Texas City P25 moved main police ops to encrypted/new channel.

[TJK50010]

Yeah, looks like all police activity moved to ops2.
Is there a way I can have DSDPlus show unknown groups/channels that are speaking? I know that since they are not programed in my groups file, they would not show/be identified.

I'm still very new to this technology, and I'm taking baby steps trying to figure out the basics. Thanks

 

[TJK50010]

actually checking groups file now. It logs group records automatically. Just look for the active ones without names

 

[dave3825]

I'm still very new to this technology, and I'm taking baby steps trying to figure out the basics. Thanks

We were all there once.

Is there a way I can have DSDPlus show unknown groups/channels that are speaking? I know that since they are not programed in my groups file, they would not show/be identified.

See my last post about enc voice following. And any new unknow tg's will show up in your groups file. THey will be the ones with out text in the quotes. You and also set this up.



It will show you all tg's seen in the last 24 hours. That's based on your settings meaning you can set it from 1 minute up to 24 hours.

 

[kmartin]

Texas City P25 moved main police ops to encrypted/new channel. The change/upgrade was finished yesterday (Oct 25, 2023). I will try to scan for any new group/ID's. Anyone else familiar system have any input about the change/upgrade?

I hope they were smart enough to keep a patch to Galveston PD since they work a lot of chases with them and don't isolate themselves from neighboring agencies !

 

[TJK50010]

We were all there once.


See my last post about enc voice following. And any new unknow tg's will show up in your groups file. THey will be the ones with out text in the quotes. You and also set this up.

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It will show you all tg's seen in the last 24 hours. That's based on your settings meaning you can set it from 1 minute up to 24 hours.

I'm going to give these groups a new alias so that I can monitor them easier. I already turned enc following back on first thing yesterday. That way, even though I can't hear them, I know that something is going down.

 

[TJK50010]

These are the most active. Calls per alias. All active in the last hour-6 months. I had that groups file running for the past year.

 

[kmartin]

After monitoring the PD for an hour or so I'm pretty much convinced they are now using channel 2 for main ops/ dispatch. E

 

[TJK50010]

now sit back and see if any light up

 

[kmartin]

Channel 1 will probably be used as a patch to neighboring depatments / mutual aid

 

[kmartin]

These are the most active. Calls per alias. All active in the last hour-6 months. I had that groups file running for the past year.

ID 3168 is dickenson public works

 

[TJK50010]

I only had audio on one of my "unknown aliases" so far. Can't tell who it was. Still 100% activity on TX PD 2, Fire, Ems

 

[dave3825]

How long have you been running DSDPLus on that system and were you running it when the pd was still in the clear? If so, those radio id's may be in your event log.

 

[TJK50010]

How long have you been running DSDPLus on that system and were you running it when the pd was still in the clear? If so, those radio id's may be in your event log.

that version of the group and radio ids has been running at least a year straight.

 

[dave3825]

If you don't delete the event file then the rid's will be listed. THen you can just look in the radios file and see what tg those moved to.

 

[TJK50010]

If you don't delete the event file then the rid's will be listed. THen you can just look in the radios file and see what tg those moved to.

When I compared radios from October 8th to traffic today, according to the radios event file, they all moved to TxC PD 2.

 

[Echo4Thirty]

Channel 1 will probably be used as a patch to neighboring depatments / mutual aid

Bingo...

After monitoring the PD for an hour or so I'm pretty much convinced they are now using channel 2 for main ops/ dispatch. E

Looks like they got the idea from Friendswood PD...

 

[TJK50010]

yeah, very little activity on the unknown groups. One was encrypted and one sounded like it was a school. Both very quiet. Agreed with the Friendswood PD scenario.

 

[kmartin]

Bingo...

Looks like they got the idea from Friendswood PD...

I think friendswood is still in the clear

 

[Lonnie_]

I don't think it has to be someone smart , what I would do is , now this will take 2 scanners to do this, on one scanner monitor just fire and EMS and listen for calls that would require police assistance, major accident, combative patient, ECT ,
On the second scanner create a new Galveston site , not one that id from the database, this way you can monitor TGs only without associated alpha tags, listen for PD unit numbers, I believe they are 80xx ? And listen for address that are the same as the fire or EMS call to see if a New PD TG is being used. You can also monitor the activity on the E police channel to see how heavy the traffic is. If it becomes more active at the time fire and EMS need police then it's safe to say they have gone E. If I wasn't working so much I could figure this out and I will try doing this in my time away from work. Maybe I can figure it out

TCPD Unit numbers indeed are 80xx
8169
8167
8271

just a few i remember from before.

 

[dave3825]

When I compared radios from October 8th to traffic today, according to the radios event file, they all moved to TxC PD 2.

Where were they originally? And now they are on Pd 2?