Winston Salem / Forsyth County P25 TG list building

[NCFireman11]

It appears that all agencies are on the P25 system now. I had to lock out WSTA due to the lack of radio discipline, but they are fully switched over. Winston-Salem State University PD is on P25 as well. The Type II system is still online for now with a few affiliations but no voice running Unitrunker.

Here's what I've found:

TG 2800-Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA) Ch. 1
TG 2801-WSTA
TG 2802-WSTA
TG 2150-WSSU PD 1?
TG 2151-WSSU PD 2?

The Carolina Classic Fair starts this Friday so there may be some unidentified TGs that will be used.

 

[IcomIcR20]

It appears that all agencies are on the P25 system now. I had to lock out WSTA due to the lack of radio discipline, but they are fully switched over. Winston-Salem State University PD is on P25 as well. The Type II system is still online for now with a few affiliations but no voice running Unitrunker.

Here's what I've found:

TG 2800-Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA) Ch. 1
TG 2801-WSTA
TG 2802-WSTA
TG 2150-WSSU PD 1?
TG 2151-WSSU PD 2?

The Carolina Classic Fair starts this Friday so there may be some unidentified TGs that will be used.

2800 is indeed the primary WSTA TG for their defined routes. 2802 is specifically for TransAID buses. You are correct that 2150 is WSSU PD Dispatch. I have submitted those TGs to the database earlier.

 

[thomasre]

It appears that all agencies are on the P25 system now. I had to lock out WSTA due to the lack of radio discipline, but they are fully switched over.

WSTA and a few other City Services have no radio discipline -- automatic lockout.

I am mainly just monitoring law enforcement TG's. Trying to monitor all the TG's and calls that run through this radio system -- when everyone get's to keying their radios at the same time, especially WSTA -- lol , -- oh my! BOOM!

I got bored in 2020 and by 2021 was setup and running a radio scanner on an older PC rig & spare parts. The old rig used WIN7 Unitrunker and a slower dual core PC with a dual DVB (R820T) tuner setup and DSD+ ...this newer Phase 2 system had me looking for a better PC rig.

I'm currently running on a 4x2ghz 4gb ram Windows 10 laptop AND an overclocked 4x2ghz 8gb ram Raspberry Pi4 - running sdrTrunk v0.6.1 - seeing if either of those will do the trick. I am also working with different "cheap" DVB tuners, a R820T and an E4000. So far so good on both actually with fingers crossed for the Pi4 setup -- as Windows 10 is going to start nagging about being out of date. So far I am impressed with the new Phase 2 system.

I am blown away with the choices of software for this hobby, especially sdrTrunk's cross-platform application. sdrTrunk likes my E4000 tuner unlike my old Unitrunker setup. It even appears I can monitor Kernersville's P25 on this updated setup -- as I didn't understand much about differences in radio systems: Moto, P25 1 or 2, etc, until my old setup became unable to monitor the new WS/FC Phase 2 system.

Keep up the good work maintaining the WS/FC P25's transition for Phase 2 and updating the TG ID's!

 

[Motorolaguru]

It appears that all agencies are on the P25 system now. I had to lock out WSTA due to the lack of radio discipline, but they are fully switched over. Winston-Salem State University PD is on P25 as well. The Type II system is still online for now with a few affiliations but no voice running Unitrunker.

Here's what I've found:

TG 2800-Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA) Ch. 1
TG 2801-WSTA
TG 2802-WSTA
TG 2150-WSSU PD 1?
TG 2151-WSSU PD 2?

The Carolina Classic Fair starts this Friday so there may be some unidentified TGs that will be used.

From what I heard from Forsyth 911 is they may keep the old system to use as a backup incase the P25 system fails as they are still working out bugs on it (like the automated voice fire dispatch).

 

[edc1056]

I have a uniden homepatrol 1. Been getting winston salem/forsyth co for years .Now they have switched to p25 phase 2 from what i understand. The hp 1 does not get phase 2 am i right? Just need to know for sure. Thanks for any info.

 

[Motorolaguru]

I have a uniden homepatrol 1. Been getting winston salem/forsyth co for years .Now they have switched to p25 phase 2 from what i understand. The hp 1 does not get phase 2 am i right? Just need to know for sure. Thanks for any info.

That’s correct you would need a HP-2 or I’d recommend the SDS100/200 since Forsyth county is simulcast

 

[edc1056]

That’s correct you would need a HP-2 or I’d recommend the SDS100/200 since Forsyth county is simulcast

Think you .That helped alot. Problem solved.

 

[IcomIcR20]

Wake Forest University Police and EMS went live on the system this afternoon. TG 1750 is "WFU 1" and is the primary dispatch TG. Limited traffic has also been noted on TG 1751-1753. These are presumably WFU 2 - 4. I have submitted this information to the DB.

 

[tvengr]

I find it very strange that the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County P25 system site only shows 4 frequencies in the database. I am certain that there needs to be more. Does anyone have a complete list? Thanks!

 

[IcomIcR20]

I find it very strange that the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County P25 system site only shows 4 frequencies in the database. I am certain that there needs to be more. Does anyone have a complete list? Thanks!

There definitely are more now, but I did not submit an update as the utilized frequencies were fluid given that they were gradually being shifted over from the Motorola system to this system. If someone wants to run DSD+, Unitrunker, or the like on the site and submit the current full list of frequencies, please feel free to do so. All I have access to at this time is my trunk-recorder logs as I am out-of-state most of the year.

 

[fcfd988]

There definitely are more now, but I did not submit an update as the utilized frequencies were fluid given that they were gradually being shifted over from the Motorola system to this system. If someone wants to run DSD+, Unitrunker, or the like on the site and submit the current full list of frequencies, please feel free to do so. All I have access to at this time is my trunk-recorder logs as I am out-of-state most of the year.

The new system frequencies are identical to the old system frequencies. There were no changes.

 

[IcomIcR20]

The new system frequencies are identical to the old system frequencies. There were no changes.

That was my understanding as well. I just was unsure if they had all been moved over to the new system yet, or if a few were retained for the Motorola system as a backup.

 

[fcfd988]

That was my understanding as well. I just was unsure if they had all been moved over to the new system yet, or if a few were retained for the Motorola system as a backup.

The Motorola system has been completely decommissioned and is no more. There are a few system frequencies that have not been fully brought on the air yet for the new system, but this is in progress and should be completed soon.