Pennsylvania StarNet

[codymw623]

Hello,

Has anyone programmed PA-StarNet into their Unication G5 successfully. I have messed around with it and had placed PEMA, PennDot, Warren County FD/EMS, DCNR and Penelec TG into the device. I have great connection based on my current location from the tower site, (Martinsburg 700 AG (BLAI02). The site is strictly 700mhz control channels. I have great connection and signal, but have not heard anything at all. Anyone have any suggestions??

 

[GTR8000]

The 700 MHz sites only carry PSP Air-to-Ground traffic, almost all of which is encrypted. Unencrypted traffic for other agencies besides PSP are carried on VHF sites (or 800 in some locations). Oh and it's extremely unlikely that you're going to hear any Warren County traffic all the way down in Blair County.

 

[amys17]

If you are on the Martinsburg site, that is Blair County. Doubtful anything from Warren County is affiliated to that tower since it is 4 counties north of that site. Talkgroups will only be heard on towers that have radios in that talkgroup affiliated to that tower. Pema probably doesn't have a ton of radio traffic.

 

[codymw623]

My apologies, I was under the assumption that the system was interconnected and could be heard across the state, similar to the ICCORS system that is in place for the western half of the state. I can be sitting in Cambria county and listen to an incident in Armstrong county.

 

[GTR8000]

STARNet is one system, however allowing all talkgroups to be carried on every site would be an extreme waste of channel resources, and so that's not how it works. Talkgroups are only carried on the sites where they are actually needed by affiliated subscribers.

 

[amys17]

My apologies, I was under the assumption that the system was interconnected and could be heard across the state, similar to the ICCORS system that is in place for the western half of the state. I can be sitting in Cambria county and listen to an incident in Armstrong county.

no worries at all

 

[n3obl]

My apologies, I was under the assumption that the system was interconnected and could be heard across the state, similar to the ICCORS system that is in place for the western half of the state. I can be sitting in Cambria county and listen to an incident in Armstrong county.

Originally when icorrs was added to additional counties traffic was carried on all sites. However now that it has been built out traffic does NOT traverse all the sites. Example lots of Armstrong traffic does not come from Westmoreland east to the west towers or Fayette. Unless a radio affiliates on a channel in those towers area.

 

[talviar]

My apologies, I was under the assumption that the system was interconnected and could be heard across the state, similar to the ICCORS system that is in place for the western half of the state. I can be sitting in Cambria county and listen to an incident in Armstrong county.

Primarily due to Armstrong border stations between Armstrong and Indiana Co are affiliating and using an Indiana Co tower. Most likely where you are receiving ICORRS from. As n3obl said, if a radio is not affiliated on a talkgroup at a certain tower, the talkgroup is not carried there.

A lot of Fayette County traffic stays on Fayette towers only. Same with the other counties. However, a lot of Fayette County traffic hits Westmoreland East, Westmoreland West, and Somerset as well.