Troop B Sussex Barracks

[buckbull]

Does anyone know what happen to Troop B Sussex Barracks , I havent heard them wondering if my scanner is broken !!

 

[GTR8000]

NJSP talkgroups are only active on the NJICS P25 system as of last week, operating in Phase II TDMA mode. The SmartZone system is no longer carrying routine NJSP traffic, only the 10-Comm marine talkgroups.

Ongoing discussion in this thread: NJSP 800 MHz SmartZone system

 

[buckbull]

UGH so does this mean I have to be close to the area to hear them now ?

 

[GTR8000]

Define "close to the area". You're the guy who lives near Van Auken Hill Rd in Dingman Township, right? If so, then you should have absolutely no problem whatsoever pulling in either High Point or Walpack on the P25 system to listen to the Sussex talkgroup. I think we've been over this in the past.

 

[buckbull]

oh yes with the port jervis Orange County , I guess my scanner just sucks , Im picking up 3 comm and 4 comm but heard nothing from 2 comm . It stops but i hear no audio. BTW i have a whistler ws1080

 

[GTR8000]

The 2-Comm Sussex TG 2231 comes in just fine over both sites. If you're hearing 3-Comm and 4-Comm, you should definitely be hearing 2-Comm. Check your programming, maybe you have the wrong TGID programmed or locked it out by accident.

 

[GTR8000]

Plenty active on both sites tonight...

 

[buckbull]

my scanner sucks!

 

[GM]

It could be a setting on your scanner with reference to how the audio unmutes on the WS1080. A friend of mine is having the exact same issue right now with his WS1080. It stops on the talkgroup, but has trouble unmuting to pass the audio. This happens mostly with P25 Phase II talkgroups. Seems that the Phase I talkgroups unmutes with no issues and audio is passed through the speaker. When it comes to Phase II, it seems to stick for a few milliseconds and then by the time it unmutes, the transmission is completed. I have checked his settings, and they seem to be fine. Might want to consider upgrading to an SDS series scanner if the funds allow you to do so.

 

[buckbull]

I talked to Mike from Whistler , he said I might hear Troop B better if I add attenuation to it . Unfortunately that is Greek to me does anyone think that will help my problem ?

 

[GTR8000]

I very much doubt it. The two Sussex NJICS sites are not simulcast, so there is no issue with regard to simulcast distortion. High Point and Walpack both come in at excellent signal strength where you are located, and so you should have no trouble decoding either site.

For testing purposes, I would make sure you're scanning only one site at a time. The fact that you've said you can hear 3-Comm and 4-Comm from those sites means something else is going on. There is absolutely zero reason why you would hear those two talkgroups, but not 2-Comm, as there is no difference whatsoever between them technically speaking. They are all operating in Phase II TDMA mode now exclusively on the NJICS P25 system.

You might want to have someone take a look at your programming to make sure it's correct. Perhaps you still have the NJSP 800 system in the scanner, and are trying to scan 2-Comm from that system instead of NJICS without realizing. Stranger things have happened.

 

[buckbull]

@GTR8000 I have both High point and Walpack in the scanner , I used EZ scan software to load it into my scanner. When I heard 3 comm 4 comm and 5 comm it came up it was getting it from Wallpack . So Im guessing delete Highpoint ?

 

[GTR8000]

I wouldn't go deleting anything, but I would try scanning only one site at a time.

 

[tvengr]

oh yes with the port jervis Orange County , I guess my scanner just sucks , Im picking up 3 comm and 4 comm but heard nothing from 2 comm . It stops but i hear no audio. BTW i have a whistler ws1080

Please attach your configuration (archive) programming file so that I can look at it to check for problems. Click on Attach files and Open the file.

 

[kd2pm]

Keep in mind, if you dont already know...the WS1080 (aka PSR800) does not scan sites like the SDS does. Once it locks onto one site with the best signal..it stays there. So as @GTR8000 noted, just try disabling Walpack and see if you can get something from High Point. Or you can play with the settings so that the scanner will switch back and forth depending on the threshold you set but that to me is more of a pain. The WS1080 is great for simulcast systems, find the best frequency and just hang there. But for multi-site or hybrid systems, it doesn't fair well. The SDS though will scan around each site that you have programmed and will stop on any site that it can hear to lessen the amount of traffic you may miss.

 

[n2pqq]

Try the Freehold site

 

[GTR8000]

Try the Freehold site

Say what? Why would a site in Monmouth County carry traffic for Sussex County patrols? Not to mention the impossibility of receiving the Freehold site from Milford, Pennsylvania. 🤦‍♂️

 

[n2pqq]

Well I can receive Meadow lands ,Freehold . High point from my QTH in Unionville
Also can receive pike county wayne county and several other counties in NY NJ and PA
I am 10 miles from this

Tri-States Monument - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I believe the person asking the question was located in Port Jervis NY

 

[GTR8000]

The Freehold site does not carry 2-Comm Sussex traffic, so it's a moot point.

 

[RadioComm]

I think the confusion about the Freehold site is that it shares one of the same frequencies (770.70625) as High Point.