Is the Waco site showing any Neighbors? Also is the site showing to be connected or disconnected? I am curious as to how long before they make it to Tyler and the rest of the ETMC system.
-Josh
Very soon. Those new towers are very close to being turned on, and they (DPS, Smith SO, TPD, Longview) already have the new talkgroups in several radios just waiting to be used.
BTW, I saw a lineup of the ETMC radios (analog) that are in the Tyler area troopers' cars. Some talkgroups that are not identified, but suspected already anyhow, are DPS 3 (DPS 1 and DPS 2 are in the database already) and Bullard, Winona, and Lindale PD's private talkgroups. Troup's has been identified already. An interesting note is that the Tyler DPS console has ETMC's DPS 1 talkgroup, Base A1 VHF, and the Canton repeater simulcasting all comms, and the troopers can switch between 800 and VHF to get the best signal. The Tyler troopers also have access to, believe it or not, Pursuit 1 and 2, Mutual Aid 1-5, Law, Fire, EMS, and HPD Fox and HPD 1 talkgroups on the analog TxWARN system.
This thing is further along than we thought, that is for sure.