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mike_s104 said:
I was going back through recorded audio from the week and saw a hit on TG 9779. I could not make out the calling unit/person (sounded like "Beacon 1") but they were calling State EOC. I think this is most likely State Homeland Security, maybe channel 5 since it follow that format and would logically be that channel number.

According to what I have, that is correct. 9779 is Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management F-5 ["DHS&EM 5"]. 9771 is DHS&EM F1, 9773 = F2, 9775 = F3, 9777 = F4, and 9779 = F5. The unit you heard was probably the DHS&EM director, Gianatto, who uses the call sign "DHSEM 1", which they pronounce "dee-sum wun". The Fire Marshal, another DHS&EM agency, has at least F1 through F3, and the Medical Examiners have F1 through F5; I'll get the TG#s and post them tomorrow.

According to what I have, Dr. Ramsey uses "STECS 1" [State Trauma and Emergency Care System Unit 1] (pronounced as it looks, "steks wun") or sometimes "EMS 1", and the head of the radio side of the project [I initially thought this was Fred Smart, but I have a note that Charleston FD's former chief, Dave Irwin, heads that project; can someone shed some light?] uses "COMM 01" ("comm oh wun"). The EMS radio techs [as you know, the system uses the STECS EMS microwave backbone initially used for the statewide linking of the MED channels, 340, 400, etc., to the MCPs at the medical command centers and some other functions, so the STECS techs are heavily involved in the INOP system] use "EMS 97", "EMS 95", etc. And the state police radio techs use units in the 11nn series.

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mike_s104 said:
I attached audio (not a lot) of State EOC calling/talking to "J Rock". Anyone know what "J Rock" is and where it might be?

Has anyone from the Joint Requirements Oversight Council been in WV lately?
 

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mike_s104 said:
just heard two techs talking. one said he was on RT66 (in VA) heading into DC. its great they can work North Mountain from that far but why are they even testing it?


so if 9779 is channel 5 for the Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, why do they need to have the system work into DC?
 

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As promised...

WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 1 = 9181
WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 2 = 9183
WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 3 = 9185

WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 1 = 9950
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 2 = 9952
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 3 = 9954
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 4 = 9956
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 5 = 9958

...R
 

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Statewide listen?

Does the WV Interop system allow you to listen to basic traffic from any other county in the state? I'm in Charleston... listening on a 996 for the first time, and I'm only hearing the WV Capitol police. Should I be able to hear Harrison County fire, for example?
 

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Well.... No. :)

This would happen only if Harrison county would be intentionally linked to Garfield tower for some specific reason. There is a technical explanation, but, in a nutshell, Interop users in a specific area will usually only be heard off towers in that area. Exceptions: Here in Charleston, you will occasionally hear on the Med TG's EMS calling hospitals in Berkeley County - but that is usually either a fluke (ie; somebody pushed the wrong button), or there is some system wide testing going on.

But, don't worry - with all of the TGs popping up in test mode around here, I'm sure there will be lots to listen to soon!
 

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mwaterhouse said:
Does the WV Interop system allow you to listen to basic traffic from any other county in the state? I'm in Charleston... listening on a 996 for the first time, and I'm only hearing the WV Capitol police. Should I be able to hear Harrison County fire, for example?

As I understand it, each tower in the system is linked to a central controller via a backbone. When an individual user roams into a tower's area, his radio affiliates with that tower and sends, among other things, the channel(s) that his radio is on or scanning. The tower sends that to the controller, which keeps a list of which towers need the traffic from which talkgroups. Then, whenever anyone in the system transmits on a talkgroup, the towers that need that audio get it off the backbone and transmit it to the users on that tower on that talkgroup. [This is similar to the way, e.g., that AEP's STARGATE controller in Columbus on the company's EDACS system routes traffic out to the regional controllers, which in turn are responsible for directing traffic to the towers within that regional controller's scope. That way, someone in Indianopolis can talk to Roanoke DDC, if needed, without chewing up a zillion hard repeater channels in between, but why, e.g., you usually won't hear the Charleston MCS channel if you're driving through Columbus {cuz there aren't any Charleston service trucks in Columbus affiliated with TG 08-062}.]

So, in short, no, you can't hear all traffic on every tower. Why? Because there are only a few voice channels at each tower (e.g., 4 here in Charleston), and there are certainly more than, e.g., 4 conversations going on at once around the state. If you're listening to tower 0109 in Charleston, you'll only hear the traffic for the talkgroups for which at least one user affiliated with that tower is currently monitoring. Right now, that's likely to only be, e.g., Radio Tech 1 (cuz there are radio techs here), MedComm C (cuz Dr. Ramsey is here), Capitol PD (cuz they're here), and the Fire Marshal and ME channels (cuz they're usu. here, too). Of course, when the locals migrate over, things will heat up.

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wm8s said:
As promised...

WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 1 = 9181
WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 2 = 9183
WV DHSEM/Fire Marshal 3 = 9185

WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 1 = 9950
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 2 = 9952
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 3 = 9954
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 4 = 9956
WV DHHR/BPH/Medical Examiner 5 = 9958

...R


thanks. one or two you have listed I has as unidentified. may I ask where you are getting all of this great info?
 

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Hello all,

Brand new to this site but I thought everyone might like to know that Kanawha County EMS is installing motorola radios for this system in everyone of their new ambulances as they are delivered. The talk groups are not programmed yet, so I will post when they are with details such as channel designators and such.
 

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BigbrotherCRW said:
Hello all,

Brand new to this site but I thought everyone might like to know that Kanawha County EMS is installing motorola radios for this system in everyone of their new ambulances as they are delivered. The talk groups are not programmed yet, so I will post when they are with details such as channel designators and such.[/QUOT

Welcome aboard. This is the premier site for information/ideas about radio communications. Don't hesitate to ask questions. The people on this State Forum are always ready to help out.
 

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Bigbrother, give me a wave...I'll be driving across the state again on Tuesday (I-64) and returning on Jun 1. Gonna spend the night in Beckley going both directions.
 

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me714 said:
Looks like the WV State Capitol police are doing away with their 800mhz p25 radios and going to interop. 9401 seems to be the primary TG....

I think it's:

9401 = WV/DMAPS/Div of Prot Svcs F1
9403 = WV/DMAPS/Div of Prot Svcs F2
9405 = WV/DMAPS/Div of Prot Svcs F3
 
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I heard the 9405 during testing, but I wasn't sure if it was related to 9401. Good Work!
 

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Caught JRoc and EOC testing on 9771 today. Said, "Tell Mr. Gannaro(?) that we completed a successful test."

On another note: I will be the first to admit that I don't follow the technical aspects of the hobby like I used to years ago, so I may have missed something - BUT, on TG 1, I heard one of the techs testing his KENWOOD on the system. Honest. Called it by name. did test counts...

I thought this was a proprietaty motorola system, and that only motorla radios would work on it.

Hmmm....
 

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I heard two techs on TG1. apparently one was dropping out. seconds after that, I heard both on State PD BCI3 talking. they were talking about the trunked system. interesting...

maybe they are in the area for the Jefferson County site.
 
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