Portland 700 P25

[Dreamflight767]

Sounds like fire is on the old system though.

 

[Dreamflight767]

I bet the news stations are having a fit.

I'm having a fit!

 

[boycesm]

I know the stuff i listen to everyday is now quiet...

 

[Dreamflight767]

Disappointing really. Terrible for our hobby & no public access to events in our backyard.

 

[boycesm]

Not sure if its allowed but as oregonians and mult co residents anyone hear of petitions in other parts of the states to un-encrypt normal traffic? (Not sure this is allowed on this forum, but it pertains to my hobby a legal activity, and im not bashing encryption or trying to break it, but it would be nice to not have to sell my radios)

 

[Otto]

I think 527 is north dispatch. At least they are north call numbers.

 

[Dreamflight767]

Does sound like they are having some difficulties.

 

[Dreamflight767]

The way I look at it, I pay taxes. I have the right to know what's occurring.

 

[boycesm]

My thought too Dream!

 

[mikepdx]

Looks like system issues.

presently 6:00PM - Thurs :

Fire Ops is on 8CALL90 conventional 800 repeater
and EMS is on OROPS1 conv. repeater.

Multnomah County Dispatching on OROPS3 repeater.

Edit: County back on 20816 with an announcement
on OROPS3 that the main net is back up.

Announcement on 8CALL90 that they're no longer monitoring.

This afternoon, what I understood, was that the dispatchers could see that
a car was calling, but couldn't hear them.
The units could hear the dispatcher and could car-to-car,
but no exchange with the dispatcher.

I don't know which agencies on the 800 are/were affected.

Roll call of of all units on county 20816 at 6:10 PM.

I hear North & East on the 800.

They're back...
Will we hear of this in the media?

 

[Otto]

Just heard on 527 that they where going to migrate back to the normal nets. Maybe this was just a test.

 

[Dreamflight767]

Sounds like they are coming back to the old system. I hear them checking in.

 

[Otto]

And I guess 527 is called x-Ray 9 on their system.

 

[Otto]

There must have been some major meltdown at BOEC for them to switch all police to the encrypted channels. I heard fire calls being dispatched on the 800 system, and the units where told to respond on U-Call 90. Interesting to find out what happened.

 

[Dreamflight767]

What is BOEC?

 

[mikepdx]

Maybe this was just a test.

See post #50 - I was updating my post real time.
Partial system failure??

 

[Otto]

Bureau Of Emergency Communications. Its Multnomah county's 911 center.

 

[Dreamflight767]

I hate to say it, but for the interest of my hobby and the want to be in the know, I hope this system fails. I can only image though the millions of tax dollars this project has consumed and the millions more it will cost to fix - only for it never to work as promised &/or designed.

 

[Otto]

See post #50 - I was updating my post real time.
Partial system failure??

Oh. For some reason I did not see your post. I guess my phone was not updating this thread as fast as I like. Darn tapatalk.

 

[Otto]

Will we hear of this in the media?

Probably not.