ka3jjz
Wiki Admin Emeritus
As we all know, rebanding is happening - in fits and spurts - nationwide. In most cases where the system is a Motorola analog or mixed mode system (with one or more of the frequencies having a '0' in the fourth position) you need to enter a custom table to make it trunk correctly.
Unfortunately, it would seem that a few systems here and there chose to configure their systems differently. These need a bandplan that is different than the standard one that is defined in our wiki. The Grundy county system in Illinois is a case in point.
Since it seems folks are beginning to run into these oddballs, I've added a section to the rebanding article called 'Special Rebanding Bandplans'. This section contains links to articles that have information on the new bandplan, and where applicable, which scanner(s) are impacted. So far there are only 3, but I expect that will change.
I would suggest that anyone that has such knowledge add their system to the list of systems in the rebanding article. In addition, in that system's article, add a section with the identical section name with as much information as you can provide. This provides both a logical and physical link between the rebanding article and the trunk system's article. Also be sure to add a category statement for 'Regional Programming' since these programming trick(s) tend to be applied to a specific system, not for every system in their respective state. You can see how to code this if you edit any of the 3 articles that are already logged. The more detail the better. If you don't know everything yet, don't let that hold you back. Put something in the article that says something to the effect that more information is solicited.
This makes sense since the rebanding article is already linked in the warning message in the database
Remember you can't really damage an article - the wiki takes automatic backups each time someone edits an article. It's a snap to restore if you really screw something up.
This will help both newcomers and old timers whose system(s) have changed to one of these screwy bandplans. At least it will be documented somewhere...Mike
Unfortunately, it would seem that a few systems here and there chose to configure their systems differently. These need a bandplan that is different than the standard one that is defined in our wiki. The Grundy county system in Illinois is a case in point.
Since it seems folks are beginning to run into these oddballs, I've added a section to the rebanding article called 'Special Rebanding Bandplans'. This section contains links to articles that have information on the new bandplan, and where applicable, which scanner(s) are impacted. So far there are only 3, but I expect that will change.
I would suggest that anyone that has such knowledge add their system to the list of systems in the rebanding article. In addition, in that system's article, add a section with the identical section name with as much information as you can provide. This provides both a logical and physical link between the rebanding article and the trunk system's article. Also be sure to add a category statement for 'Regional Programming' since these programming trick(s) tend to be applied to a specific system, not for every system in their respective state. You can see how to code this if you edit any of the 3 articles that are already logged. The more detail the better. If you don't know everything yet, don't let that hold you back. Put something in the article that says something to the effect that more information is solicited.
This makes sense since the rebanding article is already linked in the warning message in the database
Remember you can't really damage an article - the wiki takes automatic backups each time someone edits an article. It's a snap to restore if you really screw something up.
This will help both newcomers and old timers whose system(s) have changed to one of these screwy bandplans. At least it will be documented somewhere...Mike
