The Ontario Government Mobile Communication Project in conjunction with Bell Mobility Radio (BMR) has developed and purchased a mobile radio/repeater package complete with companion portable radio to operate in both the current and new radio system infrastructures. The radio equipment has specific system characteristics that will be programmed into the equipment, which permits use of the radio equipment in the planned FleetNet system environment. Due to specific requirements for equipment to operate in the FleetNet system structure the program software access "key" will be retained by BMR. The specific programming information will be maintained by BMR and will only be released to specified service agents for the purposes of programming validated FleetNet system radio equipment.

All towers used by the telecommunications system are either the property of the Government of Ontario or belong to private companies, which lease space for agency antennas. Towers on agency property will remain the property of the agency Ministry but the agency owner/operator may negotiate to establish a lease for the space at an equitable rental rate where no lease presently exists. Eventually, with the new Bell Mobility Radio system in place, some or all of these towers may no longer be needed.

All Industry Canada licenses for frequencies will continue to be held by and paid for by the government.

System Configuration

GMCP/FleetNet System Design and Operational Features

• FleetNet is a provincial VHF radio network comprising of approximately 205 tower sites in five zones below the 51st parallel.
• Radio coverage is guaranteed at 97%. Extensive radio coverage testing is being conducted, particularly in those geographic areas identified as having marginal coverage in both the existing network and through FleetNet coverage plots.
• Network access is guaranteed at 99% in 5 seconds or less.
• Network tones identify system access, out-of-range or system-busy states.
• The network is fully redundant at all FleetNet tower sites and at the master site including all signal linking systems.
• A Major Incident Equipment Plan is being developed to deal with radio equipment requirements for planned and unplanned events/contingencies.
• Users will have the ability to communicate with their home dispatch anywhere within their home zone (via Zone Common talkgroup).
• Use of the radio PTT (Push To Talk switch) will identify the vehicle number, talkgroup and time, on the dispatch console ‘call activity log’.
• All mobile radio equipment will be changed out through an evergreening (replacement) process after about 10 years of use.
• The existing conventional radio system will eventually be decommissioned, with the exception of one Provincial Common site for each area.

System Site Information

Site #

Location

Data Channel Main          Sec/Dig/V

Digital/Voice Communications

	Zone 1
002	Guelph	142.6200	142.4100	142.1700 142.8150 143.2650
003	Cedarwoods (Kitch.)	142.6500	143.1000	141.7200 142.0500
004	Listowel	142.3200	142.5150	141.6900 142.2300
005	Ballinafad	142.2450	142.6050	141.3600 141.5400 142.4550
006	Primrose	142.4400	142.7250	141.3750 141.5550 143.1150 143.5200
007	Hamilton	142.3500		141.4050 141.6300 142.6350 142.8000
008	Durham	142.5900	141.7050	141.6900 142.3350 142.8900
009	Mississauga	141.4200	142.6650	142.1850 142.3650 142.9950
010	Niagara - use?	143.0700	142.3200
011	Cayuga	142.1400	142.3800	142.4850 142.7100 143.7750
012	Niagara - use?	142.6050	142.2450
013	Niagara Falls	142.0950	142.9500	141.5250 142.2000 142.3050
014	Grimsby	142.5000	142.4100	142.1700 142.8150 143.6550
015	Welland	142.9650		142.2300
016	Chatham	142.5150	142.3200	142.7400 142.9800
017	Tilbury	142.9050	142.6650	142.0950 142.5000
018	London	141.4200	142.6650	142.1850 142.3650 142.4850 142.8750
019	Wardsville	142.6350	143.0700	142.0800 142.4100 142.6950
020	Windsor	142.5300	142.2600	142.3650 142.8300
021	Woodstock	142.2600	142.5300	141.3000 143.6400
022	Aylmer	142.2450	142.6050	142.4550 142.9650
023	Brantford	141.7050	142.5900	142.3950 142.8900
024	Dyers Bay	142.7250	142.4400	141.5400 143.5050
025	Goderich	142.9650
026	Sunderland	143.1000	142.6500	141.4350 141.7050 142.8600
027	Ipperwash	142.5900	141.7050	142.3950 142.8150 143.0400
028	Glammis	142.9500	142.7100	141.1950 142.3800
029	Owen Sound	142.6500	143.1000	141.7200 142.8600
030	Penetang	142.3500	143.0700	141.4050 142.8000
031	Sarnia	142.7100		142.0650 142.3800 142.9500
032	Simcoe	142.7250	142.4400	141.5550 142.2900 143.5200
033	Stratford	143.1450	142.1400	142.3050 142.8300
034	Kimberley	141.4200	142.6650	142.1850 142.9950
035	Wiarton	142.6050	142.2450	141.5400 142.4550
036	Wingham	143.0700	142.3500	142.6950
037	Whitby	143.1450	142.8300	142.0500 142.3350
038	Pontypool	142.5900	141.7050	142.4250 142.8900 143.0550
039	King City	142.3800	142.1400	141.1950 141.6750 142.9200 143.7750
040	Toronto	142.9050	142.6800	142.1100 143.6400
041	Edgar	142.5000	142.9650	141.5250 142.8150 143.0850 143.1600
	Zone 2
008	Kaladar	142.4100	142.9050
014	Belleville	142.6200	142.5150
016	Centre Hastings	142.9650	142.5000
020	Campbellford	141.4200	142.6650
021	Peterborugh	142.5300	142.9050
022	Cobourg	142.4400	142.7250

At this time, only the Ontario Provincial Police, Transportation Ontario Enforcement units and undercover units of the Ontario Police Commission will be using the digital mode.  All other agencies will be using the analog mode.

New Softid's as follows:
1st digit is the region: 1=Central, 5=GTR, 6=Western.
2nd alpha is the detachment.
3rd and 4th digits are the zone.
5th digit is the car number in that zone.

The detachment alpha is related to the old softid as follows: take the first two digits of the old softid and convert to the corresponding alphanumeric (a=01, b=02 etc). e.g. Aurora cars used to be 02xx, they are now 5B (5=GTR, B is the 2nd letter of the alphabet).

Please keep in mind that the information listed here, is not official and is totally based on people monitoring the system and reporting their observations. I good rule of thumb for listening to the system is to enter the primary data channel and see if you get a good signal. If you get the data channel in strong and clear, then you should be able to listen to the analog communications.

At present the southwest area of Ontario has been switched over and the southeast is presently being turned over.

Other known channels:

149.6650 OPP Media GTA-East         NEW!! *1
143.5350 OPP Media GTA-West         NEW!! *1
140.9550 OPP Media Niagara          NEW!! *1
150.1000 MOH Common
142.7700 OPC Common
140.9700 OPP Sim1  [NOR]
148.7650 OPP Sim11 [GMCP]           NEW!!
411.3125 OPP mobile repeater [NOR]
412.8875 OPP mobile repeater [GMCP] NEW!!
410.8625 OPP mobile repeater [GMCP] NEW!!
411.6875 MTO mobile repeater [GMCP] NEW!! *Enforcement
413.5375 BEAT Repeater.

*1 These channels will be used to broadcast information related to "live-lane" incidents-basically events happening on provincial highways that can have an impact on the health and safety of the Ontario public."