Pueblo County to get new radios

[dw2872]

That's awesome. Thanks!

 

[number40Fan]

Is this the information that you are looking for when using Pro96com?

FileVersion:8
-TowerInfo
#This section is here for information only. With the exception
#of the Call Sign(s), This data is not Read back into the program at all.
System ID : D1C
System Name :
WACN : BEE07
Tower Number (Decimal): 6-60
Tower Number (Hex) : T063C
Tower Description :
Control Capabilities : Data,Voice,Registration
Flavor : Phase 1
Call Sign(s) :
Timestamp : Sat Jul 12 17:35:51 2014

-Tables
#Format: Table ID,Base Freq,Spacing,Input Offset,Assumed/Confirmed,BandWidth,Slots
00,851.00625,0.00625,-45.00000,"Confirmed",0.01250,1
01,762.00625,0.00625,30.00000,"Confirmed",0.01250,1

-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency(/Slot),Input Channel,Input Frequency(/Slot),Input Explicit(1/0),Hit Count
"00-0225","a",852.41250,"00-0225",807.41250,0,0
"00-0255","c",852.60000,"00-0255",807.60000,0,0
"00-0329","a",853.06250,"00-0329",808.06250,0,0
"00-0357","a",853.23750,"00-0357",808.23750,0,0
"00-0413","c",853.58750,"00-0413",808.58750,0,0

-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
159,"T013B",d1c,"00-0411",853.57500,""
161,"T013D",d1c,"00-0413",853.58750,""
651,"T0633",d1c,"00-0351",853.20000,""
662,"T063E",d1c,"00-0373",853.33750,""

 

[number40Fan]

I have 8 sites programmed into my 396XT and I am just letting it scan through all of them. Should I be doing something different?

 

[number40Fan]

Figured it out, I think. Just sit on the control channel for a specific site and let it collect data.

 

[Spitfire8520]

Figured it out, I think. Just sit on the control channel for a specific site and let it collect data.

Yeah, sadly Pro96Com requires a scanner to sit on a dedicated frequency in order to decode the information, which means no active listening. You may want to clean out your Tower.txt files and start fresh since it seems like Pro96Com may have been confused as your scanner was sweeping through multiple sites. Normally it shouldn't display multiple control channels for a single site.

It should be fairly sufficient to let your scanner sit on a single control channel for probably about 5-30 minutes in order for Pro96Com to get a good number of voice grant hits in order to verify the frequency channels assigned to the site. If one really wanted to hunt down all frequencies that a site might use, then logging a few days might be necessary. I don't believe long term logging is really needed in this case as it's really just looking for which sites have switched over and any possible neighbors of these sites that might have switched over as well.

 

[number40Fan]

Here are decodes from:

12 Mile
CSU Pueblo
Goat Hill
Greenhorn Hill
Jackson Hill
San Carlos Correctional
Pueblo Chemical Depot
Fowler

 

[Spitfire8520]

Here are decodes from:

12 Mile
CSU Pueblo
Goat Hill
Greenhorn Hill
Jackson Hill
San Carlos Correctional
Pueblo Chemical Depot
Fowler

Thanks for the data!

Looks like the newest sites on the block for Zone 6 include:
634/T0622 - Fowler (Directly logged)
642/T062A - Valley (634/635 Neighbor)
655/T0637 - Fort Lyon Correctional (634 Neighbor)
668/T0644 - La Junta (634 Neighbor)
669/T0645 - Arkansas Valley Correctional (139/634/662 Neighbor)

It's fairly interesting to see that none of the core City of Pueblo sites having been cut over to Zone 6 while almost every site around the city has.

It also looks like San Carlos Correctional (139/T0127) adjusted some of its alternate CC frequencies as well as modified some of the voice frequencies.

 

[n0nhj]

I posted it as a separate message since it wasn't related to Pueblo, but Saguache Peak in the San Luis Valley also changed to zone 6.

 

[Steve2003]

Figured it out, I think. Just sit on the control channel for a specific site and let it collect data.

Yes this is how I usually log DTRS, if you scroll to one of the control channels the scanner will display it on the screen and flash all the activity as it comes across.

Fortunately with DTRS the control channel's rarely change. When I want to log a Harris System where the control channel frequently changes (i.e. the MARC system up here in the Denver Area) I do the following:

1. Program a new system with the following:

• Sites: Program frequencies only for one site (if DTRS you only need the control channel).
• Program in a talkgroup you know isn't in use (If the scanner receives voice Pro96Com doesn't decode. I found TalkgroupID 9999 isn't active on most systems)
• Assign the newly created system a quick key that isn't in use.

2. Enable only the quick key of the system you just created and decode.

 

[dw2872]

I haven't been paying attention and two more sites (far west of Pueblo in Zone-2) have moved to Zone-6. Thanks to Chuck, on the west side, for the info.

254 Saguache Peak in Saguache County (now 654) switched to Zone-6 sometime around July 10th.
Saguache Peak Site Details (State of Colorado DTRS)
This has been updated in the RR database on July 11th.

215 Bald Mt South - Buena Vista in Chaffee County (now 615) switched on July 21st.
Bald Mountain South Site Details (State of Colorado DTRS)
Will be updated in the RR database soon.

 

[n0nhj]

204 Buena vista Correctional Facility Switched over this morning. Now 604.

 

[n0nhj]

Methodist Mt now 650

FileVersion:8
-TowerInfo
#This section is here for information only. With the exception
#of the Call Sign(s), This data is not Read back into the program at all.
System ID : D1C
System Name : Colorado DTRS
WACN : BEE07
Tower Number (Decimal): 6-50
Tower Number (Hex) : T0632
Tower Description : Methodist Mountain
Control Capabilities : Data,Voice,Registration
Flavor : Phase 1
Call Sign(s) : WPUU423
Timestamp : Wed Jul 23 12:32:41 2014

-Tables
#Format: Table ID,Base Freq,Spacing,Input Offset,Assumed/Confirmed,BandWidth,Slots
00,851.00625,0.00625,-45.00000,"Confirmed",0.01250,1
01,762.00625,0.00625,30.00000,"Confirmed",0.01250,1

-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency(/Slot),Input Channel,Input Frequency(/Slot),Input Explicit(1/0),Hit Count
"00-0017","i",851.11250,"00-0017",806.11250,0,4
"00-0069","v",851.43750,"00-0069",806.43750,0,149
"00-0205","av",852.28750,"00-0205",807.28750,0,34
"00-0249","av",852.56250,"00-0249",807.56250,0,2
"00-0289","c",852.81250,"00-0289",807.81250,0,0
"00-0431","a",853.70000,"00-0431",808.70000,0,0

-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
117,"T0111",d1c,"00-0405",853.53750,"Tenderfoot II"
145,"T012D",d1c,"00-0275",852.72500,"Badger Mtn - Lake George"
146,"T012E",d1c,"00-0307",852.92500,"Sacramento Peak - Alma"
154,"T0136",d1c,"00-0349",853.18750,"Mt. Bailey"
220,"T0214",d1c,"00-0179",852.12500,"Monarch Pass"
232,"T0220",d1c,"00-0297",852.86250,"Hagerman Pass"
233,"T0221",d1c,"00-0335",853.10000,"Granite"
240,"T0228",d1c,"00-0229",852.43750,"San Luis"
253,"T0235",d1c,"00-0309",852.93750,"Coaldale"
269,"T0245",d1c,"00-0235",852.47500,"Poncha Springs"
604,"T0604",d1c,"00-0443",853.77500,"Buena Vista Correctional Facility"
615,"T060F",d1c,"00-0279",852.75000,"Bald Mtn (So) Buena Vista"
651,"T0633",d1c,"00-0351",853.20000,"Deer Peak"
654,"T0636",d1c,"00-0253",852.58750,"Saguache Peak"

 

[n0nhj]

Monarch Pass is now 620

Unable to log directly, but neighbors are reporting it as now being 620 (was 220).
Control Frequency remained on 852.125

 

[n0nhj]

Zone 6 as of Friday afternoon 7/25/14

Here's my list, several new ones that I discovered today, and Poncha Springs was changed this morning.

604 Buena Vista CF
615 Bald Mt (Buena Vista)
620 Monarch Pass
631 Bowen Marker (Trinidada)
634 Fowler
635 Greenhorn
642 Valley
643 Walsenburg
645 Alamosa
648 Cheyenne Mt
649 Twin Mt
650 Methodist Mt
651 Deer Pk
652 Alamosa
654 Saguache
655 Ft Lyon CF
656 Trinidad CF
657 Raton Pass
659 Cordova Pass
660 12 Mile
662 Pueblo Chemical Depot
668 La Junta
669 Arkansas Valley CF
670 Poncha Springs

 

[dw2872]

Wow, lots of new ones in Zone-6!

 

[Steve2003]

There have been quite a few sites going to zone 6. Anyone know who owns the other zone controllers? Doesn't Douglas County own a significant chunk of zone 1? The article I posted on the other thread about their new simulcast cells mentions a "new system".

Maybe they have convinced the other zone 1 steak holders to pull out of DTRS and form a new system or join FRCC or MARC?

If this is happening there would be quite a few zone 1 sites that would need to move to a new zone controller. Making room in zones 2 & 3 would make sense if this is the case.

 

[Spitfire8520]

645 Alamosa

Is there a chance that you could clarify this site on your list? Thanks for keeping track of all the Zone 6 changes!

 

[n0nhj]

Oops... 645 San Antonio Mountain (South end of the San Luis Valley in Northern New Mexico).

Chuck

 

[Spitfire8520]

Per the most recent CCNC Minutes (July 11), the plan for Zone 6 is to have around 40+ sites in total at the end of site migration.

I'm not sure if Erik is actively following this topic or if someone is submitting DB update requests, but it looks like Poncha Springs is listed as 669 (same as Arkansas Valley Correctional). If you are following, then is there a chance that we could also get the Site Notes field updated for Zone 6? This field is helpful when viewing the RR Locations map to get a feel of the geographical distribution of Zone 6. Most of them need the 3rd digit switched to 6 with the exception of Poncha Springs which needs to be bumped up by one (as the Site Notes field shows the Hex ID).

 

[n0nhj]

616 & 617 Changed Verdemont & Tenderfoot II

Verdemont (near Gardner) and Tenderfoot II (nr Cripple Creek) have both moved over.

I suspect that there are others, in SE that may have changed last week, but can pick up any of the sites that might show those neighbors.

Chuck