Orange County

[Chris0516]

Is there a reason, why they seem(at least to me) to be mainly active during day, but rarely active overnight?

 

[drayd48]

Is there a reason, why they seem(at least to me) to be mainly active during day, but rarely active overnight?

People sleep at night. Call volume drops off greatly at night. Happens everywhere

 

[Chris0516]

People sleep at night. Call volume drops off greatly at night. Happens everywhere

I am not referring to day-to-day government operations. I am referring to 911 comms.

 

[drayd48]

People normally don’t call 911 when they are asleep is what I was getting at. Not as much traffic on the road, so not as many wrecks because people are sleeping. People aren’t cooking at 3am, so kitchen / structure fires decrease. If you are sleeping, you can’t fall and hurt yourself, detect a minor chest pain, or know if you go into cardiac arrest, so medical calls decrease. Most places aren’t open all night, because people are sleeping, so people aren’t stealing, shooting at each other, or fighting, so LEO calls are less.

 

[hamstang]

Is there a reason, why they seem(at least to me) to be mainly active during day, but rarely active overnight?

I know this subject has been beat to death, but if the system you monitor is a simulcast system you will miss a lot of transmissions unless you have a radio capable of handling such systems.

 

[Chris0516]

I know this subject has been beat to death, but if the system you monitor is a simulcast system you will miss a lot of transmissions unless you have a radio capable of handling such systems.

I would agree with you, if they were. But, Orange County is not simulcast.

 

[yardbird]

Not trying to interfere here.

But I heard some time ago that Orange County was wanting to separate from Viper and join the Durham TRS in the similar manner that Fayetteville has done.

David

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

The same rule applies to pretty much every agency I've ever monitored aside from a major city like NYC or Philly or the like. Call volume drops significantly overnight in most places

 

[Chris0516]

Not trying to interfere here.

But I heard some time ago that Orange County was wanting to separate from Viper and join the Durham TRS in the similar manner that Fayetteville has done.

David

There is a 10-year agreement between the City of Durham n' Fayetteville/Cumberland County. This Wiki: North Carolina VIPER Counties Verified - The RadioReference Wiki shows no change.

 

[yardbird]

Ok

My info came from a good friend that works at the Durham City radio shop.

We were talking about the issues Orange County was having with Viper and mentioning they had expressed interest in switching to the Durham System.

David

 

[Chris0516]

Ok

My info came from a good friend that works at the Durham City radio shop.

We were talking about the issues Orange County was having with Viper and mentioning they had expressed interest in switching to the Durham System.

David

Another thing to think. If Orange County had entered into the same 10yr. contract, it might have happened. But, It would be a mess for the city to have two separate contracts. The present one with Fayetteville, then an additional one with Orange County.