Woonsocket FD "Admin" channel

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Woonsocket FD has been referring lately to an "administration" channel or Talk Group. I have all the TG's loaded but never hear anything when they switch over.

There is no "admin" TG listed in in RR.

I have 1354, 1360 and 1361 loaded on my BCD536

Does anyone know what the admin TG may be?

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1363553DWoonskt PD 1Police 1 - DispatchLaw Dispatch
1364554DEWoonskt PD 2Police 2Law Talk
1360550DWoonsocket FD DFire Dispatch - OperationFire-Talk
1361551DWoonsocket FD 2Fire SecondaryFire Dispatch
135454aDWoonskt FD 3Fire - Fireground 3Fire-Tac
1367557DWoonskt CityCitywide
 

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Is your scanner in ID Search mode so that it will find any talkgroups you don't have programmed? That's the first thing I would do is to make sure the scanner can find an unlisted talkgroup if they switch over to one.

Also, have you checked the conventional frequencies they have licensed? Could be an off-network channel.
 

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I checked and ID Search was turned off for that System. I turned it on. I now have some reading to do to find out how to see if any new talk groups show up.

I do have conventional turned on for Woonsocket but didn't hear anything pop up.

Thanks much for the good tips, and I'm motivated to learn more about ID Search now.
 

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Try this for Woonsocket Fire.
TalkgroupIDEncryptedZone Primarily Heard On:Confirmation/ReConfirmations
1354Woonsocket Fire 3NoNorth2020.06.11 Pete
1359Woonsocket Fire Ops 2NoNorth
1360Woonsocket Fire DispatchNoNorth2021.01.02 W1KNE
1361Woonsocket Fire OpsNoNorth2020.04.11 W1KNE
1362Woonsocket EMSNoNorth
 

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Try this for Woonsocket Fire.
TalkgroupIDEncryptedZone Primarily Heard On:Confirmation/ReConfirmations
1354Woonsocket Fire 3NoNorth2020.06.11 Pete
1359Woonsocket Fire Ops 2NoNorth
1360Woonsocket Fire DispatchNoNorth2021.01.02 W1KNE
1361Woonsocket Fire OpsNoNorth2020.04.11 W1KNE
1362Woonsocket EMSNoNorth
Information courtesy Scan New England Wiki.
 

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Just a thought, but could the Admin be the old VHF or UHF Channels ?
So many hobbyists rule out those to be used once someone moves to a Trunked System.

Just a WAG
Woonsocket FD has been referring lately to an "administration" channel or Talk Group. I have all the TG's loaded but never hear anything when they switch over.

There is no "admin" TG listed in in RR.

I have 1354, 1360 and 1361 loaded on my BCD536

Does anyone know what the admin TG may be?

Thanks
Shortwaver


 

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Thanks for the idea though I do have the old conventional channels active as well.

I'll update if I see it show up now that ID Search is on.
 

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I didn't see the encrypted one listed but I'll check again. That would make sense.

A very strange thing occurred the same time that I switched the System to ID Search. The radio is no longer receiving ANY P25 transmissions. It is receiving conventional and motorola systems fine. I've done a full system reset and started with a fresh favorites list, still no luck.

It may be related to a firmware update that it performed about the same time.
 

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Thanks! I was going to guess it was 1359 as I had that one in my favorites but it never hit.
 
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