WV Interoperability System

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MOTOROLANUT

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WV DPS currently uses a 3-tier communication system in their vehicles. These consist of
Low Band GE Orion 30-50 split approximate, 100 watt with coil whip.
Ge Orion 150-170 split Dash Mount 40 watts
Ge Orion 450-470 split Dash Mount 40 watts
and a GE VHF high band 150ish receive mobile to lowband repeater

Probably some people look at a DPS cruiser and wonder what the hell all the aerials are for..

Some older DPS units have Ge Ranger 900 series heads on thier low band system and
Ge MDX dash mounts, all of which are the same split as above.

They are scheduled to get into the interoperable system over the next few years.
More than likely they will get Motorola XTL-5000's like everyone else.
 

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something interesting I found last night. on my 396T, I did a search of the 450-470MHz band with the "C-Channel Only" set to "On" to look for more trunked systems like I do for DoD systems in the 380-390MHz range. it stopped on 460.1625 which I knew to be the WV Interoperability System. But before I had a chance to continue scannig, it displayed the ID "Harrison County" and showed TGs that I knew were Martinsburg PD and Berkeley County Sheriff's Dept. and I even knew the sound of the dispatchers' voices. maybe they forgot to set the ID on the system here?
 

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brucewarming said:
How do we make it a sticky? Anybody in southern W.V. monitoring this system and is it active where you are at? It's a Jigsaw puzzle with out a picture box to look at to get an idea. Then like I said before "don't know if it's active at all?" I have both tables and complete system as imported from R.R. Thanks

I'm in Ohio on the Ohio W.Va. border. Right across from Mason County. We can hear Huntington PD from here on VHF-Hi. I've programmed the new W.Va. stuff in my Pro2096. I can't hear ANY control channel noise. But, again, there isn't anything listed for this part of the state yet. Anyone know WHEN they might put something in near the Ohio/W.Va. border?
Steve/Gallia
 

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I was in Huntington last weekend and I was receiving noise on what I believe was a control channel (can't remember the exact frequency), but it did not come in until I was in town. I listen to Harrison County and occasionally Monongalia County from western Doddridge County. I agree with previous posts, once the P-25 system is more widespread, the encryption will probably increase.
 

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My location is about 15 air miles west of the Ohio County, WV site. On 460.575 I hear transmissions which sound like the Marion County Sheriff's office. I have not programmed the system into my 996T but get the transmission when it captures them during a service scarch and hits on 460.575. Assume it is P-25.
 

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Any one getting activitys on tk group 09005? "Question for those using Win96, the default setting for tk group "ID" delay is 2 seconds, I have changed it to 1 second and it seems to hang long enough to keep a good following. Just was wondering if any one has gone to a lower setting and how it seems to work. I do know there is some time alloted with in the system (1.5) seconds?? So, a lesser time in the 96 scanner may be a good thing. Yep Mike, 1117 is there secondary channel, I think there will be more.
 

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brucewarming said:
Any one getting activitys on tk group 09005? "Question for those using Win96, the default setting for tk group "ID" delay is 2 seconds, I have changed it to 1 second and it seems to hang long enough to keep a good following. Just was wondering if any one has gone to a lower setting and how it seems to work. I do know there is some time alloted with in the system (1.5) seconds?? So, a lesser time in the 96 scanner may be a good thing. Yep Mike, 1117 is there secondary channel, I think there will be more.

I heard a little traffic today on 9005 but not enough to tell what service it is yet.
 

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09005 has again been used by BCI-3 WVSP a short conversation, but sure was them.
I wonder if some of you all are using PRO96COM to log and watch your local tower for different "TABLES"? There just may be some more being used in other parts of the state.
 

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TG 9910 saying "Test 1 2 3 4" and mic keys. Ya think they're just doing this to see how long it'll take a new TG to show up on R/R ;^) ?

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Same here Mike, but the radio Id number logged was a Martinsburg PD radios Id. and one other 111300 and 111301. May be I'am giving up a little to much information here? By looking in the past logging of radio traffic(radio Id's) a person should beable to figure out to whom the Radio encryption belongs too! So Talk group 1141 could "B" MRB? Go figure, another way for them to see if we can figure them out?
 

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brucewarming said:
Same here Mike, but the radio Id number logged was a Martinsburg PD radios Id. and one other 111300 and 111301. May be I'am giving up a little to much information here? By looking in the past logging of radio traffic(radio Id's) a person should beable to figure out to whom the Radio encryption belongs too! So Talk group 1141 could "B" MRB? Go figure, another way for them to see if we can figure them out?


I guess the radio IDs you are seeing are from the Win96 software that I cannot use with the Uniden I have. I wished someone "on the inside", like a dispatcher would fill us in on everything. :)

another though, I'm sure that Martinsburg PD's radios may be able to transmit on other TGs. maybe by accident, someone had it set to the wrong TG? that is if 1141 is not MPD.
 
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I guess what I was saying was, if someone knew for sure that the IDs for a specific county or area were (taken from a list at work or from an official source like a radio itself), they could post the info. this would keep us from guessing what new IDs were when we hear them. I'm not sure about the accuracy of the other counties, but it seems that the IDs in Berkeley County are from listeners that put what they hear with the ID they hear it on. I have contributed as well as others in the area. they only way I have been able to figure out what's what is by running the scanner 24/7 and logging everything and going back later to listen to the recordings. sometimes I don't have a clue what it is and others I'm 99% sure what it is. if it's 99% or better, I submit what I hear for the RR database. if I'm not really sure, I may post it here.

anyone read my past post about the system in Berkeley Co. showing up as Harrison County while I was doing a search? any thoughts on it?
 

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mike_s104 said:
I guess what I was saying was, if someone knew for sure that the IDs for a specific county or area were (taken from a list at work or from an official source like a radio itself), they could post the info. this would keep us from guessing what new IDs were when we hear them.

Asking someone to get this information from their workplace is probably not a good idea.
 

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dintimid8or said:
Asking someone to get this information from their workplace is probably not a good idea.


not like I am trying to get them to smuggle national secrets out meeting them at a covert location using disposable cell phones and code names to contact each other.


"Grey Goose to Red Squirrel, Grey Goose to Red Squirrel..."
"This is Red Squirrel, over"
"What's the TG ID xxxx used for?"
"Grey Goose, I need to go, I think I my cover has been blown!!!"
 
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