W2IRT
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Hi all,
Now that I have both a 396xt and a 996xt I tried a little experiment. I loaded up all the Troop B patrol talkgroups (2-COMM through 5-COMM, Meadowlands and Channel 7) in both radios, on both the NJICS system in P25 Phase I and the 800 MHz analog system. I put the portable on the 700 MHz system and the mobile on the 800 analog system.
For the NJICS system, I am using the West Orange Simulcast site (closest to me) and I used the North Simulcast site for the 800 analog. What I found was that 5-COMM comes through fine on both, about half the calls on 4-COMM come through on the NJICS simulcast and nothing from 2- or 3-COMM passes through to the 700 MHz side. I didn't hear anything on the Meadowlands talkgroup nor on "Channel 7."
Are the 2-COMM and 3-COMM talkgroups patched into the 700 system or am I doing something obviously wrong? The most surprising thing was only some of the 4-COMM calls were coming through.
I'm still not 100% comfortable with 700 MHz/P25 so I'm thinking maybe if I miss the beginning of the transmission it won't lock in properly? But even so, when I held on the 4-COMM group nothing came through for several minutes whereas I was getting quite a bit of activity on the 800 system. Thoughts?
Now that I have both a 396xt and a 996xt I tried a little experiment. I loaded up all the Troop B patrol talkgroups (2-COMM through 5-COMM, Meadowlands and Channel 7) in both radios, on both the NJICS system in P25 Phase I and the 800 MHz analog system. I put the portable on the 700 MHz system and the mobile on the 800 analog system.
For the NJICS system, I am using the West Orange Simulcast site (closest to me) and I used the North Simulcast site for the 800 analog. What I found was that 5-COMM comes through fine on both, about half the calls on 4-COMM come through on the NJICS simulcast and nothing from 2- or 3-COMM passes through to the 700 MHz side. I didn't hear anything on the Meadowlands talkgroup nor on "Channel 7."
Are the 2-COMM and 3-COMM talkgroups patched into the 700 system or am I doing something obviously wrong? The most surprising thing was only some of the 4-COMM calls were coming through.
I'm still not 100% comfortable with 700 MHz/P25 so I'm thinking maybe if I miss the beginning of the transmission it won't lock in properly? But even so, when I held on the 4-COMM group nothing came through for several minutes whereas I was getting quite a bit of activity on the 800 system. Thoughts?