[Scan-DC] Montgomery County ASTRO System

[Andy]

Hi Folks,

Possibly one of the only good things about being a laid-off I.T. worker is
the amount of time I have on my hands to sit around and investigate these
things.

I've just sat thru the past 3 to 4 hours with Trunker on the laptop, the 895
next to it and the Pro-2006 powering the data channel.  It appears that this
is a very busy system to say the least.  I managed to "match" up the major
channels on the conventional system with what appears to be their simulcast
going on on the new Digital TRS.  Here are my results:

SysID:  743e

Type II ASTRO Networked 116.3 Connect

TT ID:    Simulcast:
Current Frequency Assignment:

 3344     Fire Dispatch (NO ALERT TONES)                154.1600
14736     Police-Rockville District
494.7125
14832     Police-Bethesda District                                  494.8625
14928     Police-Silver Spring/Burtonsville District       494.9125 (SS)
/495.4125 (Burtonsville)
15024     Police-Wheaton/Olney District                        495.3125
?????     Police-Germantown/Poolsville                        495.3375
16976     Police-MDNCPPC Park PD                           151.2800

This listing is by no means officially confirmed and not scientific in
nature.  As I stated above, I've just been monitoring Trunker's Data Output
and comparing it to the activity on the conventional system.  It does appear
that the system suffer's from the 1/2 second DIGITAL DELAY associated with
such transmissions or my Trunker's just a bit slow to display the Group ID.
I hope this informatin will assist with the soon to be released APCO-25
scanners.

Corrections and suggestions are always welcome.

Andy