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| Author: | dog [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Hearing traffic but it's sounding either encrypted or I set up the P25 group wrong. I'm assuming setting it up wrong is as likely for me.... so, can anyone share how they set up their group and the options they selected for the Seattle area? |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
dog wrote: Hearing traffic but it's sounding either encrypted or I set up the P25 group wrong. I'm assuming setting it up wrong is as likely for me.... so, can anyone share how they set up their group and the options they selected for the Seattle area? Set it up as P25 Auto. The encrypted stuff sounds like garbled voice. FYI, in about a year's worth of monitoring IWN, I've probably caught a total of 5 minutes of in-the-clear voice. |
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| Author: | FireDawg89 [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Question, So with the huge price difference between a normal trunked radio scanner and a Digital Trunked Radio Scanner are you really getting your monies worth? It's not like Fire and Police in this area are 100 % Digital. I can't imagine that what is Digital in this area is so exciting to listen to. My feeling is that a lot of people just want the newest toys. |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
FireDawg89 wrote: Question, So with the huge price difference between a normal trunked radio scanner and a Digital Trunked Radio Scanner are you really getting your monies worth? It's not like Fire and Police in this area are 100 % Digital. I can't imagine that what is Digital in this area is so exciting to listen to. My feeling is that a lot of people just want the newest toys. It may not be digital now, just wait. Besides, those us of who travel quite a bit need the capability...Look at Los Angeles. And the PSR has enough other neat features (to me) it's worth every cent. |
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| Author: | FireDawg89 [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
I was just in L.A. and listened to L.A. County Fire just fine on UHF & VHF. I'm not sure why they use two radios? . |
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| Author: | SpudGunMan [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
FireDawg89 wrote: I was just in L.A. and listened to L.A. County Fire just fine on UHF & VHF. I'm not sure why they use two radios? . police and trunking systems typically are, fire normally still uses a lot of legacy or far reaching radio systems which require the current analog VHF/UHF/HF systems |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Someone (Rich?) correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe LACOFD still uses VHF-high largely for interops with CDF/Calfire when they have their yearly monstrous, disastrous brush fire season in the hills. |
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| Author: | Atomic Taco [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
13276 is partially clear on IWN. |
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| Author: | dog [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Yea, that's the talkgroup I'm hearing most both encrypted & plaintext mixed - heard a field unit call in encrypted (at least I assume so) and a dispatcher reply in the clear. Then I heard a guy call in a disabled vehicle he was helping - so I assume it's some kind of federal police.... |
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| Author: | KE7JFF [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Did you hear a callsign? like Charlie 100? Usually, there's a clue of what agency is using it from that. |
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| Author: | 401402 [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
anyone get any hits,in n.w. washington area,blaine-bellingham area????? |
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| Author: | Brian10 [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
What dose IWN Mean ?? :roll: |
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| Author: | Mark [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Blaine area has more clear traffic than down south. MW gets Whidbey stuff that I don't get 25 miles away |
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| Author: | Atomic Taco [ Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
Brian10 wrote: What does IWN Mean ? Integrated Wireless Network
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| Author: | dog [ Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OK, got the GRE500, so.... Monitoring IWN |
It's been really strange - I have the Pro-106 (GRE 300) side by side sometimes with the PSR-500, and each will miss coversations that the other picks up. I reduced the digital detection window from 600ms to 300ms so that it wouldn't sit there for so long thinking before letting me hear the frequencies, and it's a bit better now on the 500, but I've been surprised at how often each side is missing calls. |
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