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The board will be advised of the shutdown of the “legacy” RCS network on Monday February 3, 2020
http://www.iveca800.org/media/module/co ... AGENDA.pdf


All the main RCS sites went off the air on Monday Afternoon February 3rd, 2020
Note: Site 9 will stay on the air till June,2020.

Notice from RCS website:

“The Legacy RCS Network, in operation since May of 1998, will be shutoff on Monday, February 3rd, 2020. The migration of RCS users from the Legacy network to the NextGen network will be complete before Friday, January 31, 2020. Any active or 'shut-off' radios that have not been reprogrammed to operate on the NextGen RCS Network will stop working at that time.”
https://www.rcs800mhz.org/advisories

To: Regional Communications System Users
San Diego County – Imperial County Regional Communications System
RCS ADVISORY 2020-01: SHUT DOWN OF "LEGACY" RCS NETWORK MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019

This Advisory is to inform RCS participating agencies that the migration of RCS agencies from the original "Legacy" RCS Network to the NextGen RCS Network will have been completed by January 31, 2020, and the Legacy network will be shut down on Monday, February 3, 2020.

At that point in time, any radios that have not been reprogrammed to operate on the NextGen network will cease operating.

Radios that have not been reprogrammed, or that have been shut off or placed into "Reward" status prior to the transition to the NextGen network may be able to be returned to service before the end of June 2020, if they are delivered to the RCS Programming shop in Kearney Mesa. If you have any such radios, please call the Subscriber Shop (858-694-2735) to confirm if the radio can be restored to service.
https://www.rcs800mhz.org/sites/default ... 3-2020.pdf

San Diego County – Imperial County Regional Communications System

RCS Advisories

Outages at Sidewinder and Hendrix Peak on Feb 4 & 5

SITE WORK AT SIDEWINDER (WINTERHAVEN), TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 2020

SITE WORK AT HENDRIX PEAK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Please review RCS Advisory 2020-02 covering outages at Sidewinder in the Winterhaven area of Imperial County on Tuesday afternoon (2/4/2020), and Hendrix Peak at the San Diego County – Imperial County line on Wednesday morning (2/5/2020) for site reconfiguration work, and advise impacted field personnel.

https://www.rcs800mhz.org/advisories

With the completion of the transition from the Legacy RCS Network to the NextGen Network, work is commencing to remove the Legacy equipment from the remote radio sites. At some of the sites, this work will require shutting down the NextGen network equipment while equipment and electrical wiring is being reconfigured.

On Tuesday afternoon, February 4, 2020 between 12:00 Noon and 4:00 PM, the Sidewinder RCS site will be shut down for site reconfiguration. The Sidewinder site covers the Winterhaven area of Imperial County and parts of Yuma, AZ.

On Wednesday morning, February 5, 2020 between 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM, the Hendrix Peak RCS site will be shut down for reconfiguration. The Hendrix Peak RCS site covers the far Southeastern corner of San Diego County and the Southwestern portion of Imperial County, along Interstate 8.

Users should be informed of theses outages and be prepared to implement alternate plans for emergency communications needs.

The Legacy network (470F) was shut off late Monday afternoon.
Remaining Legacy channels will be incorporated into the NextGen sites over the next couple of weeks.