Somerset County's new P25 system looks to be adding two new tower sites to their original 2 site EDACS system. It also appears that they will be moving frequencies into the NPSPAC public safety only band (851-854.) The two new sites are in Crisfield (new county tower) and Fruitland (existing state tower.) It's unclear if they will retain any of their old freqs once they transition: the two new sites have only the new freqs, and the two existing sites have the new freqs added. If they do not retain any of the old freqs, they still gain 2 talkpaths over the old system (old system 5 freqs: 1 cch, 4 TPs; new system 4 freqs: 1 cch 6 TPs.) They are also constructing a new MW backhaul that links the four tower sites and the main and backup dispatch sites.
Somerset County new P25 Phase 2 system
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emtLarmy15
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Not retaining old freqs
DisasterGuy
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It's on the air. Cut over scheduled before the end of the year.
It's interesting that the new system utilizes that same tower sites as FIRST. The county's new MW system however links to the Fruitland site, which I believe does not currently have MIEMSS MW. I suppose when MIEMSS rebuilds their system it will include links for Fruitland, but in the meantime, perhaps the county's system will be configured to fix that. Also, for some reason I remember some talk about the Somerset system being networked with Worcester in the way OC is? IDK.
DisasterGuy
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Somerset adds a site (Cristfield) that has historically had coverage issues for both Somerset EDACS and First. The new MW is IP based, exclusively for Somerset P25 currently, and is a full ring.
Somerset elected to build a fully standalone system without roaming. It will not be connected to the Worcester/OC multi-region system.
Somerset elected to build a fully standalone system without roaming. It will not be connected to the Worcester/OC multi-region system.
Yup, I get that Somerset is building the new site in Crisfield. The FIRST system is leveraging that new infrastructure by adding an ASR to fix their own coverage issues in the area that DNR is having. FIRST is apparently going to provide an equipment shelter at Crisfield in the future, and I guess based on your answer that MIEMSS will also need to add its own MW link to the site.
System news sidenote: Harris installed a new ice bridge on a county tower and fixed substandard grounding without seeking prior approval, then presented a bill to the county for the modification (apparently outside the original scope of work.) The commissioners balked, Harris reduced the amount, and the county paid it.
On the air now, probably for testing. The EDACS is still operational. The Crisfield VFD site has a *nice* asphalt patch running across the parking lot that buries the transmission lines.
Somerset County P25
FCC WPWR884
WACN 92577
SysID 0D2
Site 050-050
Site NAC 032
851.1875 cch
852.5500 acch
853.2250 acch
853.5500 acch
P25 Phase 2 / TDMA
Only one TG observed, but UNID atm: 13030
RIDs 25613xx range
Somerset County P25
FCC WPWR884
WACN 92577
SysID 0D2
Site 050-050
Site NAC 032
851.1875 cch
852.5500 acch
853.2250 acch
853.5500 acch
P25 Phase 2 / TDMA
Only one TG observed, but UNID atm: 13030
RIDs 25613xx range
emtLarmy15
Member
For anyone in the area it is fully operational as of Wednesday.
MIEMSS doesnt need the site, everything works from the sites we currently have.
I'll have to figure out an excuse to be down that way 
I was thinking that FIRST *could* use a MIEMSS MW link for its primary back haul on that tower. I guess they will just use fiber, although I assumed the idea was to have tower sites connected by two redundant paths. Maybe because it's not a simulcast site?
Short trip in the Salisbury area. TG 13015 - Fire / EMS Dispatch; TG 13152 - some sort of police non-enc Called base "Princess Anne," another unit with a traffic stop announcing vehicle description and tags. Several TGs hearing only dispatcher side, with field units enc. Unit numbers "65xx" Saw all FDMA channels and all TDMA slots in use.
The user on TG 13152 had RID 2122084, MSP?
Consoles look to be RID 256008x.
The user on TG 13152 had RID 2122084, MSP?
Consoles look to be RID 256008x.
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screenersam
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thanks to all for info
soon won't be able to hear anything. sucks.
soon won't be able to hear anything. sucks.
Did you get a band plan for this? It will be different that OC or Worcester
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