WyoLink Update

[jimmnn]

WyoLink is Wyoming's statewide public-safety interoperable radio communications project.

The project involves developing a 57 site, statewide, VHF, Project-25 digital, trunked radio system.

When completed, this radio system will be capable of supporting all public safety users in
Wyoming. WyoLink will enhance public safety by enabling first-responders to communicate
effectively on a daily basis and during critical incidents.
This report provides current information on the state of the WyoLink project and answers questions that are of common interest.

Jim<

 

[Thunderbolt]

Has anyone with a Pro-96, Pro-2096 or Uniden 396T, been able to obtain the system ID and tower numbers that are now online for the WyoLink TRS?

73's

Ron

 

[scanlist]

Nope. Still test data. No site info or tables. Shows "LNK" on Unidens.

Phil.

 

[kd7gxu]

Wyolink progress

Has anyone heard anything about Wyolink lately? I looked back at the state website and it looks like the contract with /\/\otorola was signed October 29, 2004. I don't think the master control site is up yet and it is approaching 2 years now. There are several towers up on the air but there doesn't seem to be any usage happening. Winter will be here soon and that makes for some tough tower work!

 

[mpg0515]

Has anyone heard anything about Wyolink lately? I looked back at the state website and it looks like the contract with /\/\otorola was signed October 29, 2004. I don't think the master control site is up yet and it is approaching 2 years now. There are several towers up on the air but there doesn't seem to be any usage happening. Winter will be here soon and that makes for some tough tower work!

not sure what is going on, the 154.07 south hwy 85 site is still in the test pattern (no tower or system info shown). There were a couple of days about a month ago that I was able to decode some info, I have it written down somewhere, not in front of me. There were only a couple of TG's going and it was all encrypted, the traffic was very short. It could have even been mdt testing or something as well. It seems that Colorado is doing the same kind of slow building of tower sites. They get all this grant money and it takes them years to put up the sites. Now I do understand there is a lot more involved than just money. You would think that they could have gotten atleast another 20 sites up and running this summer, but no, they only got a few going here in Colorado.

 

[kd7gxu]

summer 2006

I don't think there have been any sites come online since early spring. Makes me wonder if it is on hold or something.

 

[realgeo]

Greetings, everyone!

I am from Eastern Nebraska and was in the Cheyenne, WY and Estes Park, CO areas over Labor Day weekend.

Having my trusty BCD396T by my side, I tried to scan the WyoLink system, with no luck. My 396T seemed to be having problems locking on to the 154.070 control channel. Some of the time, it would say DAT, while most of the time it would say LNK on that channel.

I never did hear any voice on the system, nor was I able to figure out the system ID or tower number.

The Wyolink page doesn't seem to contain any information as far as Base Frequency, Offset, or Step. Does anyone know this information?

Not to hijack this thread, but I had the opportunity to listen to the Colorado system, as well, and it seems to carry A LOT of traffic.

The system must be setup as a kind of Simulcast system. When I was tuned into the Estes Park tower, I was listening to the Denver dispatcher talking to Denver PD units regarding a chase on I25. Also, I could hear Colorado State Patrol on the Estes Park tower as well, operating in the Fort Collins area.

73's

 

[SCPD]

Greetings, everyone!

The system must be setup as a kind of Simulcast system.
73's

It's called Multi-cast when the same information is transmitted out of more than one site on different frequencies. If a radio is affiliated (logged onto) with a site, on a certain talk group, that talk group's audio will be transmitted from that site.

 

[Thunderbolt]

Some users have been reporting reporting that the BCD396T and BCD996T, are having problems tracking the Virginia STARS, and ALMR systems properly. Since these two systems are on VHF-High band, there might be some issues with these units being able to follow the Wyo-Link system. Uniden is supposedly working on a firmware upgrade that should correct this problem.

73's

Ron

 

[ctrabs74]

Having my trusty BCD396T by my side, I tried to scan the WyoLink system, with no luck. My 396T seemed to be having problems locking on to the 154.070 control channel. Some of the time, it would say DAT, while most of the time it would say LNK on that channel.

Our major utility in Philadelphia (Phila. Electric Co) is in the process of phasing in a P25 system; from my experience in monitoring that system, it would appear that DAT indicates that the system is in testing mode. (Bad news, though, is that the system I'm talking about will be fully ENC.)

I never did hear any voice on the system, nor was I able to figure out the system ID or tower number.

On a 396, you should be able to find out the system ID on the WyoLink system by holding the control channel (that's how I found out the system ID for the PECO P25 system). Not sure about tower numbers, though...

The Wyolink page doesn't seem to contain any information as far as Base Frequency, Offset, or Step. Does anyone know this information?

Since this is a P25 system, you won't have to enter that information on a 396 (at least that's the case for a UHF trunked system; can't speak to that being the case for VHF, but I believe that would be the case as well).