What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is going on with JPSO???

[JPSgt]

I appreciate all the replies that I received. I played and played with this radio for the most part of the week and all weekend. I think I have programmed it as best as i could. I live on the northshore and I'm picking up JP, St.B, Plaq, and Kenna pretty good on 774.8312 and 775.8312. When I get to the southshore I pickup NOPD but they appear to be still using the 800 mhz freqs. I have some ID tags that I will be posting soon so standby for them.
JPSgt.

 

[butch1893]

The Latie system right now is using a mix of 800 and 700 freqs. If you heard Plaq. fromthe Northshore , you should be hearing NOPD also. In the very near future, when Nextel is ready, the Latie system will be on all 700 freqs. There is supposed to be a swap of freqs. with Nextel soon.

 

[loumaag]

TO: JPSgt

By the way, welcome to the RR Site.

 

[JPSgt]

i thoght I put all the freqs. in my system for this to work but i'm not hearing everything. I know because I'll have my dept. radio on and the 396t will be scanning while my dept. radio is receiving transmissions. Can someone direct me to or post the freqs to put in my system? Thanks
Hank I'm not picking up NOPD on the northshore. I need help with the freqs to put in the system. Thanks.
BTW here are some talkgroups like i promised.
JP
27627 Traffic - 1
27628 Traffic - 2
27639 WBSCU (West Bank Street Crimes Unit)
27640 EBSCU (East Bank Street Crimes Unit)
27626 LASER Marine
27641 LASER K-9
27638 Reserves
27666 JAC (Juvenile Accessment Center)

NOPD
29420 NOPD Special 1
29421 NOPD Special 2
29422 NOPD Special 3
29423 NOPD Special 4
29424 NOPD Special 5
29425 NOPD Special 6
29284 NOPD Traffic - 1
29285 NOPD Traffic -2

Hope this helps! More to come. Cna someone help me please with the frreqs.? Thanks.
JPSgt

 

[aj]

I live in Kenner. I have a 396 programed with the following CC each in a different system.

Site 101 N.O. LATIE cc 774.03125
Site 102 Metairie LATIE cc 764.15625
Site 104 LaPlace LATIE cc 774.81875
Site 201 cc 868.8500
Site 203 cc 868.5250
Site 205 cc 868.8750

I may have more cc than I need. Any suggestions are appreciated. Is there one cc that allows you to hear everything?

Thanks

 

[loumaag]

i thoght I put all the freqs. in my system for this to work but i'm not hearing everything. I know because I'll have my dept. radio on and the 396t will be scanning while my dept. radio is receiving transmissions. ...

Unless the BCD396T is monitoring the CCh on the same site as your dept. radio is affiliated with, it will not necessarily hear the same thing. Remember, the 396T can only monitor one CCh per system. The L/O button can be your friend in this instance, or as aj does, set up each site (or non adjacent sites) in different systems.

 

[hank1944]

396 programming

to JPSgt; thanks for the talk groups,if you are using cc only, 868.8500 will give you N.O.,J.P.S.O.,Ken,St.Benard. I visit the north shore often and this will work over there.Once your 396 starts scanning,.you may want to record the different freqs & enter them into your radio because they do change cc's. thanks,hank

 

[JPSgt]

Unless the BCD396T is monitoring the CCh on the same site as your dept. radio is affiliated with, it will not necessarily hear the same thing. Remember, the 396T can only monitor one CCh per system. The L/O button can be your friend in this instance, or as aj does, set up each site (or non adjacent sites) in different systems.

Well, I have all the freqs. found from the database and forum from this site in one system so should this happen:
When the scanning stops when it receives a transmission should I be able to click the scan button and would it stop on the next transmission from another channel on the radio if it is transmitting? I'm having that probelm. I know they are transmitting on a channel because I can hear it on my dept. radio but not on the 396t. Can someone show me here if they have time, what freqs. are used and where to put them. I have all the LATIE freqs. found here on this site on one system and then I have my different groups in that system (JP, NOPD, St. B, and Plaq).
I would appreciate any help.
JPSgt.

 

[hank1944]

JPSgt, you should not have all freqs in one system.you have to put each cc in its own system,for jp all you need is 868.850,thats the only one you need to hear jp.no,etc in your location.soon that will change when they switch to the latie,but for now that one freq is all you should have in one system.

 

[tippeyb]

766.9812
773.0312
774.3812
775.4812
868.5250 CC
These are the frequencies I have for the Kenner Site. JPSO 4th dist.(27621) and Kenner PD use this site. Sometime other ID's will show up but mostly JPSO 4th and Kenner PD.
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775.6562
774.9562
775.4062
868.8750 CC
Above are the frequencies for the MSY site. Mostly Kenner PD on it for now. I visited the radio room at MSY and there are a total of 16 frequencies (ten 800 freqs and six700 freqs)at the site, but these are the only active ones at this time.
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774.8187 CC
773.5062
775.3187
775.8187
766.3562
766.6812
766.9312
775.5687
These frequencies are for the Laplace site. Alot of JPSO here. 1st, 4th districts.
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867.575
866.5625
866.6875
868.8500 CC
867.0375
868.675
866.4625
868.1625
868.75
868.6
867.7375
867.3625
868.275
866.2125
868.1375
866.9875
866.1625
Above are freqs for I'm guessing Bridge City? You will hear N.O., JP, St B. etc here
For some reason this site gives the most trouble for monitoring. Mostly choppy transmissions or id's showing but no voice. Sometimes it works better than other times.
My directional antenna is pointing right at this site with the signal strength meter showing a 5, but for some reason Laplace will come in more consistently.

Hope this info helps. Good Luck!

 

[kevins669]

867.575
866.5625
866.6875
868.8500 CC
867.0375
868.675
866.4625
868.1625
868.75
868.6
867.7375
867.3625
868.275
866.2125
868.1375
866.9875
866.1625
Above are freqs for I'm guessing Bridge City? You will hear N.O., JP, St B. etc here
For some reason this site gives the most trouble for monitoring. Mostly choppy transmissions or id's showing but no voice. Sometimes it works better than other times.
My directional antenna is pointing right at this site with the signal strength meter showing a 5, but for some reason Laplace will come in more consistently.

Hope this info helps. Good Luck!

The site you are referencing here is actually a simulcast system. I think there are about 35 frequencies assigned (I can dig up if ya'll need.) There are, I think, 4 sites that comprise the master simulcast system for New Orleans and the eastbank and immediate westbank of JP.

The reason for the poor "reception" is due to the advanced simulcast modulation needed to make it all work out... Search for CQPSK and find many others like us that suffer. Pro-96 handles better than Uniden for now.

Best advice -->>> Point that directional antenna AWAY from any transmitter! That has worked out well for me. Actually, this is a very fun, but very annoying, twist to listening to the radio. Takes a lot of work, but the goal is to receive the lowest # of transmitter signals into the radio as possible, but withing transmitter range.

For example, someone in Slidell, or even SW Mississippi, would receive the NO East site, but lower chance of the other 3.

Someone in Laplace may do better as well, as you would still be within the farthest west site.

Unfortunately, in the city, it is tough. The Pro-96/2096 attenuator seems to be a bit too much sometimes. Takes some real work.

Again, this only applies to the simulcast system on LATIE network 2, with site ID 201.

Other agencies, Troopers, or NG that affiliate with any TG on a non-simulcast site (which I have not seen yet besides in NO), will allow you listening enjoyment.

Also, this simulcast site... and the entire network 2... is in addition to the Statewide LATIE system that is in place in New Orleans as well...

-- Kevin

 

[JPSgt]

Ok thanks for the tips. I'll try setting up my radio like that with the different systems and see how that works. If anyone else might have some other ways to set all this up I would appreciate hearing from you. As promised some more Talkgroups. Have fun.
JPSO
27631 - SWAT Team
27636 DPT -1
27637 DPT -2
27622 Special -1
27623 Special -2
27624 Special -3
27625 Special -4

Kenner
27908 KPD Talk
27902 KPD Traffic
27903 KPD CID-TAC
27904 KPD NIS-TAC

Gretna
27816 Gretna Patrol -1

Harbor Police
29800 I Believe this Harbor Police Dispatch (Not verified)

 

[fireman1417]

Here's what I did when I went to the parades in JP, I already had a system for LATIE programmed in my 396, so I added a whole new system that I called "LATIE Region 1" with the new 800Mhz control channels referenced in this thread for this region. I put the talkgroups that I knew into the LATIE system as well as LATIE Region 1 in case a unit was affiliating with another tower. This seemed to work pretty well monitoring both systems.
Thanks for all those TG ID's. Just curious what does DPT stand for in those ID's.

 

[JPSgt]

Thanks for all those TG ID's. Just curious what does DPT stand for in those ID's.

Thanks for the reply Fireman. I did what you did but I was missing alot of transmissions. I know this becasue I had my dept. radio on and it was receiving things while the 396T was scanning and never stopped.

As far as DPT. We were never told what it meant. It is not a channel used too often thou. We believe it stands for DePartmenT. it would more or less be used for events as a talk channel. Hope that helps.

 

[tippeyb]

Cqpsk

Thanks Kevin for the info on CQPSK. It now makes sense on what is going on with the simulcasts system. Hopefully, Uniden will come out with a firmware upgrade to deal with this situation. If anyone else is having the same trouble receiving system 201, take Kevins advice and look up CQPSK.

Tippeyb

 

[kevins669]

Thanks for the reply Fireman. I did what you did but I was missing alot of transmissions. I know this becasue I had my dept. radio on and it was receiving things while the 396T was scanning and never stopped.

As far as DPT. We were never told what it meant. It is not a channel used too often thou. We believe it stands for DePartmenT. it would more or less be used for events as a talk channel. Hope that helps.

DPT is abbreviated Departmental Talk.

On the old system, it was displayed DP Talk 1.

If I remember correctly, these 2 groups are in every radio, in every mode. For instance, on the old system, Traffic 1 and 2 were (I think!) in a different mode in the radio, so they could eliminate switching modes to talk to a road unit.

I do not remember exactly. In fact, that previous paragraph makes no sense. I will leave it to show you what I was thinking , but those 2 talkgroups are pretty much like "mutual aid" groups.

Kevin

 

[hank1944]

JPSgt could you have a defective radio?

 

[aj]

Thanks for all of the info. I have the same problem with Site 201. What is CQPSK?

Thank you

 

[JPSgt]

JPSgt could you have a defective radio?

Hank, I thought of that but when I set my radio up like Tippeyb showed how his was, I had better luck. Like I said from the beginning, I am new at all this stuff. I was use to going to your neighborhood Radio Shack and buying a crystal for what freq. you wanted to listen to and then just plugging it in to the radio. Boy, how times have changed. I did buy a scanner antenna for my car and that seems to help very much too. I bought the antenna from RS but if anyone else knows where I can get a better antenna please let me know. The antenna I bought was a mag mount but 36" high. I would like to find something shorter and lower profile. If anyone else would like to share how they have their radios setup, I would gladly appreciate it. Thanks all for the help so far.
JPSgt.

 

[kevins669]

Hank, I thought of that but when I set my radio up like Tippeyb showed how his was, I had better luck. Like I said from the beginning, I am new at all this stuff. I was use to going to your neighborhood Radio Shack and buying a crystal for what freq. you wanted to listen to and then just plugging it in to the radio. Boy, how times have changed. I did buy a scanner antenna for my car and that seems to help very much too. I bought the antenna from RS but if anyone else knows where I can get a better antenna please let me know. The antenna I bought was a mag mount but 36" high. I would like to find something shorter and lower profile. If anyone else would like to share how they have their radios setup, I would gladly appreciate it. Thanks all for the help so far.
JPSgt.

What is working well for me, is actually not good for listening to the individual sites.

With the simulcast system, your radio is competing for a signal being broadcast from 4 locations, so the fewer you get the better... Kinda goes against everything, huh? So the better the antenna, the higher the gain, helps you pick up individaul LATIE sites (101,102, 104, 202,203,204,206) but actually HURTS listening to the simulcast 201.

I played with this for days, and that is what I have found best... Some may find a better way, though. GRE and uniden need to help out

-- Kevin