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|SysName=Greater Austin/Travis Regional Radio System (GATRRS)  
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|OwnerLabel = Owners
|Flavor=[[APCO Project 25]] Phase I
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|Owner      = '''<u>State Agencies</u>'''<br/>Texas State DOT<br/><br/>'''<u>Counties</u>'''<br/>Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Jim Hogg, Starr, Travis, Webb, Williamson, Zapata<br/><br/>'''<u>Cities</u>'''<br/>Austin, Bee Cave, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Giddings, Lakeway, Lockhart, Luling, Marble Falls, Mustang Ridge, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Taylor<br/><br/>'''<u>Others</u>'''<br/>Middle Rio Grande Development Council<br/><br/>
|SysID=13E
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| <!-- using parameter "County"'s default value -->
|CTone=?
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|State      = [[Texas (US)|Texas]]
|NAC=?
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|Band      = [[VHF]] High, 700/800 [[MHz]]
|Band=VHF Hi / 700 / 800
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| <!-- using parameter "SysType"'s default value -->
|County=Various
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|SysID     = 13E
|State=Texas
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|WACN      = BEE00
|fstate=texas   
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|NAC       = ?
|OwnerTy=Public
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|Callsigns  = {{Callsign|KNNI571}}, {{Callsign|WPIR949}}, {{Callsign|WPLP814}}, {{Callsign|WPLW286}}, {{Callsign|WPPZ330}}, {{Callsign|WPQY686}}, {{Callsign|WPQY813}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ405}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ406}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ407}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ408}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ409}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ410}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ411}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ412}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ413}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ414}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ418}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ419}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ421}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ422}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ424}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ426}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ427}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ428}}, {{Callsign|WPVZ432}}, {{Callsign|WPWJ533}}, {{Callsign|WPXX380}}, {{Callsign|WPXX386}}, {{Callsign|WPYU318}}, {{Callsign|WPZR511}}, {{Callsign|WPZW899}}, {{Callsign|WPZW901}}, {{Callsign|WQBC298}}, {{Callsign|WQBG890}}, {{Callsign|WQDN876}}, {{Callsign|WQES801}}, {{Callsign|WQEW741}}, {{Callsign|WQGH438}}, {{Callsign|WQIV852}}, {{Callsign|WQKS686}}, {{Callsign|WQLK666}}, {{Callsign|WQMI747}}, {{Callsign|WQOM797}}, {{Callsign|WQQQ831}}, {{Callsign|WQUL475}}, {{Callsign|WQVA552}}, {{Callsign|WQWY841}}, {{Callsign|WQXX969}}<br/><br/><i>Expired/Cancelled Callsigns</i><br/>{{Callsign|WQIC798}}, {{Callsign|WQIC799}}, {{Callsign|WQKQ563}}, {{Callsign|WQLA844}}
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|sid        = 2
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|state      = texas   
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}}
  
  
 
== System Users ==
 
== System Users ==
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The following agencies use this system:
  
The following agencies use this system:
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=== [Travis County] ===
  
* City of Austin (including APD, AFD, EMS, Convention Center, trash, water, streets, animal control, etc)
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* City of Austin
* Travis County   (TCSO, parks, school crossing guards, road crews, corrections)  
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    - Public Safety: APD, AFD, ATCEMS
* Travis County Fire/EMS Agencies 
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    - Austin Convention Center, trash, water, streets, animal control, etc
* Austin I.S.D.
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    - CTECC (Combined Transportation, Emergency, and Communications Center)
* Austin Community College  (ACC Police is about it)  
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* Travis County  
* Capital Metro is using LCRA system.
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    - Sheriff's Office (TCSO), Constables Offices (TCCO)
* Cities of Jonestown, Manor, Lakeway, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills
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    - Parks, school crossing guards, road crews, corrections
* Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
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    - Austin-Travis County EMS, STARFlight, ESD1 EMS, Pflugerville Fire (EMS), Travis County Fire/Rescue (EMS)
* Texas DOT  is mostly using the LCRA system
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    - All ESDs (Fire)
* Texas Legislative Council  (very little heard and mostly on 700 Mhz)
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* Other cities within Travis County
* Texas House of Representatives  (very little heard and mostly on 700 Mhz)
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    - Manor†, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills, Mustang Ridge‡
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* Austin Independent School District
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    - Police, Buses, and Schools
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* Austin Community College
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    - ACC Police (and occasional operations)
 
* The University of Texas
 
* The University of Texas
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    - UT Police
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    - Maintenance, Events, etc.
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* Other Universities
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    - St. Edward's University
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* Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
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* Capital Metro is using LCRA Open Sky
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=== [Williamson County] ===
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(mostly scrambled except few fire channels)
 
* Williamson County
 
* Williamson County
* Cities of Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander and Round Rock
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    - Sheriff's Office, Constable's Offices
* Bastrop County using 2 systems (2 towers)
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    - EMS
* Caldwell County
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* Cities
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    - Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Round Rock, Taylor, Granger, Thrall, Jarrell, Liberty Hill
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=== [State Agencies] ===
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* Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
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    - Also use VHF
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* TxDOT (starting to use system more including road crews, sand trucks, etc. -- Also operate on LCRA P25)
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* Texas Legislative Council (minimal traffic - 700  MHz)
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* Texas House of Representatives (minimal traffic - 700 MHz)
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=== [Other Counties] ===
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* Bastrop County
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* Caldwell County (700/800 MHz)  
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    - Sheriff's Office, Constable's Offices
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    - Lockhart Police, Fire/Rescue, and EMS
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    - Luling Police, Fire, and EMS
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    - Police in the City of Mustang Ridge, and Martindale‡
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    - Multiple County Fire Departments (including Travis County Fire Rescue - TCESD#11/CCESD#1/HCESD#1)
 
* Lee County not much traffic heard  
 
* Lee County not much traffic heard  
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* Burnet, Blanco, and Llano County (along with some VHF)
 
* Agencies in the Middle Rio Grande Valley
 
* Agencies in the Middle Rio Grande Valley
* Burnet County stating to use the high band system.
 
* Blanco County should be starting to use the high band system soon March 2014
 
* Llano County expected to join the high band system soon prob late March to April 2014
 
  
== System Technical Details ==
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† Manor Police is dispatched and operates on TCSO BKR (Baker [TG 2403]
  
* 95% coverage for portable radio worn on hip inside a -10 dB building (residential or light commercial structure) throughout City of Austin and Travis County.
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‡ Mustang Ridge operates on both TCSO Channels and CCSO Channels due to location of city. Mainly heard on TCSO BKR (Baker) [TG 2403] and CCSO TRAF (Traffic) [TG 5396]
* 95% coverage for portable radio worn on hip inside a -20 dB building located within defined geographical area of Austin.
 
* All digital system to reduce monitoring of radio transmissions - Encryption provided to special Law Enforcement talk groups.
 
  
Note the mention of designing the system to reduce public monitoring of a public funded public safety system.
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A75028 Story about communications breakdown]
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* [http://www.georgetown.org/gis/gis_pdfmap_downloads/ESD8.pdf Georgetown #8 ESD map(PDF)]
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* [http://www.georgetown.org/pdfs/upload_pdfs/FireStationCoverageAreasandStationAssignments.1Feb06.pdf Georgetown Fire Station Boxes (PDF)]
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* [http://www.georgetown.org/gis/gis_pdfmap_downloads/pd.sector.beat.pdf Map of Georgetown police beats (PDF)]
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* [https://cmgstatesmancrime.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/boundaries.jpg Austin Police Boundaries 2015]
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* [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?msa=0&mid=zJonutYePIzQ.kkzqmF091WzU  Austin EMS stations]
  
Below is a system map of simulcast sites and IR (Intelli-Repeater Sites) making up this system.  This map portrays Travis County sites only and does not include Williamson County, the Middle Rio Grande Valley sites or any of the planned expansion counties.
 
  
[[Image:Austin.jpg|thumb|400px|left]]
 
  
This system is implemented as a two layer simulcast system with "intellirepeater" fill-in sites within Austin/Travis County and networked multisite nodes for other counties/areas.
 
  
Austin/TC EMS and TCSO function on the countywide layer comprised of 11 towers supporting 23 simultaneous conversations. The City wide layer, primarily east of 620, is comprised of 7 towers supporting 19 simultaneous conversations. Additionally, individual intellirepeater sites serve difficult coverage areas such as Barton Creek and Hamilton Pool.  Williamson County joined the system in November 2007 migrating their frequencies and towers implemented as a networked site (site 120). The Middle Rio Grande Valley is also implemented as a networked site.  Any unit/talkgroup can appear on any site in this system.
 
  
Simulcast 1 is mostly Public Safety: including APD, EMS, AFD, Travis County Sheriff, Corrections, Travis County Parks
 
 
Simulcast 2 is mostly city and county services including convention center, trash, water, streets, signal repair, Austin Energy, Animal Control, flood control, school crossing guards, Parks and Rec, AISD including busses, etc.
 
 
Several counties in Central Texas are planning to join this system forming a wide-area networked system.  This includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette and Lee counties.  Combining these systems in this fashion will enable communications between any unit/agency from anywhere within the combined coverage area.  As these individual counties migrate to P25 digital they will merge with Austin/Travis County system increasing the total coverage area for all users.
 
 
 
==Wiki Articles==
 
*[[Austin PD Patrol Radio Zone/Mode Configuration]]
 
*[[Austin Fire Department Zones and Talkgroups]]
 
*[[Programming Your PRO-96 or PRO-2096 for GATRRS]]
 
 
 
== Related Links ==
 
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A75028 Story about communications breakdown]
 
* [http://www.georgetown.org/gis/gis_pdfmap_downloads/ESD8.pdf Georgetown #8 ESD map(PDF)]
 
* [http://www.georgetown.org/pdfs/upload_pdfs/FireStationCoverageAreasandStationAssignments.1Feb06.pdf Georgetown Fire Station Boxes (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.georgetown.org/gis/gis_pdfmap_downloads/pd.sector.beat.pdf Map of Georgetown police beats (PDF)]
 
  
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Revision as of 15:16, 6 June 2020

Multi-County
Public Trunked Radio System


NameGreater Austin/Travis Regional Radio System (GATRRS)
OwnersState Agencies
Texas State DOT

Counties
Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Jim Hogg, Starr, Travis, Webb, Williamson, Zapata

Cities
Austin, Bee Cave, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Giddings, Lakeway, Lockhart, Luling, Marble Falls, Mustang Ridge, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Taylor

Others
Middle Rio Grande Development Council

Owner TypePublic
CountiesMultiple
StateTexas
CountryUnited States

System Details
BandVHF High, 700/800 MHz
TypeProject 25 Phase I
ID13E
WACNBEE00
NAC?

FCC Callsign(s)
KNNI571, WPIR949, WPLP814, WPLW286, WPPZ330, WPQY686, WPQY813, WPVZ405, WPVZ406, WPVZ407, WPVZ408, WPVZ409, WPVZ410, WPVZ411, WPVZ412, WPVZ413, WPVZ414, WPVZ418, WPVZ419, WPVZ421, WPVZ422, WPVZ424, WPVZ426, WPVZ427, WPVZ428, WPVZ432, WPWJ533, WPXX380, WPXX386, WPYU318, WPZR511, WPZW899, WPZW901, WQBC298, WQBG890, WQDN876, WQES801, WQEW741, WQGH438, WQIV852, WQKS686, WQLK666, WQMI747, WQOM797, WQQQ831, WQUL475, WQVA552, WQWY841, WQXX969

Expired/Cancelled Callsigns
WQIC798, WQIC799, WQKQ563, WQLA844

System-specific links
DatabaseFCC Site Map
ForumRR Site Map

Other Resources
Trunktracking
FAQ
Trunktracking
Glossary

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System Users

The following agencies use this system:

[Travis County]

  • City of Austin
    - Public Safety: APD, AFD, ATCEMS
    - Austin Convention Center, trash, water, streets, animal control, etc
    - CTECC (Combined Transportation, Emergency, and Communications Center)
  • Travis County
    - Sheriff's Office (TCSO), Constables Offices (TCCO)
    - Parks, school crossing guards, road crews, corrections
    - Austin-Travis County EMS, STARFlight, ESD1 EMS, Pflugerville Fire (EMS), Travis County Fire/Rescue (EMS)
    - All ESDs (Fire)
  • Other cities within Travis County
    - Manor†, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Pflugerville, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills, Mustang Ridge‡
  • Austin Independent School District
    - Police, Buses, and Schools
  • Austin Community College
    - ACC Police (and occasional operations)
  • The University of Texas
    - UT Police
    - Maintenance, Events, etc.
  • Other Universities
    - St. Edward's University
  • Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
  • Capital Metro is using LCRA Open Sky

[Williamson County]

(mostly scrambled except few fire channels)

  • Williamson County
    - Sheriff's Office, Constable's Offices
    - EMS
  • Cities
    - Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Round Rock, Taylor, Granger, Thrall, Jarrell, Liberty Hill

[State Agencies]

  • Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
    - Also use VHF
  • TxDOT (starting to use system more including road crews, sand trucks, etc. -- Also operate on LCRA P25)
  • Texas Legislative Council (minimal traffic - 700 MHz)
  • Texas House of Representatives (minimal traffic - 700 MHz)

[Other Counties]

  • Bastrop County
  • Caldwell County (700/800 MHz)
    - Sheriff's Office, Constable's Offices
    - Lockhart Police, Fire/Rescue, and EMS
    - Luling Police, Fire, and EMS
    - Police in the City of Mustang Ridge, and Martindale‡
    - Multiple County Fire Departments (including Travis County Fire Rescue - TCESD#11/CCESD#1/HCESD#1)
  • Lee County not much traffic heard
  • Burnet, Blanco, and Llano County (along with some VHF)
  • Agencies in the Middle Rio Grande Valley

† Manor Police is dispatched and operates on TCSO BKR (Baker [TG 2403]

‡ Mustang Ridge operates on both TCSO Channels and CCSO Channels due to location of city. Mainly heard on TCSO BKR (Baker) [TG 2403] and CCSO TRAF (Traffic) [TG 5396]

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