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From: "Tom Swisher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: [TrunkCom] BC296 on Hamilton County


> All;
>
> Norm Schrein and I took a little jaunt down to Cincinnati today with a
> BC296D prototype unit to test for proper function on the Hamilton County
> trunked system. Before I get into this further, let me say that I have
> *no* information on release date for these scanners, nor any other
> details. This was a testing trip to make sure the dang thing would work.
>
> That being said, the BC296D works on Hamilton County, and works quite
> nicely. The audio was nice and clear (such as it is; it's digital),
> although since it apparently does not do the digital AGC like the Pro-96
> the audio sometimes wasn't quite as nice as the Pro-96 when in fringe
> areas. However, I'm sure that will be corrected in the production units.
>
> Numerous talkgroups were logged, and several were confirmed using the
> information available on the MONIX web page. Here is the list:
>
> 1 FD EAST?, Fire dispatch - patched to 33.90 (all fire traffic other
> than unit-to-unit was here)
> 2 FD CENT? (I'm guessing here based on the PD talkgroups, this talkgroup
> was not active)
> 3 FD WEST? (I'm guessing here based on the PD talkgroups, this talkgroup
> was not active)
> 51 LE EAST, Police Dispatch
> 52 LE CENT, Police Dispatch
> 53 LE WEST, Police Dispatch
> 58 Police car to car, heard Robert 8 and Robert 16
> 63 Police car to car
> 72 Police
> 90 Unknown
> 116 Police - unit "John 15"
> 122 Unknown
> 134 Unknown
> 137 Police
> 185 Delhi Twp PD local?
> 205 Evendale PD local, maybe dispatch? (an Evendale car was dispatched
> on this TG to an MVA at Glendale-Milford Road and I-75 at the same time
> as fire station 40 - sounded like an interesting grinder).
> 206 Unknown
> 214 Police
> 226 Unknown
> 241 Unknown
> 258 Heard Engine 64 - possibly Madiera/Indian Hill FD local
> 262 Water Department? - heard Station 4, units 500, 516 working on
> hydrants, etc (didn't sound like an FD)
> 263 Public works?
> 269 Unknown
> 271 Unknown
> 297 Encrypted
> 298 Encrypted
> 300 Unknown
> 315 Unknown
> 316 Sharonville FD local (Medic 86 & Squad 87 car to car)
> 352 Police
> 356 Unknown
> 365 Fire/EMS dispatch of Squad 47 (possibly Valley Fire Dispatch?)
> 377 Unknown
> 378 PD - heard 5 John 81 (Amberley Village PD)
> 393 Jail - sounded like admin
> 394 Jail primary
> 530 Comm Center all county broadcasts, possibly AW-6
>
> Soapbox mode on.
>
> I can make some pretty good guesses on what some of the other talkgroups
> might be, playing "fill-in-the-blanks" based on common sense, logic and
> the Motorola radio templates on the MONIX web page, but I'm not even
> going to try. Common Sense, Logic, and Public Safety are all too often
> mutually exclusive items.
>
> Soapbox mode off.
>
> Anyway, it was a very productive trip. I've got a Pro-96 in hand to
> review for National Communications, and I'm looking forward to getting a
> BC296D again for review. Very nice radio, and it being nearly identical
> to the BC250 means that the learning curve will be very easy.
>
> Tom WA8PYR
> --
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> Tom Swisher, WA8PYR         [log in to unmask]
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