OSP on 700MHZ??

[LubeckTech]

Will OSP be using 700mhz MARCS?
The reason I ask is I can't find any 700MHZ TalkGroup IDs for OSP on the Radio Reference database.
Probably I'm just overlooking them but I am trying to find TGs OSP would use in SE Ohio Washington/Athens/Meigs counties

 

[ctpd845]

OSP is still on the old MARCS system right now. Sometime in the next two months OSP should start using the new MARCS P25 system, which I assume is the 700MHz you are talking about.

 

[SCPD]

OSP is on the old MARCS presently and is scheduled to move to the MARCS IP system in March when the old MARCS system will deactivate. So there are no OSP TGs on there yet. Stay tuned.

 

[tazz]

I hear OSP Mobile Extenders in my area on 774.2875MHz
ODNR Mobile Extenders are on 774.0375MHz

 

[LubeckTech]

Thanks for the reply!
That is the system to which I was referring. I am not suprised as it will be a big job to reprogram all of the vehicles and would think they would do it by region. Also I think it is possible there might be some resistance on the part of OSP as from my experience the 800MHZ system just plain works better. By that I mean better coverage and better recovered audio quality but that's just my opinion from limited experience.

 

[LubeckTech]

Thanks tazz!
I was in Wellston yesterday working on the radio system at General Mills.
Do you know where those extenders are located??

 

[ctpd845]

Thanks for the reply!
That is the system to which I was referring. I am not suprised as it will be a big job to reprogram all of the vehicles and would think they would do it by region. Also I think it is possible there might be some resistance on the part of OSP as from my experience the 800MHZ system just plain works better. By that I mean better coverage and better recovered audio quality but that's just my opinion from limited experience.

MARCS P25 system will become a mixed 700/800 system once the old MARCS system is shut off. I'm sure by now most if not all OSP radios have been reprogrammed to include both the old and new systems.

 

[N8IAA]

Thanks tazz!
I was in Wellston yesterday working on the radio system at General Mills.
Do you know where those extenders are located??

In the trunk of the cars They just extend the HT to the mobile unit.
Larry

 

[LubeckTech]

Sounds like a vehicular repeater

 

[Voyager]

Same thing - different terms.

 

[radioscan]

Also, the VREs are analog conventional.

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