National Grid (Mass Electric)

SITE LOCATIONS

This is a Motorola SmartZone system with three sites in the following locations:
Gloucester (94 Blackburn Center), Malden (170 Medford Street), and Salem (24 Fort Ave). These sites are shown on the map below:

Map of System Sites
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FREQUENCIES

The Gloucester and Malden sites are simulcast sites on SmartZone 2, licensed to operate on the following frequencies:
Frequency Functions
860.3625 Data
855.9375 Voice
855.6875 Voice
855.4125 Voice

The Salem site is SmartZone 0, licensed to operate on the following frequencies:

Frequency Functions
860.2875 Data
858.2875 Voice
857.7375 Voice
855.8625 Voice
855.3875 Voice

FLEET MAP

This system is a type II system with a system ID of 2529h. A TrunkTracker should be configured as a type "E2" or type "E1" with the following user fleet map:

TrunkTracker Fleet Map
Block Size Code Block Size Code
0 S0 4 S0
1 S0 5 S0
2 S0 6 S0
3 S0 7 S0

TALKGROUPS

The following talkgroups are used on this trunk:
Talkgroup User
48 ???
80 "T-D" North Shore Trouble Crews (Simulcast on 48.06 100.0pl)
112 "SWITCH" Distribution Switching Orders
144 "SUPCREW1" T&D Emergency/Storm Crew Channel 1
176 "SUPCREW2" T&D Emergency/Storm Crew Channel 2
208 ???
240 ??? Line Crews
272 "CABLE" Cable Pulling Crews
304 "SECURITY" Salem Power Plant Security
336 "OPS" Salem Power Plant Operations Channel 1
368 "FUEL" Salem Power Plant Fuel Dock and Yard Operations
400 "CABLE2" Salem Power Plant High Voltage Cabling?
528 "OPS-BL" Salem Power Plant Boiler and Stack Maintenance
560 "SWITCHBOARD" Salem Power Plant Switching to the Electric Grid
592 ???
624 "OPS2" Salem Power Plant Operations Channel 2 (inside work)
656 "ELECTMAINT" Salem Power Plant Plant Electricians (possibly low voltage)
688 ???
720 "SPARE2" Salem Power Plant Maintenance
752 "SPARE1" Salem Power Plant Maintenance
784 ???
848 "METER-RD" Meter Readers
880 "METER" Meter Repair/Installation/Removal in Malden/Winthrop
912 "TIE" Northeast Switching Order Tie
944 ???
976 "MECHMAINT" Salem Power Plant Mechanical Maintenance
1008 ??? Salem Power Plant
1072 "SAFETY" Salem Power Plant Safety Channel
1104 ??? Salem Power Plant
1136 ??? Salem Power Plant

Last Modified: September 10, 2003
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