport PD
Jul 1, 2008
800 IMPD NW
800 CLMT Clermont PD
800 PIKCON Pike Twp Constable
800 PIKSP Pike Twp School PD
800 WAYCON Wayne Twp Constable
800 MARIAN Marian College PD
Jul 1, 2008
1000 IMPD NO
1000 MHPD Meridian Hills PD
1000 PARK Park Tudor PD
1000 ROCKY Rocky Ripple PD
1000 WASCON Washington Twp Constable
1000 WASSP Washington Twp School PD
1000 WCPD Williams Creek PD
1000 CNPD Crow's Nest PD
Jul 1, 2008
1200 IMPD NE
1200 CUM Cumberland PD
1200 LWRC Lawrence Twp Constable
1200 WARCON Warren Twp Constable
1200 WARSP Warren Twp School PD
1200 WPPD Warren Park PD
Jul 1, 2008
1400 IMPD SE
1400 FKNCON Franklin Twp Constable
1400 FKNSP Franklin Twp School PD
1400 HPD Homecroft PD
1400 PERCON Perry Twp Constable
1400 PERSP Perry Twp School PD
1400 SOPORT Southport PD
Jul 1, 2008
1600 IMPD SW
1600 DECCON Decatur Twp Constable
1600 DECSP Decatur School PD
Jul 1, 2008
1800 IMPD CD
1800 IMPD IN
1800 IMPD Other
1800 CTRCON Center Twp Constable
1800 IWMP Indy War Memorial PD
1800 MCC MC Coroner
1800 MCCL MC Crime Lab
1800 MCJA MC Justice Agency
1800 MCPO MC Prosecutors Office/Adult Services
1800 MCSP Marion Suprior Court Probation
1800 RANGER Park Rangers
1800 IHPD Indy Housing PD
1800 ACC Animal Care & Control
Jul 1, 2008
700 MCSD Court line
800 MCSD Civil Division
900 MCSD Admin, Communications, LE
1415 MCSD Jail Division
Jul 2, 2008
600 IPS Indy School PD
800 BUTLER Butler PD
800 CLR Clarian
800 IUPUI IUPUI (FD/PD)
800 MCCC MC Community Corrections
800 UINDY U of Indy
900 DEAF Deaf School PD
1000 WHS Wishard Security
1200 HHC Health & Hospital
Jul 7, 2008
900 IFD Indy FD
900 DEC Decatur Twp FD
900 PIK Pike Twp FD
900 LWR Lawrence Twp FD
900 FKN Franklin Twp FD
900 PER Perry Twp FD
900 WAY Wayne Twp FD
900 WIS Wishard Ambulance
900 FHAS Fire House Alerting
900 ER Emergency Rooms
900 ROCHE Roche
900 LILLY Eli Lilly
KC9NEG
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My online scanner is programmed with the latest TG info and back up and running. Nothing heard yet this afternoon.
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W9NES
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Sorry but system 1 sounds very bad on the Northwest Side of Indianapolis.I cannot even get a signal on System 2 for DPW as well.Just my 2 cents worth.
KC9NEG
Member
Interesting... I programmed system 2 and I'm not hearing a thing, either... did they make changes?
Todd/Indy
KC9NEG
Todd/Indy
KC9NEG
SYS 2 Digital no changes just crapy signal SYS 1 digital good signal just same issues they always have
I did see that there are sevral users including parks dept still using the old analog sys 2 a lot.
Here is the new edition of MECA Radio Roundup. Has some pretty good info. Looks like it's all systems go..
Interesting, it says ALL communication will take place on the digital system after everybody is migrated.
And this quote was interesting “I was very happy with the system’s quality and the coverage we found during the testing,” said Scott Raymond, MECA’s customer service coordinator. “Places where MECA had received reports for previously having no coverage, now has coverage. I tested downtown and southwest Marion County and found very few spots
where we could not transmit and receive.” I hope they are working on that!
But they are saying it's 99.5% coverage. I know when I heard them two weeks ago, coverage was excellent to the South better than the first time I heard the system.
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W9NES
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Again I will believe it when it happens.Politics have a lot to do with this in Metro Indianapolis.Just my two cents worth !!!
Tim enough with this already..We get it..
Boy talk about some but kissing and politics in that news letter all you have to do is listen and tell half of that is not true on the air if all sys 2 users are on digital then why is there a lot of traffic still on analog and people on there saying the digital is no good thats why there are back on analog.
The 99.5% was using the long antenna where most users use the short what about that testing?
The 99.5% was using the long antenna where most users use the short what about that testing?
It'd be nice if this thread could stay on topic about operational and technical details of the new MECA Digital system. The ongoing "it's gonna happen", "no it's not" debate accomplishes nothing.
If you have information that you have personally monitored about agencies that are coming online or talkgroups that are active, we'd all like to hear it. If you have official information from attributable sources about the system, we'd all like to hear it. Also, the folks who are new to digital scanning would probably appreciate tips on how to monitor the system. But personal opinions, baseless speculations, and rumors from some guy who knows a guy really belong in another thread.
Thank you.
If you have information that you have personally monitored about agencies that are coming online or talkgroups that are active, we'd all like to hear it. If you have official information from attributable sources about the system, we'd all like to hear it. Also, the folks who are new to digital scanning would probably appreciate tips on how to monitor the system. But personal opinions, baseless speculations, and rumors from some guy who knows a guy really belong in another thread.
Thank you.
I agree with this..Lets move away from the whole politics debate and keep this thread on track with useful information.
I posted this before, and it may have been missed.
But on my Uniden 396, moving it a matter of inches 6-8 inches, with a rubber duck antenna made the decode rate go from 30-20 to zero. I was located (in a building) inside the 465 loop on the Southwest side of Indy. So for some users that may be all it takes, simply moving the scanner can improve reception. (or make it worse
) ymmv. And I thought the sound was on par for Uniden.GTO_04
Member
The part about the analog/digital balancing was interesting. I assume the handheld shown in the newsletter is their radio of choice. The antenna looks quite a bit longer than the others I've seen. I was wondering if it was a new design for better range.
The times I have listened to the new system it sounds pretty good, except for the fireground testing. My 396 does better with it than SAFE-T.
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seanb580
Member
that is a stock photo...thats a vhf or uhf antenna, i think. they may make the 800mhz antenna that size. The new radios at IFD that I've seen all have the stubby antenna.
Each user was given 1 long and 1 short stuby the longs where used in testing "99.5%"
the short did not due as well. Each user was told they could use the short stubby but was told it may not do as well as the long that it was the users choice.
the short did not due as well. Each user was told they could use the short stubby but was told it may not do as well as the long that it was the users choice.
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