San Antonio TxDOT H.E.R.O. Operations

[djmorgan]

For the last few weeks I have no longer heard the HERO trucks operating in the area. They were on the Alamo Area Regional Radio System (but not on the SA/Bexar County EDACS) but seemed to have gone silent. I have tried using ID Search on the entire AARRS but no luck seeing them. I have also tried the "traditional" TxDOT VHF frequencies but they are not on there either. It was co-funded by the state, the county and some others, I believe, but I could find no news reference that suggested it was discontinued or someone stopped their funding part. Is anyone aware of the status of the program and radio system they use? Thanks

 

[HiddenLefty]

Some of them have gone encrypted in various systems. This is possible here as well. There were issues with people's personal information and location being used I believe.

 

[boernegang]

If they have gone encrypted could someone in the area see that on some software that decodes the CC??

 

[rattlerbb01]

If they have gone encrypted could someone in the area see that on some software that decodes the CC??

Yes, you’d see it if you monitor the CC with software. DSD will show them as ENC Group Calls and Unitrunker shows P4 instead of 4.

 

[blantonl]

I haven't seen them on the AARRS 700 MHz sites this week. Not sure where they ended up

 

[blantonl]

I just checked some of the BCFY Calls archives from yesterday and caught this exchange:

https://calls.broadcastify.com/355/1642506074-39409.m4a

There was some brief usage yesterday on the HERO channels on the 700 MHz overlays, but based on that exchange it appears they've moved to a PTT cellular phone solution.

 

[boernegang]

I have heard traffic on channel 1 and 2 this last week.