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Thanks for the MECCA call update! When I was up half the night at the Red Roof Inn, I remembered hearing Mecca a lot, but by the time I returned to CRW, I'd sort of forgotten which county it went with....

A tidbit I forgot - On TG 1 (This was the same day they were wondering which hat they were going to pull frequencies out of), some of the Radio techs were on Malden Mountain, (Just east of CRW, where the state EMS tower is), supervising the unloading of steel for "The new Malden site radio tower"!!!

Sure hope they have some freqs for it after it is built... :)

And thanks for the 193 TG, Moochie. That's progress, for sure! Around here, the Dog Catchers are on the PD channel of whatever city (or area) they are assigned to.

Also, heard testing on TG's 5501 and 5551, which I had not logged before.

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You might be right about Boone County after all. They recently notified the FCC of a 12/22/2006 construction date for the three-site system there.
 

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And work seems to be coming along on the Bee Mountain tower. >>300' and climbing. Makes ya wonder why Jack traded all those cows for that stalk...
 

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Don't know why.

would anyone have any idea why i (in monongalia county) am picking up berekely county's EMS (digital). i look up the talkgroup id's and sure enough it's berekely county medics (9823, 9825, 9827). i don't mind listening to it but i looked on my county map and seen that it was a little far east of me. LOL the ambulance is headed to winchester.
here's what i found:

Berkeley County (02) EMS Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Description
1115 45b D Unit-to-Unit
9821 265d D MED A
9823 265f D MED B
9825 2661 D MED C
9827 2663 D MED D
9829 2665 D EMS to ER - MED E?
9983 26ff D Med Channel or EMS to Hospital


why do i hear these in morgantown, wv?
thanks in advance
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ChanneLive said:
would anyone have any idea why i (in monongalia county) am picking up berekely county's EMS (digital). i look up the talkgroup id's and sure enough it's berekely county medics (9823, 9825, 9827). i don't mind listening to it but i looked on my county map and seen that it was a little far east of me. LOL the ambulance is headed to winchester.
here's what i found:

Berkeley County (02) EMS Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Description
1115 45b D Unit-to-Unit
9821 265d D MED A
9823 265f D MED B
9825 2661 D MED C
9827 2663 D MED D
9829 2665 D EMS to ER - MED E?
9983 26ff D Med Channel or EMS to Hospital


why do i hear these in morgantown, wv?
thanks in advance
ChanneLive


not sure why you're hearing them but that's pretty cool. I guess they are being patched. :)
 

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ChanneLive said:
would anyone have any idea why i (in monongalia county) am picking up berekely county's EMS (digital).

Are you hearing Berkeley County's talkgroups on the Morgantown tower, or are you hearing the Berkeley County site directly?

If the former, then all it means is someone has affiliated with the tower you're listening to, and their radio is sitting on or scanning those talkgroups. All of the sites are linked together with a microwave backbone, so every site has access to every talkgroup (in theory; it's up to the programming), but the system will only repeat talkgroups through a site if a radio that has affiliated with that site "needs" the talkgroups, i.e., is listening to it.

If the latter, then it's just good propagation; sit back and enjoy (or in either case, lock 'em out if they get too boring).

On another note...

I was driving to work tonite to pick up something, and as I rounded the turn at Oakwood Road, I noticed a strobe flashing from the direction of Bee Mountain that I'd never seen before. Then I remembered... Pretty impressive line of site, over the Quarry Ridge mountain top, especially if they're not done lifting sections. They ran the strobe in night mode last night, but this was the white strobe (day mode), so I dunno if this was it or not, but it's new.

...R
 

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When I was in Marion County a couple of weeks ago, the Med Channels were coming off the Morgantown site also. I couldn't figure it out either, but it was interesting listening!

My assumtion was that one of the hospitals up there is the culprit - either for burn in testing or somebody forgot (or doesn't know how) to disable the link.

Also, I heard testing off the Charleston site last week on 9827 (Med D), and the techs were calling it Raleigh General Med Comm! Hmmm.....
 

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Coupla things...

Do we think that the MedComm channels are tied to a particular command center? E.g., is 9825 only being used by Berkeley County units. 9827 by Beckley. etc.? If so, anyone wanna take a stab at the others?

What police dept in Monongalia County has units 100, 150, and 156? I heard them on TG#324 this weekend in Morganhole.

TG#9979 is United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
 

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Beckley or well county EMS runs on 601 and up. County Fire Depts 101 to 123 and Beckley City Fire 130. Beckley City Police run's 200's, Raleigh County PD Runs 100's,Mabscott PD 400's, and I think Sophia PD run's 600's. Not sure of Lester's PD.
 

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The past couple of days, the techs on TG-1 have been busy with the Bee Mountain tower. Yesterday, they were hanging the antennas. (I bet there were some COLD riggers up there!!!)

In light of what I overheard a couple of weeks ago (in a previous post), I wonder if they've got any freqs for it yet...
 

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i dont understand this

i am new to the scanner then, i just usually have my two way with my fire freq in it, i live in marshall county wv, i have a tower close to me in ohio county, with this statewide system, can i hear whats going on everywhere in the state, or just on the ohio county tower, like a reg repeater?
 

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Well....

Yes AND no! As I'm sure you've read in the previous posts, the system is nowhere near being complete, and, from what I understand, the Ohio County Interop tower is pretty much a forlorn site, with not much happening on it right now. BUT - depending on the user, it is entirely possible for certain agencies (for whatever reason) to be heard on it as well as all over the state.

As has been pointed out earler, I periodically hear EMS to Hospital traffic in Martinsburg on the Kanawha County Garfield tower! There are all sorts of variables involved, but, to make it simple for you, when the system is up and running the way it is designed, it will be pretty much like similar systems across the country. For the most part, sites will be broadcasting local agencies - for example, the Marion County Idamay site pretty much has Marion County traffic on it, though you will occasionally hear Harrison and Monongalia traffic there also. I'm sure this will eventually pretty much hold true for your area also .

And remember - for example, if fire traffic would be all you wanted to listen to, then you would set your scanner for ID Scan, with only the fire talkgroups unlocked. (Remember, you will need a P25 capable scanner to monitor the Interop system!)

Hope this helps a little!
 

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clear as mud, haha, i understand it a little bit more than i did before, but i dont have a digital scanner yet so is there any point in putting the freq in my scanner, i have a pro-2051?
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Well, if you don't have a p25 capable scanner, then, be glad you're in an area where they are fighting the Interop tooth and nail (or, at least are in no hurry whatsoever to implement it!!) ;-P

And, of course, you COULD put the Interop channels in your current unit - but, sadly, all you will hear during transmissions are thousands of angry bumblebees flying thru a weed eater...

Maybe someone else on the board can give you a little better insight???
 

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According to FCC application file# 0002217662 call sign WQCU378, DHHR changed the Salem tower's 453.8125 frequency to 453.9000 on June 27, 2005. It's still listed in the database as .8125, and on a recent trip through there, I recall not hearing anything on the system as I had it programmed (which was per RR).

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applTransLog.jsp?applID=3013811

Can anyone verify that it's moved to 453.9000?

...R
 
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