brownlab
Member
Thank you! Good to know
Looks like you've pretty much answered your own questions, but YES, I AM listening to site 102. It's the only site I get from home for this system.
Dewey
I am only seeing/hearing 8Ax talkgroups from the North site -- but occasionally I'm hearing dispatched assignments to 8C7 (Ch 7) which I believe is South EMS -- are you detecting/hearing any 8Cx talkgroups?
Should we expect that the 8Cx talkgroups would only be heard on the South system (and 8Ax only on the north)?
Note: 8A2 (Ch 2) is assigned ALOT but I hear activity there very infrequently -- I'm not sure if it's because the system is still being set up and/or having problems or it only activates when a unit that is able to use the new system is on the talkgroup.....
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
However, I have yet to see any FD activity on the south site outside of the dispatcher.
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I wonder if we'll ever be able to hear the C talkgroups up North and A talkgroups down South... Under normal conditions I would say yes - but who knows with this thing.
Based on my Pro96Com visual experience, I am going to say no. I have yet to see any of the geographically northern PD districts on the south site, and I did the same thing (watched Pro96Com for about a month or two) when PD went to the system first.
I'm not a betting person, but if I were, my bet would be that it is going to operate like a smart zone system... the sites are going to broadcast based on affiliation. SOOOOOO, if I'm right and a south unit wanders up north, you will get to hear it. Just remember, that's me theory only at this point.
For Dewey and Troymail the answer is no. Channels 1 & 2 are connected together so you would hear a south side unit on them but that would be because he is on Zone C and operating it correctlyin Zone C area. If he goes too far north (north of about Central Ave) the system will not hear him and he will not be able to receive anything until he moves to Zone A and the same is true for a north side unit moving too far south. Regardless of where they are from, they need to be on the proper zone to hear and be heard.
All the talkgroups are in service at this point but since no one has a portable and less that a dozen pieces of apparatus have a mobile, no one can get to them. Until everyone has a mobile and the portables have been issued we will continue to use the system much like a conventional radio system.
Zone C has been busy. Each street alarm and box that is dispatched in the 3rd, 5th and 7th battalion has been put on 8C3 and southside EMS is operating on 8C7. Station 24 has radios in all their equipment and they have not had any problems except some operator errors.
Everyone have a good weekend......
Tro: How is the sound quality when decoding P25 on TDMA? How is the sound quality decoding P25 on AACo police? Is it as good as other GRE radios on the AA system?
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