ccfire
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If anyone hears more about where they will be installing new sites for the viper in Cherokee County please let me know
There is currently only two licenses in Cherokee County for VIPER and one location, the Joanna Bald site is actually in Graham County, despite what RR database says. Not having read the Cherokee Scout article my guess is these are future expansions not yet in the works, since licenses are usually issued a year or so in advance.
SNIP from Cherokee Scout Article:
Funny that the county manager thinks that VIPER is not digital
Looks like they plan on using the Rocky Top site (WRFL767) in Union County Ga as one of the four; according to the article in the Scout.
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He may have been talking about the county license WNQE698 which does have 4 sites, and reporter or county manager mistakenly said Viper. I'm not out west so I really don't know, but was just commenting on licenses in FCC database. There was a mention in the 2020-21 budget about funding an 800 MHz system, but I couldn't find details on that, it may have been a new county system to replace the analog one.
FCC Callsign WNQE698 (County of Cherokee)
FCC Callsign WNQE698 (County of Cherokee)
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ccfire
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In my opinion they will need a site for sure near the state line and county line with polk county tennessee possibly and perhaps one near the monroe county Tennessee state line say around the violet community and hiwassee dam
Notice of Approved Vendor Radios for use on North Carolina VIPER Statewide Radio System for the period 1 January – 31 December 2023
This was posted before but thank you for reminding people it exists.
My apologies, I haven't seen this posted before. This is the new list for 2023. I've seen the 2022 list posted but not this new one.
GROL
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New to me and interesting to read.
Curiosity question, I hear IMAP all the time on VIPER, but do not hear other DOT units/talk groups.
Am I just missing them or are they seldomly on or what? Do others hear them?
Am I just missing them or are they seldomly on or what? Do others hear them?
GamecockSJ
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Doesn't DOT still use low band a lot? They all still have low band antennas on the trucks.
I'm not sure low band has a lot of interference where I live.
NCDOT continues to use low band and probably will on maintenance units for the foreseeable future. Lot of dollars to replace radios throughout division that they may not have funding for. IMAP uses them to communicate with SHP Communication Centers and troopers
Just to be clear SHP has zero low band capability. All of the low band equipment has been removed from the comm centers and all of the patrol cars. IMAP uses VIPER to talk to the troopers.
It's like having a drivers license but not owning a vehicle. Just cause you got it don't mean you are using it. NCSHP Lowband is dead and gone. R.I.P. KIB898
Dang talking about a system wide (ENC)
I just replaced all of our dispatch level equipment and they have 207XXXX ID's. I also have a block assigned to us our of the OEMS block so that may be why. I can tell you more about that in a week or so...
I can tell you as someone who is very close to VIPER and how SHP operates, that SHP doesn't use low band at all, anymore, anywhere, period end of story. IMAP may have it in their trucks, but SHP does not. All of the low band equipment has been permanently removed from all towers and comm centers along with all patrol cars. Also, the radio shops don't have nearly the visibility of the infrastructure as they once did. They do installs. The infrastructure piece has been centralized.
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