TN MA 2 traffic

[jaaredmond]

Anybody hear any radio traffic on V TN MA 2 (154.755) today? This is now set up as gateway to the U TN MA 2 and 8 TN MA 2. I was told this was going to be used by the Knoxville area agencies at the Vols game.

 

[davewhall29]

Well, I heard testing on that freq all week. They did use it at the UT game Saturday, along with UHF and 800 MA channels patched together for EMS comms. As I understood it, it was so all the EMS personnel could communicate with each other and a central command post. I think it is on a trial basis to see if all the frequencies could be tied together without any complications. And to bring Knoxville Fire (800 mhz), Rural Metro (UHF and VHF) together on the same channel.
Unfortunately, I was at the game and could not take my scanner in to listen to see if it worked. But all the testing last week seemed to show it would work pretty good.

 

[jaaredmond]

Thanks Dave. You are correct. We were told they were going to try it out during the game.....V TN MA 2, U TN MA 2, and 8 TN MA 2 are set up to patch. One of my friends was working the game. He said the VHF and 800 worked well together, but the UHF was pretty bad. They only used those comms for a little while then moved to the 800 trunked system and R/M went to med 72. Does anyone know where the repeaters are located? I assume on Sharps Ridge where our main dispatch is but haven't confirmed.

 

[davewhall29]

I would presume the repeaters would be on Sharp's Ridge, but not sure. I have heard some traffic with the same voices on the V TN MA 2 talking back and forth, with one of them saying they were on the 800 mhz radio since that game. Sounds like they are testing the patch even more now, most of the time it's early in the morning (6-8 a.m.) Both transmissions sound clear (one on vhf and one on 800). But I can't seem to find the 8 TN MA 2 frequency for some reason. I'm hearing all the traffic on the 154.755 freq.

 

[jaaredmond]

Should be the following

8 TN MA 2 - 854.1875
U TN MA 2 - 460.4000
V TN MA 2 - 154.7550

Their part of the Tennessee Let's Talk plan....

 

[davewhall29]

Thanks. For some reason, I don't have that frequency. Not familiar with the Let's Talk Plan.

 

[776]

Let Talk Plan is in Nashville area and surrounding counties all these are link together. Where if you key up one they all key up. Someone else can give you more information how it works.

776

 

[jaaredmond]

Let's Talk is in each region across the state. Transmit and recieve frequencies are the same, different transmit PL/DPL tones depending in which region you operating in. Each repeater is supposed to be set up with a DTMF tone to activate the repeater, as well as another to shut it down after the incident. I've not seen anyone actually set it up like that. Most are always open.

 

[INDY72]

Let's Talk is just the Statewide conventional Mutual Aid/Interoperability system. Not sure what they are calling the plans for the Statewide TRS yet. All I know for sure is that TVRTRS is phase I, and so far seems to be working great.

 

[Ray-D-O]

LETS Talk is not a statewide system.

 

[jaaredmond]

Correct. It is not a statewide system. It is a part of the statewide interoperbility plan with infrustructures in each region to support it.

 

[INDY72]

Kinda funny then huh? In EVERY region but its not statewide. Its a KEY part of the TN Statewide IO plan in fact, look up the acronym used in LETS Talk.

Weird how officially things are said to be one thing when they are entirely NOT that thing and vice versa. LOL!

Not trying to be an smartalek, but on some things, its impossible not to see the humor in it.