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Palmetto 800 P25 Conversion Discussion
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I would like to Thank Lee Moody for helping get the scanners running...
A Great guy..and a Asset to the Board.
Ernie Wrenn
A Great guy..and a Asset to the Board.
Ernie Wrenn
I am having big problems monitoring the Palmetto P25 site for Georgetown on either of my three BCD996 XT scanners. The audio is very choppy and no matter what setting changes I make to the digital mode, it is of no help. It comes in clear on my BCD436HP, however. Can anyone give me any advice on making getting my 996's to work? I have downloaded the latest firmware.
Thanks, C
Thanks, C
I would like to Thank Jerry Moody for helping get the scanners running... (I got his 1st name wrong) Thinking about Jerry Lee Lewis ....Time dating myself...
A Great guy..and a Asset to the Board.
Ernie Wrenn
A Great guy..and a Asset to the Board.
Ernie Wrenn
Up here in York County I'm seeing talkgroups:
50231
50232
They are patched and are carrying the York/Chester traffic for Troop 4. If there is any similarity to the PAL800 setup then they COULD be 50231-YORK / 50232-CHESTER.
These are seen on the Lancaster site (2.29) Does anyone have any info on the Newport site in York county and when/if it will be switching over? I'm not seeing any obvious FCC license grants for anything around the area like I do for the Lancaster sites.
50231
50232
They are patched and are carrying the York/Chester traffic for Troop 4. If there is any similarity to the PAL800 setup then they COULD be 50231-YORK / 50232-CHESTER.
These are seen on the Lancaster site (2.29) Does anyone have any info on the Newport site in York county and when/if it will be switching over? I'm not seeing any obvious FCC license grants for anything around the area like I do for the Lancaster sites.
Not yet. But they will be joining. All county services appear slated to go to that. There was a thread on here where someone posted the draft of the channel setup. No talkgroup IDs in it though.
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So that I'm up to date and clear on the swap over , what group of 800 meg frequencies is Troop 7 on ? Do they ever swap from one set to the other ? I need to understand this a bit better. We have Aiken and Orangeburg. Before the change, I thought troop 7 was called "Orangeburg ". I need to be on the same page. Thanks.
Troop 7 encompasses Orangeburg, Calhoun, Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg and Hampton Counties. The dispatch and tac talkgroups for SCHP for Troop 7 will be carried on any site (I assume by "group of 800MHz frequencies" that you're referring to "sites") that a radio user tuned to that talkgroup is affiliated with. That's how a multi-site trunked radio system works - with some exceptions, any talkgroup that has a radio "affiliated" with the site be carried by the site at that time. So if you're listening to the Aiken site, you're most likely going to always hear the active SCHP talkgroup for Aiken because it is very likely that there is an SCHP radio tuned to the talkgroup and affiliated with the Aiken site.
Troop 7 is a little tricky in that they have fewer dispatch talkgroups - other troops have 4 dispatch talkgroups, and Troop 7 has either 2 or 3. Most of the time, 2 or more of the SCHP Troop 7 dispatch talkgroups are "patched" or joined together so that radio traffic on either talkgroup is heard on both. So most of the time, it's as if there's only one active dispatch talkgroup for all of Troop 7. They do this because there is usually only one dispatcher working for Troop 7 at a time and that one dispatcher doesn't want multiple channels talking at the same time. The dispatch center for Troop 7 identifies as "Orangeburg."
So, to answer your question more directly, Troop 7 talkgroups are carried on any and all sites with an SCHP radio affiliated to them. They may not always be carried on every site all the time if there isn't a radio affiliated with a particular site. The active talkgroup ID may change as the patch is changed.
I've been informed that some sites in the Midlands area - Richland and Lexington specifically, though other sites may be included - will be converted to P25 tonight Tuesday 9/19 at 8pm. Folks in those areas should be ready to reprogram their radios accordingly if/when they detect that the 3600bps control channels disappear.
Please submit site numbers as soon as possible so the sites can be migrated from Palmetto 800 to P25. And please submit talkgroups as they become known.
Brian
Please submit site numbers as soon as possible so the sites can be migrated from Palmetto 800 to P25. And please submit talkgroups as they become known.
Brian
Well, there's no simple answer to that question. I can explain how to do so on the radios I use, but that's a small sample of all the various digital trunk-tracking scanner models out there. For example, for the PSR-500/600 family of scanners, this page on Mark's Scanners Easier to Read manual explains how:
Easier to Read Pro-651/652/106/197 - WS1040/1065 - PSR 500/600 Digital Scanner Manual search
Other radios may not have the ability to display this information, It doesn't appear that the PSR-800 family of radios does this.
You can also use a P25 analysis software application such as Pro96Comm, Unitrunker or DSD+ to find the site ID number plus a lot more information.
I ask for this information because I need it to accurately organize the database page. I have to make up a site ID if one isn't provided, which could then be in conflict with legitimately accurate information. I'm sorry I can't be more specific about other radio models.
Easier to Read Pro-651/652/106/197 - WS1040/1065 - PSR 500/600 Digital Scanner Manual search
Other radios may not have the ability to display this information, It doesn't appear that the PSR-800 family of radios does this.
You can also use a P25 analysis software application such as Pro96Comm, Unitrunker or DSD+ to find the site ID number plus a lot more information.
I ask for this information because I need it to accurately organize the database page. I have to make up a site ID if one isn't provided, which could then be in conflict with legitimately accurate information. I'm sorry I can't be more specific about other radio models.
Seems all of Troop 1 is going.
Mutual Aid 5 is still being used to announce the cutovers.
Kershaw is cutting over as I type
Mutual Aid 5 is still being used to announce the cutovers.
Kershaw is cutting over as I type
What site is that? I've still got the Richland Simulcast & Lexington Simulcast sites on the Motorola system?
what is the rest of the timeline for the rest of SC?
looking forward to seeing this whole switchover be done soon.
Great work everyone and shoutout to Brian for all his hard work! thank you!
looking forward to seeing this whole switchover be done soon.
Great work everyone and shoutout to Brian for all his hard work! thank you!
Very cool to hear the news about the Sumter site. That's really cool.
I don't know the updated schedule for the remaining part of the state. Perhaps others can shed light on that.
Happy to help! I'm very appreciative of all the contributors with a LOT of good information. Keep it coming.
I don't know the updated schedule for the remaining part of the state. Perhaps others can shed light on that.
Happy to help! I'm very appreciative of all the contributors with a LOT of good information. Keep it coming.
Richland Simulcast & Harbison have made the cutover along with the Kershaw county sites
Lexington Simulcast is cutting over at 11:45pm
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