PA Statewide P25 Phase 2 System

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Watch for it to come online - CC would be 158.8425 or 159.09 or 159.1875

If online, obtain primary/alt cc and obtain peer list (neighbors) including Site IDs and freqs ...
Thanks

Nothing yet, it will be interesting to see how well I will receive the 159 freqs as they are adjacent to freqs on at least 2 Virginia STARS sites receivable at my location
 
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So I read on the wiki that this is a p25 ph2 system (which I already knew) and that I would need a ph2 scanner ( such as the 996p2 , knew that too) but it also says that that dsdplus ( which I have ) will decode this as well. I have unitrunker setup attm to run on the 700 mhz statewide system using 2 dongles and is working perfectly, however when I change control channels to the Seneca site for this system it sees the channel grants and radio ids etc, but the 2nd dongle never follows to the voice channel and therefore dsdplus won't decode. Am I doing anything wrong or is there a different way to set it up so that dsdplus will decode the audio?

I don't believe you'll hear any audio using DSD+ on this system unless it's a clear PH1 voice Ch.
DSD+ will decode the CC only on P25 PH2, but not voice, PH2 systems use the same P25 PH1 CC protocols, but DSD+ has not been given the capability to do PH2 voice. (Yet we all wait with anticipation for this feature to eventually be added to DSD+ Fastlane)

That's my understanding anyway....:D
 

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I don't believe you'll hear any audio using DSD+ on this system unless it's a clear PH1 voice Ch.
DSD+ will decode the CC only on P25 PH2, but not voice, PH2 systems use the same P25 PH1 CC protocols, but DSD+ has not been given the capability to do PH2 voice. (Yet we all wait with anticipation for this feature to eventually be added to DSD+ Fastlane)

That's my understanding anyway....:D

ok my bad, apparently I need better reading comprehension.

Software Based Decoders
See our Trunked Radio Decoders page for a listing of applications. Packages like Digital Speech Decoder, DSDPlus, and SDRTrunk can handle Phase 1 signals, and DSDPlus also handles X2. In addition there are various decoding applications such as UniTrunker and Pro96Com.

I read this as saying it could handle it but after looking again and at the text above it for scanners :
Scanner Support for TDMA
The following scanners can decode P25 Phase I, Phase II, and Motorola X2-TDMA systems.
GRE PSR-800 2
Radio Shack Pro-18 3, Pro-668
Uniden BCD325P2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, BCD996P2, HomePatrol-2
Whistler WS1080, WS1088, WS1095, WS1098, TRX-1, TRX-2
Notes

I now see that its saying dsdplus can handle Motorola X2, my mitsake(sic)! Hopefully they will be coming out with ph2 soon as i'd like to hear whats going on if I can. thanks for the help!
 

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Yes, P25 X2 may mislead one to think P25 PH2, but they are indeed different (not compatible) flavors. :)

Can't wait for DSD+ to get PH2 voice decoding, but that won't help with the encrypted comms regardless.
 

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Just an observation, I've seen site 22 (Blanket Hill-ARMS32) go offline last night around 1am and then again tonight about 12:15. Storms rolling through both nights so maybe either site power issues or something getting reset from a close or direct lightning strike. Both cases had the site back online within a few minutes.
 

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Troop G has gone live on the new system. Rockview and Philipsburg barracks are merging and moving into their new barracks July 23rd and then will begin using the new radios on the 24th.
 

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Folks in the Harrisburg area should keep checking periodically for new sites. Several sites are pending now.

The Harrisburg 800 (1-052) is showing three neighbors currently offline:

1-053, 857.3375 cc, offline (DAUP01 Ellendale)
1-054, 859.1125 cc, offline (YORK01 Reeser's Summit/Fairview Twp)
1-058, 155.4450 cc, offline (YORK16, Andersontown)

The Ellendale VHF (1-004) is showing four neighbors currently offline:

1-053, 857.3375 cc, offline (DAUP01 Ellendale)
1-058, 155.4450 cc, offline (YORK16, Andersontown)
1-071, 151.3850 cc, offline (unknown, maybe Keffers?)
1-077, 859.4875 cc, offline (LEBA74, Ft Indiantown Gap)
 
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FCC Construction Notifications have been filed by the state for:

1-060 WARR37 Warren (already confirmed online as part of Warren Simulcast)
1-063 MIFF35 Lewistown (already confirmed online)
1-xxx TIOG42 Elk Township - not confirmed online yet -- only freq on license is 154.74
1-026 ALLE01 Wexford (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-030 ALLE25 West Mifflin (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-031 ALLE21 Penn Hills (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE41 Tarentum (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE59 Pittsburgh (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE67 Sewickley Heights (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE601 Oakdale (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx CUMB04 Biglerville (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-053 DAUP01 Ellendale / Middletown (already confirmed online - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx DAUP37 Wiconisco (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-052 DAUP73 Harrisburg (already confirmed online - 800 Mhz site)


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Showing ENC with UIDs of 94 & 1200061.
Heard some audio but either bad signal or scanner not muting right away.

Sometimes the scanners don't mute on the encrypted traffic. The two digit ID's on the PSP channels are the station consoles, I think. Longer ones are the mobiles/portables.

At some point, I would imagine three digit console ID's will start showing up. I think there are two consoles at each station. Anybody know for sure?
 
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FCC Construction Notifications have been filed by the state for:

1-060 WARR37 Warren (already confirmed online as part of Warren Simulcast)
1-063 MIFF35 Lewistown (already confirmed online)
1-xxx TIOG42 Elk Township - not confirmed online yet -- only freq on license is 154.74
1-026 ALLE01 Wexford (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-030 ALLE25 West Mifflin (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-031 ALLE21 Penn Hills (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE41 Tarentum (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE59 Pittsburgh (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE67 Sewickley Heights (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx ALLE601 Oakdale (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx CUMB04 Biglerville (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-053 DAUP01 Ellendale / Middletown (already confirmed online - 800 Mhz site)
1-xxx DAUP37 Wiconisco (not confirmed online yet - 800 Mhz site)
1-052 DAUP73 Harrisburg (already confirmed online - 800 Mhz site)


Mike

FYI,
Anybody in/near York County, I'd be looking for these in addition...
The site/tower numbers are a stab in the dark..

(1.54?) Reeser's Summit 800/York *YORK01 NAC ? WRAJ230
854.862500
855.137500
855.862500
857.012500
859.112500
(1.55?) Red Lion 800/York *YORK34 NAC ? WRAJ230
854.112500
855.962500
857.137500
857.912500
859.087500
(1.56?) Hanover 800/York *YORK35 NAC ? WRAJ230
854.612500
856.562500
858.337500
859.062500
859.687500
(1.57?) Gatchellville 800/York *YORK89 NAC ? WRAJ230
854.637500
855.212500
856.837500
857.937500
858.837500
(1.58?) Andersontown/York *YORK16 WQVQ416/WQRZ646 NAC ?
155.445000
155.505000
155.550000
156.112500
(1.59?) Shrewsbury/York *YORK94 WQLM945 NAC ?
154.205000
154.452500
155.445000
155.505000
 
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