North-Comm

09/11/2021

08/22/2021

Installed and commissioned a repeater system for the Chestnut Valley Golf Course this afternoon. Successfully extended the range of their communications to cover the entire course.

07/05/2021

Hello everyone,

Dispatch has officially moved all radio traffic over to the MPSCS 800 mhz system. As I'm sure most of you have noticed, your scanners have gone silent. I wanted to clear up a few things now that the switch has been made.

• This new system is digital. The scanner you've been using for the last 10, 20, 30 years is not capable of decoding digital transmissions.

• This new system utilizes something called trunking. Most of your common, inexpensive scanners do not follow trunking systems. What is trunking? Trunking is a "pool" of about 10 frequencies on an individual tower site. When a first responder keys their radio, the tower site will pull a frequency from this "pool" and assign it to the users radio. Once they unkey, this frequency goes back into the "pool". This is why a advanced scanner is necessary to follow this system.

• The frequencies of this new system are in the 800 mhz band. The old system ran in the 155 mhz band. Even if your scanner can recieve in this new band it most likely hasn't been programed to this new system yet.

So. What can I do your asking? Its most likely you will need to purchase a new scanner to continue listening. Message us the make and model of your scanner and we can let you know if its compatible for this new system. Here's a few pointers for looking into a new scanner.

• The easy route - We sell and program scanners. Message us here on our page for pricing. We provide "ready out of the box" scanners.

• The more challenging, but doable route.
Purchase a new scanner and program the new frequencies and talkgroups. Here's what you'll need your new scanner to be capable of.

800 mhz
P25 digital
Trunking/trunktracking

These scanners are, at a minimum, $300 plus. Don't be fooled by a $150 scanner that says 800mhz. It won't decode digital.

Even if you don't purchase a scanner through us, we can answer questions. Send us a message anytime.

05/21/2020

New ham radio handheld and a scanner all programmed up and headed out.

04/30/2020

Made this list a few years ago for the Radio reference wiki. Figured I'd dust it off and share it here.

Police/Law
Cheboygan county
16 unit - Cheboygan County Sheriff (ie: 1632, 1628)
17 unit - Tuscorora Township Police. (1701, 1711.)
29 unit - Mackinaw City Police. (2901,2911, 2931.)
73 unit - State Police. (7330, 7315.)
90 unit - Cheboygan city Police: (9001, 9012, 9023, 9026.)

Fire Stations:

Station 60 - Forest/Waiverly

Station 61 - Alverno

Station 62 - Cheboygan (city)

Station 63 - Mackinaw City

Station 64 - Topinabee

Station 65 - Tuscorora Township

Station 66 - Wolverine Fire/First Repsonders

Station 67 - East Mullett Lake

Station 69 - Inverness Township

Cheboygan Life Support- A (alpha) units. Indicating advanced life support

A1-62
A1-63
A1-65
A1-66

Mackinaw city EMS dispatched by station 40 EMS. (Emmet county)

04/29/2020

A trunked radio system is a digital two-way radio system that uses a digital control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of users. In a traditional half-duplex land mobile radio system a group of users (a "talkgroup") with portable two-way radios communicate over a single sh...

02/18/2018

A cheap alternative to digital trunked scanning. This is software defined radio. A computer and about $60 to do what $500 + scanners can do!

09/18/2017

Are you in need of a reliable source of communication for you or your group? Something that isn't dependant on a cellular connection? We offer low cost radios that out perform most standard "walkie-talkies" on reliability and, in most cases, overall cost. From local 2 way talking to large, area wide communications we can set up your group.