tulsa reception range

[K5MAR]

Tulsa has always had the option of going to other repeaters outside the tulsa area. The have the use of one in Bristow and another down south.

I think the keyword here is option. Probably this is controlled by the system admins or from the consoles at the PD & FD, but those more knowledgeable than me would have to say how that works. I have no doubt that should an incident such as the Murrah Building bombing occur in Tulsa (God Forbid!), we would be hearing all sorts of select TPD/FD talkgroups on the southern SmartZone sites.

Some (all?) of the units during the last upgrade they added a new talkgroup. It has one tulsa talkgroup and the rest is ohp OKC and turner.

Whose units? TPD? Troop B? Please, share what you can.

It must be tied to the state system because you can talk from well west and south of okc back to Tulsa

Tulsa PD? Or Troop B?

You can also talk to ohp in Okc from tulsa.

As for talking back to Troop A from Tulsa, if the system is configured properly, then any OHP unit with an 800 radio (and the proper talkgroups programmed) should be able to talk to any troop HQ in the state that has 800 MHz capability. That's the whole point of having a state-wide (eventually) system.

Not questioning what you're saying, I'm just trying to get as many details as possible. Stillwater's 800 MHz tower is/was supposed to be funded through a grant this year, and I want to know as much as I can about it's capabilities if/when it comes on the air. I'm not holding my breath, mind you, but I do have the listed freqs programmed into my daily use bank, hoping to hear something!

Keep those cards & letters coming in folks!
Mark S.

 

[okla-lawman]

With the old programming all you had to do was drop down a few zones to a different zone. It was not controlled by disp or a console. I dont know it they knew witch repeater you were using. With the new system I dont Know if the talk groups are still in there. I have not needed them. When I
mostly used it was driving to the city for meetings. It would run out about
Chandler. With the new system when on that zone I have yet to run out of signal. I have been to the elreno area and the texas border on 1-35 to
mccalester.