Pitt County: Switching from VIPER to the Pitt System

[saltwaterdrinker]

Quite a few users are switching from VIPER to the local system. For instance - GFR went from VIPER to the local Pitt system, and PCSO has switched from VIPER to the Pitt system - but is still patching to the VIPER talkgroup judging by the consistent radio ID and quality of transmissions.

Does anyone have the new talkgroups for PCSO? I'd love to switch off of VIPER since coverage is so poor out here.

 

[richardbritt]

I wonder if it's because of the requirement to buy p25 phase 2 radios and the upcoming switch over? I am still seeing lots of older RID numbers being used in different countries near my location (I am near Elizabeth City basically) too far from Greenville. But I worked for the VA in Greenville every day for years and commuted.

 

[richardbritt]

Also, if you see different users switching from VIPER please post that to the wiki viper tracking list. I'll have to get the link

 

[richardbritt]

North Carolina VIPER Counties Verified - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[saltwaterdrinker]

I wonder if it's because of the requirement to buy p25 phase 2 radios and the upcoming switch over? I am still seeing lots of older RID numbers being used in different countries near my location (I am near Elizabeth City basically) too far from Greenville. But I worked for the VA in Greenville every day for years and commuted.

There has been some pretty significant range/connectivity issues reported by Greenville Fire and PCSO. I can't imagine it's over cost or phase 2 - the Pitt system is already phase 2 and I think the city of Greenville dropped a ton of money into Motorola's APX Next line. Pitt's system also seemed to be severely underutilized until now.