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Hi anyone have a good reference for the I-TAC Common Interop Channels? Any info would be great! Thanks!
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It would be best to contact the local NPSPAC committee so you can get the details unique to your area...

http://wireless.fcc.gov/publicsafety/plans.html

A good source of infortmation is a white paper that a couple of state employees from the state of Maryland have put together. It was posted on the APCOINTL.ORG site. If you go to the APCO site and do a search for "TAC STACK" you will find the PDF file. Download it and read it.

It provides the 800, UHF and VHF interop channel information and a suggestion on how the state of Maryland at one time was looking at setting up this type of operation.

This white paper is not the holy grail of the only way to do interop, but at least provides a starting point. Biggest problem is getting some of the dumb radio system managers to get off their high horse and start looking at doing some sort of interop. If nothing else than to at least put these interop channels into the user mobile and portable radios. Don't forget to program in the direct or talk around as well. If you don't have an active repeater, at least you can talk direct between the radios.

Jim

ComEms wrote:Hi anyone have a good reference for the I-TAC Common Interop Channels? Any info would be great! Thanks!
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Everything you need to know, VHF/UHF/800, is on this South Carolina site:

http://www.cio.sc.gov/cioContent.asp?pa ... menuID=427

It says that these are the NATIONAL assignments.

Found this with one quick shot at Google.

1. The ITAC channels are a national standard, same for everywhere. (Indeed, that is the point.)

2. Tom: the list in the SC site is the current (or "old") ITAC channel plan. (866.0125 + 0.5 mHz x 5, all 5A). These will change with "rebanding." I thought I had a paper that said they were going to be 851.0125 + 0.5 x 5, also 5A, but I can't find it and you shouldn't trust my recollection.

RKG wrote:1. The ITAC channels are a national standard, same for everywhere. (Indeed, that is the point.)

2. Tom: the list in the SC site is the current (or "old") ITAC channel plan. (866.0125 + 0.5 mHz x 5, all 5A). These will change with "rebanding." I thought I had a paper that said they were going to be 851.0125 + 0.5 x 5, also 5A, but I can't find it and you shouldn't trust my recollection.

They will be dropping exactly 15MHz nationwide with re-banding and will be a part of an agencies re-banding plan.

Now remember that the "I-Call" nomenclature is not used nationwide by all agencies. About 1/3 of the country utilizes the MA-Call, MA-TAC1, MA-TAC2 etc. names (aliases). That is why he needs to contact his own NPCPAC Region Chair to make sure that is in concert will all of the other players in his area/region.

So, the 800 mHz channels all drop by 15 mHz, which is simple enough.
I assume the V and U setups are still the same since the FCC and Nextel
haven't gotten around to messing with those bands - - yet.

Regards to all for a great New Year.

Correct, the U and V frequencies/systems are not affected.