PA Statewide P25 Phase 2 System

GTR8000

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Site 150 is DAUP80 at the State Police Academy in Hershey 40.3025, -76.64361

855.0125
855.5375
856.9125
 

harvick21

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Has anyone heard West Penn Power field crews in the last week after the storms? I'm in Oakdale where we did lose power and yesterday in another section of the twp but never heard any call outs or the units on site. I'll hear the trucks call out in WV on the First Energy site though.
 

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Does anyone know what is going on with talkgroup 40086 and at least once on 40183. It is on constantly (on and off - not 24/7) with clicking and other sounds but no actual talking Some unit IDs showing on screen for 40086 were 4200623 and 4201054
 

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Does anyone know what is going on with talkgroup 40086 and at least once on 40183. It is on constantly (on and off - not 24/7) with clicking and other sounds but no actual talking Some unit IDs showing on screen for 40086 were 4200623 and 4201054
Possibly MDT data? I have no clue tbh
 

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If you watch the P25 and listen to the VHF at the same time, you’ll note that the dispatcher will multi select both systems when announcing crashes that require response from PSP and maintenance. The PSP cars respond via P25. You can figure out which RID goes with which car, though, because the dispatcher continues to transmit over both systems and you’ll hear them acknowledge whichever PSP car is responding.

The PSP cars do have both the P25 and the Analog VHF in their radios, but they tend to stay on the P25 now.
Are their plans for more turnpike districts to have their own P25 TG? All I see so far is District 1 and I'm nowhere close to monitor D1 for activity. Or are they staying primarily analog for the foreseeable future?
 

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Can someone in the vicinity of Columbia County please check the Catawissa (COLU01) site? It was previously Site 111 with a control channel of 161.825 (alternate of 161.8625). It may either be Site 48 now, or off the air.
 

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Mount Pocono 800 (MONR03) is on the air as of a few hours ago. It's Site 111 with a control channel of 856.7625 (alternate of 854.5375). If anyone in the area can receive that site, we need the NAC and site neighbors, please and thanks.

* This is why Catawissa (COLU01) must have either changed site ID or gone off the air, 111 was reassigned to this new 800 MHz site.
 

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I’m hearing site 147 with a control channel on 161.8125 and a P25 NAC of 949h. Does anyone know the other frequencies associated with it?
 

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Can someone in the vicinity of Columbia County please check the Catawissa (COLU01) site? It was previously Site 111 with a control channel of 161.825 (alternate of 161.8625). It may either be Site 48 now, or off the air.
I'll check when I get back home in a few days. I practically have LOS to that tower.
 

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Anyone having an issue in the Pgh area receiving the Allgy Simulcast channel or the others? Since yesterdays storms system hasn't been coming in well. I'm in Oakdale area.
 

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Anyone having an issue in the Pgh area receiving the Allgy Simulcast channel or the others? Since yesterdays storms system hasn't been coming in well. I'm in Oakdale area.
I have always had issues receiving that site during a rain or snow storm, but after the storm passed, I don't recall having many issues. I am currently out of range of that site and will be for a while, so I can't check right now
 

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Mount Pocono 800 (MONR03) is on the air as of a few hours ago. It's Site 111 with a control channel of 856.7625 (alternate of 854.5375). If anyone in the area can receive that site, we need the NAC and site neighbors, please and thanks.

* This is why Catawissa (COLU01) must have either changed site ID or gone off the air, 111 was reassigned to this new 800 MHz site.
If you haven't seen the database update yet the Catawissa site is now called ECEN Simulcast and it's listed as site 48 but as of me writing this post it's currently off the air. I have started running a trunking discovery on my BCD536HP to catch anything once it does come back online.
 

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If you haven't seen the database update yet the Catawissa site is now called ECEN Simulcast and it's listed as site 48 but as of me writing this post it's currently off the air. I have started running a trunking discovery on my BCD536HP to catch anything once it does come back online.
Right, Site 48 will eventually become the ECEN simulcast, which will include one of the sites at Catawissa (COLU01 or COLU32, they're right next to each other), but it's probably not quite there yet.

If you haven't done so already, keep an eye on the following frequencies for signs of a control channel. In fact, it's probably best to keep checking between 161.7875-162.0375 for activity in that area. Really up in the air as to what frequencies that cell will use.

153.1025
153.455
161.6825
161.825
 

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While up in the Pittsburg area, I ran DSD while we were out of the hotel and here's the unknowns I gathered over the 7/1 and 7/2 weekend. Unfortunately, I didn't get any encryption settings and I only have the talkgroups marked TDMA if they appeared so in my DSD files
TGID DecTGID HexDigital Mode
10219​
27EB
11720​
2DC8
13199​
338FT
13547​
34EB
13589​
3515
30202​
75FA
30211​
7603
30244​
7624
40001​
9C41
40084​
9C94T
40091​
9C9B
40093​
9C9D
40095​
9C9FT
40100​
9CA4
40102​
9CA6
40103​
9CA7
40124​
9CBC
40124​
9CBC
40125​
9CBD
 

harvick21

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I've heard only 10 transmissions on the system in the last 2 days and all via the Oakdale tower, which is where I live. Every since last Wed's storms the system has been trash. Not even getting anything thru the Darlington site. Anyone else having issues?
 
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