On Sep 21, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Rowland <rowland.brasch@...> wrote:



I may be at a meeting this Thursday (my NC night) so hopefully someone will be able to fill in for me.

Thanks,

Rowland

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From: kathy.brasch@...
To: jenniferdhargrove@..., lisabrouwer@..., ljfriedfolk@..., reeseedee@..., rowland.brasch@..., raun.hargrove@..., TOMWA7TBP@..., thompson.benjamin.g@..., mariamahold@..., byrnebc@..., kathy.brasch@..., collinknell@...
Sent: 9/20/2021 1:03:47 PM Pacific Standard Time
Subject: Fwd: Gray Haines death.

It is with great sadness that I pass along to a notice about the passing of Gary Haines.  For those of you who don't know Gary, he was a CDCCC Board member for a number of years, and also participated in the CERT, MRC and SnoVARC programs.  It is my understanding he has been ill for a while, but I am still sad to see him go.  He will be missed!

 

There is a notice about a funeral service listed below being held at the Novelty HIll Cemetery this Thursday.  I plan to attend, and maybe some of you will be able to do so as well.

 

Lisa and Tom - I thought you might like to share the news about his passing and service along to MRC and SnoVARC as he was most active in those groups.

 

Kathy

 

Please send all future emails to me at: kathy.brasch@...

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From: Guy Kelly <gustaf55@...>
Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 8:14 AM
Subject: Gray Haines death.
To: <info@...>

To whom it may concern. GARY HAINES passed away September 14. He volunteered with your organization and requested that I contact you are upon his death. He will be buried At novelty Hill cemetery Thursday, 23 September 11 AM. If any of his friends and members could show up for the funeral it would be greatly appreciated thank you. Please call me.
 Sincerely, 

Mr. Guy Kelly 

Export Compliance (Retired) 

DOC/DOD/DOS 

Cell - 425-359-4711 

Email - gustaf55@... 

 

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On Sep 17, 2021, at 12:00 PM, Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

This is cool, Lou! Thanks for sharing and now I have another "thing" on my list to do/get :-) 

73,

Howard
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As soon as I return from leave I will add it to the list. 

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 15:50 Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

Jackson – sign me up!

 

H

 

From: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io <snovarc@snovarc.groups.io> on behalf of Jackson Beard <macleanofduart@...>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 3:27 PM
To: snovarc@snovarc.groups.io <snovarc@snovarc.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SnoVARC] Help please! Frquencies for local NORCOM setting up a SDS200 Scanner

If there's interest,  I have been teaching a class on our system at the FD.

 

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 15:23 Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

Lou - totally agree. Setting it up manually was slow but a lightbulb finally went off as to how the scanner is set up and I learned the differences between Sytem, Departments, Sites and channels and what needs to go into each.  I now have a really clean NORCOM favorite, split into two departments,  FIRE  and POLICE, so I can listen to either both or focus on one at a time. Also by removing all the other distant sites,  the scanning is now nice and fast. I'm really happy with the setup and again, want to thank you and Jackson for making it clear enough for me to understand. 

Finally, I am using this Wiki to quickly lookup the units dispatched so I can get an idea as to where the calls are originating 
http://www.interceptradio.com/wiki/index.php/King_County,_WA/Fire
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Lou - totally agree. Setting it up manually was slow but a lightbulb finally went off as to how the scanner is set up and I learned the differences between Sytem, Departments, Sites and channels and what needs to go into each.  I now have a really clean NORCOM favorite, split into two departments,  FIRE  and POLICE, so I can listen to either both or focus on one at a time. Also by removing all the other distant sites,  the scanning is now nice and fast. I'm really happy with the setup and again, want to thank you and Jackson for making it clear enough for me to understand. 

Finally, I am using this Wiki to quickly lookup the units dispatched so I can get an idea as to where the calls are originating 
http://www.interceptradio.com/wiki/index.php/King_County,_WA/Fire
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Thanks Lou and Jackson for clarifying. Your input was exactly what I was looking for.

Call me crazy. But I am manually programming the scanner as an exercise to better understand the pieces needed when building favorites even though I could copy from the database I didn’t get a full sense as to how it all worked. My problem was I didn’t know which group of frequencies to use (which trunking site) for Norcom in our area. Programming the frequencies for King county/valley con simulcast was exactly what I needed to know. Now I have a nice clean setup and I better understand how all the pieces work (I think lol) . Thank you!! 

On Sep 15, 2021, at 10:18 PM, Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW) via groups.io <louis.giliberto@...> wrote:



Oh sorry if what I said led to confusion for anyone - thanks for clarifying, Jackson!

To be 100% clear (er, I hope), selecting King County/Valley Com Simulcast selects the trunking frequencies that are listed on this page for "site 6"

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=604

-Lou

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 10:05 PM, Jackson Beard <macleanofduart@...> wrote:

Lou is correct that the site that serves our area is Ring Hill.

However,  in site trunking the simulcast goes away.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 22:04 Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW) via groups.io <louis.giliberto=protonmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi Howard,

I think you're taking the long way of doing it.  The Sentinel database has all that info in there.

Look at norcompic1.jpg (attached)

Open sentinel and make a favorites list.  Then click through in the database tree to Washington->King->County Systems->Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS).

What you'll want to do is append both a set of frequencies for the system and the different departments etc.  So in the pic I selected NORCOM and right clicked and am going to choose "Append to Favorites"

You can add all the trunking frequencies for the county, but most everything is simulcast to all the sites.  So I just use "King County/Valley Com Simulcast" because I know one of those transmitters is on Old Woodinville Duvall Rd and I'm listening mainly from home in Duvall.  So pick whatever ones you want that contain the frequencies and "Append to Favorites" for those also.

Now see norcompic2.jpg

If you go down to your favorites list and expand the tree, you'll see NORCOM.  Under NORCOM you can delete whatever you don't want it to scan.  It has all the TGIDs and stuff already set up.

Then just save your config and download to the scanner.  Make sure the scanner is set to scan that favorites list, and you're good to go.

Hope that helps!

-Lou

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 8:20 PM, Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

Hi All - I hope someone here can help answer a question. I'm setting up my SDS200 scanner to just scan NORCOM fire channels (Admin, Tac 1-Tac 10). I have the TGID's for each of the channels but I don't think I have the frequencies set correctly or the type of system.  Looking at RadioReference it shows that Norcom is in the Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS) system which uses the  Motorola Type II SmartZone -  Which of these should be selected?  (see picture)
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On Sep 15, 2021, at 10:18 PM, Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW) via groups.io <louis.giliberto@...> wrote:



Oh sorry if what I said led to confusion for anyone - thanks for clarifying, Jackson!

To be 100% clear (er, I hope), selecting King County/Valley Com Simulcast selects the trunking frequencies that are listed on this page for "site 6"

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=604

-Lou

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 10:05 PM, Jackson Beard <macleanofduart@...> wrote:

Lou is correct that the site that serves our area is Ring Hill.

However,  in site trunking the simulcast goes away.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 22:04 Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW) via groups.io <louis.giliberto=protonmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi Howard,

I think you're taking the long way of doing it.  The Sentinel database has all that info in there.

Look at norcompic1.jpg (attached)

Open sentinel and make a favorites list.  Then click through in the database tree to Washington->King->County Systems->Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS).

What you'll want to do is append both a set of frequencies for the system and the different departments etc.  So in the pic I selected NORCOM and right clicked and am going to choose "Append to Favorites"

You can add all the trunking frequencies for the county, but most everything is simulcast to all the sites.  So I just use "King County/Valley Com Simulcast" because I know one of those transmitters is on Old Woodinville Duvall Rd and I'm listening mainly from home in Duvall.  So pick whatever ones you want that contain the frequencies and "Append to Favorites" for those also.

Now see norcompic2.jpg

If you go down to your favorites list and expand the tree, you'll see NORCOM.  Under NORCOM you can delete whatever you don't want it to scan.  It has all the TGIDs and stuff already set up.

Then just save your config and download to the scanner.  Make sure the scanner is set to scan that favorites list, and you're good to go.

Hope that helps!

-Lou

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 8:20 PM, Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

Hi All - I hope someone here can help answer a question. I'm setting up my SDS200 scanner to just scan NORCOM fire channels (Admin, Tac 1-Tac 10). I have the TGID's for each of the channels but I don't think I have the frequencies set correctly or the type of system.  Looking at RadioReference it shows that Norcom is in the Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS) system which uses the  Motorola Type II SmartZone -  Which of these should be selected?  (see picture)
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Lou is correct that the site that serves our area is Ring Hill.

However,  in site trunking the simulcast goes away.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 22:04 Lou Giliberto (KD7HCW) via groups.io <louis.giliberto=protonmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi Howard,

I think you're taking the long way of doing it.  The Sentinel database has all that info in there.

Look at norcompic1.jpg (attached)

Open sentinel and make a favorites list.  Then click through in the database tree to Washington->King->County Systems->Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS).

What you'll want to do is append both a set of frequencies for the system and the different departments etc.  So in the pic I selected NORCOM and right clicked and am going to choose "Append to Favorites"

You can add all the trunking frequencies for the county, but most everything is simulcast to all the sites.  So I just use "King County/Valley Com Simulcast" because I know one of those transmitters is on Old Woodinville Duvall Rd and I'm listening mainly from home in Duvall.  So pick whatever ones you want that contain the frequencies and "Append to Favorites" for those also.

Now see norcompic2.jpg

If you go down to your favorites list and expand the tree, you'll see NORCOM.  Under NORCOM you can delete whatever you don't want it to scan.  It has all the TGIDs and stuff already set up.

Then just save your config and download to the scanner.  Make sure the scanner is set to scan that favorites list, and you're good to go.

Hope that helps!

-Lou

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On Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 at 8:20 PM, Howard E. Mahran / WA1HEM <wa1hem@...> wrote:

Hi All - I hope someone here can help answer a question. I'm setting up my SDS200 scanner to just scan NORCOM fire channels (Admin, Tac 1-Tac 10). I have the TGID's for each of the channels but I don't think I have the frequencies set correctly or the type of system.  Looking at RadioReference it shows that Norcom is in the Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS) system which uses the  Motorola Type II SmartZone -  Which of these should be selected?  (see picture)
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Hi All - I hope someone here can help answer a question. I'm setting up my SDS200 scanner to just scan NORCOM fire channels (Admin, Tac 1-Tac 10). I have the TGID's for each of the channels but I don't think I have the frequencies set correctly or the type of system.  Looking at RadioReference it shows that Norcom is in the Seattle-King County Public Safety (KCERS) system which uses the  Motorola Type II SmartZone -  Which of these should be selected?  (see picture)
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