ValleyRide / City of Boise TRS questions

[KE6ALV]

Does anyone know what system that Valley Regional Transit (ValleyRide) uses? I thought - at least at one time - they used the City of Boise trunked system.

Speaking of which, I have that system on ID scan (EDIT: on ID search, not scan), and have never gotten a hit on anything. Not sure if all TGs on that system are encrypted, or if it wasn't programmed properly. I paid ScannerMaster to program the system - they use the RR database - and paid extra for the DMR upgrade to my BCD325P2. I need to dust off my laptop and check the programming on everything.

 

[wtp]

hit the function button and then the scan button to change to ID SEARCH to hear everybody.

 

[KE6ALV]

hit the function button and then the scan button to change to ID SEARCH to hear everybody.

I do have that system on ID search (sorry, that's what I meant to say ), but not hearing anything.

 

[wtp]

one way to check for yourself, and you have to do it.
is to set the system up as conventional, you have to do it manually as any program will just go to trunking.
that does avoid any programming errors.

 

[wtp]

i am looking through some FCC stuff
i got nothin'

 

[KE6ALV]

I'll try that, thanks. I couldn't care less about the airport or zoo ops, so if there aren't any other agencies that use the system, I'd just lock it out.

I'm old school, before everything public safety was on MDTs. I started way back when we used crystals. My first trunked experience was scanning an EDACS system conventionally, where they used tones set to the "we bring good things to life" jingle to keep the scanner locked onto the channel.

After all these years, This is my first actual trunked scanner.

 

[thewenk]

Valley Ride appears to have their own 2 frequency DMR conventional (not trunked) system in the DB under Ada County Business -Transportation.
Ada County Business (Ada County) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference (radioreference.com)

Valley Ride hasn't been on the Boise trunked DMR system for some time.

 

[thewenk]

The FCC License also shows two additional licensed frequencies for Valley Ride (Valley Regional Transit) which are not currently shown in the DB and may or may not be in use.
463.9625 (Squaw Butte, Gem County)
464.9000 (Table Rock, Ada County)

FCC Callsign WQHU696 (VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSIT)

FCC Callsign WQHU696 (VALLEY REGIONAL TRANSIT)

www.radioreference.com

 

[tvengr]

FCC database shows these 4 frequencies are licensed for NFM and DMR:
462.0500
463.7750
463.9625
464.9000