They are on regular RCS
I remember a message from Don, the Northern part of the county will be finished by the end of September. SDSO SM and Esondido PD have not been updated yet. Chances are, a radio which had been programmed associated with the system on those TG's and has been turned off. Once programming has been done, they will be on all of the time as operators use the new programming. That is my understanding.
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Escondido and San Marcos are scheduled for transition on Thu. and Friday.
Looks like it was the Esc Fire radio with Radio ID: 26317 that brought up the Esc PD Dispatch.... but I could be wrong....
I'm hearing them fine on the NG system. Are you still having problems, Laura?
Yeah, I missed the gigantic water main break the other morning because I never heard any Esco FD comms on RCS...same this morning, heard PD, but not a peep on Esco FD. Esco FD Disp is still phase 1 on the NextGen, hope that stays that way.
Paul
It should be noted that my RCS Motorolas are unable to affiliate on anything but 5A, so it appears that zone 5 is "unavailable" to anything but the NextGen subscriber radios. I am anticipating losing Northcomm any day now...but like I said before, I hope they keep the FD dispatch channels avaiable on the RCS and Phase 1 NextGen for some time.
Paul
Paul
Was hearing Esco Fire last night on RCS....what the heck is going on????
So far, it looks to me like they are simul/multi-casting talkgroups between the two systems, NextGen and RCS. That is, so far, on the north and west sites that I can hear, when I hear PD/SDSO/FD talk groups on the NextGen system I also hear them on the old RCS with a very slight delay (so a little echo effect). Not 100% sure this is always the case as the RCS still appears to have more traffic at this time (6PM, 9/26) and my programming on the scanner with the old RCS is different with a lot of additional conventional frequencies, etc., so they don't always "sync-up". It makes sense, though, that they would do this for at least a short time until everything is transferred and all of the kinks are worked out and reliability is sufficiently proven. As well as I can receive the new NexGen I am hoping they stay predominately phase 1 for a while! It sounds very good on my base scanners. Handheld still having severe problems - I think it is a matter of being old and needing a good "tune-up". I think the P25 systems are less forgiving than the older Motorola Type 2's in terms of frequency tolerance in receivers.
Of course, once they go full on P2 I will be out of luck until I can afford to get a P2 capable receiver. SDR dongles look like my most likely affordable future.
-Mike
Of course, once they go full on P2 I will be out of luck until I can afford to get a P2 capable receiver. SDR dongles look like my most likely affordable future.
-Mike
5A was left patched to accommodate Escondido Dispatch's backup radios, which will be shifted when Escondido PD is completely cut over.
Yes, the talkgroups are bridged between the two sets of infrastructure while the agencies involved are transitioning. The bridging will be removed over the next couple of weeks.
Agencies using Phase 2 radios will have their conversations on the NG network in Phase 2; should a Phase 1 only radio join the talkgroup, then the conversation will 'revert' to Phase 1.
Ummm ... that's where they operate?
I know they operate on RCS. Previous entry said they were on NEXTGEN.
Question. If I put in all the frequencies and conversions from RCStalkgroups to the NEXTGEN would all be good?
