When I program 152.0675 I get an NAC 947; shouldn't I be getting NAC 944?
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You're receiving Site 1.139 if you're getting $947.
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Any idea of what the PAFBC TG 10 is used for?
PAFBC is the Fish and Boat Commission. No sure what TG 10 is.
Maybe they just couldn't come up with a tenth meaningful name. Since they are all encrypted anyway it really is a mute point. I've never seen the TGID in question ever used, nor affiliated with from my area. FWIW
Just an observation...I find it interesting how often Pinchot State Park units seem to be on the Cornwall site. You would think with both a VHF and 800 site much closer (sites 54 and 58) that they wouldn't show up on the Cornwall site nearly 30 miles to the ENE.
Are any sites between Philly and Harrisburg carrying any active Turnpike talkgroups?
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Other than PSP encrypted dispatch, there are no turnpike talkgroups. The rest of the turnpike is on PTT over LTE. They tested the P25 and decided the LTE option worked better for them.
Ok thanks. Does 155.13 still exist?
For now, the VHF repeaters remain active as the turnpike commission works with individual counties on operational plans going forward. No hard timeline on their decommissioning, although I'm pretty sure one of the 155.130 repeaters is already offline. You can barely hear VHF around the Mid-County area.
Some counties (like Montco and Bucks) now carry dedicated talkgroups on their systems that are full time patched to the LTE talkgroups. Other counties assign patches on an as needed basis. Others are still working on options for local fire/ems (especially counties using conventional systems).
The audio on the Patches sound awful. And forget about scanning Montco with a G5 on wildcard, between TPC and the 422 safety patrol, its as bad as listening to any fire police TG........
422 Patrols come in on Montco? What channel is that on? You can even PM me just so we stay on topic.
I forget where I heard them. It’s been a while
since I wildcarded
Nope, only turnpike
Is the LTE First Net, T-Mobile 911, or just any old cellular service?
I thought they were using Firstnet on the LTE side, but the Harris articles focus on their radio gear and their app (BeON) only and are vague about the LTE back end.
FirstNet is a priority / preemptive access subnet riding on the ATT cellular data network. An end user's device has a subscription to FirstNet (or other) cellular service; the BeOn PTT app on the phone connects to someone's L3Harris LMR core via a BeOn server and could route to a talk group or other resource on the L3H system. I am unsure if BeOn could connect to a Motorola core due to differing interpretations of standards, lol. Motorola has their version of a PTT app, and some subscriber radios can use LTE to extend / enhance their system's coverage. Washington County in Maryland is one of those systems that will use LTE to improve their local coverage.
EDIT: AI browsing says that a BeOn system / server can integrate with a Motorola system if utilizing a gateway / ISSI.
EDIT: AI browsing says that a BeOn system / server can integrate with a Motorola system if utilizing a gateway / ISSI.
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Folks up in the NW frontier... Any new neighbor sites showing up? I notice there is a second site on this FCC license in TIonesta. Just wondering if it is on the air. FCC Callsign WQVG590 (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)