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ISSUE 67
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JAN-FEB-MAR 2014
WHISTLER ANNOUNCES NEW MODELS
NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLUMN
2014 AIR SHOW PREVIEW
AMBULANCE SERVICES – PART 2 by
John Leonardelli
♦ SCANNER DIGEST TO PREMIER NEWDESIGNED WEBSITE
GENERAL EDITOR
RADIO NEWS - News and Notes of Interest to Radio
Hobbyists
Dave Marshall N8OAY
125 Royal Drive Apt 805
Madison AL 35758-1785
n8oayscan@knology.net
Whistler has announced the model numbers for their GRE
designed scanners, and some of them have just in the
past couple weeks been approved for sale by the FCC
The GRE handheld analog VHF-UHF PSR-100/Radio
Shack PRO-404 will be the Whistler WS1010/Radio Shack
PRO-649 (FCC OET ID: HSXSC01)
Alan Cohen
ScannerDigest@gmail.com
REFRESHED WEB DESIGN
I’m presently working in conjunction with Lou to re-design
our website. In an attempt to keep costs down, we’re
trying to bring more information to the subscribers and
followers of the newsletter. We will add new features and
remove those items that are no longer of interest.
ARCHIVED PRINTED NEWSLETTER
To make room and streamline the operations here, we will
no longer offer the older printed versions of our newsletter.
This encompassed Issues 1 through 21. Sales have been
lagging and we decided to no longer make them available.
PHILLY GUIDE
We are proud to offer the popular Philly Guide produced
by Joe Cardani. This will be available similar to the way
Joe had them listed on his site. Local scanner enthusiasts
are encouraged to update where needed. Look for the
PDF files to appear soon on the website.
The GRE base/mobile analog VHF-UHF PSR-200/Radio
Shack PRO-405 will be the Whistler WS1025/Radio Shack
PRO-650 (FCC OET ID : HSXSC02)
Alan Cohen
PUBLISHER
Lou Campagna
Many changes are on the horizon for the scanning hobby.
This is evident by the complexity of newer radio
communication systems being deployed and the scanner
manufacturers feverously attempting to design equipment
that can monitor these newer systems. Dave Marshall has
kept us updated on both Uniden and now Whistler to
make these scanners available to the hobby.
The GRE handheld digital VHF/UHF/700/800 PSR-500/
Radio Shack PRO-106 will be the Whistler WS1040/Radio
Shack PRO-651 (FCC OET ID : HSXSC03)
Lou Campagna
SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67
PAGE 1 Release dates for these scanners has not been confirmed.
Speculation is late May or sometime in June.
Whistler's web page for the scanners is located at:
http://www.whistlergroup.com/scannerscatalog/group.aspx?search=scanners
If you buy a product or service listed in this column, please
tell the seller that you read about it in The Scanner Digest.
Happy Scanning!
73 de N8OAY
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
The GRE base/mobile digital VHF/UHF/700/800 PSR600/Radio Shack PRO-197 will be the Whistler
WS1065/Radio Shack PRO-652 (FCC OET ID:
HSXSC04)
Steve Bower
stevescan60@yahoo.com
Well looks like Cedar Fair Security went Mototrbo for this
year 151.5800 was active but no regular transmissions
along with what was last year water park frequency
152.3450. Many new repeaters are also active this season
from what found today in use non digital.
159.7800 Repeater PL146.2 Games/Merchandise
160.0500 Repeater PL146.2 Security - Traffic
159.8400 Repeater PL146.2 Operations
159.6600 Repeater PL146.2 cleaning crews
All frequencies were busy today seems a lot of MO
frequencies were renewed for this season.
WPDJ230
CATASAUQUA AREA SCHOOL DIST (LEHIGH) PA
151.925 FB 45W 100ERP 11K2F3E
WQUA680
BERKS COUNTY DEPT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
The GRE handheld digital VHF/UHF/700/800 TDMA
Phase 2 PSR-800 will be the Whistler WS1080
The GRE base/mobile digital VHF/UHF/700/800 TDMA
Phase 2 PSR-900 will be Whistler WS1095 (the PSR-900
was not yet in production when GRE discontinued
manufacturing. It was to be a base mobile clone of the
PSR-800 portable using similar keypad and software, and
having a removable faceplate.
It is unknown if the Radio Shack PRO-18 will be rereleased by Whistler. The PRO-18 was similar to but not
identical to the PSR-800 with a slightly different feature
and function set, and was unique to Radio Shack.
Photos from the Whistler web site show the WS1040
using a case design similar to the former Radio Shack
PRO-106 with the display at the top, keypad in the middle
and the speaker at the bottom of the front of the handheld.
The PSR-500 had the speaker at the top and the display
in the middle.
BOYERTOWN (BERKS) PA
33.940 FB 100W 72ERP
45.880 FB 100W 72ERP
16K0F3E
16K0F3E
TOPTON (BERKS) PA
33.940 FB 100W 70ERP
45.880 FB 100W 70ERP
16K0F3E
16K0F3E
SCHUYLKILL AND BERKS COUNTIES
33.940 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E
45.880 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E
46.500 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E
ALBANY TOWNSHIP (BERKS) PA
33.940 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E
45.880 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E
BALLY (BERKS) PA
33.940 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E
45.880 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E
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BETHEL TOWNSHIP (BERKS) PA
46.500
FB
60W 60ERP 16K0F3E
33.940
FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E
45.880
WAYNE TWP (SCHUYLKILL) PA
33.940
45.880
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Mark Meece N8ICW
480 N Twelfth St,
Miamisburg, OH 45342
monixtech@gmail.com
Welcome to the Federal Column. For many years I have
written the Federal/Military column for the All Ohio
Scanner Club. Since SDN already has a column covering
Military Communications, it was decided to just focus on
Federal Communications for this column.
Up front I will state, I WILL NEED YOUR HELP!
Monitoring federal frequencies is not what it was 25 years
ago. Now most everything is encrypted, BUT there are
those rare moments when we catch traffic in the clear, and
when we do it is usually very interesting. To start with I
have several reports of new frequencies that appear to be
FBI use in southern and western Ohio.
surpassed only by the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974.
Adding insult to injury, in March 2012 a tornado hit and
destroyed some homes in Harvest AL that were being
rebuilt from the destruction of April 27, 2011. Tornadoes in
Alabama are not limited to the Spring and early Summer
months...we get them year-round...including on Christmas
Day, which happened in 2012.
Whether you live in Alabama or are traveling here, you
should dedicate some memory in your scanner to the
State and Local EMA and the Amateur Radio Skywarn
Repeaters, some of which are linked to provide wide area
coverage. Following is a list of EMA and Skywarn
frequencies. Note that some county EMAs using trunk
systems maintain conventional frequencies for backup. In
some cases, briefings for first responders and amateur
radio are simulcast on landline telephone conference calls
and conventional radio frequencies and trunk systems.
The Alabama State EMA conducts a weekly net (schedule
unknown) on the Alabama First Responders Network and
Alabama Regional Communications System P25 Trunk
System.
172.21250 NAC $167 Clear voice and encryption heard
northern Cincinnati area.
NOAA Weather Radio
162.4000
Huntsville, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa
162.4500
Cullman
162.4750
Anniston, Demopolis/Linden, Florence, Mt
Cheaha, Texasville
162.5000
Fort Payne
162.5250
Auburn, Jackson AL,
162.5500
Birmingham, Dozier, Mobile
163.8750
Alabama EMA Statewide UHF NET
There have been reports that the 173.xxxx
Cincinnati/Dayton area FBI repeaters may no longer be
active. Now is a good time for a bandscan of the 162-174
band.
AEMA Region 1 Southwest
453.4000/458.4000
173.8 PL
453.4250/458.4250
146.2 PL
453.6500/458.6500
173.8 PL
460.2375/465.2375
136.5 PL
Baldwin County
Clarke County
Escambia County
Wilcox County
AEMA Region 2 Southeast453.4000/458.4000
151.4 PL
453.4250/458.4250
127.3 PL
453.7250/458.7250
151.4 PL
460.4500/465.4500
127.3 PL
Covington County
Crenshaw County
Houston County
Barbour County
AEMA Region 3 West
453.6500/458.6500
453.7250/458.7250
460.2375/465.2375
460.6125/465.6125
146.2 PL
173.8 PL
173.8 PL
151.4 PL
Tuscaloosa County
Sumter County
Dallas County
Chilton County
AEMA Region 4 East
453.4000/458.4000
453.6500/458.6500
146.2 PL
127.3 PL
Lee County
Elmore County
That is all I have for this time around. I look forward to
finding out what federal frequencies you monitor, so
please drop us a note.
ALABAMA
Dave Marshall N8OAY
125 Royal Drive Apt 805
Madison AL 35758-1785
n8oayscan@knology.net
There are few things that can safely be considered to be a
sure thing. One of them is that at some point in the next
few months, regardless of what time of the year it is,
Alabama will be hit by a tornado.
According to a report on The Weather Channel last fall,
Alabama and other areas of the deep south have
overtaken the Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri area to earn
the title of Tornado Alley. In April of 2011 Alabama was hit
by multiple outbreaks of tornadoes, one of which was
AEMA Region 5 Northwest
453.4000/458.4000
146.2 PL
460.1375/465.1375 127.3 PL
Lauderdale County
Marion County
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460.4125/465.4125 151.4 PL
Fayette County
AEMA Region 6 North
453.4250/458.4250 162.2 PL
453.6500/458.6500 151.4 PL
460.2875/465.2875 146.2 PL
Madison County
Cullman County
DeKalb County
AEMA Region 7 Northeast
453.4000/458.4000 127.3 PL
453.6500/458.6500 136.5 PL
453.7250/458.7250 127.3 PL
AEMA Simplex
453.4000 CSQ
453.4250 CSQ
453.6500 CSQ
453.7250 CSQ
444.8500/449.8500
145.4300/144.8300
444.2500/449.2500
155.1000/155.8350
155.8800/153.8000
460.0250/465.0250
Cleburne County
Etowah County
Jefferson County
460.2000/465.2000
453.5500/458.5500
154.7250/155.6850
AEMA Simplex S-1
AEMA Simplex S-2
AEMA Simplex S-3
AEMA Simplex S-4
154.7250/155.8650
154.8600/155.6850
Local EMA, Red Cross and Amateur Radio SKYWARN
453.9000/458.9000
147.0900/147.6900
158.7750/154.7400
154.1000
154.8000/155.9700
151.0850/156.0000
151.1150
453.2500
458.2500
146.8650/146.2650
460.3750/465.3750
224.4800/223.8800
444.1750/449.1750
453.0500/458.0500
453.8750/458.8750
159.1875/156.0750
151.2950/153.9350
158.8200/154.9500
453.2250/458.2250
47.3100
47.4200
Baldwin County EMA/SKYWARN
97.4 PL Calhoun County EMA
Chambers County EMA
Choctaw County EMA
023 DPL Clarke County EMA
Cleburne County EMA 1
131.8 PL Cleburne County Turkey
Heaven Mtn ARES/RACES
Cleburne County Turkey Heaven
Mtn ARES/RACES
Cleburne County Turkey Heaven
Mtn ARES/RACES
Conecuh County EMA
110.9 PL Cullman County EMA
Interop East
Interop West
91.5 PL DeKalb County EMA
DeKalb County EMA
DeKalb County Chapter
American Red Cross
DeKalb County Chapter
American Red Cross
155.7150/154.8300
151.1575
151.4975
154.3775
154.4225
154.9725
453.1625
460.0375
460.1875
460.3125
465.0375
465.1875
465.3125
154.9650
154.1225/159.1725
146.8200/146.2200
147.2000/147.8000
453.3000/458.3000
453.3000/458.3000
146.8800/146.2800
146.7600/146.1600
147.1400/147.7400
145.1500/144.5500
145.8800/145.2800
Etowah County Weather Alert
Gadsden EMA
192.8 PL Etowah County
EMA/SKYWARN
110.9 PL Fayette County SKYWARN
Jackson EMA
127.3 PL Jefferson County EMA
88.5 PL Birmingham Amateur
Radio Club
(ARES/SKYWARN Primary)
88.5 PL Birmingham
ARES/SKYWARN Backup
156.7 PL Sylvan Springs SKYWARN
(Jefferson County)
CSQ
Sylvan Springs
SKYWARN (Jefferson County)
Birmingham/Jefferson County ARES
146.6100/146.0100
444.1500/449.1500
155.9250/153.7550
145.1500/144.9000
155.0400
155.4150
154.7250
147.2200/147.8200
146.9400/146.3400
151.0250/156.0450
131.8 PLCentral Alabama SKYWARN
110.9 PL Lamar County SKYWARN
123.0 PL Lamar County SKYWARN
Florence-Lauderdale County EMA
Primary North Emergency Ops
Primary West Emergency Ops
Primary East Emergency Ops
Colbert Heights Emergency Ops
Florence Emergency Ops
136.5 PL Florence-Lauderdale
County EMA Killen Emergency Ops
146.2 PL Florence-Lauderdale
County EMA Rogersville Emergency
Ops
Rogersville Emergency Ops
85.4 PL Florence-Lauderdale County
EMA Wrightsville Emergency Ops
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Direct Talkaround
Florence County ARES/SKYWARN
Florence County ARES/SKYWARN
Limestone County EMA
100.0 PL Limestone County
ARES/SKYWARN
156.7 PL Madison County EMA
156.7 PL Madison County EMA Alerts
and Briefings
156.7 PLMadison County EMA
136.5 PL ARES/RACES/SLYWARN
Primary
100.0 PL ARES/RACES/SKYWARN
Backup
107.2 PL Marshall County EMA
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146.9400/146.3400
146.8200/146.2200
453.6000/458.6000
154.1225/156.0225
159.1200/159.0675
146.8400/146.3400
453.3500/458.3500
453.3750/458.3750
147.0000/147.6000
146.6850/146.0850
444.4000/449.4000
158.7525/155.9925
155.8650/153.9500
147.3200/147.9200
159.4350/155.0250
453.0750/458.0750
145.1300/144.5300
155.2200
453.3000/458.3000
453.3500/458.3500
157.6200
154.1300
146.8200146.2200
47.4600
42.2250/447.2250
CSQ
Mobile County SKYWARN
203.5 PL Mobile County SKYWARN
100.0 PL Monroe County EMA 1
107.2 PL Monroe County EMA 2
Monroe County EMA 3
CSQ
Central Alabama Skywarn
(Montgomery County)
Morgan County EMA
Morgan County EMA
Industrial Net
CSQ
Decatur Skywarn
77.0 PL Pickens County ARES
Pickens County SKYWARN
654 DPL Randolph County EMA
311 DPL Roanoke City Emergency
Management
114.8 PL Russell County ARES
St Clair County EMA Ops
St Clair County EMA
103.5 PL St Clair County ARES
Sumter County EMA
132 DPL Talladega County EMA 1
Talladega County EMA 2
Talladega City Emergency Ops
Tuscaloosa County EMA
118.8 Tuscaloosa SKYWARN
CSQ Walker County EMA
203.5 PL Winston County SKYWARN
I intentionally did not include EMA trunk system talk
groups. First of all, doing so and listing the frequencies for
the trunk systems would turn this long column into a
dissertation the size of War and Peace! And most of the
EMA offices that are on trunk systems simulcast the
important stuff on their conventional repeaters or simplex
VHF/UHF channels. This list is obviously not complete. In
some counties, the EMA may be using frequencies that
are licensed to the county or city where they operate.
Some of them may only use the statewide system at the
top of this list. And in some of the really small and poor
counties, they may just use the fire or police frequencies.
If anyone can help me update this list for areas that are
not covered in this list, I will use the information in a future
column.
repeater with a liaison in contact with the linked net. The
liaison feeds information from the local net(s) to the wide
area net. The wide-area linked net is streamed live on the
internet at http://www.nalsw.net/livestream.htm during
active severe weather situations and weekly training nets.
Everyone is welcome to listen to the stream. This linked
net was active for several days during and following the
April 27, 2013 tornadoes, due to the massive power
outage covering a large part of the area.
Storm Chasers
146.4600
114.8 PL
PRIMARY
Alternate to 146.5500
146.5500
114.8 PL
SECONDARY
Many storm chasers use or monitor this frequency
223.5200
114.8 PL
446.0750
114.8 PL
Often used for
cross patching to 146.5500
446.1000
114.8 PL
Alternate to
446.0750
1294.5500
114.8 PL
(This is not the storm chasers you see on TV. These
chasers are the SKYWARN volunteers that go out spotting
for the NWS.)
HF Nets
3.935 Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net
3.965 Alabama Emergency Net
7.243 Alabama Emergency Net
14.325 Hurricane Watch Net
If anyone can help me update this list for areas that are
not covered in this list, I will use the information in a future
column.
“You don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a
parachute to skydive twice.”
– Rodney Sellars
Happy Scanning!
73 de N8OAY
North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee
SKYWARN
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
146.9600/146.3600
145.4100/144.5500
147.2400/147.8400
147.3600/147.9600
Moulton/NW AL (Lawrence County)
100.0 PL Athens/Muscle Shaols/NW
AL (Limestone County)
82.5 PL Brindlee Mountain (Morgan
County)
123.0 PL Section/NE AL (Jackson
County)
These four repeaters are linked for SKYWARN nets
providing coverage to 11 counties in northern Alabama
and 3 counties in Southern Middle Tennessee and is
controlled by a base station at the Huntsville National
Weather Service Office. Each county that is affected by
the weather situation operates their own net on a local
Michael P. Mollet, N2SRO
No Column this Issue
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Randy True
11205 Mann Rd.
Covington, KY 41015-9094
w4rtt@fuse.net
No Column for This Issue
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SOUTHWEST OHIO
Mark Meece N8ICW
480 N Twelfth St,
Miamisburg, OH 45342
monixtech@gmail.com
1 003
Centerburg
772.70625
1 004
Clear Fork (Steam Corners)
Morrow 770.33125
770.58125
771.43125
771.88125a
772.28125c
Dayton Montgomery
772.85625
773.13125
773.48125
774.05625 774.55625a
774.83125c
London Madison
769.80625
770.75625
771.38125
771.65625a
774.08125c
1 005
A decade ago, monitors in Ohio found themselves busy
listening and trying to figure out the talkgroups and users
of the new State of Ohio MARCS statewide digital trunked
system. MARCS stands for Multi-Agency Radio
Communications System.
Here we are ten years later and once again we find
ourselves enjoying the true fun side of our hobby, listening
and deducing who we are hearing when we discover a
new frequency and/or talkgroup of a new system.
Ohio is in the midst of upgrading the current Ohio MARCS
system with the new true P-25 Ohio MARCS-IP Phase II
system (original MARCS is a P-16 system). The new
system is a mix of 700 MHz and 800 MHz frequencies.
Many of the larger metropolitan areas are merging their
own systems into MARCS-IP in a tiered partnership that
promotes true interoperability. So in effect MARCS-IP is
truly a statewide system that will cover all areas of the
state. The Motorola Version 7.x system complies with the
P25 trunking protocol, which will provide the option of
purchasing compatible subscriber radios from multiple
manufacturers. The system interconnection is done using
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), thus where the new
system gets the name MARCS-IP.
So instead of only covering southwestern Ohio sites, we
will cover the entire system statewide. This system is in a
constant flux right now as it is built out. So it is highly likely
this information has been updated mere hours after I write
this column.
The latest info for this system is that the Ohio Department
of Transportation is finally leaving VHF Low band for the
new system. MARCS-IP radios are being installed in all
ODOT vehicles and the plan is to be completely onboard
the new system by the end of summer.
Please note, while this system does have Phase II
capability, it will be some time yet before any Phase II
comes into use on this system.
SYSTEM:
Ohio MARCS-IP
SYSID: 348, 5A1
SYS TYPE:
Project 25 Phase II
1 006
1 007
1 008
MARCS Columbus
Franklin 769.20625c
769.70625a
770.20625
770.45625
1 002
Washington Court House Fayette 769.95625
770.50625
771.78125
772.20625
773.43125c
773.68125a
Urbana Champaign
771.75625
772.05625
773.90625a
774.80625c
773.05625
774.70625c
772.33125
Central State (Wilberforce) Greene 769.90625
770.15625
771.48125a
774.30625c
1 012
Greene Co Simulcast
Greene 851.96250
852.41250
852.46250
852.78750
855.83750a
856.88750a
857.88750a
858.88750c
1 013
Warren Co Simulcast
Warren 856.23750
858.23750c
858.76250a
859.23750a
859.76250a
1 015
Troy
Miami
769.78125
773.83125c
769.20625
770.45625
1 017
Lebanon
773.53125c
Warren 770.70625
773.88125a 774.73125a
1 018
Bellefontaine
771.35625
773.15625c
Logan
772.10625
769.50625
770.95625a
772.55625
1 019
Sidney Shelby 772.15625
774.53125c
773.45625
1 022
Wapakoneta
770.03125
Auglaize
771.50625
769.35625a
774.30625c
1 023
Celina Mercer 770.08125
772.08125
772.60625
774.58125c
771.30625
772.98125a
1 025
Riverview
769.93125
773.08125c
Delaware
771.30625
769.50625
772.15625a
1 026
Marysville
770.30625
774.58125c
Union
770.55625
771.80625
Pataskala
773.93125
774.73125c
Licking
774.23125
774.48125a
Greenville
Darke
1 027
1 028
Clark
772.58125
774.38125a
1 010
ZONE/SITES/FREQUENCIES
1 001
Springfield
770.68125
773.55625
Knox
771.78125
772.08125
772.98125
773.45625c
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1 033
1 036
1 059
1 065
1 066
772.40625
772.80625
773.03125c
Brinkhaven
772.48125
Knox
772.75625
774.90625c
Circleville
771.43125
Pickaway
771.73125a
772.45625c
2 010
Geauga Co Simulcast
Geauga
854.01250
854.21250
855.21250c
855.53750
856.03750a
856.11250
860.78750a
860.91250a
861.46250
861.91250
2 011
Butler Richland
772.53125
772.83125
774.05625a
774.30625c
773.65625
Johnstown (Alexandria)
Licking
769.10625
769.35625
769.60625a
769.85625c
2 012
Granville Licking
769.28125
769.78125
770.53125c
Marion Marion 769.65625
772.63125
772.88125
773.30625a
773.45625
770.93125
773.30625
773.95625c
770.28125a
2 013
Attica Seneca 770.50625
771.08125
774.53125c
770.75625
Newark Licking
771.68125a
772.65625
773.88125
774.15625
774.53125c
774.65625
773.18125
774.40625
2 014
Bradner Wood
770.65625
774.08125c
770.33125
773.83125a
769.40625
771.20625
1 067
Hickman (St. Louisville)
Licking
770.78125
771.25625a
772.30625c
2 015
Tiffin
Seneca 771.93125
774.13125
774.53125c
1 068
Linnville Licking
772.53125
772.95625
773.98125a
774.88125c
2 016
Fremont Sandusky
769.35625
770.08125
773.78125c
771.60625
2 001
2 003
2 004
773.63125
Cuyahoga Co Simulcast Cuyahoga
769.50625
769.75625
770.00625
770.15625
770.50625
770.78125
771.23125
771.60625
771.95625
772.65625
772.98125
773.29375
773.83125a
774.28125a
774.53125c
774.78125a
2 017
Akron Summit 772.50625
773.38125
773.78125a
772.90625
774.83125c
2 018
Nimisila Summit
768.18125
769.70625
774.33125c
774.73125
774.78125
770.50625
774.74375a
Lake Co Simulcast
Lake
851.62500
853.76250
854.43750
854.46250
854.88750
854.98750
855.43750
855.46250
855.78750
855.86250c
856.21250
856.23750
860.81250a
860.86250a
2 019
Salem Mahoning
770.20625
770.85625
774.80625c
774.55625a
854.41250
854.66250
855.41250
855.48750
855.93750
860.76250a
860.88750
Oak Harbor
770.58125
773.55625a
Ottawa
771.48125
773.93125c
771.90625
2 005
Castalia Erie
772.33125
774.03125c
2 006
Berlin Heights
770.25625
773.28125c
Erie
770.80625
771.15625
2 007
Elyria
Lorain
771.73125
770.20625a
773.18125
2 008
Geneva Ashtabula
769.15625
771.40625
773.55625c
2 020
Shalersville
771.38125
773.58125c
2 021
Trumbull CI (Leavittsburg) Trumbull
769.80625
770.05625
770.90625a
773.08125c
2 022
Canton Stark
772.30625
2 023
Cloverdale (Massillon)
Stark
771.98125
772.95625a
774.03125c
East Sparta
771.70625
Stark
772.63125a
773.20625c
2 025
Toledo Lucas
770.43125
774.88125c
769.18125
774.15625
769.65625
774.48125a
2 027
Grafton CI
769.33125
770.90625a
Lorain
769.80625
773.08125c
769.08125
770.05625
2 024
2 009
772.60625
Ashtabula
769.43125
771.18125
Ashtabula
770.18125
770.60625c
772.33125a
770.70625c
Portage
772.70625
769.65625
773.05625a
771.00625
773.33125a
770.75625
773.45625c
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2 028
Lima
Allen
774.45625a
2 031
Findlay Hancock
771.33125
772.20625
773.53125c
774.28125a
2 035
769.53125
774.78125c
Paulding Paulding
771.08125
772.03125
2 041
Wooster Wayne 772.58125
774.18125c
2 042
Sugarcreek
771.75625
Holmes
772.68125c
2 047
Wauseon
769.90625
Fulton
774.55625a
Swanton Fulton
772.48125
773.40625a
772.83125
773.88125c
2 048
2 055
2 057
2 058
770.58125
3 016
772.45625
772.85625a
Ashland
771.58125a
Millersburg
769.30625
Holmes
770.50625a
3 002
3 003
3 005
Killbuck (Warsaw)
Coshocton
773.23125a
774.55625c
3 023
White Eyes (Coshocton) Coshocton
771.80625
772.88125
773.73125c
3 025
Stone Creek
774.43125a
3 026
Peoli (Port Washington) Tuscarawas
769.85625
771.20625
771.60625a
774.28125c
3 027
Newcomerstown Tuscarawas
769.25625
769.50625
773.15625
3 006
Pleasant Valley
772.88125
774.58125c
Tuscarawas
774.68125c
770.30625c
3 028
Deersville
769.80625a
Harrison
771.48125c
3 035
Logan Hocking
769.45625
773.05625a
773.80625c
Germano
772.05625
Harrison
773.15625a
773.43125c
Richmond Dale
770.05625
Pike
771.18125
771.45625c
Dellroy Carroll
769.95625
772.40625a
771.53125
773.55625c
770.80625c
774.03125a
Scioto
Ross
773.70625
Coshocton
772.05625
Belmont CI (Morristown) Belmont
770.15625
770.40625
774.48125a
774.73125c
SOCF (Lucasville)
774.28125c
769.58125
3 022
774.83125c
NEOMED (Rootstown)
Portage
769.60625
769.95625
772.38125
773.15625a
773.73125c
Noble CI (Caldwell)
Noble
769.93125
772.63125
774.38125c
Zanesville South Muskingum
769.08125
769.33125
774.33125c
770.83125a
Newcastle
770.90625c
3 036
2 059
770.08125
3 021
772.50625c
Aukerman (Burbank)
Wayne
769.53125
771.40625
771.65625a
773.30625c
Loudonville
770.55625
769.68125
771.08125c
774.05625a
3 064
3 076
772.13125
3 077
Knox Twp (Alliance)
Columbiana
771.30625
772.20625a
773.80625c
3 078
Jackson Jackson
769.28125
769.58125
774.53125c
3 079
Indian Camp (Wellston)
Vinton
769.50625
771.28125
771.68125a
771.58125c
3 007
Washington Co Simulcast Washington
772.28125
772.88125
773.13125
773.38125
773.73125a
774.43125c
3 080
Peach Ridge (Athens)
Athens
772.98125
773.23125
773.90625
774.20625c
3 012
Bloomfield (New Concord) Muskingum
772.55625
772.80625
773.40625c
9 001
Mobile Site (5A1) Franklin
769.24375
769.64375
770.39375
773.60625c
3 013
3 014
3 015
Conesville
770.00625
Coshocton
771.15625
Dresden Muskingum
771.33125
771.68125a
Duncan Falls (Philo)
773.33125c
771.95625c
Muskingum
770.14375
TALKGROUPS/ MODE/ TAG/USE
6501
6502
6503
6505
D
D
D
D
XEM04008
XFD04WRT
XFD04DISP
XAD04008
Pymatuning Ambulance Service
Ashtabula Co Water Rescue Team
Ashtabula Co Fire Dispatch
Pymatuning Ambul Service - Admin
PAGE 8
6506
6507
6511
6515
10282
10298
10500
10503
10505
10506
10509
10514
10519
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
E
D
E
E
E
D
XPD04DISP
XFD04TAC1
XFD04TAC2
XFD04TAC3
XSO11TAC1
XSO11DISP
XSO12TAC1
XSO12TAC5
FD12TAC6
XSO12TAC2
XSO12TAC3
XSO12TAC4
XSO12DISP
Dispatch
10525 D 12FIRE
12522 E XSO16SRT
13500 D
13501 D
13503 D
Eastcom2
XMTAC-1
WestCom Fire
13508 D
13512 D
13515 D
13518 D
13521 D
13526 D
13528 D
13534 D
13538 D
13541 D
XMTAC-2
XMTAC-3
MayfieldFD14
XMTAC-4
XMTAC-5
XMTAC-6
XMTAC-7
XMTAC-8
XMTAC-9
Hillcrest FD
13545 D XMTAC-10
13546 D Lyndhurst FD
13548 D SEuclidFD
13561 D XMETROLZ
13562 D EastCom Fire
13563 D HillcrestFD3
13564 D HillcrestFD4
13570 D Lakewood PD
13572 D XMETRFCO
13592 D CPL SEC DSP
13600 D CPL SEC OPS
13609 D
13611 D
13619 D
14096 D
HighHillsPD
RockyRvr PD
RockyRvr PD2
XCC-AIR
14477 D
14481 D
Lkwd PD Ops
Lkwd PD Tac
14483 D
14490 D
14492 D
Solon FD
Solon-GW PD
PD Chagrin
14494 D
FD Chagrin
Village Police - Dispatch
Ashtabula Co Fire - Tac 1
Champaign County Sheriff Tactical 1
Champaign County Sheriff Dispatch
Clark County Sheriff Tactical 1
Clark County Fire Tactical
Clark County Sheriff
Clark County Fire Dispatch
Coshocton Co Sheriff - Special
RespTeam
Eastcom Fire - Alternate Dispatch
Countywide Tactical 1
Westcom Fire - Dispatch (Bay
Village, Fairview Park, Rocky River,
Westlake)
Mayfield Village FD Ch. 14
Hillcrest Region North Fire
Departments - Dispatch
Lyndhurst Fire
South Euclid Fire Dispatch
Cleveland Metro LifeFlight
Land Zone
EastCom Fire - Dispatch (Cleveland
Hts, Shaker Hts, University Hts)
Ch.3 (fire prevention use)
Ch.4
Lakewood PD - Dispatch
Cleveland Metro LifeFlight
Flight Control
Cleveland Public Library,
Security Dispatch
Cleveland Public Library,
Security Ops
Highland Hills PD - Dispatch
Rocky River PD - Dispatch
Rocky River PD - Ch. 2
Cleveland Clinic Helo
Dispatch
Lakewood PD - Special Ops
Lakewood PD - Ch. 4
Tactical/Car-to-Car
Solon Fire and EMS Dispatch
Solon / Glenwillow PD - Dispatch
Chagrin/Southeast Region Law Dispatch
Chagrin Falls / Orange
Village / Woodmere FDs
14495 D
14498 D
17000 D
17001 D
17002 D
17006 D
17007 D
17009 D
17011 D
17018 D
17023 E
17501 D
19501 D
19503 D
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19506 D
19507 D
19508 D
19510 D
19511 D
19512 D
19513 D
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19530 D
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19539 D
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19545 D
19547 D
19553 D
19555 D
19556 D
19602 D
19610 D
19633 D
20073 D
20074 E
20076 D
20077 D
20078 E
20080 E
20082 E
20083 E
20084 E
20085 D
20086 E
Solon PD 2
Solon / Glenwillow PD - Ch. 2
PD Chagrin 2 Chagrin/Southeast Region
XSO24DISP
Fayette County Sheriff - Dispatch
XWCHPEVT Washington Court House PD - Event
XWCHPDSP Washington Court House PD - Disp
XWCHPTAC1 Washington Court House PD - Tac 1
XSO24EVT
Fayette County Sheriff - Event
X24LETAC
Fayette County Law - Tac
XWCHPTAC2 Washington Court House PD - Tac 2
XSO24JAIL
Fayette County Sheriff - Jail Ops
XSO24TAC3 Fayette County Sheriff - Tactical
XMEDFLT
Medflight of Ohio State Hailing
ChardonPD
Chardon PD
BainbridgePD Bainbridge Twp Police
SO 28 Disp
Geauga Co Sheriff
County 28 PD Local Twp/Village PD Dispatch
SRussellPD
South Russell PD
28 Law Comm
28 Jail
Geauga Co Jail
28 Tac 1
28 Tac 2
28 Tac 3
28 Tac 4
28 Tac 5
28 Tac 6
28 Tac 7
28 Tac 8
ChardonFD
Chardon Fire
HamMontThoFD Hambden / Montville / Thompson
Fire
BurtNewbFD Burton / Newbury Fire
MiddlfieldFD
Middlefield Fire
BainbridgeFD Bainbridge Fire
AubPrkTroyFD Auburn / Parkman / Troy Fire
Chester FD
Chester Fire
MunsRussFD Munson / Russell Fire
GeaugaMC ER Geauga Medical Center ER
WGeaugaSch West Geauga Schools
BerkshireSch Berkshire Schools
CardinalSch
Cardinal Schools
ChardonSch
Chardon Schools
LedgemontSch Ledgemont Schools
Newbury LSD Newbury Schools
ChstrlndSvcs Chesterland Services
GeaugaTranst Geauga County Transit
ChardTwpDPW Chardon Twp Road Dept
HambdenDPW Hambden Twp Road Dept
MunsonTwpDPW Munson Twp Road Dept
NewburyFD
Newbury FD
ParkmanRds Parkman Twp Road Dept
ThompTwpDPW Thompson Twp Road Dept
29SODIS
Greene County Sheriff Dispatch
29ACEOP1
Greene County Drug Task Force
OPS 1
29SOOPS1
Greene County Sheriff OPS 1
XHOS2903
MVH-Jamestown
29ACEOP2
Greene County Drug Task Force
OPS 2
29SOOPS2
29ACETAC
Greene County Drug Task Force TAC
29RRTOP1
Regional Emerg Response Team
OPS 1
29S0ADM
29 CW 1
Countywide 1
29HNTOP2
Regional Emerg Response Team
OPS 2 - Hostage Negotiation Team
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20087 E
20088 E
20089 D
20089 D
20090 E
20091 E
29SODET
29SWTOP1
29LETAC1
29 IPSAP
29SOCJ
29RRTOP3
20092 D
20093 E
20094 E
20095 D
20096 E
20097 E
20098 E
20099 E
20100 D
20101 E
20102 D
20103 D
20104 D
20105 D
20106 D
20107 D
20108 D
20109 D
20110 D
20111 D
20112 E
20113 E
20114 D
20115 E
20116 D
20117 D
20118 D
20119 D
20120 D
20122 D
20123 D
20124 D
20125 D
20126 D
20127 D
20129 D
20131 D
20132 D
20133 D
20134 D
20135 D
20136 E
20137 D
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20140 D
20141 D
20143 D
20144 D
20145 D
20146 E
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20149 E
20150 E
20151 E
20152 D
20153 D
20154 E
20155 D
29FTAC01
29SOADC
29SWTOP2
29LETAC2
29SOCS
29SWTOP3
29SWTTAC
29COROP1
29FTAC02
29CWDET
29 CW 2
29FTAC03
29LETAC3
29 CW 3
29GFEDIS
29FTAC04
29LETAC4
29 CW 4
29FTAC05
29PRKOP1
29LETAC5
29PRKRNG
29FTAC06
29LETAC6
29PRKMNT
29FTAC07
29PRKNAT
BVF DISP
29FTAC08
BBSC FDISP
29PRKPRG
29FTAC09
BVF OPS1
29FTAC10
BBF OPS1
29FTAC11
CTF OPS1
29FTAC12
29BVPDIS
29FTAC13
FBF DISP
29BVROP1
29FTAC14
FBF OPS1
BBF OPS2
29SO-SD
29FTAC15
29FTAC16
29SBPDIS
FBF OPS2
29BVPDET
29BLPOP1
29BVPADM
29BLPOP2
29CDPOP1
29FBPDIS
29BLPADM
29SOJALL
29GRSDIS
Greene County Sheriff Detectives
Greene County SWAT 1
Countywide Law Tac 1
Greene County IPSAP
Greene County Sheriff Jail
Regional Emergency Response
Team OPS 3
Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 1
Greene Co. Sheriff Adult Detention
Greene County Sheriff Court Services
Greene County SWAT TAC
Greene County Coroner OPS 1
Greene Countywide Detectives
Countywide 2
Countywide 3
Greene Fire East - Dispatch
Countywide 4
Greene County Parks Ops 1
Greene County Parks Ranger
Greene County Parks Maintenance
Greene County Parks Nature
Beavercreek Fire - Dispatch
Bellbrook /Sugarcreek Fire - Dispatch
Greene County Parks Programs
Beavercreek Fire - Ops 1
Bellbrook Fire - Ops 1
Cedarville Twp Fire - Ops 1
Beavercreek Police Dispatch
Fairborn Fire - Dispatch
Beavercreek OPS 1
Fairborn Fire - Ops 1
Bellbrook Fire - Ops 2
Greene County Sheriff Special Detail
Bellbrook/Sugarcreek Police Dispatch
Fairborn Fire - Ops 2
Beavercreek Police Detectives
Bellbrook Police Tac 1
Beavercreek Police Administration
Bellbrook Police Talk
Cedarville Police OPS 1
Fairborn Police Dispatch
Bellbrook Police Administration
Greene County Sheriff Jail ALL
Greene Central Services Dispatch
20156 E
20158 E
20159 E
20160 E
20161 D
20162 E
20163 D
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20166 D
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20196 E
20199 E
20204 E
20205 E
20208 D
20209 E
20212 D
24500 D
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27500 D
27501 D
27502 D
27503 D
27504 D
27505 D
27506 D
27507 D
27508 D
27509 D
27510 D
27511 D
27512 D
27513 D
27514 D
27515 D
27516 D
27517 D
27518 D
27519 D
27546 D
27547 D
27548 D
27549 D
29FBPOP1
29FBPDET
29STPOP1
29FBPADM
29CSUOP1
29STPOP2
XFD DISP
29YSPDIS
29CSUDIS
29STPADM
XFD OPS1
29YSPOP1
29XCSOP1
XFD OPS2
29YSPOP2
XTF OPS1
29XCPDISP
29XCPOPS1
29YSPADM
XTF OPS2
29XCPDET
29JTPOP1
29XCPADM
29WILOP1
29RRTTAC
Fairborn Police OPS 1
Fairborn Police Detectives
Sugarcreek Police OPS 1
Fairborn Police Administration
Central State University Police OPS 1
Sugarcreek Police OPS 2
Xenia Fire Dispatch
Yellow Springs Police Dispatch
Central State Univer Police Dispatch
Sugarcreek Police Administration
Xenia Fire - Ops 1
Yellow Springs Police OPS 1
Xenia City Services OPS 1
Xenia Fire - Ops 2
Yellow Springs Police OPS 2
Xenia Twp Fire - Ops 1
Xenia Police Dispatch
Xenia Police OPS 1
Yellow Springs Police Administration
Xenia Twp Fire - Ops 2
Xenia Police Detectives
Jamestown Police OPS 1
Xenia Police Administration
Wilberforce College Police OPS 1
Regional Emergency Response
Team TAC
29SOCJ-1
Greene County Sheriff Jail OPS 1
XWSUDISP
Wright State Univer Police Dispatch
29SOCJ-2
Greene County Sheriff Jail OPS 2
XWSUOPS
Wright State University Police OPS
29SOAD-1
Greene County Sheriff Adult
Detention OPS 1
XWSUADM
Wright State University Police Admin
XWSUSRV1
Wright State University Service 1
29SOAD-2
Greene County Sheriff Adult
Detention OPS 2
XWSUSRV2
Wright State University Service 2
XLGNPDISP
Logan PD Dispatch
WELLSTON PD Wellston PD Dispatch
Wick-WilloPD Wickliffe / Willowick PD
WilloughbyPD Willoughby Police
WilHl-WaitPD Willoughby Hills / Waite Hill PD
Eastlake PD
Eastlake Police Dispatch
Mentor PD
Mentor Police Dispatch
MoLKirtLC PD Mentor-on-the-Lake / Kirtland /
Lakeland College PD
SO43Disp
Lake Co Sheriff Dispatch
Pain/FH/GRPD Painesville / Fairport Harbor / Grand
RiverPD
KHPD-MetPark Kirtland Hills PD / Lake Metroparks
Rangers
Madison PD
Madison Twp / Madison PD
43 Tac 1
43 Tac 2
43 Tac 3
43 Tac 4
43 Tac 5
43 Tac 6
43 Tac 7
43 Tac 8
43 Tac 9
43 Tac 10
Con-Leroy FD Concord / Leroy FD
Eastlake FD
Eastlake FD
Wick/Will FD
Wickliffe / Willowick FD
WilloughbyFD Willoughby FD
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27550 D Kirt-WlHl FD
Kirtland / Willoughby Hills FD
27551 D MentorFD
Mentor Fire Dispatch
27552 D PnTwp/FHGRFD Painesville Twp / Faiport Harbor /
Grand River FD
27553 D PainesvillFD
Painesville City FD
27554 D Perry-Mad FD Perry / Madison FD
27555 D 43 FD Trng
Lake County Fire Training
27558 D 43 FD Stage
Lake County Fire Staging
27559 D 43 Aeromed
Lake County EMS Aeromedical
27560 D 43 FD West
Lake County Fire West
27561 D 43 FD East
Lake County Fire East
27570 D Eastlk PD 1A Eastlake PD 1A
27572 D Eastlk FD 1A
Eastlake FD 1A
27576 D FairprtPD 1A
Fairport PD 1A
27582 D GrndRvrPD 1A Grand River PD 1A
27589 D KirtlndPD 1A
Kirtland PD 1A
27593 D LCC PD 1A
Lakeland Community College PD
27602 D MadVillPD 1A Madison VIllage PD 1A
27609 D Mentor PD 1A Mentor PD 1A
27612 D Mentor FD 1A Mentor FD 1A
27617 D MOL PD 1A
Mentor-on-the-Lake PD 1A
27623 D 43MetPkPD 1A Lake Metroparks Rangers 1A
27624 D 43 SpecOp 1A Lake County Special Ops 1A
27626 D 43 SpecOp
Lake County Special Ops
27631 D Pville PD 1A
Painesville City PD 1A
27639 D PerryPD 1A
Perry Village PD 1A
27644 D WcklffePD 1A Wickliffe PD 1A
27649 D WaiteHlPD 1A Waite Hills PD 1A
27652 D Will PD 1A
Willoughby PD 1A
27654 D Will FD 1A
Willoughby FD 1A
27658 D WilHlPD 1A
Willoughby Hills PD 1A
27664 D WillowkPD 1A Willowick PD 1A
27669 D Perry PD 1A
Perry PD 1A
27672 D 43 Jail 1
Lake County Jail 1
27673 D 43 Jail 2
Lake County Jail 2
27674 D 43 Jail 3
Lake County Jail 3
27676 D 43 SO 1A
Lake Co Sheriff / Perry PD /
Timberlake PD 1A
27677 D LH Madison
Lake Health - Madison ER
27678 D LH TriPoint
LakeHealth - TriPoint Medical Center
ER
27679 D LH WestMed
Lake Health - West Medical Center
ER
27683 D Perry NPP
Perry Nuclear Power Plant
27684 D Laketran CRT Laketran - Community Response
Transit
27685 D Laketran Fxd
Laketran - Fixed Bus Routes
27687 D Kirt-Deep SD Kirtland/Lake County MRDDDeepwood School
27688 D Mad-Perry SD Madison/Perry School Districts
27689 D Painsvl CSD
Painesville City School District
27690 D Will-East SD
Willoughby-Eastlake School District
27691 D WickliffeCSD
Wickliffe City Schools
27692 D Mentor Sch 1 Mentor Public Schools - Ch.1
27694 D 43 AnimalCtl
Lake County Animal Control
27696 D 43 Elections
Lake County Board of Elections
27697 D 43 EMA 1
Lake County EMA 1
27698 D 43 EMA 2
Lake County EMA 2
27699 D 43 Bldg-Grnd Lake County Buildings and Grounds
Department
27700 D 43 Garage
Lake County Garage
27701 D 43 Health
Lake County Health Department
27702 D 43CrtBailiff
Court Bailiff
27703 D 43 Engineer
Lake County Engineer Department
27705 D 43 Telecom
Lake County Telecom (System
Installation)
27706 D 43 Water
27707 D
27708 D
27710 D
27711 D
27713 D
27714 D
27723 D
28503 D
28520 D
30000 D
31002 D
31010 D
31013 D
31018 D
33503 D
36500 D
40500 D
40509 D
40512 D
40516 D
40519 E
41500 D
43009 D
45009 D
45488 D
45491 D
45494 D
48674 D
49000 D
51528 D
53003 D
53004 D
53007 D
53016 D
53019 D
53031 D
53047 D
53052 D
53077 D
53106 D
53272 D
53317 D
53321 D
53376 D
53377 D
53385 D
54000 D
54394 D
54500 D
54501 D
54502 D
54503 D
54504 D
54505 D
54506 D
54507 D
54508 D
54509 D
54510 D
Lake County Water - Willoughby/
West End Service Center
43 Landfill
Lake County Solid Waste District Landfill
Concord Svcs Concord Twp Services (Roads)
School Emerg Lake County School Emergency
EOC Emerg
Lake County EOC Hailing
MOL FD
Mentor-on-the-Lake FD Dispatch
Mentor Sch 2 Mentor Public Schools - Ch.2
43 Util-Eng
Lake County Utilities Dept Engineering
PATPDISP
Pataskala PD - Dispatch
PATPTAC1
Pataskala PD - Tactical
XLF-TAC
Toledo LifeFlight Tac
XLNDPDISP
London PD Dispatch
XSO49DISP
Madison County Sheriff Dispatch
XWJPDISP
West Jefferson PD Dispatch
XWJPTAC
West Jefferson PD car-to-car/tactical
XWSUMCR
Wright State University - Mercer
Campus
XSO59DISP
Morrow Co Sheriff - Dispatch
XSO67TAC1
Portage Co Sheriff - Tac 1
XSO67TAC2
XSO67DISP
Portage Co Sheriff - Dispatch
XSO67TAC3
XSO67TAC4
CO69SCHOOL Putnum County Schools Common
X72EMS
Sandusky County EMS Dispatch
NCANTON FD North Canton FD
X AEMS-1
American EMS - Medics
X AEMS-?
American EMS - Medics
X AEMS-?
American EMS - Ambulettes ?
X83TELECOM Warren County Telecom
XCO84ENG
Washington County Engineer
OSP PATCH
OSP Patch - Old MARCS to New
MARCS-IP
ODOTMAIN
ODOT Main
ODOT-MTC
ODOT Maintenance
ESCORT-1
ODOT Oversized Load Escort 1
ESCORT-2
ODOT-AIR
ODOT Air Operations
ESCORT-3
D06-MAIN
ODOT District 6 Main
D08-MAIN
ODOT District 8 Main
CHJCF-1
Cuyahoga Hills JCF
CVJCF-1
Circleville JCF
ODOT CENTRAL ODOT Central Office
D08-BUT
ODOT Butler County Operations
D08-CLI
ODOT Clinton County Operations
D07-MIA
ODOT Miami County Operations
D07-MON
ODOT Montgomery County
Operations
ODOT-ALL
All ODOT Radios
XAIREVAC
Air Evac Dispatch
XECOMM-15 Event Common 15
XSO-01
Adams County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-01
Demonstration/Temporary Use 1
XLECOMM-1 Local Event Communications 1
XSO-02
Allen County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-02
XSO-03
Ashland County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-03
XSO-04
Ashtabula County Statewide Interop
XSO-05
Athens County Statewide Interop
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XLECOMM-6
XSO-10
XSO-11
XMARCS-07
XLECOMM-7
XSO-12
XSO-13
XSO-14
XSO-15
Auglaize County Statewide Interop
Belmont County Statewide Interop
Brown County Statewide Interop
Local Event Communications 4
Butler County Statewide Interop
Carroll County Statewide Interop
Champaign County Statewide Interop
Clark County Statewide Interop
Clermont County Statewide Interop
Clinton County Statewide Interop
Columbiana County Statewide
Interop
XMARCS-08
XSO-16
Coshocton County Statewide Interop
XSO-17
Crawford County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-09
XSO-18
Cuyahoga County Statewide Interop
XSO-19
Darke County Statewide Interop
XSO-20
Defiance County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-10
XSO-21
Delaware County Statewide Interop
XSO-22
Erie County Statewide Interop
XSO-23
Fairfield County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-11
XSO-24
Fayette County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-12
XSO-25
Franklin County Statewide Interop
XSO-26
Fulton County Statewide Interop
XMARCS-13
XMARCS-14
XHELPDESK Office of Information Technology
(OIT)
XSO-27
Gallia County Statewide Interop
XSO-28
Geauga County Statewide Interop
XSO-29
Greene County Statewide Interop
XSO-30
Guernsey County Statewide Interop
XSO-31
Hamilton County Statewide Interop
XSO-32
Hancock County Statewide Interop
XSO-33
Hardin County Statewide Interop
XSO-34
Harrison County Statewide Interop
XSO-35
Henry County Statewide Interop
XSO-36
Highland County Statewide Interop
XSO-37
Hocking County Statewide Interop
XSO-38
Holmes County Statewide Interop
XSO-39
Huron County Statewide Interop
XSO-40
Jackson County Statewide Interop
XSO-41
Jefferson County Statewide Interop
XSO-42
Knox County Statewide Interop
XSO-43
Lake County Statewide Interop
XSO-44
Lawrence County Statewide Interop
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XSO-55
XSO-56
XSO-57
Licking County Statewide Interop
Logan County Statewide Interop
Lorain County Statewide Interop
Lucas County Statewide Interop
Madison County Statewide Interop
Mahoning County Statewide Interop
Marion County Statewide Interop
Medina County Statewide Interop
Meigs County Statewide Interop
Mercer County Statewide Interop
Miami County Statewide Interop
Monroe County Statewide Interop
Montgomery County Statewide
Interop
XSO-58
Morgan County Statewide Interop
XSO-60
Muskingum County Statewide Interop
XSO-61
Noble County Statewide Interop
XSO-62
Ottawa County Statewide Interop
XSO-63
Paulding County Statewide Interop
XSO-64
Perry County Statewide Interop
XSO-65
Pickaway County Statewide Interop
XSO-66
Pike County Statewide Interop
XSO-67
Portage County Statewide Interop
XSO-68
Preble County Statewide Interop
XSO-69
Putnam County Statewide Interop
XSO-70
Richland County Statewide Interop
XSO-71
Ross County Statewide Interop
XSO-72
Sandusky County Statewide Interop
XSO-73
Scioto County Statewide Interop
XSO-74
Seneca County Statewide Interop
XSO-75
Shelby County Statewide Interop
XSO-76
Stark County Statewide Interop
XSO-77
Summit County Statewide Interop
XSO-78
Trumbull County Statewide Interop
XSO-79
Tuscarawas County Statewide
Interop
XSO-59
Morrow County Statewide Interop
XSO-80
Union County Statewide Interop
XSO-81
Van Wert County Statewide Interop
XSO-82
Vinton County Statewide Interop
XSO-83
Warren County Statewide Interop
XSO-84
Washington County Statewide Interop
CPL Ch3
Cleveland Public Library Ch. 3
XSO-85
Wayne County Statewide Interop
XSO-86
Williams County Statewide Interop
XSO-87
Wood County Statewide Interop
XSO-88
Wyandot County Statewide Interop
XSO-NW
County Interop - Northwest
XSO-NE
County Interop - Northeast
18MetPrkDisp Cleveland MetroParks PD - Dispatch
XSO-SE
County Interop - Southeast
XMCALL-2
Mutual Aid Calling - North
XSO-SW
County Interop - Southwest
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18MetPrkMnt
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XOFCA-1
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County Interop - Central
Event Common 13
Event Common 14
Mutual Aid Calling - South/Southwest
Event Common 16
Mutual Aid Calling - East/Southeast
Event Common 17
Mutual Aid Ops - Central/West
Event Common 18
Event Common 19
Mutual Aid Ops - North
Event Common 20
Event Common 21
Mutual Aid Ops - South/Southwest
Mutual Aid Ops - East/Southeast
Cleveland MetroParks Maintenance
State Fire Marshal Headquarters
State Fire Marshal Operations 1
Cleveland MetroParks PD - Ch. 3
Ohio Fire Chiefs Association
Ohio Fire Chiefs Association
Cleveland Metroparks PD - Interop
Cleveland Metroparks PD - Ch. 7
Ohio State Firefighters Association
Countywide Event/General Use
Common 1
Common 2
Common 3
Common 4
Common 5
Common 12
Common 6
Common 7
Common 13
Common 8
Common 9
Common 10
Common 11
Northern Border Interop TAC4
University MedEvac 1
Common 14
Common 15
Ashtabula Co Sheriff - Dispatch
Coshocton Co Sheriff Dispatch
Muskingum County Sheriff - Dispatch
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant
Greene SOIN Medical Center
Ashtabula Co EMA
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State EMA-County EMAs Regional
Ops, Northwest Ohio
59089 D XNUC-PERRY First Energy Perry Nuclear Power
Plant
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State EMA-County EMAs Regional
Ops, Central Ohio
59091 D XNWS-WILM Local Agencies to NWS Wilmington
59092 D XEMA-CONE State EMA-County EMAs Regional
Ops, Northeast Ohio
59093 D XNWS-CLEV Local Agencies to NWS Cleveland
59094 D XEMA-COSE State EMA-County EMAs Regional
Ops, Southeast Ohio
59095 D XNWS-PITT
Local Agencies to NWS Pittsburgh
59096 D XEMA-COSW State EMA-County EMAs Regional
Ops, Southwest Ohio
59097 D XNUC-BV
Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant
59098 D XNWS-CHAR Local Agencies to NWS Charleston,
WV
59099 D XNWS-NWEB Local Agencies to NWS Northern
Indiana
59685 D Lakewood FD Lakewood Fire and EMS Dispatch
59737 D XHOS-0401
Ashtabula County Medical Center
(Ashtabula)
59740 D XHOS-0402
Brown Memorial Hospital (Conneaut)
59744 D XHOS-0403
UHHS Geneva Medical Center
59749 D XHOS-0404
St Joe's Andover (Andover) ER
59818 D XHOS-7201
Fremont Memorial Hospital ER
59828 D XHOS-7203
Bellevue Hospital ER
59909 D XHOS2901
Greene Memorial Hospital ER
61001 D 25EVT-1
Countywide Events/Common 1
61002 D 25EVT-2
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Countywide Events/Common All Call
MARCS-IP Monitoring Tips:
Ohio counties are numbered in alphabetical order i.e. 01
Adams County, 02 Allen County, 03 Ashland County and
so on. There are 88 counties in Ohio.
With original MARCS radios were assigned as users
joined the system on a first come, first served basis. With
MARCS-IP Radio Identifications are numbered by county
and agency. RIDs are seven digits with the first two
numbers representing the county number. Thus for
example a Clark County assigned radio will show 12xxxxx.
This helps greatly in narrowing down who is using an
unidentified talkgroup. State agencies appear to be using
93xxxxx RIDs.
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is finally
leaving 47 MHz behind and migrating to MARCS-IP,
radios are being installed in all ODOT vehicles as I write
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this and the agency hopes to be fully migrated by the end
of summer. ODOT was the last holdover of VHF Low
Band in The State of Ohio. Once they have completed the
switchover there will be very little VHF Low Band left to
listen to in the Buckeye State.
Some of the simulcast sites such as Greene County are
subject to the Digital Simulcast Distortion that plagues
many simulcast P-25 systems. Some workarounds are to
try a yagi antenna pointed at the nearest tower or
attenuate the signal being received. Sometimes it just
takes finding the “sweet spot” in your residence to
minimize the effects.
The 155.070 is the old Brookville Police VHF and, the last
time I checked, was still licensed on Brookville's KQE878
callsign.
As far as I know Farmersville (KQG229) and New
Lebanon (KQG235) are still licensed on 154.190 MHz.,
even though neighboring Darke and Preble Counties use
this only as a tactical channel.
Here are the talk groups (on the Montgomery County
TRS) for the 800 MHz. capable departments:
12368
Englewood/Union/Brookville Dispatch (simulcast
158.925 and 155.070)
Englewood/Union/Brookville Operations 72
Englewood/Union/Brookville Medic Operations
7A
Englewood/Union Training
Englewood/Union Admin.
Brookville Operations/Admin.
Brookville Training
The original MARCS system is expected to continue into
mid-2015, before all traffic is converted to MARCS-IP.
New talk groups are popping up on a daily basis. Grab
your scanner and let us know what you are catching.
6416
9616
3472
3504
13008
MONTGOMERY CO. OHIO
12400
13712
13776
13744
Welcome to the Montgomery County, Ohio column.
Here is the apparatus/station layout:
First, I'm going to finish up the Englewood Dispatch
Center for fire and EMS. The dispatch center is located in
the Englewood Government Center at 333 West National
Road in Englewood, Ohio. For fire/EMS, they dispatch
Brookville FD/EMS, Englewood FD/EMS, Farmersville
FD/EMS, New Lebanon FD/EMS and Union FD/EMS.
Farmersville FD/EMS - Sta. #67 - 207 N. Elm St.,
Farmersville
It's interesting to note that Farmersville FD/EMS and New
Lebanon FD/EMS are the only two fire departments in
Montgomery County not on an 800 MHz. trunk system,
and have never been on 800 MHz. This has been due to
the expense of said system. Also, the old Brookville
Dispatch Center, which had also dispatched New Lebanon
and Farmersville, ceased operations and joined the
Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center until the
expense, a few years later, forced them to contract with
Englewood. New Lebanon and Farmersville went
immediately to Englewood when Brookville went to the
county center.
New Lebanon FD/EMS - Sta. #69 - 115 S. Clayton Rd.,
New Lebanon
Ken Williams
PO Box 24
Arcanum, OH 45304-0024
kennth.williams72@gmail.com
Chief 67, Asst. Chief 67, Capt. 67-C11, Capt. 67-C21,
Capt. 67-C31, Lt. 67-L12, Lt. 67-L22, Lt. 67-L32
Engine 67-1, Engine 67-2, Brush 67, Medic 67, Rescue 67
Chief 69, Capt. 69-C1, Capt. 69-C2, Lt. 69-L1, Lt. 69-L2,
Lt. 69-L3
Engine 69-1, Engine 69-2, Brush 69, Medic 69, Medic 692, Rescue 69
Brookville FD/EMS - Sta. #76 - 21 S. Mulberry St.,
Brookville
Chief 76, Asst. Chief 76, Capt. 76-C2, Lt. 76-L3, Lt. 76-L4
Engine 76, Medic 76, Rescue 76, Utility 76 (4 x 4)
Here are their dispatch frequencies:
Brookville FD/EMS - Sta. #77 - 401 Albert Rd., Brookville
151.385 MHz. Farmersville and New Lebanon only
(also operations)
155.070 MHz. Brookville, Englewood and Union
simulcast
158.925 MHz. Brookville, Englewood, Union dispatch
The 151.385 is the old Brookville Dispatch paging channel
and, the last time I checked, was still licensed on
Brookville's KQF357 callsign.
Capt. 77-C1, Capt. 77-C3, Lt. 77-L1
Engine 77, Brush 77, Medic 77
Union FD - Sta. #81 - 109 W. Martindale Rd., Union
Union-1 (Chief)
Engine 81, Engine 81-2, Medic 81, Medic 81-2
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Englewood FD - Sta. #98 - 333 W. National Rd.,
Englewood
MILITARY
Englewood-1 (Chief), Car 2 (Asst. Chief), Car 3 (1st
Responder)
Engine 98, Engine 198, Ladder 98, Medic 98
Englewood FD - Sta. #99 - 1099 S. Union Rd., Englewood
Engine 99, Ladder 99, Medic 99, Medic 199, Trench
Rescue Trailer
Moving on, just a quick note about neighboring Darke
County:
Greenville Police Dept. has given up their UHF 460.075
MHz. repeater. They were issued this around 20 years
ago and has been incompatible with the surrounding VHF
police departments, and even the Darke County Sheriff.
They have recently gone to 151.4375 MHz.
I remember once, many years ago, when GPD got into a
pursuit and ended up 15 - 20 miles north of the city along
the Darke County-Mercer County line. This created major
communication problems as this was an "all-walkie"
system with the car radios on VHF and the portables on
UHF.
I'm sure GPD is pretty happy with this change.
See you next issue.
RAILROADS
Tom Swisher WA8PYR
5576 PATRIOT AVE.
ORIENT, OH 43146-9275
wa8pyr@yahoo.com
No Column for This Issue
ILLINOIS
Mike Dickerson
No Column for this Issue.
Daniel Myers K3NXX
823 Horsham Rd.
Horsham, Pa 19044-1209
dan@domyers.com
2014 Air Show Preview
Normally, this annual article takes a look-back review and
preview ahead. Unfortunately, 2013 was a year of military
“no shows”. For 2014, the armed services and their
planes are back in public view- albeit with a limited flight
schedule.
Starting April 1, 2013 the federal budget sequestration
grounded all military participation at all public events
including flyovers and air shows. The U.S.N. Blue Angels
and U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds did fly a few shows prior to
April and after October (fly-bys) when the new federal
fiscal year budget was enacted.
My only opportunity to see the Blue Angels in 2013 was in
December for the Army vs. Navy Game in Philadelphia.
After doing a photographic fly-past of the new World Trade
center in NYC, the team arrived at PHL Friday afternoon
in perfect weather. The following day, for their Saturday
flyover of the stadium, it was snowing heavily with poor
visibility. After taking off from PHL, the delta held over the
now shuttered NAS Willow Grove at 500 feet, making
multi-passes over my house. Watching the team fly
around in a driving snow storm was a first for me!
In 2012 and anticipation of further budget cutbacks, the Air
Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) announced [AFD111201-048.pdf] it would be reducing its single-ship (A-10
East & West, F-16 East & West, F-15E and F-22) demo
team performances. For 2014, except for the F-22 Demo
and Heritage Flight, and F-16 West Heritage Flight
performing at air shows, those single-ship demos have
been eliminated entirely. Also, all public flyovers of
U.S.A.F. aircraft will take place at air force bases only.
[USAF FY14 Outreach Memorandum 140311.pdf]
Meanwhile, at the 2013 ICAS convention, the Navy’s
Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) announced that
the navy was suspending the 2014 East and West Coast
Legacy and Super Hornets air show demonstrations. The
U.S.M.C.’s AV-8B and MV-22 will show their stuff for
2014. The Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, U.S. Army Golden
Knights, USN Leap Frogs and USAF Wings of Blue are all
expected to perform a full year show schedule. The
Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 demo will perform
a limited number of shows in the U.S.
Below are the current schedules for the U.S.A.F., U.S.
Navy, U.S.M.C. and Royal Canadian Forces air show
participation. Check their web sites for further updates.
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2014 ACC F‐16 HERITAGE FLIGHT SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/f16west/f‐
16westheritageschedule.asp Date Location Event Aircraft Date Location Event Aircraft 5 ‐ 6 April Lakeland, FL Air Show HF 1 x P‐38/1 x P‐51 Air Show HF 2 x P‐51 12 April Louisville, KY 15 ‐ 16 March Luke AFB, AZ Open HF 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐38 House 1 x F‐35 26 ‐ 27 April Barksdale AFB, Open LA House HF 1 x P‐51 26‐27 April Barksdale AFB, LA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 3 ‐ 4 May Chino, CA HF 1 x P‐51 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐
38 3‐4 May Travis AFB, CA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 10 May Holloman AFB, Open NM House HF 1 x P‐51/1 x P‐47 10‐11 May JB McGuire‐Dix‐
Lakehurst, NJ Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 17 ‐ 18 May North Kingstown, RI HF 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐51 31 May ‐ 1 Jun Fairchild AFB, WA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 30 May ‐ 1 June Virginia Beach, Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 VA 28‐29 Jun Hill AFB, UT Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 5 ‐ 6 July Traverse City, MI Air Show HF 2 x P‐51 6‐7 Sept Selfridge ANGB, MI Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 19 ‐ 20 July Offutt AFB, NE Open House HF 1 x P‐38 13‐14 Sept Altus AFB, OK Open HF 1 x 51 or P‐47 House 26 ‐ 27 July JB Elmendorf‐
Richardson, AK Open House HF 2 x P‐51 Last Updated on 7 Apr 2014 2014 ACC PUBLIC STATIC DISPLAY AND FLYOVER SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/flyoverevents.asp Date Location Event Static Aircraft 9 ‐ 10 August Davenport, IA Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 15 ‐ 17 August Chicago, IL Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 23 ‐ 24 August Duluth, MN Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 Sacramento, CA Air Show HF 1 x P‐51/P‐38 or F‐86 Flyover Aircraft
10 ‐ 14 Sept Reno. NV Air Show HF 3 x F‐86 20 ‐ 21 Sept Hillsboro, OR Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 27 ‐ 28 Sept JB Pearl Harbor‐ Open Hickam, HI House HF TBD 25 ‐ 26 Oct NAS Open Jacksonville, FL House HF 1 x P‐51 1 ‐ 2 Nov Stuart, FL Air Show HF1 x P‐51 8 Nov Nellis AFB, NV Open House 26‐27 Apr Barksdale AFB, LA 3‐4 May 1 x F‐15E Open 1 x U‐2 House 1 x T‐38 1 x MC‐12 Open 1 x F‐15E House 9‐12 May Holloman AFB, NM Open House 6 ‐ 7 Sept Open 1 x TC‐135 House Travis AFB, CA Air Show Last Updated on 16 Apr 2014
2014 ACC F‐22 DEMO SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/f22a/f‐
22demoschedule.asp Last Updated on 7 Apr 2014
AV‐8B Harrier and MV‐22 Osprey Flight Demonstration Schedule http://community.marines.mil/community/Pages/AerialS
upport.aspx DATE EVENT LOCATION 15‐16 May 24‐25 May 30 May Luke AFB Airshow Luke AFB, AZ DEMO TYPE MV‐22 Jones Beach Airshow Wantagh, NY MV‐22
Virginia Beach Patriotic Festival & Airshow Ocean City Airshow Virginia Beach, VA MV‐22
Ocean City, MD AV‐8B Rhode Island National Guard Open North Kingstown, RI MV‐22 14‐15 June 28 June SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67
HF 2 x F‐86 PAGE 16
28 June 18‐20 July 28 July – 3 Aug 13 August 14‐17 Aug 6‐7 Sep 16 Sep 31 Oct – 2 Nov 1‐2 Nov 7‐9 Nov 26‐27 Apr 11‐13 Jul House Dayton Airshow Oregon International Airshow EAA Airventure Dayton, OH Hillsboro, OR AV‐8B AV‐8B Oshkosh, WI MV‐22 Atlantic City Airshow Atlantic City, NJ AV‐8B 56th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show California Capital Airshow Wings Over Wine Country Airshow Stuart Airshow Chicago, IL MV‐22 Sacramento, CA AV‐8B Santa Rose, CA MV‐22 Stuart, FL AV‐8B Houston, TX NAS Pensacola, FL MV‐22 MV‐22 Bossier City, LA AV‐8B Gary, IN AV‐8B Wings Over Houston NAS Pensacola Airshow Defenders of Liberty Gary’s South Shore Airshow Jet Team Schedules
U.S. Navy Blue Angels
http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/show
USAF Thunderbirds
http://afthunderbirds.com/site/showseason/?yr=2013&month=4&dy=&cid=mini
Royal Canadian Forces Snowbirds
http://www.rcafarc.forces.gc.ca/en/snowbirds/schedule.page?
Royal Canadian Forces CF-18 Demo
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/cf-18-demoteam/schedule.page?
Parachute Team Schedules
U.S. Army Golden Knights
http://armygk.armylive.dodlive.mil/calendar
U.S. Navy Leap Frogs
http://www.leapfrogs.sealswcc.com/leap-frogs-navyparachute-team-show-schedule.aspx
USAF Wings of Blue
http://wingsofblue.com/events-2 USAF THUNDERBIRDS
141.075 Solos
235.250 Diamond
322.950 Diamond (old)
139.800 (am)
140.400 cross-country
141.850 (old)
143.850 (old)
U.S. Navy Leap Frogs
461.0375
407.500 (old)
USAF Wings of Blue
123.5000
121.250 (Falcon DZ)
143.700 (am)
216.725 (simulcast/ LPR) U.S. Army Golden Knights
216.975 (simulcast/ LPR)
123.1500
413.275 (nfm) maintenance
123.4500
413.375 (nfm) maintenance
123.4750
USN BLUE ANGELS
237.8000 (8) Solos
**
275.3500 (9) Diamond
305.9000 (10) “Fat Albert” KC-130
284.2500 (16) Delta
255.2000 (17)
346.5000 (18) Start-Up and Maintenance
289.8000 Enroute a/r
264.5500 (back-up)**
139.8125 (nfm) maintenance (b)
142.6125 (nfm) comm cart (a)
141.5625 (nfm) maintenance (c)
251.6000 (8) (old)*
305.5000 (10) (old)*
* Discrete Giant Killer frequencies.
** NAS Patuxent River tactical frequencies.
Probably won’t be used on the east coast where there
would be confliction.
USAF Wings of Blue
121.250 (Falcon DZ)
U.S. Air Force F-22 Demo
376.0250
U.S. Air Force F-16 West
384.550
U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight
122.475
122.925
136.475
136.675
136.975
Royal Canadian Forces SNOWBIRDS 116.000 Ground Flight Checks
272.100 Formation Primary
299.500 Arrival Formation
242.600 Solos-practice
246.500 Solos-practice
245.750 Formation (old)
AV-8B Harrier and MV-22 Osprey:
The USMC does not have dedicated demo pilots nor do
they have safety observers that communicate with the
pilots during their performance. The performing pilot for
the AV-8B is a Level III pilot. [see S/D/N Issue 54] The
MV-22 pilot is either the most senior pilot or the one with
the most flight experience.
You can expect both the AV-B and MV-22 to arrive with
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multiple aircraft. Generally one will be used as the demo,
one for demo back-up and one for static display. Search
for their squadron inter-plane frequencies. That frequency
will used between the demoing a/c and back-up prior to
the performance.
short trip to Palmer Massachusetts, where we switched
from CSX tracks to New England Central (NECR) tracks.
The train's crew talked to CSX dispatch on 160.6800
(CSQ).
After the change-over was completed, the crew started
working 160.7700 and continued working that frequency
until we arrived at my station in Vermont. That frequency
was also used to talk to the NECR dispatcher to obtain
clearance to the St. Albans yard. On NECR trackside
detectors were heard on 161.4150 at various locations in
Vermont and New Hampshire.
For those of you living in southwestern Vermont, you can
monitor Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express passenger train
talking to Vermont Rail System's Rutland dispatcher on
160.2900 (97.4).
The Blue Angels, at 500 feet and through the snow, depart the holding
area to fly over Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for the 2013
Army vs. Navy Game.
VERMONT
Jim Lawrence
c/o Scanner Digest
Greetings from Vermont! After an absolutely dreadful
winter, the weather has finally warmed. And for me, that
means getting out with my scanners to find out what's
new!
P-25 Rollout Continues
Two more law enforcement entities have joined the group
using P-25. Orleans County sheriff has gone 100%
encrypted on 453.7500 ($334), and Milton PD has gone
100% encrypted on 460.4000 ($893). As always, if you
hear your local law enforcement using P-25, please drop
me a line here at Scanner Digest so I can share the news
with other scanner listeners.
And that's it for this time around. As always, drop me a
line at the e-mail address above if you'd like to share what
you're listening to with our readers. Until next time, happy
listening!
AMATEUR RADIO
Amtrak's Vermonter
During the middle of April, I took a trip on Amtrak's
"Vermonter" between New York City's Penn Station and
my home in Vermont. I brought my scanner along to
monitor on-board activity of the crew to see what
frequencies they were using and how the crew used
radios to coordinate the movement of the train.
At Penn Station, our crew announced our departure on
161.0100 (146.2). I heard nothing more from our crew until
we reached Stamford, CT, where they were using
160.5450 (CSQ). They continued to use that frequency
until we arrived in New Haven, CT. After switching from an
electric engine to a diesel one and switching crews, we
continued north from New Haven into Massachusetts and
the crew used 160.9200 (146.2) for on-board coordination.
Amtrak police were heard at several locations throughout
Connecticut using 161.2950 with various CTCSS tones.
In Springfield, Massachusetts, we changed crews again
and as we left the station, one member of the crew told
the others to "go to CSX", which turned out to be
160.8000 (CSQ). The crew used that frequency during the
Robert Gulley AK3Q
ak3q@ak3q.com
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a continual problem
for radio reception, and it can be a real nuisance. Worse,
we might be the source of interference for others! While I
will mention our responsibilities for not creating
interference later, mostly I will cover things that may cause
interference for us. I will start by talking a bit about why we
are fighting this issue when we are supposed to be
protected from it as licensed operators.
There are real concerns over broad spectrum interference
and how such issues are being dealt with (or ignored).
Two common assumptions are typically presented in such
discussions: either the needs of the many outweigh the
needs of the few, or the agencies responsible for
tracking/enforcing RFI infractions simply “do not want to
upset the apple cart.”
A more cynical person might say “follow the money” as an
explanation of why problem technologies exist, and no
doubt there is some of that in any industry/field. There
may indeed be valid reasons why complaints are not
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investigated or companies are not required to pass regular
checks of their consumer products.
In the medical industry, for example, problems with less
than 1 or 2% probability are not included in drug reaction
warnings. No problem unless you happen to be in the 1 or
2%! The same is true in most any field.
“The Greater Good”
As to the former reason given for why problems are not
acted upon more vigorously, there is the belief by some
that the “greater good” should be served, and that
concerns by a small minority of people must be weighed in
the balance. Broadband over power lines is usually
argued this way.
If tens or hundreds of thousands of people can get
Internet services where traditional sources are too cost
prohibitive, then BPL interference to a few hundred (or a
few thousand) amateur radio operators can be ignored (or
so the argument goes).
Some might argue the same point when it comes to
plasma TVs—the advancement of the technology and the
market share they represent are positive factors
outweighing the interference they cause. -- Having
watched a number of videos showing the noise level
generated by this type of electrical device, it is hard to see
how this can be justified.
No doubt there is far more interference being caused to all
kinds of RF equipment than just HF radio! (For a sample
of interesting interference videos follow this link:
http://hamradionation.com/browse_vidfeeders.php?tag=int
erference+plasma+tv
Several possible solutions might involve alerting interested
parties to the interference these devices cause, such as
AM radio stations or emergency/public service agencies.
Shortwave broadcast stations might also be interested as
each listener becomes more important in an evershrinking marketplace.
Sources
RFI can be a real nuisance, and sometimes the source is
quite unexpected. Almost any electrical device can cause
interference; the question is the same for any device—can
it be shielded or can the noise be effectively minimized.
Modern convenience items are the worst offenders:
--plasma TVs; light switch dimmers; wall warts of
almost any type; power supplies
-- cell phones, routers, wireless devices of all
kinds
--computers, monitors, cordless and corded mice
and keyboards; inexpensive electrical devices of
almost any kind can be troublesome
-- vacuum cleaners, alarm systems, remote
control cameras, and almost any small appliance
-- large appliances are common culprits as well,
as are the furnace/ac unit; modern water heaters,
heat pumps, and the list goes on.
When the interference is something like a neighbor’s
plasma TV you may not be able to do much about it.
Fortunately interference is something which often can be
fixed over time or with some experimentation, even if it
means sacrificing a bit of convenience, such as shutting
down your computer or TV system while you enjoy the
radio hobby.
Identifying Sources
A pocket AM radio with a fresh set of batteries can reveal
a lot of noise sources large and small both outside in the
neighborhood and around the house as you walk around.
The actual sources in the house may come as something
of a surprise, especially from devices which appear to be
turned off! Wall warts are particularly susceptible to
producing hash, and of course we have more of these
than ever to charge or power our electronic gadgets.
The source of noise may be external, especially when
living in highly populated areas. Apartment dwellers have
had to put up with noisy neighbors since the beginning of
time, but radio enthusiasts are very likely to have (or
cause!) interference for which there may be little recourse.
Noise introduced within the building’s wiring can be quite
difficult to overcome, but so too the neighbor’s plasma TV
which stays on from 6 pm until 2 am! Finding the source of
interference into a radio is half of the battle, but once
found, may be fairly simple to overcome.
Using the AM radio method mentioned above, try to locate
sources of noise in your immediate surroundings. If the
noise is coming from wall warts unplug them or look at
replacing them with units with better shielding. Just make
sure you are replacing like-for-like—pay close attention to
output ratings as small devices are easy to overload.
Try turning off circuit beakers in the house either one by
one or all at once and then turn them back on one at a
time to find the offending circuits. Just keep in mind what
devices are connected to what circuits, and that you may
have to reset some clocks or appliances when power is
restored.
If you have an alternate power source to run your radio
see what happens when everything is turned off—the
results may surprise you! As you turn circuits back on you
should be able to isolate the problem sources, and from
there determine how best to deal with them.
Replace dimmer controls with standard light switches, or if
you just must have a dimmer control, see if there are
better units available or if shielding is possible. Small
appliances may need to be unplugged if they produce
noise, and the same goes for larger electrical appliances.
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Sometimes moving plugs to a different outlet can eliminate
a noise problem, such as separating the computer or TV
from the same wiring that feeds your radio room. Power
strips can be offenders as well, especially when switching
power supplies or wall warts are plugged in to them.
Some cable boxes, DVD players, and TVs may have
power-down modes which leave some circuitry on even
when “power” is off. This is usually to keep timers going or
displays working to show the status of the device.
If you find noise is still present when everything is turned
off in the normal manner, try unplugging devices from the
wall one by one to find the offender. Just keep in mind
DVRs and cable boxes cannot record your favorite shows
when unplugged from the wall!
Ferrite Beads and Toroid Cores
Ferrite is a substance which can really help reduce or
eliminate RFI along power cords, speaker wires, mouse
cables and video inputs. By placing one or more ferrite
beads around a cable, often the offending interference can
be stopped. (This is useful if you find your computer
speakers are making horrendous noises as you transmit
on your amateur rig. You may need to put beads on the
speaker wires and the power cable, or you may need
several).
Some ferrite beads come in a housing which allows them
to be separated and then fitted over a cord and snapped
in place. Ferrite cores are designed so that wires may be
wrapped around them multiple times, with each turn acting
like an additional bead.
If beads and toroid cores are not enough, another device
which may be worth a look is an AC line RFI filter. There
are various styles to handle noise and transients and
surges for individual lines as well whole-house filters.
There are also units designed to work as power strips for
computers, stereo and TV equipment. (While these can
work well for line noise in many cases, they will not do
anything for interference caused by a plasma TV. The
source of the noise is the plasma technology itself, not the
electronics.)
Some interference is generated within the power lines, but
some is radiated and picked up by sensitive radio gear or
along antenna lines. Move the rig as far away from the
source of noise as possible, and do the same with your
antenna system if possible. Ferrite beads or cores can
also help isolate RF or other electrical noise coming in
from the antenna, and do not neglect checking your
radio/antenna system for loose connections or frayed
wires.
Sometimes the noise comes from out of the house. Power
company equipment can cause problems, particularly
arcing pole wires and transformers. Using your AM radio,
locate the problem transformer by walking around the
neighborhood (in good weather!). Report the situation to
the power company and keep on them, politely, until you
get action
Watch Over Your Station!
Although every amateur operator has a vested interest in
identifying, controlling, and eliminating man-made sources
of noise, we should all remember that noise is a reciprocal
issue.
Using the lowest power we can to get out signals heard is
a good start. Having well-made equipment, testing it, and
fixing problems right away is the responsible thing to do.
We should also go to great lengths to ensure that our
stations and test benches are not noise sources relative to
any other devices able to pick up RF energy. The less we
tolerate noise and interference that might emerge from our
own equipment, the more justified we are in insisting that
other interests do likewise.
In the end, however, some folks are condemned to live in
areas where noise is beyond control; this is where
operating skill comes in. Antenna choice, feed system
choice, filtration, noise cancellers, noise blankers, and
operator skills can go a long way toward reducing
currently unlivable noise to a mere constant irritation
ARRL Resource Page for RFI
http://www.arrl.org/radio-frequency-interference-rfi
Sounds of RFI
http://www.arrl.org/sounds-of-rfi
Keep in mind sometimes the biggest noise offender can
be the power supply you are using for your radio! While
linear power supplies are usually very quiet, switching
power supplies can generate a lot of noise. Their lighter
weight and smaller footprint sometimes come with a price.
Of course not all switching power supplies produce
interference—just do not assume your radio power is
clean; check it for noise like any other piece of electrical
equipment in the house. Sometimes noise/interference
can be minimized by moving your equipment to another
room or even just another outlet.
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WASHINGTON DC REGIONAL
David Schoenberger
davidschoenberger@gmail.com
For this issue, I’ll review what’s in use at Nationals Park,
as well as some significant changes to George Mason
University’s radio system.
With spring comes another season of Washington
Nationals baseball at Nationals Park. There are many
agencies to monitor at the stadium. Metropolitan Police
use at least one talkgroup when there’s a ballgame, but
nearly all of their talkgroups are encrypted. DC Fire
usually uses talkgroup 2096 on the city’s Project 16
system. DCFD has also used 852.4875 [156.7] and
852.7625 [156.7] in the past. Stadium personnel use
several DMR UHF repeater and simplex frequencies. To
monitor these, one needs either a properly-programmed
DMR radio, or a program like DSD or DSD+ to listen to the
audio. There are a few analog frequencies in use,
however. CSC Event Staff (sort of a private security/crowd
control company) uses a repeater on 464.7500 [233.6].
CSC has also used simplex on 461.1375 [ d152],
461.3875 [ d152], and 461.4375 [ d152]. Nationals Park
staff uses 463.6625 [ d431] for what sounds like seating.
Technicians coordinating the fireworks displays use
464.5500 [167.9]. (This frequency may be used by the
same company for fireworks displays in other locations.)
George Mason University in Fairfax looks like it’s on the
verge of a major radio overhaul. The school has added
five repeaters (to supplement two existing ones) to one of
their licenses, and has changed the license type from
conventional to trunked. The emission designators are
analog, so they may be planning an LTR system. The
school also was recently licensed for another analog twochannel trunked system for “security for emergency
shelter.” George Mason Police use repeaters on 855.7125
[107.2] and 855.4875 [107.2]; it’s unknown if they will keep
these channels, or migrate to one of these new trunked
systems. The Patriot Center uses several analog UHF
simplex frequencies; they are covered under a separate
license.
Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to check out George Mason’s
new frequencies soon. If so, I’ll have a report for a future
Scanner Digest column.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Frank Speicher K3FS
http://www.pghscanner.com
k3fs@verizon.net
Allegheny County continues to move departments from
VHF to UHF and realign some of the UHF frequencies to
make this work. Most recently departments in the North
Boros area had been moved to UHF. The police
departments had made the change from their VHF
frequencies to UHF last year. Just recently the fire
departments have done the same. The old dispatch
frequency of 154.220 is still active with a simulcast of the
dispatch. This likely will be eliminated at some point. All
fire department and QRS tones were also changed. The
police departments were on 494.4412 and this was
simulcast with 495.0125. The simulcast is no longer being
utilized. The police have remained on 495.0125 now with
PL 186.2. 494.4125 now is using PL 179.9, and is now
being used ads Quaker Valley Public Safety. Public Safety
channels are meant to be a catchall type of channel. They
can be utilized as a channel for police departments to
move to should their main frequency be closed for an
incident that requires sole use of the frequency. Public
Safety channels have also been used as an operations
channel for fire departments if their primary operations
channel is already busy with a working incident. One of
the main purposes of them is to serve for a common
channel that all agencies (police, fire, and ems) that are
responding to an incident can use. This is commonly done
for accidents, so that fire, ems and police can
communicate directly to coordinate actions on the scene.
Ohio Twp. Fire was dispatched on 495.5125. The PL was
changed to 162.2 and this is now Fire Operat Ch. 5.
Dispatch is now on Fire Ch. 4 494.6375 PL 167.9.
Here is a table of the North System :
North
North Police - 1
471.5875
Police Department
Unit #
Aspinwall Police
2400
Blawnox Police
2500
Etna Police
2600
Hampton Police
2800
Millvale Police
3200
O'Hara Police
3300
Reserve Police
3400
Shaler Police
2100
Sharpsburg Police
3500
North Police - 2
471.8625
Police Department
Unit #
Fox Chapel Police
2700
Franklin Park Police
7400
Indiana Police
2900
McCandless Police
6100
103.5
474.5875
103.5
103.5
474.8625
103.5
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Northern Regional Police 2200
Hampton VFD
445.7
788.5
Ross Police
6200
172
2
West Deer Police
2300
Indiana - Dorseyville
VFD
321.7
422.1
746.8
746.8
West View Police
7200
Indiana - Middle Road
VFD And QRS
174
2
339.6
669.9
North Police
Operations - 3
471.6125
107.2
474.6125
107.2
Indiana - Rural Ridge
VFD
175
2
470.5
358.6
569.1
569.1
North Police
Operations - 4
471.9875
107.2
474.9875
107.7
Marshall VFD
185
2
445.7
634.5
553.9
707.3
North Police
Operations - 5
470.8125
107.2
473.8125
107.2
Millvale VFD And QRS
191
3
422.1
445.7
North Police - 10
472.0625
103.5
475.0625
107.2
Oakmont VFD
216
3
600.9
584.8
553.9
879.0
O'Hara - Pleasant Valley
217
VFD
3
445.7
339.6
879.0
879.0
O'Hara - Parkview VFD
218
3
445.7
339.6
832.5
832.5
Police Department
Unit #
Cheswick Police
1100
Harmar Police
3700
Oakmont Police
7700
Springdale Borough
Police
1600
Pine - Wexford VFD
228
2
378.6
496.8
569.1
569.1
Springdale Township
Police
1700
Reserve Township Mount Troy VFD
239
3
445.7
746.8
Verona Police
3900
240
3
North Police - 11
495.0125
Reserve Township Spring Garden VFD
470.5
470.5
707.3
688.3
Police Department
Unit #
Richland - Richland VFD 241
2
339.6
445.7
928.1
928.1
Avalon Police
7100
Bellevue Police
6900
Ross Twp - Evergreen
VFD
246
3
600.9
569.1
Ross Twp - Berkley Hills
247
VFD And QRS
3
634.5
569.1
Ross Twp - Perrysville
VFD
248
3
669.9
569.1
Ross Twp - Quaill VFD
249
3
746.8
569.1
Ross Twp - Fairview
VFD
250
3
788.5
569.1
Ross Twp - Seville VFD
251
3
832.5
569.1
Ross Twp - Keating VFD 252
3
879.0
569.1
Ross Twp - Laurel
Gardens VFD
253
3
1122.5
569.1
Ross Twp - Ross Fire
Police
254
3
707.3
569.1
Ross Twp - Ross Fire
Marshall
510
3
832.5
1092.4
Shaler - Bauerstown
VFD And QRS
259
3
422.1
569.1
Shaler - Cherry City VFD
260
And QRS
3
422.1
707.3
Shaler - Elfinwild VFD
261
3
422.1
321.7
788.5
788.5
Edgeworth Police
8600
Leetsdale Police
8400
Ohio Township Police
7500
Sewickley Borough
Police
7300
186.2
498.0125
186.2
Sewickley Heights Police 7600
North Police - 12
460.2875
Police Department
Unit #
Brackenridge Police
1500
East Deer Police
1200
Fawn Police
1300
Frazer Police
1900
Harrison Police
1400
Tarentum Police
1800
D023
465.2875
North Fire 1 - Dispatch 471.5625
103.5
Fire Department
Primary Tone A
Ops Ch.
Tone B
2
584.8
810.2
3
321.7
422.1
634.5
634.5
Shaler - Shaler Villa VFD 262
3
470.5
600.9
600.9
600.9
Shaler - Sharps Hill VFD 263
3
470.5
634.5
Shaler - Undercliff VFD
264
3
358.6
470.5
746.8
746.8
Shaler - Fire Police
325
3
378.6
928.1
669.9
669.9
Station #
Allegheny Valley VFD #1 315
Aspinwall VFD
102
474.5625
D023
103.5
Blawnox VFD
111
3
321.7
422.1
Bradford Woods VFD
115
2
321.7
422.1
669.9
669.9
Cheswick VFD
121
2
600.9
634.5
726.8
903.2
Etna VFD And QRS
149
3
422.1
832.5
Fox Chapel VFD
157
2
321.7
422.1
879.0
879.0
Hampton - Hampton
VFD
164
2
928.1
339.6
445.7
669.9
569.1
569.1
Hampton - North
165
2
669.9
788.5
Sharpsburg VFD
265
3
358.6
470.5
Springdale Boro VFD
273
2
600.9
600.9
810.2
855.5
West Deer - West Deer
#1 VFD
288
2
470.5
832.5
#2 VFD And QRS
289
2
470.5
879.0
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#3 VFD And QRS
290
West View VFD
297
2
470.5
3
524.6
669.9
879.0
McCandless - Highland
VFD
186
569.1
634.5
928.1
634.5
North Fire
Operations - 2
471.7125
103.5
474.7125
103.5
McCandless - Ingomar
VFD #2
187
569.1
746.8
North Fire Operations3
471.7625
107.2
471.7625
107.2
McCandless - Peebles
VFD
188
569.1
569.1
879.0
832.5
North Fire
Dispatch - 4
494.6375
167.9
467.6375
167.9
North Fire - Fire Tac 1
453.9375
82.5
453.9375
82.5
North Fire - Fire Tac 2
458.3125
97.4
458.3125
97.4
North EMS - 1
471.8375
103.5
474.8375
103.5
EMS Agency
Station #
Tone A
Tone B
Fire Department
Station #
Primary Tone A
Ops Ch.
Tone B
Aleppo VFD
101
5
907.2
1153.4
Avalon VFD
103
5
907.2
1185.2
Foxwall EMS
140
617.4
399.8
634.5
634.5
Bellevue VFD
108
5
907.2
1217.8
Guardian Angel
970
669,9
1357.6
Bellevue VFD QRS
108
West
EMS
952.5
1357.5
Hampton EMS
145
398.1
688.3
Bellevue Fire Marshal
507
5
907.2
1285.8
Lower Valley EMS
150
399.8
928.1
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
131
634.5
1357.6
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
132
634.5
1395.0
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
134
634.5
1433.4
136
634.5
1357.6
137
634.5
1395.0
138
634.5
1395.0
O'Hara Twp - Parkview
EMS
180
524.6
600..9
Richland EMS
Ben Avon VFD
109
5
907.2
1321.2
Emsworth VFD
148
5
907.2
1357.6
Leetsdale VFD
309
5
953.7
1185.2
Neville Island VFD
205
5
907.2
1395.0
Ohio Township VFD
220
5
907.2
1433.4
Sewickley - Cochran
Hose Company
258
5
952.5
1153.4
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
North Fire Ops - 5
495.5125
162.2
498.5125
162.2
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
Stations
460.162
D025
5
465.1625
McCandless Franklin
Park EMS
North Fire 6 (Allegheny Valley)
Fire / EMS Department Station #
Tone A
Tone B
Brackenridge - Pioneer
Hose Fire And EMS
112
651.9
651.9
810.2
903.2
East Deer Fire
134
651.9
651.9
767.3
688.3
East Deer EMS
125
651.9
726.8
Fawn Twp - Fawn #1
VFD
150
634.5
634.5
569.1
669.9
Fawn Twp - Fawn #2
VFD
151
600.9
600.9
788.5
707.3
Frazer - Frazer #1 VFD
159
617.4
688.3
Frazer - Frazer #2 VFD
160
617.4
810.2
Harrison Twp - Citizens
Hose #2 EMS
110
1465.0
1287.0
Harrison Twp - Citizens
Hose #2 VFD
167
1465.0
1465.0
1130.0
1287.0
Harrison Twp - Hill Top
VFD
168
Harrison Twp - Harrison
Hills #4 VFD
169
Harrison Twp - Harrison
Twp Fire Police
520
Tarentum - Highland
Hose Co.
280
553.9
553.9
903.2
810.2
Tarentum - Eureka Fire
281
584.8
553.9
553.9
810.2
Tarentum - Summit Hose
282
Co
584.8
584.8
688.3
767.4
North Fire 7 - (North
Park Fire)
D606
499.5875
496.5875
1465.0
1465.0
871.0
1036.0
Fire Department
Station #
Tone A
Tone B
Franklin Park VFD
158
669.9
832.5
D606
260
399.8
746.8
Ross Twp - Berkley Hills
247
VFD QRS
600.9
1321.2
Ross West View EMS
211
600.9
1122.5
Ross West View EMS
212
600.9
1153.4
Ross West View EMS
214
600.9
1153.4
Ross West View EMS
217
600.9
1122.5
Seneca Area EMS
160
399.8
399.8
600.9
788.5
Shaler EMS
170
399.8
832.5
UPMC St. Margaret
Paramedic Response
265
496.8
600.9
West Deer EMS
240
399.8
879.0
North EMS - 3
471.8875
107.2
474.8875
107.2
North EMS Ch. 4
458.1875
UNK
458.1875
UNK
North EMA
472.0375
103.5
475.0375
103.5
Quaker Valley Public
Safety
494.4125
179.9
497.4125
179.9
Someone had emailed me about some changes and
corrections for Washington County. Bentworth Ambulance
had gone out of service. Their base and assets were
bought by Fort. Cherry EMS. Bentworth EMS had a base
located in Bentleyville. Fort Cherry EMS had met with
Bentleyville, and was named the responding EMS agency
for Bentlyville. The Bentleyville station is now known as
Medic1100. Even though it is Medic 1100 the units will still
be Fort Cherry units and will respond with a 7200 unit
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number. Fort Cherry also has a base in Houston. This is
dispatched as Medic 6500. The actual responding unit will
again be a 7200 unit. Canonsburg Ambulance, Medic
6900 is to have a base in North Strabane and this will be
known as Medic 4800.
Allegheny General Hospital has a paramedic response
system that can be called when ALS assistance is
needed. Their units are Medic 943, and Medic 944. They
are dispatched when requested by the responding EMS
agency. Their response is a paramedic to provide ALS
service or an additional paramedic if patient condition
requires it.
CONNECTICUT
Keith Victor
alarmroom2000@yahoo.com
Column Editor Wanted
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Marathon 2014 - I saw 4 Blackhawks flying over
my hometown before the race. I have never seen that
many Blackhawks at once in my entire life IIRC. Ops were
reported for Voodoo 1 flight on 46.75.
Boston FD Ch 3 and Boston FD Ch 4 have been heard
recently on the 700 MHz TRS overlay
UASI talk groups have been identified on the Zone 1 of
the MSP TRS
168.1125 might be a new Fedcom channel - P25 traffic
has been heard on the frequency.
470.0375 seems to be carrying a mixture of P25 and
analog traffic - the analog traffic seems to be some fire
department - activity is intermittent
No Column this Issue
PHILADELPHIA METRO
Boston Marathon 2014 - CST (Civilian Support Team) ops
might use the LCPS 2 talk group on the State TRS
Peter Szerlag
zerg90@gmail.com
Welcome to the Massachusetts column.
Here are some air traffic control channels to try out.
Melrose MA radio site - 133.325 - 127.95 - 119.25 - these
might be used for very high flights that are travelling over
Boston - or they might be used as reserve channels for
other air traffic controllers
Rockdale Sector Playbook http://www.liveatc.net/forums/artccfirtracon-maps/zbwsector-10-playbook/ - this is New York, not Massachusetts
- but it gives a nice look at the use of radio channels by a
enroute sector
https://sites.google.com/site/sme2sme2/home/1972-a-wcatalog - 1972 scanner freqs for the Boston area from a
A&W Electronics store catalog - plus a few pages with
scanners and other electronic equipment
I hope you find these items enjoyable.
Take care - Peter Sz
NEW HAMPSHIRE
John Bolduc
JohnBolduc@YMail.com
No Column for this Issue
Barnstable MA radio site - 132.90 - 128.75 - 127.825
Barnstable MA radio site - channels for New York Center 135.80 - 125.925
Nantucket MA radio site - channel for New York Center 121.125
MAINE
Loren Fields
hornsmoke@gwi.net
Unknown radio site - 133.70 - US arrivals and departures
for New York Center
Boston Marathon 2014 - plane to plane on 122.750 helicopter to helicopter on 123.025 - per FAA website
Boston Marathon 2014 - media coordination might be
happening around 480 MHz with both analog and digital
channels - 481.01875 - 480.99375
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
Phil Lichtenberger
c/o Monitor Long Island, Inc.
PO Box 1642
North Massapequa, NY 11758
w2lie@w2lie.net
Sorry, No column this Issue
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CANADA
John Leonardelli - VE3IPS
ve3ips@gmail.com
Editor’s Note: Due to the expansive material, Part 2 is
presented here in Issue 67 and Part 1 ran initially in Issue 66.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial Air Ambulance Program
Provincial Airlines (PAL) is a regional airline with
headquarters at St. John's International Airport in St
John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operates
scheduled passenger, cargo, air ambulance and charter
services. PAL is the commercial arm of Provincial
Aerospace Ltd. In addition to its head office, it also has
offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Stanfield
International Airport) and Goose Bay, Labrador, (CFB
Goose Bay). PAL is the largest regional airline operator in
Eastern Canada.
They use Citation 550 Medevac airplanes and their
frequency use so far has been elusive.
Medic North - Yellowknife
Aqsaqniq Airways Ltd has been selected by the
Government of Nunavut to supply air ambulance services
in the Kitikmeot Region. The service will be provided along
with Medic North Nunavut, a majority Inuit-owned
partnership between the Kitikmeot Corporation and
Advanced Medical Solutions Inc (formerly Medic North
Emergency Services Ltd).
129.275 MHz AM Mode
Northwest Territories (Nunavut)
Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North
AMS provides medical teams for all medevac missions in
the Northwest Territories. Medevac services are delivered
through business partnerships under contract with the
NWT Department of Health and Social Services. Medical
teams are provided by Advanced Medical Solutions, while
aircraft and flight crews are provided by Air Tindi in
Yellowknife and Aklak Air in Inuvik.
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Ontario
Ornge
Ornge provides air ambulance service and critical care
land transport services. Ornge serves more than 13 million
people over one million square kilometers of land— the
size of France, Spain and the Netherlands combined.
Every year, Ontario performs more than twice as many air
ambulance transfers as any other province. Ornge is
responsible for the transport of approximately 18,000
patients per year.
5 Sikorsky S76 helicopters
10 AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopters
The AW139 helicopters are currently also being used by
the Los Angeles Fire Department, Maryland State Police,
New Jersey State Police and Vancouver Island
Helicopters.
10 Pilatus Next Generation PC-12 airplanes
The PC-12 aircraft is used by agencies around the world,
including the RCMP. There are 71 PC-12’s being used as
air ambulances by agencies worldwide, including the
Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia, which operates
more than 20 PC-12 aircraft in some very remote areas.
129.27500
MOH Air Amb Air Ambulance Dispatch
Fixed Wing
413.68750
MOH ORNGE Air Ambulance ORNGE
There have been a lot of concerns about this operation the
past few years and more information is available at
http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/ornge.html.
That includes special chopper bikes and financial fraud.
PAGE 26
Angels of Flight Canada
Angels of Flight Canada was established in 1988 by Gail
Courneyea, a critical care registered nurse at
the Peterborough Civic Hospital for 16 years. In 1986,
Courneyea was asked to accompany a patient on an air
ambulance. She felt very uncomfortable during the 20minute flight as she was working in a foreign environment
and had a fear of flying. Determined to overcome her
fears, Courneyea received a certificate in aeromedical
care and her private pilot’s licence in the United States in
1987. She founded Angels of Flight Canada Inc. in 1988,
as no employment as a flight nurse existed in Canada at
the time.
Staff uses the digitally encrypted TELUS Mike network for
communications.
Brock Air Services
Brock Air Services operates on-demand air charter
services at Kingston Airport and Brockville Municipal
Airport. The airline provides air ambulance service under
contract with Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance).[1] The airline
also manages the Brockville airport.
Prince Edward Island
LifeFlight
LifeFlight is an air ambulance service that operates in
the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
LifeFlight is delivered under contract to the Government of
Nova Scotia's Department of Health by EMC Emergency
Medical Care Inc.. EMC Medical Care Inc. is a subsidiary
of Medavie EMS which is part of the Medavie Blue
Cross group of companies. EMC Emergency Medical
Care Inc. provides medical staff however the operation of
the helicopter is sub-contracted to CHC Helicopter
Corporation.
LifeFlight is subsidized for Nova Scotian residents and no
fees are charged to patients or sending hospitals or
agencies in that province. Prince Edward Island and New
Brunswick contract this service and may charge a fee to
PAGE 27
their residents. Fees are charged to non-Canadian
residents.
LifeFlight uses one Sikorsky S-76-A helicopter (owned
and operated by CHC Helicopter Corporation) as its
primary mode of transport and a Beechcraft King Air
200 fixed wing aircraft as its secondary mode of transport.
Skyservice operates a FBO in Toronto and Montreal and
these frequencies may be operational in Quebec as they
are a private jet operator.
129.750, 122.850 & 128.875
I have not been able to locate any frequencies.
Quebec
Skyservice Air Ambulance Inc
Skyservice Air Ambulance offers rapid and efficient global
access from bases in Montreal and Toronto. Their fleet of
five medically dedicated air ambulances that are fixed
wing.
DEC
Alpha Tag
Description
2045
EMS to RCMP Regina EMS to Regina RCMP
patch
5490
STARS 1
STARS Air Ambulance Regina
5492
STARS 2
STARS Air Ambulance Regina
5491
STARS 3
STARS Air Ambulance Saskatoon
System Name:
Provincial Public Safety
Telecommunications
Network
Location:
Provincewide, SK
County:
Provincewide
System Type:
Project 25 Phase I
System Voice:
APCO-25 Common Air Interface
Exclusive
SysID
17 (11)
Site
Name
County
017 (11) Regina 800 Regina
Freqs
851.23750
851.73750
851.98750
853.33750
853.58750a
854.33750c
19 (13)
019 (13) Saskatoon
138.16500
138.67500
Saskatoon 139.03500c
139.12500a
139.14000
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Air Ambulance
Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) is based out
of Calgary, Alberta
Yukon
Alkan Air is the dedicated Air Ambulance provider for the
Yukon Territory. They operate in partnership with Yukon
Emergency Medical Services to transport the sick and
injured in a timely manner.
They operate 3 aircraft configured full time for Air
Ambulance Medevac Flights. These aircraft are equipped
with medical equipment and two patient positions. They
have 3 planes that can be used: a King Air 200, 300 or
350. In addition, they can equip any one of our bush
aircraft like the Twin Otter (to assist in remote medical
evacuation).
ScannerDigest Newsletter
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publishing quarterly e-magazine containing information for the
scanner hobbyist. If it can be monitored on a scanner, we’ll
attempt to cover it from 30 to 1300 MHz and beyond!
Our purpose is to produce a newsletter to facilitate the
exchange of information pertaining to the various services
covered by a typical scanner radio. Dedicated regional column
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The Scanner Digest Newsletter is not responsible for the accuracy
or consequences incurred regarding the use of information listed
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usage makes it difficult to verify the accuracy of the information
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I have not been able to locate any dedicated air
ambulance frequencies.
I have had the luck to be able to listen to STARS while on
business trips out west and locally here at home in
Toronto the Ornge frequencies can be busy at times.
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