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[ELK0724]

The Orange County Fire channel has been working great since it came back online in early November, but it's been down now since Friday night or early Saturday morning? With all the rain falling the FD probably has a lot of activity right now - hope it comes back up soon.

i know it is frustrating it is already down again, we are having epic weather in so cal and the scanner feed is down, finally after a month i got the scanner feed on my internet radio adapter and bam the feed is down again.

 

[holycoast]

It came back up a little earlier this afternoon. Very, very busy with lots of calls.

 

[holycoast]

The OCFA feed has been down since sometime early 11-11-11. Any update when it will be back? It's worked great for about a year since the last time it was down for any length of time.

 

[gabrielm]

OC Feed Down?

Same question here. This is my first post here but I have been scanning in OC for 25 years (and I'm 30 years old - haha). I bounce between this feed on my iPhone and my Radio Shack Pro-96 Digital Trunker.

Two questions:

-When will the feed be back up?

-Did the 2-N missing tac issue ever get fixed? I don't think so. Really annoying, 'cause
I live in Fullerton, and MetroNet puts all structure fires, MCIs/MVAs, and all the other really interesting calls (indoor gas leak, plane crash, etc.) on 2-N instead of 2-G, the normal Fullerton tac.

Just to add to my street cred, my first scanner was a Radio Shack with crystals (!!) 10-channel simplex. I forget the model but still have it. Fullerton PD was 460.175, and I was pretty devastated when they encrypted. I'd give anything to decode that - and no, I'm not a criminal! Just a huge scanner buff.

Anyway, hope someone can answer.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

What is funny is that all of Orange County Police department talkgroups are encrypted but LAPD is fully wide open on P25 Digital to all of the Gang Bangers carrying around scanners for criminal activity. Once a city goes encrypted they never go back to to un-encrypted. Bummer to all of scanner hobbyist.

Go Figure.....................

 

[brianearlspilner]

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OC loves controlling things. They want to protect their image. And they feel that encryption meets their needs.

 

[Radio_Lady]

What is funny is that all of Orange County Police department talkgroups are encrypted but LAPD is fully wide open on P25 Digital to all of the Gang Bangers carrying around scanners for criminal activity.

LAPD is only about 25% "open" and then only to those who can buy or otherwise get a hold of a digital scanner. Between 2/3 and 3/4 of all their calls go by MDC and never a word is said over the air.

I suppose it was considered a conspiracy to hide things when they left the AM broadcast band in the 1960's when almost nobody had VHF radios, another conspiracy when they went to the fairly new UHF-T band and MDTs in the 1980s, and yet another one when they went digital. And the departments who went to trumking before trunktrackers arrived were also co-conspirators. Really now?

 

[drsl2000]

Unfortunately, 2-N is north cell only.....

Wouldn't it be great to add a column for "cell" in the CCCS listing in the data base? Each Talkgroup could be identifed by the cell they are locked to. I have some of this data, but not all. In this way you could make sure you where listening to the correct cell depending on what you wanted to monitor.

I think if we added this column it would reduce a lot of confusion. thoughts?
-------------------e.g.---------------------
City Public Works (SILVER) Talkgroups

DEC HEX CELL Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag
38400 960 NORTH E SILVER-1 Anaheim Public Works
38432 962 NORTH D SILVER-2 Anaheim Public Works
38464 964 NORTH D SILVER-3 Anaheim Code Enforcement Public Works
38496 966 NORTH D SILVER-4 Anaheim Park Rangers Public Works

 

[gabrielm]

2-n?

Great that the feed is operational again and all -- but I'm still lost on 2-N. I live in Fullerton, so anything incident worth scanning gets shifted to 2-N instead of 2-G or the other local city tacs. What gives? Is there any way to add 2-N to this feed? It would make my year!

Thanks,

Gabriel

 

[Markb]

Wouldn't it be great to add a column for "cell" in the CCCS listing in the data base? Each Talkgroup could be identifed by the cell they are locked to. I have some of this data, but not all. In this way you could make sure you where listening to the correct cell depending on what you wanted to monitor.

I think if we added this column it would reduce a lot of confusion. thoughts?

Don't think the Admins will go for it.
The wiki, however has much of this info already.

 

[Markb]

Great that the feed is operational again and all -- but I'm still lost on 2-N. I live in Fullerton, so anything incident worth scanning gets shifted to 2-N instead of 2-G or the other local city tacs. What gives? Is there any way to add 2-N to this feed? It would make my year!

Thanks,

Gabriel

Last I checked, this feed provider is not in range of the North Cell.

 

[drsl2000]

Don't think the Admins will go for it.
The wiki, however has much of this info already.

The wiki is missing much infromation; it's to generic as to cities (rather than talkgropups) being on certain cells. Not sure how to easily translate that to what cell Western med center is on, etc. Also, as an example just today there was a thread about which cell is JWA on? That info is not in the wiki or the database.

Anyway, what's the point of the having the wiki define all this, why can't it be in the database? What's the point of identifying a talkgroup ID in the database if you don't also identify which frequency to pick it up on?

 

[LAflyer]

Things are listed the manner they are in the Db because that is how the Db structure is set up.

There really is no current means short of building separate systems in the DB for each cell (which creates a further admin logistics headaches) and list only the TG’s that would be applicable for such cells. So you'd end up with multiple CCCS systems in the Db - a North, South, Countywide, etc..

Yes you can argue this should be changed, though I’m not sure how much demand there is to make a universal database design worthwhile, nor even where it would sit in the development priority queue if accepted.

For now, the Wiki indeed is the best place for the info if users want to compile a list, however I’d like to draw ones attention to the extensive notes already in the CCCS entry including detailed explanations of what cities/agencies utilize what cells. Short of specific TGs, seems to me the info is already spelled out for those that can review the page.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

Great that the feed is operational again and all -- but I'm still lost on 2-N. I live in Fullerton, so anything incident worth scanning gets shifted to 2-N instead of 2-G or the other local city tacs. What gives? Is there any way to add 2-N to this feed? It would make my year!

Thanks,

Gabriel

Time to get out on the internet and buy yourself a real radio. Internet feeds are delayed plus you can't change to different tacticals.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

Wouldn't it be great to add a column for "cell" in the CCCS listing in the data base? Each Talkgroup could be identifed by the cell they are locked to. I have some of this data, but not all. In this way you could make sure you where listening to the correct cell depending on what you wanted to monitor.

I think if we added this column it would reduce a lot of confusion. thoughts?
-------------------e.g.---------------------
City Public Works (SILVER) Talkgroups

DEC HEX CELL Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag
38400 960 NORTH E SILVER-1 Anaheim Public Works
38432 962 NORTH D SILVER-2 Anaheim Public Works
38464 964 NORTH D SILVER-3 Anaheim Code Enforcement Public Works
38496 966 NORTH D SILVER-4 Anaheim Park Rangers Public Works

Here is a list of the Talkgroups for the Countywide, South, North, Northwest, Laguna, Moorhead. Nothing is on Laguna, or Moorhead ever except PD, plus if you wanted pickup the control channel you would have to be living right in laguna area. Very spotty down in Laguna as well as the Countywide Cell is spotty too. This is why Laguna Fire is on the South Cell because there is a good signal down by the beach. If you are going through Laguna Canyon road the canyons cut out all of the 800mhz signal since 800mhz is line of site.

Also Laguna Fire has a dedicated talkgroup which is 5K which is for paramedics to hospital talkgroup which is on the South Cell. They will contact base hospital and in Laguna and get dropped through the canyon. They will re-contact once they get through Laguna Canyon RD.

Also below there is nothing ever on 5-G 1680. Everything with Laguna fire is on 5-H 1712. All Fire Dispatch and Tactical is done on 5-H

2-B (592) - Countywide/Carbon Canyon
2-J (3536), 2-K (3568), 2-M (3632), 2-N (3664) - North
3-A through 3-E (720, 752, 2224, 2256, 2288) - South
3-J (3728), 3-K (3760) - South
4-J (4016), 4-K (4048) - Northwest
5-G (1680) - Laguna, Moorhead
5-H (1712) - Laguna, Moorhead, South
5-I (4208), 5-J (4240) - South

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

Here is a list of the Talkgroups for the Countywide, South, North, Northwest, Laguna, Moorhead. Nothing is on Laguna, or Moorhead ever except PD, plus if you wanted pickup the control channel you would have to be living right in laguna area. Very spotty down in Laguna as well as the Countywide Cell is spotty too. This is why Laguna Fire is on the South Cell because there is a good signal down by the beach. If you are going through Laguna Canyon road the canyons cut out all of the 800mhz signal since 800mhz is line of site.

Also Laguna Fire has a dedicated talkgroup which is 5K which is for paramedics to hospital talkgroup which is on the South Cell. They will contact base hospital and in Laguna and get dropped through the canyon. They will re-contact once they get through Laguna Canyon RD.

Also below there is nothing ever on 5-G 1680. Everything with Laguna fire is on 5-H 1712. All Fire Dispatch and Tactical is done on 5-H

2-B (592) - Countywide/Carbon Canyon
2-J (3536), 2-K (3568), 2-M (3632), 2-N (3664) - North
3-A through 3-E (720, 752, 2224, 2256, 2288) - South
3-J (3728), 3-K (3760) - South
4-J (4016), 4-K (4048) - Northwest
5-G (1680) - Laguna, Moorhead
5-H (1712) - Laguna, Moorhead, South
5-I (4208), 5-J (4240) - South

Also if you are looking to listen to the RED CHANNEL on The Countywide Cell which is
50720 Red Interops here are the listings of all of the PD stations when they call out

10 - CHP
11 – UC Irvine PD
12 – OCTA
13 – CSU Fullerton PD
14 – Probation Department
17 – Health Care Agency/Animal Control
18 – Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD)
19 – District Attorney
20 – Lake Forest (OCSD CONTRACT)
21 – La Habra PD
22 – Brea PD
23 – Buena Park PD
24 – Fullerton PD
25 – Placentia PD
26 – Anaheim PD
27 – Yorba Linda (Brea PD Contract)
28 – Dana Point (OCSD Contract)
29 – Mission Viejo (OCSD Contract)
30 – Laguna Hills (OCSD Contract)
31 – Santa Ana PD
32 – Garden Grove PD
33 – Orange PD
34 – Tustin PD
35 – Stanton (OCSD Contract)
36 – Cypress PD
37 – La Palma PD
38 – Villa Park (OCSD Contract)
39 – Irvine PD
40 – Fountain Valley PD
41 – Seal Beach PD
42 – Huntington Beach PD
43 – Newport Beach PD
44 – Costa Mesa PD
45 – Laguna Beach PD
46 – San Clemente (OCSD Contract)
47 – Westminster PD
48 – Los Alamitos PD
49 – San Juan Capistrano (OCSD Contract)
50 – Laguna Niguel (OCSD Contract)
51 – Seal Beach Lifeguards
52 – Huntington Beach Lifeguards
53 – Newport Beach Lifeguards
54 – OCSD/Harbor Patrol
55 – Laguna Beach Lifeguards
56 – San Clemente Lifeguards
57 – US Ocean Safety, INC
58 – Dana Point Marine Safety
59 – California state Parks
60 – Lake Forest Pub Works
61 – La Habra Public Works
62 – Brea Public Works
63 – Buena Park Public Works
64 – Fullerton Public Works
65 – Placentia Public Works
66 – Anaheim Public Works
67 – Yorba Linda Public Works
68 – Dana Point Public Works
69 – Mission Viejo Public Works
70 – Laguna Hills Public Works
71 – Santa Ana Public Works
72 – Garden Grove Public Works
73 – Orange Public Works
74 – Tustin Public Works
75 – Stanton Public Works
76 – Cypress Public Works
77 – La Palma Public Works
78 – Villa Park Public Works
79 – Irvine Public Works
80 – Fountain Valley Public Works
81 – Seal Beach Public Works
82 – Huntington Beach Public Works
83 – Newport Beach Public Works
84 – Costa Mesa Public Works
85 – Laguna Beach Public Works
86 – San Clemente Public Works
87 – Westminster Public Works
88 – Los Alamitos Public Works
89 – San Juan Capistrano Public Works
90 – Laguna Niguel Public Works
91 - Orange County Fire Authority
92 – OC Parks
93 – OC Integrated Waste Management
94 – OC Public Works
95 – OC Planning & Development
96 - John Wayne Airport
98 – OCSD/Communications

 

[CAPCadet18]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but does this scanner still exist anymore? I can't seem to be able to connect to it using ProScan.

 

[monitor142]

It was down for a few days but it's back. I was listening to it on my Droid on my lunch time walk yesterday. Easier to listen on the phone then have a clunky radio hanging on my belt.

My thanks to the host/owner for streaming.

-M142

 

[neltel]

I am using the Butel software for a Radio Shack 106 scanner. Payed for the frequency download from Radio Reference but many things are not looking right. First I can not enter anything in to the Trunk System Objects or Trunk Systems. Field is gray without the ability to enter information? Any ideas?

 

[scottyhetzel]

What is funny is that all of Orange County Police department talkgroups are encrypted but LAPD is fully wide open on P25 Digital to all of the Gang Bangers carrying around scanners for criminal activity. Once a city goes encrypted they never go back to to un-encrypted. Bummer to all of scanner hobbyist.

Go Figure.....................

Careful when you say ALL gang bangers... That is an ignorant statement. We have scanner hobbist that cant even program digital scanners.