Saratoga County TRS Official Thread

[Weather88]

We're also getting the morse code on .925 that the County 911 channel gets. I'm not quite sure what it is though?

 

[chrismol1]

repeater transmitting the callsign, its the law

 

[Dude111]

A friend of mine who lives in that area says he is hearing alot of keying up (clicking mike) on 158.775 over and over (Like someone fooling around) he went to the input and saw a signal when it was happening.. (I dont know what the strength was)

I wish people would leave EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS alone!! (The police dont need this crap!!!)

 

[Weather88]

repeater transmitting the callsign, its the law

We never used to get that on 925 though?

Everything still sounds distorted on 925 this morning. The pagers continue to activate okay, but I do hope that they fix whatever issue they have going on. On the plus side, reception is excellent now that they're simulcasting on all towers.

Also, I can confirm that they have turned on the Stillwater tower, at least the VHF portion, as we now have a strong signal in the Village of Stillwater where we used to have just a weak signal off of the Spruce tower.

 

[Warthog1]

Still waiting for the Edinburg tower to go live. Barkersville is hit and miss, sometimes loud & clear..sometimes on-existant.

 

[DaveNF2G]

Ummm, they've been simulcasting 155.925 over TG 511 for a while already.

 

[Warthog1]

It would pay to have the ITAC freqs in as well. It was mentioned that they are in the radios.

 

[chrismol1]

Latest estimate for full operation is late June

 

[DaveNF2G]

T0101 is now indicating a neighbor - T0102, using a different control channel. I can still barely receive T0101 and can't pick up T0102 at all.

 

[Warthog1]

The Edinburg repeater is now running, with a control channel of 851.4125

 

[jgorman21]

New Saratoga County System

Today from downtown Albany I heard:
3111
113
115
1111
511
4111
2111
1134 sounded like radio techs doing field tests.
1112

 

[Warthog1]

so far I have logged 34 talkgroups....some were encrypted.

 

[wkredick]

Talked to a portable @ NYS Division Military Affairs in Latham today from a portable at Glens Falls Hospital clear as day. Agencies who had classes are actively testing Talkgroups and coverage checks in their areas.
Impressive to say the least for now.

 

[Warthog1]

The system sounds great....except for the encryption anyway.

 

[FDNY10-75]

Is this the same system that is already in the database (with rebanded frequencies)?
...and is this a Phase 1 (FDMA) or Motorola X2 - TDMA System?

 

[Warthog1]

No. I submitted the changes after rebanding. Don't know where they went.
Rebanded frequencies here.
851.162500
851.587500
851.650000
851.975000
852.137500
852.225000
852.250000
852.550000
852.775000
853.112500
853.137500
853.412500
853.525000
853.762500
853.775000

 

[FDNY10-75]

I updated the database, let me know what else I need to add.

I will put the other TG's in when they are identified.

 

[Warthog1]

There is one of two towers in Edinburg that is active. The frequencies are :
851.225
851.4125 CC
852.6
852.85

I am working on identifying the talkgroups now. I have about 34 to ID, and it seems like more each week.

 

[Warthog1]

Nice job on the update, by the way....looks good!

 

[kc2smb]

I have also heard the "clicking" which was bringing up the 158.775 repeater. My impression was that it had something to do with the link with the 800 stuff, ie when it was done transmitting and the 800 system dropped the 158.775 conventional "heard" a kerchunk if you will and came back up. Kinda like having two conventional repeaters linked. The squelch tail from one bring the other up and vise versa.

Additionally if anyone is interested go to saratogaems.org and you can view the power point presentations that the fire and ems providers are using to train their folks. Very well done and informative.

Stay safe

Steve