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From what I recall, unlike the newer scanners you need to program all of the frequencies in. The scanner will find the control channel, but isn't able to create the voice frequencies. Newer scanners will do that. There are some digital channels on Zone 8, but mostly for Franklin County. Thank you al...

I was getting Swansea PD UHF on my 325P2 with a Remtronix 842 last night. That was inside my family room, which has pretty horrible reception over all. I got N. Attleboro FD this morning as well.

I can see where it might confuse people. Maybe a name change or change the wording of the first line in the MSP main page to replace "legacy" with "Existing 800Mhz analog trunk." "Legacy" often interpreted as no longer active or in the past. I know that there are P25 Ta...

That makes sense.

ScanBoston wrote: ↑02 Oct 2023 11:35 I think he just means that some of these two way companies like Industrial also have a lot of cellular install work to do as well with 5G going on at the same time.

Thanks again. 5G rollout? Other than on the existing Verizon, ATT, and T Mobile systems? I admit to being clueless on this. In MA government projects 5 years is overnight. ;) Remember, in government there is nothing more permanent than a temporary anything! Correct, any (e) or (non-e) version radio ...

Great post, thanks! It does explain a lot of what we're hearing and not hearing. One area of confusion (to me). Only new subscriber radios need to be physically touched, but after that reprogramming and updates can be done OTR? So IC&E is essentially building a whole new system. Are they adding ...

I hopped in the truck about 8:30 this morning heading out for breakfast. QFD had just started their morning radio test, so I applied the IFX. I've been listening in the truck on and off all day and have had no instances of digital sound at any time. I'll keep testing, but it seems like the problem i...

Thanks. I forgot about the IFX setting. I'll do that first before I start fiddling with the filters again. Sounds like your SDS is getting images, something it's famous for. Try changing the IFX to see if it makes a difference. If that doesn't change the filter. The receiver detects the PL audio com...

Thanks! It sounded like a lot of road closures, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. MSP and Cambridge PD motorcycles were escorting the oversized load carrying sections of the new temporary fire station from the staging area on Soldier’s Field Rd to Hovey Ave in Cambridge over the course of...

For some reason I get a lot of digital noise on 483.5375, especially when I'm in Quincy or Weymouth. It happens on the SDS200 in my truck. I've checked the settings and they are all correct. PL, audio mode, modulation are as they should be. I have it set up on my SDR computer in DSD+, but don't get ...

I don't know that most people don't know that South Boston isn't part of Boston. Even growing up in far away Wollaston I knew that. ;) Also, H-9 is in South Boston, and F HQ is in East Boston. If nothing else, the PR person should have confirmed the fact before publishing. No matter though, really. ...

There is something going on in Cambridge and it sounds like they are using two SOPS TGs for that. I can't really make sense of what it is and there is nothing in the news yet. One of the MSP helos seems to be doing a search over the area between Plymouth Airport and Route 44. I heard a bit on Southe...

Third paragraph of the article to which you post the link. Located in the Lower Charles River Basin, the facility is on the National Register of Historic Places and will serve as the only state police facility for Boston . where did you hear/read that ??? Not that I've heard or read the only change ...

Are they closing South Boston? The article says that this will be the only state police facility in Boston.

ecps92 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2023 09:00 from their Vendor/Contractor, some storyline on the Construction
https://www.high-profile.com/constructi ... in-boston/

I wonder if they'll return 273 or keep it as a spare? No matter really, just curious.

Lynskey 85 wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023 18:38 141 got back about 3 weeks ago and 143 is now down there. 143 should be the last as 273 not having the fenestron cannot get the 5th blade.

N141NE is back from Texas. Doing an IFT from BI Plymouth BI Boston.

Thanks. I updated the Wiki.

No various messages such as affiliations/deaffiliations and notes that attempts to change the network ID were blocked. Also some changes in site IDs. I've also seen what I take to be TIII TG IDs. Since it's a long weekend, nothing has been happening at all. Industrial has been going straight out as ...

Thanks! I don't think I've ever listened to any of them, other than maybe the MCCA Hytera system, on my scanners. It's all be DSD+. I still have to figure out why the 325P2 doesn't see any signal at all on Foxboro or W. Bridgewater. Both are close enough to my QTH that I can get the Con+ systems eas...

I don't know if either Uniden scanners or DSD+ will show "Cap Max" as it might not be programmed into the firmware yet. DSD+ shows "Tier III (MOT)" on the display. I haven't been able to get my 325P2 to see the TIII control channels at all. I'm going to add a System with the acti...

BAA Half Marathon November 12.
Boston 10K for women October 7. (formerly Tufts 10K for women)

This is like a smaller scale version of what goes on a Gillette. MSP does the roads, Foxboro PD is lead inside the stadium with assistance from a lot of other agencies, Foxboro FD is the lead Fire/EMS agency with the help of other FDs, Coastal Ambulance does the transports. There's even a lock up in...

Glad I could help. This computer stuff, especially drivers for hardware, can be a huge PITA.

Mark SNE Moderator wrote: ↑29 Aug 2023 22:10 garys,

you are the man! Took me a couple tries to get it to work but I figured it out. Drivers all updated, connected with computer, and Freescan detected my scanner. Thank you.

You need to uninstall the PL2302TA driver and install the new version. That's why it wont' work with Windows 11. Here are step by step instructions for doing that, https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-install-pl2303-prolific-driver-on-windows-11 Well, no luck updating drivers for my cable that I us...

I've seen that on the 700 Mhz Overlay system in greater Boston. I don't know if the P25 system used in western MA is at all capable of Phase 2 currently. It's not all that old, but I don't know if it's capable of being upgraded or will require all new hardware. I can't hope to be as detailed as Gary...