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I get them all the time on Quincy, Foxboro, Waltham. If I listen to Site 28 (Freetown) I even get the TG they use for western MA. You should get them on all of the sites you list as well, although Site 4 less often a bit. Looking at the DSDPlus.groups file the last hits I have were before the weeke...

Not as in going out of business, but as in I'm not hearing them on the systems where I used to. Vital Ambualnce. Was on ICE with TGs of 196 (ambulane) and 197 (chair car). There were bought by AMR sometime last year. I haven't got a hit on 196 since early December. I used to hear them on Foxboro an...

garys wrote: ↑

04 Aug 2019 16:11

Don't apologize. I'd much rather have more information and activity here than less.

disp617 wrote: ↑

04 Aug 2019 15:45

I set my 536 up to record and just play everything back and write it all down. If not allowed my apoligies. I like to load my scanner up with everything I find.

Same here!

I don't think we post individual IDs as a rule. I know we don't for Law Enforcement, and don't think we do for private companies either. Occasionally, I have put in UIDs for base stations, but I don't know if we can still do that. Not only that, but it takes up a fair amount of space in our format....

If you look down thread, you'll see a couple of posts where we discuss the "Pine Hill" tower. I think it's called Pine HIll, although I didn't see it listed as such on Google Maps. If you sit in the parking lot for the Prospect Hill Park and look across the street, you'll see that tower. Which is h...

I just found TG 573, which is a towing company in Boston. A better ID is needed. I've only found it on Site 32 so far, but it should also show up on at least the two other Boston sites. Also, I think I finally found site 32 on this system. I haven't confirmed it yet, but it appears to be located on...

Going over some recordings on my BCD536HP and monitoring from Central Mass I'm getting a medical transport company on talkgroup 104. The wiki shows the base identifies as 825. Listening to the recordings it sounds like they are actually identifying by 258. https://www.primemedtransport.com/ is locat...

The real question is will Hartford survive without their I-Call capability? Was always some colorful transmissions!

Confirmed Access. truck identified on the radio as Access Ambulance XX on radio

I can't confirm that talkgroup in use in Worcester. However I will plug it in for tomorrow. Like I said they are all over the Worcester area now and back up for WEMS. I also do not see any 900 antennas on the trucks as of now. Also as most know private ambulance companies have multiple talkgroups fo...

110% positive! Their base was on Grafton Street, they've since moved to Freemont Street in Worcester. If you look at their facebook page you'll see. Scroll down to April 20th.https://www.facebook.com/accessambulance/?ref=br_rs

Access has also opened bases in Massachusetts also, Worcester and Sturbridge to be specific. I think they are also on the south shore, Brockton I think. It would make perfect sense for the to also be on the ICE trunk. There is no way they could share a talkgroup with Medtech. I see Access trucks all...

I think the quest is ended. They are not analog or digital anywhere in the spectrum I can find and i've been looking for years. As I said before I believe all their comms are via their GPS/AVL I found this .pdf of WRTA advisory board minutes from 2012 There was a complaint about no radios in new van...

That is confirmed Vanpool. Just heard a driver id has Vanpool van xxxx

That was part of the deal when they stopped paying for police details on the busses. They have conventional 800 radios that are tied into the trunk system on the emergency interop channel to reach police dispatchers. They don't use that channel for day to day operations. I listened to that freq this...

I'm leaning more towards a van type transportation company. I believe first student does Charlton and Dudley. AA Transportation does Rutland and a bunch of surrounding towns. Durham still does worcester and Oxford. They are still using the UHF ltr system.

I picked two up last week with the hopes of setting up dsd for trunktracking. I got the package with antennas. Very quick shipping coming from NY Very happy with the construction of it compared to the plastic ones that first came out. The new one is well built and sturdy. Anyone use a multi unit set...

They are longer on those frequencies. I do remember them well.They still have voice capabilities however I believe it's thru their AVL/GPS system.

Receiving a NXDN system on 464.3875 in the Worcester area. Only logical license I could find is this http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=3164859 I do not know enough about NXDN systems to decipher it. DSD shows Ran 5 and only getting radio ids so i'm not sure if this is a co...

Boylston PD has always been low band and will be low band for the foreseeable future. They don't have money to upgrade and they needed to move off West Boylston's frequency.

Bobcat 30 was a Navy T-45 Goshawk trainer that spent a weekend at Worcester Airport

Not sure where people get their info from but the city system is running full stength all sites. And yes police and fire cut over to the new system at 07:00 today. Other city agencies have been on the system for a few months.

Quick google search.

http://www.coastalmedicaltransportationservices.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cmtsma/

http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/201 ... /150819598

So I've upgraded my 536 with the dmr firmware and key. I was concerned about programming the ice system by hand. It actually wasn't that bad. About 5 hours for sites, talk groups and some radio ids, all with alpha tags. Works as advertised.

Now to work on id'ing users.

That sir is one slick installation! I just use a tapped bc780 with audio patch cable to my toughbook.