Lately, the P25 system has been very weird. I'm assuming this is for testing. Sometimes, when decoding the site in DSD+, the CC will jump to a different frequency, and I can't decode the system; other times, I can't even decode anything in DSD+. Sites make no sense to me; Unitrunker can decode some sites but not others, random TDMA Control channels that aren't there anymore, etc. It seems to be something new each day for the past few months.
According to my observations, the P25 system has 5 sites running at the moment. I was getting Sanford the other day, but now I can't for some reason. When I was able to pick up that site, many of the LE dispatch TGs were being Broadcasted; this is just based on a visual observation from DSD+; I did not pick up any audio. But overall, the information seems to change each day.
Out of the "new" P25 systems ive monitored in the past, ive never seen anything like this and how they are doing things. It doesn't make sense to me. And they aren't in a hurry with anything. It seems like through this mess, they are still just announcing "testing 123456" constantly to see if radios work. I get that they are being deliberate with the transition, and Volusia County is one of the largest in North Central Florida, so there are hundreds of thousands of radios that they need to transition and get working before they are cutover fully. Anyway, im not disputing their work or the fact that they are being deliberate in the transition, as some may claim. Im just saying that it seems very odd to me how they do everything.
I say, for now, the way I see it with site info and everything constantly changing, there's no reason to update the database. And even if it were updated, the info would probably be wrong. They are definitely on the right track now and better on the progress than they were this time last year, but they are still a ways away from 100% completion.
