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|  2009 news 12-10 Radio Shack now has the new PRO-107 scanner (made by GRE). This radio does not receive digital systems, but it DOES receive ESK EDACS systems, meaning the Denver Public Safety and Lakewood/Wheat Ridge/West Metro radio systems. If you want to hear Denver and Lakewood, and other analog trunk and conventional channels, and don't need digital, this could be a good choice. The radio has the entire RadioReference.com U.S. database of radio systems preprogrammed on a removable SD card (like many cameras use). It comes with software for PC customization of the programming. You select your scan lists, and make other choices with a menu system, rather than using a keypad. Compare this scanner with others on the Denver Radio Radios page. Other non-digital ESK choices are the Uniden Bearcat BC-346XT handheld and the BCT-15X mobile/base. Update: a pre-programmed memory card for the PRO-107 with full Denver Metro programming is now available from Denver Radio on the Accessories page. You don't have to spend all that time building scan lists from the original programming. Just remove the original card, and plug in the new one.
10-1 Communications for the Sheridan Police Department has transferred to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department. They are now dispatched on the main ACSO dispatch channel (3001) as the '200' series, and may also use their own separate DTRS talk groups (2151 and others) from time to time.
10-1 Sheridan Fire is now dispatched by the Denver Fire Department on DFD primary as Station 51. SFD's DTRS TG is patched with DFD Incident 7 (06-076). SFD is being heard on DFD Dispatch on the Denver EDACS system. SFD will be staying on DTRS for now and will still use current auto/mutual aid agreements. 9-17 More encryption: San Miguel S.O. is encrypting their mobiles, and Montrose PD is fully encrypted. Garfield County and Fremont County are also encrypting much of their communications. Of course, encrypted communications are not possible to monitor (and not legal to decrypt, under ECPA 1986).
 8-3 Chaffee County seems to be transitioning to the Colorado State Digital Trunking System (DTRS). Talk group 8711 is Sheriff dispatch, and TG's up to 8725 have been noted, so any TG's in between those numbers may possibly be used.
 6-21 Routt County is the latest area to jump on the DTRS bandwagon. The talkgroups which have been heard are:11650 Routt County Law Ch-1
11652 Routt County
11655 Routt County Law Ch-2
11657 Routt County School District
11658 Routt County MAC (Mutual Aid Channel)
11659 Routt County Fire Ch-1
11661 Routt County
11662 Routt County
11663 Routt County
11664 Routt County
11665 Routt County Fire Ch-2
11667 Routt County
11700 Routt County
 5-27 The Denver Public Works radio system has rebanded. The new frequencies are:LCN-4 856.6375 LCN-5 856.1375 LCN-14 854.5875 LCN-15 857.1375 The Public works system includes the Colorado Convention Center, Denver Library, Parks & Recreation, Museum of Nature and Science, DCPA, Parking Violations (including Boot trucks), Solid Waste, Streets (including snow removal), Theaters and Arenas, Water Dept., and Zoo.
5-29 The frequencies for the trunk system at Denver International Airport (DIA) have changed. This is part of the rebanding that has been going on with most 800 MHz trunk systems. The new channels are: LCN06 851.3625
LCN07 851.6625
LCN08 851.9375
LCN09 852.5375
LCN10 852.8375
LCN15 857.6375
5-6 The Air Show at Front Range Airport scheduled for June 13-14, featuring the US Navy Blue Angels, has been canceled, according to Dennis Heap, Front Range Airport director. In a press release, he said that disruption to traffic at DIA was the problem. No explanation of why past airshows did not present the same problem.
 5-5 Estes Park Police are now using DTRS TG 4084 off and on, apparently replacing the old VHF conventional 155.91 MHz. Reports are that either DTRS or VHF could be in use at any given time. Look for Estes Park Fire on DTRS now, too. 5-3 Greeley Fire Department is now dispatched on DTRS TG 9001. They may use Weld County Fireground-2 (1908), or other Weld Co. Fireground TG's for scene communications.
 4-22 Uniden UASD software for programming the new BCD-396XT is still not available. In response to an inquiry from Denver Radio, Uniden provided the following information: "The software is still in production. It will be available sometime in the near future." For now, FreeSCAN (free, donations accepted) and ProScan ($50, free 30-day trial) are currently available to program this new radio. The Uniden software for the BCD-396T was free with registration with Uniden, so perhaps the XT software will also be free if you register. Update 12-31-09: the software is still not available on the Uniden website.
4-21 RadioReference.com LLC (RadioReference) has announced its acquisition of Scanamerica.us, online radio communications and public safety scanner audio feeds. This acquisition adds over 500+ live public safety scanner feeds to the RadioReference platform. 
4-11 Pueblo County Sheriff, Pueblo City Police, Pueblo City Fire, Pueblo West Fire, Pueblo Rural Fire, West Park Fire, Pueblo City Street Dept., Pueblo County Road and Bridge, and the Pueblo Office of Emergency Management have switched to the Colorado State Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS).
3-27 Uniden has begun shipping the new BCD-396XT. For details, click here for Uniden's data page. It sells at their online store for $549.99, and Communications Electronics sells it for $489.95 including shipping.
3-11 Colorado Springs Trunk Network will join DTRS in July. The Consolidated Communications Network of Colorado (CCNC) executive board announced the integration of the Colorado statewide Digital Trunked Radio (DTRS) system with the Pikes Peak Regional Communications Network (PPRCN) in July 2009. The DTRS has more than 30,000 subscriber units and is an 800 MHz Motorola Project 25 (P25) network. The PPRCN is a Motorola-supplied 800 MHz P25 trunked communications system that servesabout 100 agencies, including police, sheriff, fire, EMS and the department of utilities in the city of Colorado Springs and county of El Paso. The system includes 75 channels and more than 4,500 digital and analog portable and mobile radios. Update 7-22: The DTRS and PPRCN are now inter-connected. However, at least for now, there will be very few non-PPRCN users heard on the El Paso radio sites, as the system is denying them access, forcing them to affiliate with other sites. The only exception might be CSP.
3-3 Thornton Communications Center is operational. New talk groups so far: 4126 Thornton PD, 4127 Thornton PD 2, 4128 Thornton PD Data, 4129 Thornton FD Training, 4130 Thornton?. Previous Thornton TG's appear to be still in use.
 2-28 Denver's Public Safety Trunk (Police/Fire/Ambulance) has rebanded. This means that 3 of the frequencies in the 20-channel trunk have changed. Your radio will need to be reprogrammed, with the following:LCN 10 854.4375 LCN 19 854.0625 LCN 20 854.5625 If these changes are not made in your radio, depending on the control channel assignment, you will either nothing on that trunk, or you will miss about 15% of the transmissions. 2-27 The last issue of the Rocky Mountain News was printed, after almost 150 years of covering news in Denver and Colorado. This leaves just the Denver Post to perform that job.
2-25 KMGH-TV Channel 7 aired a piece about the DTRS, watch it here. Not much info, but interesting to see what the media has to say.
2-18 Metcom (South Metro Dispatch) is now dispatching West Douglas Fire, replacing the Douglas County S.O. as their dispatch agency.
 2-18 GRE has announced that the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has chosen the GRE PSR-600 scanner to install in their cars. More info available here.
2-2 Wheat Ridge Fire has changed their dispatch to West Metro, still using the same TG's they used before.
1-20 Fairmont Fire Department has moved their dispatch to West Metro, using primary DTRS TG 1509, 1538 JCSO access, and 1539 Fireground. Tone-out is still also on their VHF conventional channel, 154.725.
1-1-09 Ft Lupton PD has moved from their own separate DTRS TG 1955, to 1946-Weld Co Local Law South. | |
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