Whistler 1040 digital scannner/Weymouth PD

[Tshee23]

Im looking into a digital scanner so I can listen in to the majority of the South Shore whom have changed over to digital, mostly Weymouth PD. Will it pick them up? It says it only receives P25 phase I and Weymouth PD is phase II but my buddies dad has one and he gets them fine, which confuses me. Probably a dumb question


Additionally, does anyone know who runs the Plymouth County scanner feed on Broadcastify? Tac 9 channel comes in as static every so often making it unbearable to listen to

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Database shows Weymouth PD as P25 conventional, P25 Phase-II only applies to trunked radio systems, there's no such thing as Phase-II conventional. That said the WS1040 should pick them up fine

Weymouth

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
470.9375	473.9375	KCA985	RM	270 NAC	Weymouth PD	Police Operations	P25	Law Dispatch
472.325	475.325	WQCS888	RM	270 NAC	Weymouth PD2	Police Secondary	P25	Law Tac

 

[tvengr]

Additionally, does anyone know who runs the Plymouth County scanner feed on Broadcastify? Tac 9 channel comes in as static every so often making it unbearable to listen to

Is it a conventional frequency or on a trunked system? It could be encrypted part of the time.

 

[StoliRaz]

I don't believe Weymouth is phase 2, they're phase 1 P25 to my knowledge? I don't live close enough to receive and confirm but the database shows them as single frequency with the usual NAC 270

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Additionally, does anyone know who runs the Plymouth County scanner feed on Broadcastify? Tac 9 channel comes in as static every so often making it unbearable to listen to

Best course of action here would be to report the issue to the feed provider as shown below. Not all feed providers monitor the forums

 

[tvengr]

I don't believe Weymouth is phase 2, they're phase 1 P25 to my knowledge?

They are Phase 1. There is no such thing as conventional Phase 2. Conventional P25 is Phase 1 only.

470.9375	KCA985	RM	270 NAC	Weymouth PD	Police Operations	P25	Law Dispatch
472.325	WQCS888	RM	270 NAC	Weymouth PD2	Police Secondary	P25	Law Tac

 

[garys]

Phase 2 only applies to P25 systems that use TDMA. Which isn't a lot of them... yet.

Conventional P25 is FDMA.

TDMA channels can have two talk groups, FDMA have only one. Which is the simple explanation.

To answer the original question, yes it will receive Weymouth PD fine. It will also receive any other PD or FD in the area that has moved to P25. It will get Quincy PD 1 and 2, but 3 is encrypted most of the time.

I don't believe Weymouth is phase 2, they're phase 1 P25 to my knowledge? I don't live close enough to receive and confirm but the database shows them as single frequency with the usual NAC 270