[TrunkCom] OpenSky Talk groups

Tue Aug 2 11:16:19 EDT 2005

Keeping in mind it is just a patch that is probably what Farmington is
putting up with unfortunately.  About a month ago I got to hear some
ProVoice patched to MPSCS, and when they were on coverage areas it seemed
like they were talking under water.  I wasn't that impressed, and even
with the analogue talkgroups on the EDACS side that was patched to the VHF
freq there was still a VOIP delay.
	There was a rumor going around the net a long time ago that you
would be able to get hold of a scanner from M/Acomm to do OpenSky, and I
guess they have capability of clear OpenSky and encrypted OpenSky, but
nothing more, so it is just a rumor.  Do you know how Farmington is liking
the OpenSky?  I have heard good and  bad things, but it seems like the
county is taking its sweet time with moving up to the OpenSky system?
Also, what types of events is that patch active?

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Mike Vander Veer wrote:

> I was listening to the MPSCS at the time, with some monitoring of Oakland
> County Type II while they were setting up the patches.  I have no access to
> the OpenSky system, so I can't comment on it.  There have been times when
> Farmington has been patched into the MPSCS.  In those instances, the audio
> on the MPSCS has been very muffled and difficult to understand.
>
> Mike
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <at649 at tcnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems"
> <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] OpenSky Talk groups
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> > Hi Mike, what group was this used on, and how was the audio quality of the
> > OpenSky digital?  Last I heard was that they were having problems with the
> > OpenSky, and that is why it is delayed.  Also, it seems like they are
> > getting more frequencies then what they originally had, and one of the
> > freqs is for Wayne County, and another is used in Ann Arbor.  What has the
> > deal been, and who other then technicians is using the system, and what
> > are the deputies and other county employees saying about this?
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> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Mike Vander Veer wrote:
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> >> The Network first demo occured probably about a year and a half ago.
> >> They
> >> were showing how people on the OpenSky system could talk to people on the
> >> Oakland County Type II and MPSCS.  Supposedly it was a big success, but
> >> the
> >> patch never sounded very good to me any of the times I heard it used.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <at649 at tcnet.org>
> >> To: "Discussion of Monitoring Trunk Radio Systems"
> >> <trunkcom at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:53 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] OpenSky Talk groups
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> >> >I don't know about OpenSky, but ProVoice Talkgroups I think trunker will
> >> > do it, and VSELP will just display the ID number on your radio, and
> >> > again
> >> > software would be a help there in iding what is what, but the OpenSky
> >> > is
> >> > what I am curious about.  I'm also curious about this demonstration
> >> > that
> >> > happened with Oakland County taht Mike was talking about.  I would have
> >> > liked to have gone.
> >> > I donn't know who keeps up with the changes in Arkansas, but they
> >> > are starting to look at other vendors for end user radios with all the
> >> > three and not just Motorola now and that was in the update I saw last
> >> > week.
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> >> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, JERRY NONE wrote:
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> >> >> What does one need to decode OpenSky, VSLEP, and
> >> >> Provoice Talk Groups?
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> >> >> --- Jeff Kenyon <at649 at tcnet.org> wrote:
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> >> >> > Well, interestingly under the new Oakland County
> >> >> > system they haven't
> >> >> > listed anything that I have seen.  They sure do have
> >> >> > a lot of cites, and
> >> >> > in the smaller communities in the northern part of
> >> >> > the county there seems
> >> >> > to be a few cits per community.
> >> >> <SNIPPED>
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> >> >> Medina Ohio County Scanner Group:  medinascanner at yahoogroups.com
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> >> >> http://dieoff.org/
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> >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/strongsvilleforum/
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