San Francisco Public Safety going Digital June 2021
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mmckenna
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Simplified explanation:
It's digitized audio. The encryption only rearranges the 1's and 0's, and they get put back in the right order at the far end. No impact on audio quality.
Visiting the City and the radio system this week. The audio quality is atrocious. I'd estimate the amount of traffic that simply isnt understandable is greater than 50%. Almost constant "10-9"'s , with some transmissions sounding like a flow of unintelligible garble.
Eng74
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What radio/antenna were you using? Also were the 10-9’s all coming from the same part of the city, one department, or one user?
My Agency's APX6000, PD A-bank is only programmed.
I've been noticing that the audio quality varies greatly in different locations. I've got a BCT996p2 just sitting in a rack at 365 Main (Main/Harrison basically, a datacenter building) with a mag mount scanner antenna on the top of the rack and it sounds surprisingly good. Same radio at 20th and Bryant (3 miles away) sounded terrible. I'm assuming it has something to do with simulcast issues.
specialmed1
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I reprogrammed my gre-500 to the new digital SF Fire freqs and am not getting any traffic. Is there something i am missing
The GRE PSR-500 is not compatible with P25 Phase II systems.
specialmed1
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what would be a good unit to purchase now to replace the gre 600
what would be a good unit to purchase now to replace the gre 600
Uniden BCD325P2, Whistler TRX-1, or Uniden SDS100 are all compatible options.
specialmed1
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will these update when new specs come out
I'm not sure what you're asking. These are all compatible with all current and planned public safety systems.
specialmed1
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specialmed1
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will this one on the same level as the hand helds
Uniden BCD996P2 Digital Mobile TrunkTracker V Scanner, Phase 2, scanner radio
Uniden BCD996P2 Digital Mobile TrunkTracker V Scanner, Phase 2, scanner radio
KD6JEK
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Yes, that is the base model version and the BCD325p2 is the handheld version. However, there might be simulcast issues and for that your would want to get the Uniden handheld SDS-100 or base model SDS-200 which cost more.
Eng74
Member
Try using a smaller antenna, that might help some also the ATT. I know with the old system I would run my PSR 600 with no antenna from Candlestick Point and all over the city because the signal was so strong.
Hi Gang - I'm coming to SF in a few weeks. Just to confirm, all law is encrypted as indicated on this site, correct?
Police dispatch and dispositions are mostly in the clear.
Eng74
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Thanks, Footage. Any idea when they will go 'E" as indicated in the database?
