Question for Rowan/Cabarrus county

[Special_T]

Hello everyone,

I hope the new year has started well for you all. I am in the Rowan and Cabarrus county area and have a question. I am basically a newbie although I have loved scanning and have had some scanners through the years. I want to get a scanner to listen to all of the local Police, Fire and Rescue mostly, as well as state HP. I do have an old Radio Shack Pro-95 I use for marine and air traffic but nothing else. I am still trying to learn A LOT, but am I correct in that this area uses simulcast and would a SMS100 work well in this area? Thank you for any information you can give me.

 

[CFP387]

Since everything in our area is utilizing a digital trunked system, you would want to consider purchasing either a BCD436HP or an SDS100.

There are three systems you'd likely want to monitor: Rowan-Salisbury TRS, UASI, and VIPER.

I'm in the southern area of Rowan County. Feel free to shoot me a direct message.

 

[Special_T]

Thank you for the response! I live in China Grove, so we aren't too far apart then. I will definitely shoot you a pm when I get my scanner in the coming weeks! Thank you for offering!

 

[drayd48]

I would try and stick with the SDS series scanners as those are capable of simulcast systems. Rowan and Cabarrus and simulcast systems and that scanner will best handle that. VIPER in Rowan County is not a simulcast but if you decide to travel, Iredell County, Mecklenburg County, Davidson County, and others in the area operate off a simulcast site or system

 

[CFP387]

...VIPER in Rowan County is not a simulcast...

VIPER in Rowan County is simulcast as there are three tower sites, two in Salisbury and one on High Rock Mountain.

In addition, we have a stand-alone public safety TRS that is simulcast from five different towers around the county.

 

[drayd48]

VIPER in Rowan County is not a simulcast. There are three separate sites. If they were a simulcast, they would be like the Rowan TRS with all sites having the same control channel and carrying the same traffic

 

[Special_T]

I would try and stick with the SDS series scanners as those are capable of simulcast systems. Rowan and Cabarrus and simulcast systems and that scanner will best handle that. VIPER in Rowan County is not a simulcast but if you decide to travel, Iredell County, Mecklenburg County, Davidson County, and others in the area operate off a simulcast site or system

I am seriously leaning toward the SDS100, I want to be able to take it with me where I go, and I do go to all of those counties. Thank you for the response.

 

[Special_T]

VIPER in Rowan County is simulcast as there are three tower sites, two in Salisbury and one on High Rock Mountain.

In addition, we have a stand-alone public safety TRS that is simulcast from five different towers around the county.

State HP is on VIPER or am I mistaken?

 

[drayd48]

State HP is on VIPER or am I mistaken?

Yes, that is correct. They are on VIPER

 

[yardbird]

All state agencies are on Viper.

That includes the Highway Patrol and Incident Management Assistant Patrol (IMAP) units.

They used to crosspatch Highway Patrol on both the Rowan and UASI systems. But that is a thing of the past.

David

 

[Special_T]

All state agencies are on Viper.

That includes the Highway Patrol and Incident Management Assistant Patrol (IMAP) units.

They used to crosspatch Highway Patrol on both the Rowan and UASI systems. But that is a thing of the past.

David

Thanks!

 

[RF-Burns]

VIPER in Rowan County is simulcast as there are three tower sites, two in Salisbury and one on High Rock Mountain.

In addition, we have a stand-alone public safety TRS that is simulcast from five different towers around the county.

It's obvious you don't know what simulcast is if you think Viper in Rowan County is a simulcast.

 

[Special_T]

So after a delay, my SDS100 has been ordered and is supposed to arrive tomorrow!

 

[Special_T]

Would y’all recommend the DMR upgrade for the Rowan/Cabarrus county area?

 

[CFP387]

DMR isn't in use for public safety in Rowan or Cabarrus counties.

 

[Special_T]

DMR isn't in use for public safety in Rowan or Cabarrus counties.

Thank you. I'll hold off for now but will upgrade eventually. What about NXDN?

 

[IcomIcR20]

Thank you. I'll hold off for now but will upgrade eventually. What about NXDN?

I do not recall there being much in the way of public safety on NXDN in your area. FleetTalk has some sites in that region, but, as far as I know, it is mostly businesses and transportation users plus Atrium Health security/operations.

 

[tvengr]

The site for the Rowan County trunked system is simulcast. I agree that the SDS100 and SDS200 are the best scanners for your location. They are the only scanners specifically designed to receive simulcast sites. Depending upon your location, you may have missed transmissions and garbled audio with any other scanner.

RFSS	Site	Name	Freqs
1 (1)	001 (1)	Simulcast	854.7375c	856.2125	856.2625	856.4625	856.9625	857.2125c	857.2625	857.4625
			857.9625	858.2125c	858.2625	858.4625	858.8625	859.2125c	859.2625	859.4625
			859.9625

 

[Special_T]

The site for the Rowan County trunked system is simulcast. I agree that the SDS100 and SDS200 are the best scanners for your location. They are the only scanners specifically designed to receive simulcast sites. Depending upon your location, you may have missed transmissions and garbled audio with any other scanner.

RFSS	Site	Name	Freqs
1 (1)	001 (1)	Simulcast	854.7375c	856.2125	856.2625	856.4625	856.9625	857.2125c	857.2625	857.4625
			857.9625	858.2125c	858.2625	858.4625	858.8625	859.2125c	859.2625	859.4625
			859.9625

I really appreciate your insight, thank you. I got my SDS100 delivered last night, too late to play with it. Gonna start that today though

 

[tvengr]

I got my SDS100 delivered last night, too late to play with it. Gonna start that today though

Congratulations! I'm sure you will like it. It will work well for you.