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Looks like the Eastern Riverside County Interoperable Communications Authority may be up and rumning. A note in the RCS system meeting minutes indicates that the system was "up and running" in April of this year. Anybody hearing it yet?

From the April 2009 RCS minutes: "Dr. Henry Richter, Communications Consultant from Richter Group, whose office is based at Palm Springs, CA wanted to start a dialogue with the RCS. They are putting in a regional system in Coachella Valley, Indio, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and Banning. He had an earlier conversation with Mr. Chris Hinshaw about an intertie to the RCS. Their system is up and running having 11 channels, 2 site-simulcasts plus one site multisite. It will be operational one year from now." The FCC data below appearantly indicates the same 5 freqs at 2 "sites", and one of those freqs as conventional repeaters at the other "multisites" at member cites.. Not sure where the other 6 freqs are, unless they are coming from the Palm Springs system when it is depreciated.

ERICA WQIP425 http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSear ... ey=3000831
ERICA WQKL300 http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSear ... ey=3115531
Palm Springs WNZH77: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSear ... ey=1302562
RCS Minutes: https://www.rcs800mhz.org/RCS800MHZDOCS ... inutes.pdf
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John
radioprescott

I was out there a couple weeks ago but did not pick up any ERICA P25 control channels when searching 851-869 MHz.
Hopefully somebody in the desert can do a quick search. I'm hoping to get back out there soon and follow up on this.

Here is an update on the ERICA system

Coachella Valley cities later this year will start moving over to a $20 million communications system designed to connect the desert's police departments.

The Eastern Riverside (County) Interoperable Communications Authority — known as ERICA — will put Beaumont and the valley police departments that do not contract with Riverside County Sheriff's Department on the same radio frequencies.

Officials are now in the final stages of installing the major equipment at five tower sites and at the police departments.

After a testing phase and training, cities will be cutting over from their current systems and joining ERICA. The first city — Palm Springs — should be online by the end of the year; the rest will be on the new system by April or May 2010, said Indio Police Capt. Richard Banasiak, executive director of the ERICA project.

Source: http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 9909140306

Granted Erica frequencies

YE WQKL300
Eastern Riverside County Interoperable Communications Authority
[Applicant is a govermental Joint Powers Authority]
Control Point 1 - 46800 Jackson St, Indio CA 760-391-4051
Control Point 2 - 68700 Avenida Lalo Gerrero, Cathedral City CA 760-770-0300
Control Point 3 - 200 S. Civic Center Dr., Palm Springs CA 760-323-8109
http://wireless2. fcc.gov/UlsApp/ UlsSearch/ license.jsp? licKey=3115531
09/24/2009 License Modified
Special Temporary Authority expires 12/28/2009
1 - Indio Hill 3.1 kM N of Indio, Indio (RIVERSIDE) CA
http://maps. google.com/ maps?q=33. 801972,-116. 225277
855.4875 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.4875 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.2125 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.2125 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
859.4875 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
859.4875 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
2 - Edom Hill 10 kM NE of Palm Springs, Palm Springs (RIVERSIDE) CA
http://maps. google.com/ maps?q=33. 866916,-116. 433888
855.4875 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.4875 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.2125 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
855.2125 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
859.4875 FB 80p 200e 20K0F9W
859.4875 FB2 80p 200e 20K0F9W
3 - (RIVERSIDE) CA Land Mobile Control Station Meeting 20 Rule
810.4875 FX1 20p 60e 20K0F9W
810.2125 FX1 20p 60e 20K0F9W
814.4875 FX1 20p 60e 20K0F9W
4 - 50.0 km radius around fixed location 1
855.4875 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W
810.4875 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W
810.2125 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W
814.4875 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W
855.2125 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W
859.4875 MO 20p 60e 20K0F9W

Dave, 212

As far as I know, all police forces are now on ERICA. Unfortunately, they're all encrypted. I thought of getting a digital scanner for the next time I go to the valley but now I see that I"ll be SOL. I guess they don't do any simulcasts because they wanna keep crooks out of the know (especially in Indio).

By the way, anybody know when the fire departments will cut over? Will they be encrypted too?