Wright County Update

[mmtstc]

25367 and 25368 i have heard encryption on all the time... 25367 seem to be buffalo police primarily based on what unitrunker is telling me...

 

[KD0NDO]

thank you. what is a unitrunker

 

[mmtstc]

Trunked Radio Decoders - The RadioReference Wiki

It pretty much listens to the control channel and decodes all of the activity going on. It tracks individual radios on the system (ive logged around 16000 so far, but i suspect there are about 40000 radios on the system...) and talkgroup activity such as a user logging onto a talkgroup, even if they dont transmit on it...

 

[KD0NDO]

do you know if otsego is encrypted

 

[Heckler]

Otsego is patrolled by WCSO which only has a few encrypted talkgroups. Otsego public works is not on the system and they do not have their own fire dept. Does that clarify?

 

[mmtstc]

Thanks for all of the TG identification you added to the Wiki Heckler!

I will add that the Fire departments channel 3 is not actually a channel 3, instead it is a All call TG that transmits on both 1 and 2 (useful for fire command when changing attack from offensive to defensive or other major command announcements), so i have them in my own spreadsheet as "All", so for example,

Otsego Fire City 1
Otsego Fire City 2
Otsego Fire City All

 

[HAWG100]

Wright County

Newbie Here....Talked To Sheriff's office today. They said they have fully switched over to the 800 frequencies but can't give them to me. How come Radio Reference doesn't have a Minessota listing for Wright County Sheriff or Buffalo Police? Seems everyone else in the state is listed.

 

[mmtstc]

Wright County is on ARMER which is a 800 MHz P25 Digital Trunking radio system. Mn/DOT owns a pool of frequencies that subscribers use. agencies no longer have they own frequencies, but have their own talkgroups.

If you are unfamiliar with or still confused by, please reference Trunking Basics - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[Golson2210]

From Monticello, which are the best towers to monitor for Wright County?

 

[KD0FEO]

I don't really have much luck at all where i am located. I am off of State Highway 25 NE and School Blvd, and find it difficult to hear Enfield or Henn. Towers. Normally it's on Enfield (851.8500). I have not experimented with it much.. i'm new to digital trunking.

 

[HAWG100]

Towers

What is the frequency for the Henn. County West Towerto monitor Wright County?

 

[Heckler]

Enfield is certainly the closest tower for anyone in the Monti area.

 

[KD0NDO]

is this a simulcast system

 

[mmtstc]

yup. 4 sites in Wright Co, 3 in Sherburne Co, all 4-040

 

[KD0NDO]

what is 4-040

 

[mmtstc]

site 4-040 is the site ID of the Enfield Simulcast

 

[REDave]

what is 4-040

4 is zone 4
040 is site 40

 

[KD0NDO]

has any body figured out the C2C (car to car) talkgroup?

 

[HAWG100]

c2c

yes...what is the setup for Wright Cty. Sheriff car to car?

 

[moorski]

Hi...I recently turned on my scanner for the first time since winter and low and behold I find out about the 800MHz system that's in use. Brought my 2096 to RS and had it programmed. I live just south of Maple Lake at a pretty high elevation and I get some chatter but it drops right away. Brought the scanner to a buddies house about 2 mile closer to Buffalo and it works real good there and also in Monti where I had it programmed..I don't get it all.

I am a novice with scanners

I guess my question is:

Are there dead zones on this system?

TIA