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F O R Y O U R I N F O R M A T I O N :
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The RCMA Journal is published by members of the RADIO COMMUNICATION MONITORS
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ASSOCIATION, Inc., Post Office Box 542, Silverado, CA 92676. Membership dues as of
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August 1, 1991 are $24 for U.S. residents. For persons in other countries, the
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following rates apply: Canada and Mexico $28; Europe, Asia & the South Pacific
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$28 (surface)/$54 (airmail). These dues are payable in U.S. funds and are subject
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to change. Information contained herein is obtained primarily from members and does
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not necessarily present the position or reflect the opinion of RCMA as a whole.
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RCMA, Inc. does not necessarily recommend or endorse products or services
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advertised herein. The publication is copyrightedÓ. Reproduction of any material
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in it is prohibited without prior written consent.
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Disclaimer
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RCMA, Inc. has non-profit incorporation status in the state of California as a club
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for scanner enthusiasts. Neither RCMA or its Journal are affiliated with,
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participate in the management of, or are responsible for, any other organization
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or publication. This includes POLICE CALL, put out by RCMA's long-time good friend,
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Gene Hughes. Queries about POLICE CALL cannot be answered by RCMA.
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RCMA welcomes paid advertising. For information on rates and mechanical
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requirements, contact Carol Ruth, RCMA Advertising Manager, Post Office Box 542,
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Silverado, California 92676.
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P U B L I C S A F E T Y
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The following columns are for reporting Public Safety and Special Emergency
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frequency information, radio system details, radio codes, dispatch areas, unit
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numbering systems, etc. for police, sheriff, fire, forestry (except USFS), fish and
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game, highway patrol, state police, prisons, prisoner work camps. local government,
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highway and street maintenance, port authority/bridge maintenance, animal control,
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ambulances, paramedics, hospitals, life guards, ski patrol, search & rescue, flood
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control, civil defense and disaster organizations. Send input and questions for
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these columns to the appropriate state Associate Editor or to the proper regional
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Public Safety Editor.
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Associated Public Safety Communications Offics, Inc.
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OFFICIAL TEN SIGNAL LISTS
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APCO states that the numbering, sequence, words or word phrasing of the
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below-listed signals may not be altered nor may the reserved signals be otherwise
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implemented except by APCO. Any user may employ signal numbers upward, beginning
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with 10-40, as needed for local dispatching. RCMA publishes this listing in support
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of APCO and their uniform dispatch code efforts. We will print other dispatch
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codes, different from the OFFICIAL APCO listing, only to assist our membership in
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furthering their monitoring hobby. We hope you find this listing useful.
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10-1 Signal weak
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10-2 Signal good
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10-3 Stop transmitting
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10-4 Affirmative (OK)
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10-5 Relay (to)
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10-6 Busy
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10-7 Out of service
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10-8 In service
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10-9 Say again
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10-10 Negative
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10-11 ( ) on duty
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10-12 Stand by (stop)
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10-13 Existing conditions
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10-14 Message/Information
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10-15 Message delivered
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10-16 Reply to message
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10-17 Enroute
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10-18 Urgent
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10-18 (In) contact
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10-20 Location
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10-21 Call ( ) by phone
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10-22 Disregard
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10-23 Arrived at scene
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10-24 Assignment completed
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10-25 Report to (Meet)
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10-26 Estimated time of arrival
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10-27 License/Permit Info
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10-28 Ownership Information
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10-29 Records check
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10-30 Danger/Caution
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10-31 Pick up
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10-32 ( ) units needed (Specify)
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10-33 Help me quick
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10-34 Time
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10-35 - 10-39 reserved for future assignment by ACPO; user option 10-40 up
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PUBLIC SAFETY - SOUTH EAST
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Robert K. Cooke ù GEnie R.COOKE5
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Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
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questions as follows: Florida,Georgia, N. Carolina,S. Carolina, Virginia and W.
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Virginia:
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Welcome to the September edition of Public Safety Southeast. The material from our
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members has slowed down a bit. I still have some survey material to present for
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this month. I would like to hear of any frequencies that you monitored in your
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travels this summer.
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FLORIDA
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AE: Randy Kerr
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From: Anonymous Contributor
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Daytona Beach Police Dept. Signals & Codes
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Signals Incident/Activity
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00.00 Armed
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01.00 DWI 01.10 Breathylyzer
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02.00 Drunkeness 02.10 Liquor Law
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03.00 Accident (hit/run) 03.01 Accident (H & R w/Inj)
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04.00 Accident (Vehicular) 04.01 Accident (Veh w/ Inj)
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04.10 Accident (Non Veh) 04.20 Accident (Pedistrian)
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04.21 Accident (Ped w/ Inj) 05.00 Homicide
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06.00 Escaped Prisoner 07.00 Accidental Death
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07.10 Natural Death 08.00 Missing Person
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10.00 Auto Theft 10.20 Auto Theft (Recovered)
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11.00 Misc Aband'd Vehicle 12.00 Traffic (Reckless Driving)
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13.00 Suspicious Vehicle 13.10 Suspicious Incident
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13.20 Suspicious Person 14.00 Police Infomation
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15.00 Special Detail 15.10 Delivering Prisoners
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16.00 Traf. (Destruct/D & V) 20.00 Sick Person (Mental)
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21.00 B & E (Attempt) 21.10 B & E (Business)
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21.20 B & E (Residence) 21.30 B & E (Motel)
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21.40 B & E (School) 21.50 B & E (Church)
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21.60 B & E (Safe ) 22.00 Disturbance
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22.10 Disorderly Conduct 22.20 Off Against Family
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22.30 Off Against Children 23.00 Ck Hitchiker/Ped/Sleeper
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24.00 Robbery 24.10 Robbery (Strong Arm)
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24.20 Robbery (Attempt) 24.30 Larceny (Purse Snatch)
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25.00 Fire 25.10 Fire/Brush
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25.20 Fire/Vehicle 25.30 Fire/Business
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25.40 Fire/Other 25.50 Arson
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27.00 Prowler 27.10 Trespassing
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30.00 Misc(Bomb Threat) 31.00 Narcotics
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32.00 Fraud (All Other) 32.10 Fraud (Worthless Checks)
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32.20 Fraud Flim Flam 32.30 Forgery
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32.40 Blackmail 32.50 Embezzlement
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32.60 Extortion 33.00 Assault & Battery
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33.10 A & B (Firearm) 33.20 A & B (Knife/Cut Instrum)
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33.30 A & B (Oth. Danger Weap) 33.40 A & B (Hands/Feet)
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34.00 Rape 34.10 Sex Offense
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34.20 Prostitution 35.00 Larceny (Car Break)
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36.00 Weapons Complaint 37.00 Suicide
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37.100 Suicide Attempt 38.00 Gambling
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39.00 Juvenille Complaint 40.00 Vandalism
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40.10 Destr of City Prop 41.00 Obscene Phone Call
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41.10 Misc (Threats) 42.00 Civil Complaint
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43.00 Grand Larceny (Other) 43.10 Petty Larceny (Other)
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43.20 Larceny (Auto Acc.) 43.30 Larceny (Bicycle)
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43.40 Larceny (Boat/Boat Part.)43.50 Larceny (Fr Vend Mach.)
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43.60 Larceny (Jewelry) 43.70 Larceny (Pocketpicking)
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43.80 Larceny (Shoplifting) 43.90 Failure to Pay (All)
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44.00 Kidnapping 45.00 Phone Call (All)
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46.00 Meals 46.10 Rest Stop
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46.20 Report Writing 46.30 Follow Up Invest.
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46.40 Surveillance 47.00 At Station
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47.10 Gassing 48.00 City Yards
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48.10 Firing Range 48.20 K-9 Training
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48.30 Training 49.00 Pick up Partner
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50.00 Traffic/Stops 50.40 Traffic/All Others
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70.00 Traffic (Signal Out/Off) 72.00 Traffic (Ill. Parking)
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73.00 Traffic (Post/Dir Traffic74.00 Traffic/Radar
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75.00 Bus Ck/Routine excpt Bars75.10 Res Ck/ Routine
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75.20 Bar Ck/Routine 75.30 Ven. Ck/ Routine
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75.50 Ck Abandoned Bldg. 76.00 Misc (Escort)
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80.00 Towed Vehicle 81.00 Misc(Alarm Sounding)
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81.10 Alarm Ck/Routine 83.00 Public Relations
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83.10 Flag Down 83.20 Assist Elderly
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84.00 Court 84.10 Assist legal Process
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85.00 Found Property 85.10 Found Animal
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85.20 Found Bicycle 85.30 Found Jewelry
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86.00 Lost Property 86.10 Lost Animal
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86.20 Lost Jewelry 87.00 Lost Child
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87.10 Found Child 88.00 Noise Complaint
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90.00 Animal Complaint 91.00 Animal Bite
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92.00 Sick Person 93.00 Emergency Message
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94.00 Pick Up 95.00 Solo (Person)
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95.10 Solo (Vehicle) 96.00 Misc(Aircraft)
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98.00 Dangerous Situation 99.00 Misc (Open Door)
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99.90 Misc(All Other)
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GEORGIA
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AE: Steve Giovanis
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Steve has not received any contributions but has answered numerous queries from out
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of state members. Please send him any info that you might have learned while
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travelling throught Georgia.
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NORTH CAROLINA
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AE: Randy Whaley,
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From: Jeff (NC-101)
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg 800 Radio Frequencies and Their Use
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856.2375 Phone Interconnect Only
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857.2375 Phone Interconnect; Overload for Public Safety
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858.2375 Public Safety
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859.2375 Public Safety
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860.2375 Public Safety
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855.4875 Phone Interconnect Only
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856.4875 Overload for Public Safety
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857.4875 Overload for Public Safety
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858.4875 Intermittent Carrier
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859.4875 Public Safety Communications
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860.4875 Unused
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855.7375 Unused
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856.7375 Overload for Public Safety
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857.7375 Overload for Public Safety
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858.7375 Used for "Control"
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859.7375 Public Safety Communications
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860.7375 Unused
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855.9875 Overload for Public Safety communications
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856.9875 Phone Interconnect
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857.9875 Public Safety Comm Control
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858.9875 Public Safety Communications
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859.9875 Unused ; Interference from neighboring system
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860.9875 Unused
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Charlotte Police Department 453 mhz frequencies:
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453.300 Channel 1
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453.500 Channel 2
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453.700 Channel 3 These Channels simulcast
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453.800 Channel 4 dispath modes on the
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453.900 Channel 5 "800" system
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453.950 Channel 6
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Mecklenburg County Police 453 mhz frequencies :
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453.450 Channel 7 Data Transmisssion on freq.
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453.750 Channel 8 now being used by coliseum sec.
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453.850 Channel 9 freq is now quiet
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Charlotte Fire Department 460 mhz Frequencies :
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460.525 Channel 1 Used enroute to call
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460.625 Channel 2 Used enroute to call
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460.550 Channel 3 Used enroute to call
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460.600 Channel 4 Used enroute to call
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460.575 Channel 5 Fire Dispatch
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465.625 Channel 6 Low power Fireground
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Some or possibly all of the communications on these channels are being simulcast
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on 800 mhz.
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Mecklenburg County Volunteer Fire Department frequencies:
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156.165 Channel 1 Fire Dispatch
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153.815 ? Repeater input to 156.165
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154.280 Channel 3 Talk-around ; Mutual Aid
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Some of these transmissions are being simulcast on the 800 mhz system.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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AE: Billy Estes
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No material was received but several inquiries, including some from our Canadian
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members, were received and answered.
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VIRGINIA
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AE: Alan Cole GEnie Mail: A.COLE1
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Via Modem: ScanVirginia BBS 804-796-6828
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Alas, we have no input again, but will give you a Hanover County profile with
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permission from the Virginia Monitoring Digest (VMD). For more information about
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VMD, write: John McColman,
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POB 34832,
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Richmond, VA 23234-0832.
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HANOVER COUNTY, VA
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155.4300 [CSQ] Sheriff F1
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156.0300 [CSQ] Sheriff F2
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158.7600R [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F1
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154.0100M [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F2
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154.2950M [203.5] Fire Mutual Aid w/Henrico County
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453.6000M [203.5] County jail
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155.0100 [203.5] Ashland Town Police
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155.8800 [203.5] Ashland Town Gov't
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HANOVER FIRE STATIONS
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1 Ashland
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2 Beaverdam
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3 East Hanover
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4 Doswell
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5 Hanover Courthouse
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6 Henry
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7 Mechanicsville
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8 Montpelier
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9 (Rockville?)
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10 Ledbetter (Hanover Airport)
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11 Farrington
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12 Black Creek
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Rescue squads are mentioned as 'pager numbers' when toned out.
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Dispatch was recently moved from 155.43 (Sheriff) to 158.76 (Fire).
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Each of the four squads also has a unique series of unit numbers.
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Agency frequencies are generally for squad business, and calls are
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not toned out here.
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SQUAD PAGER# UNIT #'s AGENCY FREQ
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Ashland 212 120's 155.295 [151.4]
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Ashcake 215 130's 155.265 [127.3]
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East Hanover 234 140's 155.265 [123.0]
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West Hanover 252 150's possibly same as Ashland
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Most if not all Sheriff's units are numbered below 100, with 100-
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119(?) being the Ashland PD. Also, the County is in the process
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of building a six tower 800 MHz GE trunked system. They expect to
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be online by the end of 1991. The frequencies are 856-860.4625 and
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856-860.7125. Below are some counties in the area immediately west
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of Hanover.
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39.4600 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff dispatch
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39.2800 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (old)
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39.3600 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
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39.5000 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
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39.5400 Louisa Co Sheriff (SIRS)
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458.4000M [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (extenders)
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155.8050R [173.8] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F1 - dispatch
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155.9550R [167.9] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F2 - UVA MedComm
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154.1150 [173.8] Louisa Co (school maintenance)
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159.0900R [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff dispatch (new)
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155.8500M [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff car/car (nothing heard)
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39.2800 [103.5] Fluvanna Co Sheriff (old)
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39.5000 Fluvanna Co (nothing heard)
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39.5400 Fluvanna Co Sheriff (SIRS)
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155.7450R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue F1
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155.9550R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue (UVA MedComm)
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39.7400 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff dispatch
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39.4200 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff (old)
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39.5000 nothing heard
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39.5400 Orange Co Sheriff (SIRS)
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33.8200 [CSQ] Orange Co Fire dispatch
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152.0075P [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad
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155.2350 [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad F2
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158.7750R [192.8] Orange Co County gov't
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155.3700R Orange Co Sheriff F1 (future)
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155.6850R Orange Co Sheriff F2 (future)
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155.8950R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F1 (future)
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155.0550R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F2 (future)
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39.7400 [100.0] Orange Town Police
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453.4000R Town of Orange (not confirmed)
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39.7400 [100.0] Gordonsville Town Police
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158.7300R [203.5] Greene Co Sheriff
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39.1800 [114.8] Greene Co Fire dispatch
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155.9250R [203.5] Greene Co Rescue Squad dispatch
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155.9550R [167.9] Greene Co Rescue Squad (UVA MedComm)
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154.1000R [162.2] Goochland Co Sheriff
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39.5400 Goochland Co Sheriff (SIRS)
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155.9400R [110.9] Goochland Co Fire/Rescue dispatch
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In lieu of no input, the following news item is offered for you cellular phone
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listeners. As I write this column on June 19th, the FBI has advised a Virginia
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Republican Party official that his presence may be required at a federal grand jury
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hearing in Norfolk on the 21st. At issue is a taped cellular phone conversation of
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Gov. Douglas Wilder, monitored in the Hampton Roads area in 1988 as the then-
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Lieutanant Governor was riding in the back of a State Police car, gloating to a
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crony about negative publicity surrounding US Senator Charles Robb.
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Robb had admitted that his office was in posession of the tape for over two years,
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but that he had neither listened to it nor divulged its contents. (a transcript had
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been mysteriously leaked to and printed by the Washington Post) Robb insists that
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the tape was made by a hobbyist and sent to him anonymously.
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Not only is the Federal Government investigating, but the State Attorney General
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has expressed an interest in prosecuting the tape's originator under Virginia's
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wiretap law, which makes the interception of telephone calls a Class 6 Felony i.e.
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up to 5 years in prison.
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Robb's staff destroyed the tape before he publicly admitted possessing it, and no
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known copies exist. See you next month.
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WEST VIRGINIA
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AE: Neil McKinney (OH-250)
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From: James (WV-027)
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155.4150 Barboursville Pol F-2 155.3850 Mason Cty E.M.S.
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154.8450 Barboursville Pol F-1 155.9800 Mason Cty Intersystem
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159.1500 Charleston P.D. 039.9600 Mason Cty Sheriff
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046.0400 Elkins E.M.S. 039.5000 Pt Pleasant PD & FD
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046.1000 Elkins Fire Dept. 039.9600 Randlolph Cty Sheriff
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155.1300 Elkins Police 039.9800 Randolph Cty Intersys
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155.3400 H.E.A.R. 155.7300 S. Charleston Police
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045.2400 Huntington E.M.S. 155.0250 St Albans P.D.
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154.2500 Huntington Fire Dept. 042.1000 WV St Police (Base)
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155.2500 Huntington Police Dept. 042.2600 WV St Police (mobile)
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155.2650 Kanawha Cty E.M.S. 155.4300 WV St Police (T-pike)
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155.1450 Kanawha Cty Fire Dept. 046.1000 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
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155.6250 Kanawha Cty Sheriff 154.2200 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
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155.2050 Mason Cty E.M.S. 039.9200 Wood Cty Sheriff
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Well, this wraps up another edition of PSSE. We will be finishing up the survey
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material in the next two issues. I'm really pleased with the response from our
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members.
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Best of Monitoring
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PS-SE Columns Available on 5.24" & 3.5" Disk
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Available for any member who would like copies of PSSE on diskette: either 5.25"
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or 3.5" format of all columns edited during my tenure. I can save these in any
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format from WP 4.2 to 5.1, Prowrite and any other major wp form. Of course, ASCII
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files are always available. I can also provide files in PK ZIP 110 or other
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compression formats if needed. Please enclose a formatted 5.25" or 3.5" diskette
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and $1 for postage.
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PUBLIC SAFETY - NORTH EAST
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Gary Saffer
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Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
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questions as follows: New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
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Maine, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia:
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Hello, and welcome to PSNE for September. We once again are lucky enough to have
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a whole pile of information this month and so I will not take up too much space
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here. I would just like to say that I will be finishing up the member surveys over
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the next couple of months since there are not too many left.
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CONNECTICUT
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AE: Stephen Repetto
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From Pete (CT-073) a list of CTCSS tones for police agencies in the State of
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Connecticut. To be able to include all of the tones I will not list the frequencies
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except when different frequencies have different tones.
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Amtrak 146.2 Ansonia 131.8
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Avon 114.8 Bloomfield 162.2
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Branford 186.2 Bridgeport 107.2
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Brookfield 203.5 Cheshire 155.310 110.9
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Cheshire 460.475 136.5 Clinton 77.0
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Connecticut State of
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151.355 114.8
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154.6425 203.5
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154.6575 203.5
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154.665 141.3
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154.6875 203.5
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154.695 141.3
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154.7025 203.5
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154.8300 141.3
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154.860 114.8
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156.210R 141.3
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159.150 141.3
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453.400R 167.9
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Coventry 45.140 141.3
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Coventry 453.5625 127.3 Danbury 110.9
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East Hampton 162.2 East Hartford 114.8
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East Haven 192.8 East Windsor 114.8
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Enfield 114.8 Fairfield 179.9
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Farmington 151.4 Granby 114.8
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Greenwich 107.2 Groton (City) 156.7
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Groton (Town) 151.4 Guilford 110.9
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Hamden 114.8 Hartford 114.8
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Ledyard 127.3 Madison 110.9
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Manchester 114.8 Meriden 103.5
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Middletown 114.8 Milford 179.9
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New Haven 110.9 New London 151.4
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New Milford 167.9 Newington 114.8
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North Branford 151.4 North Haven 94.8
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Norwalk 110.9 Norwich (Low Band) 156.7
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Norwich 155.550 136.5 Old Saybrook 179.9
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Plainfield 103.5 Putnam 141.3
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Rocky Hill 453.925 114.8 Rocky Hill 453.750 118.8
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Stonington 45.980 118.8 Stratford 114.8
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Tolland 156.7 Vernon 100.0
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Wallingford 110.9 Waterbury 114.8
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Waterford 151.4 West Haven 141.3
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Wethersfield 114.8 Willimantic 162.2
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Winchester 162.2 Windsor Locks 179.9
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Windsor 114.8 Yale University 173.8
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Area Hotline
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Eastern Ct 45.860 123.0 Hartford Area 45.860 136.5
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RAFS 1 Hotline 460.075 114.8 RAFS 2 Hotline 460.175 114.8
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SCAN Hotline 460.150 110.9 Fairfield County154.10 151.4
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That's all the room for this month. Next month the Hartford Police codes and, if
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there is room, the Middletown/Cromwell Police 10 codes.
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DELAWARE
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AE: Joseph Buday
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Delaware's three counties all use the same fire frequency as F-1, the dispatch
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frequency of 33.780. The following list does not list Fire Co. names unless they
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also use other frequencies for paging or relay.
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NEW CASTLE COUNTY KENT COUNTY
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33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp
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33.940 F-2 Fireground 33.820 F-2 Fireground
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33.680 F-3 Fireground SUSSEX COUNTY
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(also Fire Marls) 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dispatch
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33.580 F-4 Fireground 33.860 F-2 Fire Ground
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OTHER FREQUENCIES USED
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154.340 Port Penn Fire Co. 154.370, 154.445 Robbins Hose Co.
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154.400, 154.430 Blades Fire Co. 453.250 Rehoboth rebroadcst of 33.78
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453.300, 453.650 Rehoboth tac 453.900 Elsmere Fire Company
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460.575 Cranston Hgts Fire Co. 460.625 Cranston Hgts Fire Company
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460.600 Talleyville 154.965 Wilmington Fire Company
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Proposed New Castle County Fire Frequencies: 856-860.4375
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Next month I will continue Delaware Fire with a listing of Fire Station numbers.
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Keep those cards and letters coming. Come on gang, I know we have only 20 some odd
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members in Delaware, but I'm sure people in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and
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Maryland listen to DE. We have friends in different fire companies and so on who
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can give us information. Please, this is your column, send input. To date I have
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only received information from a member in Wisconsin. I have a rather extensive DE
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listing, but some of it is old or little used frequencies that I don't catch on my
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travels. Therefore I am not sure that they are in use. I need your help.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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AE: Ken Fowler
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From a member frequency survey.
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495.4375 DC Parking Enfor. F-1 495.4625 DC Parking Enfor. F-2
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497.3375 DC Parking Enfor. F-3 497.9625 DC Parking Enfo. F-4
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451.075 Pepco Power Company 154.515 Washington Post Secrty
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156.850 DC Police Marine Patrol
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DC Police boats have marine channels with the call sign of KUF- 703. DC Fire boats
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use the VHF channels as well as the new DC EMS 800 MHZ system.
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MAINE AE Position Open
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MARYLAND
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AE: WilIiam Staubs
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From John (MD-??) a profile of Cecil County.
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North East, Perryville, Rising Sun and Chesapeake City have police departments that
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are dispatched by both Maryland State Police in North East and the Cecil County
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Sheriff Office.
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Sheriff Department Local Government
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39.460 39.90 Common
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39.900 F-2 Secondary shared
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with county government
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39.940 F-1 Dispatch 46.540 Civil Defense
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154.815 Mobiles County Fire & Rescue
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453.150 County Detention Ctr 46.180 F-1 Dispatch
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Sheriff units ID with 43xx prefix 46.240
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Elkton
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46.400 F-3 Fireground
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154.830 F-2 PD Secondary 46.540 F-2 Tone Alert
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155.790 F-3 Loc Govt PD Tac. 153.830 Fire Police
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155.790 F-1 Police Dsp 462/467.975 MED Call 2
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453.450 Housing Authority 463/468.100 Paramedics w Union Hosp
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F-2 & F-1 are often simulcast
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North East
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37.100 Local Government
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Rising Sun
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39.740 Local Government
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Perry Point V.A. Hospital
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164.350 Security, Fire
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Chesapeake & Delaware Cnl State Highway Administration
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156.650 47.140 F-4 Elkton, Nottingham,
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163.00 Cecilton
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Maryland Toll Facilities
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151.040 Kennedy Highway 47.320 F-1 State wide
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156.045 Kennedy Hwy Maint. State Police
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453.975 Hatam Memorial Bridge 39.100 F-1 Statewide
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State Agencies
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39.240 F-8 Perryville, Barrack M
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31.340 F-1 Fish and Game (repeated on 151.040 and 156.045)
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31.460 F-2 Fish and Game 39.260 F-2 Mutual Aid
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31.580 Game Commission 39.400 F-12 North East, Barrack F
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31.860 Game Commission 39.840 Licensed to Conowingo,
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39.220 Marine Police - Perryville, and North East
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151.205R Dept of Natural Res. 44.740 Medevac Helicopter Dispatch
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151.355 DNR Forestry 47.660 Medevac Helicopter Medical
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151.415 DNR Parks 155.190 Mobiles
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155.775 Dist Court Elkton 155.730 High Band Repeater
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44.90 852.8125, 852.8625, 852.9625, 853.0375
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159.240 Game Wardens 853.2375, 853.3125, 853.4625, 853.5625
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159.450 853.6625, 853.7375, 853.8625, 853.9125
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463.175 Rising Sun 854.0375, 854.1125, 854.3375, 854.4625
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854.5625, 854.6625, 854.7125
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County Fire Stations
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1 Cecilton 5 Charlestown 11 Perry Pt VA Hosp
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2 Chesapeake City 6 Perryville 13 Elkton, Newark R
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3 (closed) 7 Port Deposit 14 Kenmore
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4 North East 8 Rising Sun
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Station 3 will be rebuilt at Pulaski Highway and White Hall Road in Elkton. There
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is a station 9 in Hacks Point but I have never heard it dispatched.
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Station 11 is dispatched on 164.350
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Cecil County operates 3 ALS Medic units, numbered Medic 1, Medic 2, and Medic 3.
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Medic 1 is housed in Colora and Medic 3 is housed at the sheriff HQ in Elkton.
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|
Thanks for the information John.
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MASSACHUSETTS
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|
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AE: Gary Saffer
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As of July 1st Brewster Ambulance Service has taken over the dispatch of Boston Med
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|
Flight. Although most dispatch is done by a combination of pager and telephone they
|
|
may be heard on the Brewster Ambulance Dispatch frequency of 155.175 tone 91.8.
|
|
Brewster has left the 800 Mhz trunked system that they had been using for the past
|
|
few years. Problems with coverage of the system reportedly lead to the change. The
|
|
new transmitter is reported to be located on a building in downtown Boston and has
|
|
a great signal well down into Rhode Island and up to parts of New Hampshire.
|
|
Brewster also provides the ground transport from landing sites to the hospitals for
|
|
Med Flight within the Boston area.
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NEW BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
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FREQUENCIES
|
|
482.5875 Ch 1 Main Dispatch
|
|
482.9125 Ch 2 Alternate Dispatch, Car to Car
|
|
482.3875S Ch 3 Bristol County Regional Simplex
|
|
Tone for all is 203.5
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UNITS
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10-19 Downtown MC xx Motor Cycles
|
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20-29 South End DX xx Detectives
|
|
30-39 North End Route xx Walking Beats (Days Only)
|
|
Medic 1 Downtown South End (7:00 to 19:00 only)
|
|
Medic 2 Downtown South End
|
|
Medic 3 North End
|
|
Paramedic 1 St Lukes Hospital ALS
|
|
PSxx Parking Supervisors
|
|
Units 10,20,30 are Sergeants
|
|
Medic Units are Ambulances with either EMT-A or EMT-I staffing. NBEMS is a separate
|
|
system dispatched by the PD on PD frequencies.
|
|
Paramedic 1 is an ALS non-transporting unit which responds in and around New
|
|
Bedford. Dispatched on 462.950, but is often heard on NBPD Ch. 1.
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CODES
|
|
Dispatch Disposition
|
|
4507 Out of Service 4601 Report
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|
4510 Fight in Progress 4602 Arrest No Report
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|
4514 Prowler 4603 Arrest and Report
|
|
4515 Disturbance (Type) 4604 Assisted
|
|
4516 Domestic 4605 Suppressed
|
|
4517 Meet Complainant 4605 Further Investigation
|
|
4518 Stolen Auto 4607 Civil Case
|
|
4519 Report to Station 4608 Gone on Arrival
|
|
4520 Location 4609 Unfounded
|
|
4521 Call Station 4610 Settled Between Operators
|
|
4523 Arrived 4611 False Alarm (Not Fire)
|
|
4531 Crime in Progress 4612 False Fire Alarm (Report)
|
|
4533 Emergency 4613 Warned
|
|
4543 Information Wanted 4614 Delivered
|
|
4546 Assist/Check Motorist 4615 Unable to Deliver
|
|
4550 Motor Vehicle Accident 4616 In Service Available
|
|
4551 Send Wrecker 4617 Valid Alarm
|
|
4552 Send/Assist Ambulance 4618 Directed Patrol Ended
|
|
4555 Drunk Driver OTHER CODES
|
|
4556 Drunk Disturbing 10-4 Okay
|
|
4564 Deliver Message 10-100 All Units Message
|
|
4570 Fire Alarm Code 1 Emergency Clear the Air
|
|
4578 Need Assistance Code 2 Return to Normal
|
|
4580 Investigate Break Code 3 Officer in Trouble
|
|
4590 Burglary Alarm Code 4 Use Caut Subject may be armed
|
|
4595 Bomb Scare
|
|
4599 Send Wagon
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|
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
|
AE: John R. Bolduc
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|
|
|
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid
|
|
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid consists of several towns in Grafton County N.H., and
|
|
a few towns in the Vermont counties of Calendonia and Orange. The dispatch
|
|
frequency is 154.400 with a P/L of 136.5. Littleton FD uses a repeater on 453.05
|
|
for operations after dispatch on high band. An unconfirmed and seldom referenced
|
|
fireground channel may exist on 154.295.
|
|
The Twin State signal can be heard in deep southern N.H. more often than not on a
|
|
outside antenna. This allows for some home base info gathering. Certain details
|
|
were obtained while vacationing in the area. A scanner and a VOX recorder allowed
|
|
me to scan the area without annoying my wife Debbie. However, since I can't hear
|
|
everything from here, nor vacation as often as I please, I would greatly appreciate
|
|
updates, and corrections. Data from northern N.H., including Conway would be
|
|
appreciated.
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|
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|
Town St T# Town St T#
|
|
Bath NH 1 Landaff NH 4
|
|
Lisbon NH 5 Sugar Hill NH 6
|
|
Monroe NH 7 Groton/Ryegate VT 8
|
|
Newbury VT 9 Piermont NH 10
|
|
Littleton NH 11 Franconia NH 13
|
|
Easton NH 14 Haverhill NH 40
|
|
N Haverhill VilNH 50 Woodsville Vil NH 60
|
|
Barnet VT ? Bradford VT ?
|
|
Carroll/Twin Mtn.NH ? Peacham VT ?
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NEW JERSEY
|
|
AE: Richard D. Prail
|
|
|
|
"Unsolved Mystery" At 18:00 hours daily I am now monitoring what appears to be a
|
|
test of the Harrison Fire Department on 46.480. My listings of Harrison for N.J.
|
|
and N.Y. do not include 46.480. 46.480 is the frequency of the volunteer fire
|
|
service in Parsippany NJ. Does anyone have any information on this matter?
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NEW YORK CITY
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|
|
|
AE: Phil Caruama
|
|
As promised last month, here is the member profile for Yonkers, New York from Jack
|
|
(NY-359)
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|
YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
|
|
FREQ. CH. # USE
|
|
453.475 F-1 Inquiry
|
|
453.275 F-2 Dispatch
|
|
453.925 F-3
|
|
155.310 County Hot Line
|
|
155.370 Statewide Intersystem
|
|
159.150 New License mobile only
|
|
IDs ASSIGNMENTS
|
|
Cars 10-70 Supervisors, Narcotics, Youth Services etc.
|
|
100 series 4th Precinct
|
|
200 series 3rd Precinct
|
|
300 series ???
|
|
400 series Crime Prevention
|
|
500 series 1st Precinct
|
|
600 series 2nd Precinct
|
|
800 series Traffic Division and Parking Enforcement
|
|
900 series Emergency Services
|
|
David Detectives
|
|
Sam Sergeants
|
|
Lincoln Lieutenant
|
|
Medic 1 (nontransporting) and Ambulances 1, 2, 3
|
|
Note: Some of these may have changed since a new Police Commissioner has been
|
|
hired.
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|
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|
|
CLEARING CODES 10 CODES
|
|
01 Offense/Incident Report 10-1 Call your command
|
|
02 Accident Report Taken 10-2 Proceed to your command
|
|
03 No Report needed 10-3 Call Dispatcher
|
|
04 Advice Given 10-4 OK
|
|
05 Assisted 10-5 Repeat Message
|
|
06 Canceled by Radio 10-6 Out of Service (Location)
|
|
07 Turned over to _______ 10-7 Out of Service on Assignment
|
|
08 Complied w/resumed Ptrl 10-8 Resuming Patrol
|
|
09 Gone on Arrival 10-9 See Complainant
|
|
11 Unfounded 10-10 Assist Patrol
|
|
12 Unable to Locate 10-11 Alarm of Fire
|
|
13 False Burglary Alarm 10-12 Motor Vehicle Accident No PI
|
|
14 Arst Mde/No Offnse Rpt 10-13 Motor Vehicle Accident PI
|
|
15 Court Action Advised 10-14A DOA
|
|
16 Refused to Prosecute 10-14B Mental Patient
|
|
17 Summons Issued 10-15 Reported Entry
|
|
18 Auto Towed 10-16 Stolen Car Rptd or Recovered
|
|
19 Information Recorded 10-17 Disorder
|
|
20 Notification Made 10-18 Alarm Ringing
|
|
21 Other 10-19 Traffic Violation
|
|
10-20 Report of Felony
|
|
10-21 Arrest for Felony Occupants of
|
|
Auto Dangerous - Use Caution
|
|
10-22 Investigate Occupants of Car
|
|
10-23 Situation Under Control
|
|
10-24 Bomb Threat
|
|
10-25 Unit on Scene
|
|
10-26 Money Escort/Detail
|
|
10-27 Meal
|
|
10-30 Warrant or Info Request
|
|
A) Felony Warrant on File
|
|
B) Misc. Warrant on File
|
|
C) Mtr Vehicle Warrnt on File
|
|
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|
NEW YORK STATE
|
|
AE: Joe Nooney
|
|
|
|
From Mark - NY ??, some information on the new Nassua County 800 MHZ Trunked
|
|
system. The system seems to have been paid for by the Federal Government under a
|
|
program to update county local government communications. The system is not fully
|
|
operational yet, but the current frequency plan appears to be as follows.
|
|
|
|
866.3375, 866.5875, 866.9125, 868.4250, 868.5625
|
|
|
|
Agencies that are now on the system include. County Executive, Board of
|
|
Supervisors, Department of Public Works, Department of General Services,
|
|
Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, Fire Commission (Fire Marshal and HazMat),
|
|
Department of Health. The Sheriff's Department, Correctional Center, and County
|
|
Medical Center are on 866.8375 and 867.1625. Low powered repeaters are in use on
|
|
these two frequencies. Control channels are currently 866.1875 and 867.1125. It is
|
|
expected that other county agencies will join the system including Department of
|
|
Recreation and Parks. It is also probable that as more Departments join the system
|
|
more channels will be activated.
|
|
Also in Nassua County several of the volunteer fire departments have equipped their
|
|
Chief (00) and/or First Deputy Chief (01) vehicles with Cellular Phones, primarily
|
|
for Emergency Management Communications. Some departments have also equipped their
|
|
01 and 02 vehicles with 153.830 "fireground".
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|
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|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
|
AE: Otto Schellin Jr
|
|
|
|
A member profile from Michael (PA-???) for the Horsham, PA Police Department.
|
|
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HORSHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT 506.3125
|
|
CODES
|
|
10-4 OK 10-28 Vehicle Information
|
|
10-7 Out of Service 10-29 Records Check
|
|
10-8 In Service 10-36 Time
|
|
|
|
10-9 Repeat 10-38 Vehicle Stop
|
|
10-10 Fight 10-46 Disabled Vehicle
|
|
10-11 Loose Dog 10-50 Accident
|
|
10-16 Domestic 10-55 Drunk Driver
|
|
10-17 Meet _______ 10-59 Transport
|
|
10-20 Location 10-70 Fire
|
|
10-21 Phone 10-86 Bomb Threat
|
|
10-22 Cancel 10-90 Alarm
|
|
10-23 On Location 10-99 Warrants
|
|
10-24 Assignmnt Compltd 6308 Underage Drinking
|
|
10-25 Meet 05 Burglary
|
|
10-27 Driver Information 03 Homicide
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|
Other Area Frequencies of Interest
|
|
154.310 E. Montgomery Cty FD 500.9375 Hatboro PD
|
|
460.050 Upper Moreland PD 460.025 Abington PD
|
|
501.7125 Warminster PD 460.550 Upper Dublin PD
|
|
46.040 Montgomery Cty Amb 155.610 Montgomery PD
|
|
46.100 Bucks Cty Fire & Amb 453.750 Philadelphia Co-wide Pol.
|
|
453.950 N.E. Philadelphia Police Dsp
|
|
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|
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RHODE ISLAND
|
|
AE: George Zabel III
|
|
|
|
Newport County area Public Safety Frequencies
|
|
177.730R Newport PD Ch 1 154.845 Portsmouth Police
|
|
155.685R Co. Police Network 155.415R Tiverton/Ltle Compton PDs
|
|
46.480 Newport Fire Ch 2 155.070 Jamestown Police
|
|
155.790 Middletown Police 153.950 Jamestown Fire
|
|
46.06 Nwprt Cty Fire League 46.10 Middletown Fire
|
|
46.200 Tiverton Fire
|
|
|
|
VERMONT
|
|
AE: Dan Gilman
|
|
No Input this month.
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Well, that's all the room we have; see you next month.
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þÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄþ
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PUBLIC SAFETY -GREAT LAKES
|
|
Ron Kosinski (IL-310)
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|
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
|
|
questions as follows - Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio:
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Welcome to this month's column. Labor Day weekend is at hand time for those last
|
|
summer trips before Fall. Be sure to keep your scanner tuned to those state and
|
|
county PD frequencies. They will be busy! Now, on to this month's offerings.
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OHIO
|
|
AE: Neil McKinney
|
|
Thanks to Jim, OH-237, who was the only Ohio member who had time to send us a scoop
|
|
this month.
|
|
155.730 Fostoria PD (part time scrambling)
|
|
155.100 Seneca County Sheriff
|
|
151.955 Heidelberg College security
|
|
460.575 Fostoria Fire department
|
|
Let's hear from some Ohio members!!
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INDIANA
|
|
AE: David Nugent
|
|
Input for the column has been as scarce as the raindrops. Indiana State Police's
|
|
800 trunked system should come on line next in the Terre Haute area. It was placed
|
|
up for bidding on May 3, 1991 and bidders have 30 days to reply. Word is that GE
|
|
and Motorola are submitting bids for the project. Part of the funding for this
|
|
system will be provided by Uncle Sam. The Newport Army facility located in the
|
|
district required some new communications equipment so it appears that ISP,
|
|
Vermillion County and Parke County will join the Army in this endeavor.
|
|
Vigo County Sheriff's Department has installed 2 new Motorola Centra Comm II
|
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consoles. Frequencies are 155.565 output and 158.910 input.
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That's all for this month from Indiana.
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ILLINOIS
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AE: Ted Moran
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Here's an update on the Chicago PD's citywide frequencies from our member "on the
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inside":
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460.125 citywide 1: Major auto accident and traffic details, Lincoln units, Public
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housing and transportation, special events and special Summer mobile units, Central
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detention and gang crimes, mail room, communication units and Municipal
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investigations. PL = 6a
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460.175 citywide 2: Detectives and Canine units, Deputies, labor detail, community
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service, mounted police units, Central auto theft, Internal Affairs, Vice control,
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Narcotics, crime lab, Intelligence, training division. Pl = 3z
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460.275 citywide 3: Emergency "wanted" messages, film unit, maintenance requests,
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repairs and Admin. messages. PL = 4a
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460.325 citywide 4: Human Relations, school units, Inspectors, Youth division,
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Marine units. PL = 7a
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460.350 citywide 5: Emergencies, Subway "L" units. PL = ZB
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460.250 citywide 6: Emergencies, Surveillance. PL = 5b
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460.300 citywide 7: Command channel, Phone patch, pagers and beepers. Future
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district to district coordination. PL = 3b
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460.525 citywide 8: Car to car tactical channel, low power
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A local member has notified us that those fine fellows who "install" the Denver
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boot on vehicles belonging to those with no respect for Chicago parking regulations
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can be heard on 453.825, pl unknown.
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MICHIGAN No input this month
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AE: Paul Stachowiak
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KENTUCKY no input this month
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AE: William Gourley
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WISCONSIN
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AE: Scott Miller
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County profile for this month: Barron County
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Sheriff's radio plan
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155.775 88.5 F1? repeater 155.370 cs F3? pt to pt
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155.775 88.5 F2? talkaround 155.475 cs F4? WISPERN
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Fire radio plan
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151.235 118.8 F1 Rice Lake 154.310 141.3 F5 fireground
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151.235 141.3 F2 Barron rptr 154.205 118.8 F6 Rusk Co fire
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151.235 91.5 F3 Prairie Farm 155.100 151.4 F7 Washburn Co
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154.295 cs F4 Firecom 155.340 91.5 F8 EMS
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Other freqs
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033.020 cs Lakeland PW 155.145 146.2 Chetek
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033.060 cs Almena PW 155.145 ? Vance Creek
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033.100 cs Maple Plain PW 155.175 Chetek Rescue
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154.040 Barron 155.880 Rice Lake DPW
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154.070 Bear Lake fire 156.195 088.5 Oak Grove DPW
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154.160 Turtle Lake fd 158.820 Turtle Lake LG
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154.115 Rice Lake PW 158.120 Highway repeater
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154.785 118.8 Rice Lake PD 159.615 School Districts
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155.145 Prairie Farm 453.875 D125 Dovre DPW
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Thanks to all the Wisconsin members who contributed!
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Here's an updated listing for Milwaukee PD from WI-12 & WI-46:
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460.075 141.3 F1 dist 2,5
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460.225 141.3 F2 dist 4,7
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460.350 141.3 F3 dist 3,6
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460.450 141.3 F4 dist 2,4,6
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460.150 141.3 F5 Sp events/tac
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460.025 141.3 F6 towing desk
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460.375 179.9 F7 Detectives
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460.475 179.9 F8 Detectives
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460.175 179.9 F9 car to car
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460.300 179.9 F10 car to car
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460.425 179.9 F11 car to car
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460.200 141.3 F12 Sp events
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460.275 103.5 C I D
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155.640 127.3 Tactical
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155.805 Radio Techs
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453.400 cs paging
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156.135 Tac portables
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156.150 portables
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158.850 Youth Aid
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158.910 Vice
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159.150 Youth Aid*
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460.500 131.8 Vice
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*There are plans for this frequency for fire department operations in the future.
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More on this later.
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SEE YOU NEXT MONTH IN WISCONSIN!!
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Well, that's all folks! Input was scarce this month. I'm sure most of you have
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heard a new frequency or can verify one or two that you've already seen in print.
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'Wasn't too long ago folks were saying PSGL was one of the best columns in the
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Journal. Let's not let that slip away!! Till next month . . .
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H A P P Y M O N I T O R I N G ! !
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Ron K. Il 310
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þÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄþ
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PUBLIC SAFETY - SOUTH CENTRAL
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Send Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
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questions for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and
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Tennessee to the appropriate State Editor or to:
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Ed Lentz ù GEnie - ELENTZ ù
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ALABAMA
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AE: David Beck
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Not much to report from the state of Alabama this month. I need to hear from you
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Alabama members. Look over your local frequency lists and send me a copy. From AL-?
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comes the following:
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151.010 State Hwy Construction (Flagging)
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151.050 State Highway Dept. (Main Freq.)
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151.160 Center Point Fire & Rescue
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151.235 Adamsville Police
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151.430 State Parks
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151.370 City of Fultondale (Use Unknown)
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154.585 Stakeout (Unknown agency)
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159.060 Birmingham Street Dept.
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159.105 Birmingham Traffic Engr. Dept
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453.150 Birmingham Airport Authority
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453.8125 State Dept. of Corrections
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143.210 Stakeout (Unknown agency Birmingham Area)
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(Nope, this is the correct frequency)
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Hope to see everyone in Knoxville in October.
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ARKANSAS
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AE: Peter Laws
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EXTRA! EXTRA! NW Arkansas gets EMS Helicopter! Springdale Memorial Hospital is host
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to a Medical helicopter owned by a Missouri firm. The company, Air Evac, of West
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Plains, MO, plans to offer subscriptions to local area residents. Non-subscribers
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would be billed for the service as with a ground Ambulance. The copter will be
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staffed with a Paramedic and a Nurse, as well as a pilot. The company also has
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aircraft in West Plains and Cape Girardeau, MO. Sorry, no freqs yet!
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Back to school already!! Hope everybody had a good Summer. By the time you read
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this I expect that ASP Troop L will be on the 800 MHz system. I can hear occasional
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tests as I write this (June 30). Harrison's barracks seem to be using the system
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all the time. Data is always on 860.xxxx, voice on 859.xxxx, and phone patch on
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858.xxxx. I believe this is similar Statewide.
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The various transmitter sites are connected to Little Rock via microwave links in
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the 1.8 to 2.2 GHz range. The same frequencies are being looked at by several large
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electronics firms, Apple Computer among them, for use by a new generation of
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cellular-type phones. The band is currently reserved for Public Safety use. The FCC
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is studying the proposal, and our State Police, as well as Sen. Dale Bumpers
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(D-Ark.), plan to oppose the reallocation. The state estimates added costs of up
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to $100 million (!!) if the change goes through.
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This month's list has information from Larry AR-033, and a member who wished to
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remain anonymous. J.B., AR-032's submission will be in next month's issue.
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
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Ten Codes
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CODE MEANING
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10- 1 Receiving Poorly
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10- 2 Receiving Well
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10- 3 Stop Transmitting
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10- 4 OK
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10- 5 Relay
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10- 6 Busy
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10- 7 Out Of Service
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10- 8 In Service
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10- 9 Repeat
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10-10 Out Of Service Subject to call
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10-11 Dispatching Too Rapidly
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10-12 Officials/Visitors Present
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10-13 Weather Conditions
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10-14 Convoy/Escort
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10-15 Prisoner
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10-16 Package
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10-17 Papers/Letters
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10-19 Destination
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10-20 Location
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10-21 Call by Telephone
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10-22 Disregard/Cancel
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10-23 Stand By
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10-25 Contact...
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10-28 Check Registration
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10-29 Check Wanted
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10-30 Doesn't Conform to Rules/Regs
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10-33 EMERGENCY Traffic
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10-35 Confidential Info
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10-36 Correct Time
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10-37 Who is Operator on Duty
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10-42 Home
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10-49 Traffic Check
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10-50 No Traffic
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10-63 Net Directed
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10-64 Net Clear
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10-88 Time and Phone # Where...Can be Called
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10-97 Arrived @ Scene
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10-98 Finished w/last Assignment
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10-99 Can't rec. your Signal
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(ED: Since it works out better with the size of the Journal, I've moved the
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frequency list to the end of the column.)
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MISSISSIPPI
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AE: Will McGilvray
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Mississippi monitors were in the slow scan mode this month. Frequencies and
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questions were sent to the Commercial Communications editor concerning the 800 MHz
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band.
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OKLAHOMA no input this month
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AE: Jay D. Kruckenberg
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TENNESSEE
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AE: Curtis Harbin
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Received a nice long frequency list from Frank TN-067 for the Memphis Tennessee
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area. Thanks for keeping things current Frank. Since it seems to work better, I'm
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putting the list at the end of the column.
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TEXAS
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AE: Robert Barker
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Received a nice list of frequencies from Billy TX-266 for the Fort Worth/Dallas
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area several months ago. Finally have a chance to use them. The Metroplex is a
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large area and we get very few contributions from that area and can use all we get.
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LOUISIANA
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AE: Position Open
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STATE OF: ARKANSAS
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COUNTY OF: ??
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City Agency/User Base/Mobile Comments
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Arch St. VFD 154.3550/
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Shannon Hills FD 154.1600/
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Shannon Hills PD 453.8750/
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County: Faulkner
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Conway PD 154.8750/
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Conway PD 155.4900/
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County Fire 154.3250/ "West"
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County VFD 154.3850/
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Jacksonville FD 154.4000/
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Jacksonville PD 155.3700/
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Little Rock Baptist Med. Ctr.ALL MED.CH.
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Little Rock Emer. Svcs 453.8750/
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Little Rock M.E.M.S. 462.9750/467.9750
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Little Rock M.E.M.S. 462.9500/467.9500
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Little Rock PD 453.1500/458.1500 primary
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Little Rock PD 453.2000/458.2000 secondary
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Little Rock PD 453.3000/458.3000 Vice
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Little Rock PD 453.4000/ talk-around
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N.Little Rock PD 453.2250/
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County: Saline
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Benton PD 155.0500/ TalkAround
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Benton PD 155.6400/ TalkAround
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County SO 37.3600/
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County: State
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All Hospital Net 155.2350/
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Agency City CH RPT Out RPT In Used By/For
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STATE OF: ARKANSAS
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COUNTY OF: Crittenden
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EMS West Memphis 155.1000/
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Fire Dept West Memphis 154.1750/
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Police Dept West Memphis 154.6500/
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Police Dept West Memphis 155.5500/
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STATE OF: MISSISSIPPI
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COUNTY OF: Desoto
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Burger King Southaven 457.5500/
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EMS Southaven 460.6000/
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Fire Dept Horn Lake 154.4450/
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Fire Dept Southaven 465.5750/
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Mc Donalds Southaven 35.0200/
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Police Dept Horn Lake 155.3100/
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Police Dept Southaven 153.7550/
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Police Dept Southaven 154.0850/
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Police Dept Southaven 155.4750/
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COUNTY OF: State
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Law Enforcement 155.4900/ St-wide Pol Net
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STATE OF: TEXAS
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COUNTY OF: Collin
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Police Dept Allen 154.8300
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Police Dept Mc Kinney 154.8300
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Police Dept Plano 1, 2 453.2750
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COUNTY OF: Dallas
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Careflight Dallas 131.4500
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Careflight Dallas 131.6750
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Police Dept Dallas 1 460.3250 465.3250 Ctrl & East Ptrl
|
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Police Dept Dallas 2 460.3750 465.3750 North East Ptrl
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Police Dept Dallas 3 460.5000 465.5000 South East Ptrl
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Police Dept Dallas 4 460.4250 465.4250 Southwest Ptrl
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Police Dept Dallas 5 460.0750 465.0750 Northwest Ptrl
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Police Dept Dallas 6 460.1750 465.1750 North Cntrl Ptrl
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Police Dept Dallas 7 460.2750 465.2750 Traffic
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Police Dept Dallas 8 460.1250 465.1250 Tactical
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Police Dept Dallas 9 460.0250 465.0250 NCIC Checks
|
|
Police Dept Dallas 10 460.2250 460.2250 Car To Car
|
|
Police Dept Dallas 11 460.4750 465.4750 CID/investig
|
|
Police Dept Dallas 12 460.4000 465.4000 Special Ops
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Police Dept Farmers Branch 453.9500
|
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Police Dept Grand Praire 155.9100
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Police Dept Rowlette 154.0550
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Police Dept Seagoville 155.4900
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COUNTY OF: Denton
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Skywarn County 146.9200
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COUNTY OF: Hunt
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Police Dept Greenville 155.4900
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COUNTY OF: Johnson
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EMS County 854.2125
|
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Police Dept Burleson 1 453.1000
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Police Dept Burleson 2 453.2750
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Police Dept Burleson 3 451.2750
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Police Dept Keene 154.0550
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COUNTY OF: Tarrant
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Carswell AFB Ft Worth 150.2250 Military Police
|
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Carswell AFB Ft Worth 163.5850 Security Police
|
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EMS Fort Worth 45.9600 Goldstar
|
|
EMS Fort Worth 46.0400 Goldstar
|
|
EMS Fort Worth 155.3400 Daniels
|
|
EMS Fort Worth 460.9250 Medstar Dsp
|
|
Fire Dept Fort Worth A1 460.6750 465.6750Paging
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Fire Dept Fort Worth A2 460.5500 465.5500
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Fire Dept Fort Worth A3 460.6000 465.6000Alarm Sec Ops
|
|
Fire Dept Fort Worth A4 460.6250 465.6250Paging
|
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Fire Dept Fort Worth B1 856.4375 811.4375Dispatch
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Fire Dept Fort Worth B2 857.4375 812.4375
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Fire Dept Fort Worth B3 858.4375 813.4375
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Fire Dept Fort Worth B4 859.4375 814.4375Admin.
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Fire Dept Fort Worth B5 860.4375 815.4375 EMS
|
|
Fire Dept White Settle. 45.6200
|
|
Police Dept Azle 154.0550
|
|
Police Dept Bedford 1 154.5450
|
|
Police Dept Benbrook 453.4000
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Police Dept Euless 855.2375 Dispatch
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Police Dept Euless 855.4875
|
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Police Dept Everman 1 453.4000
|
|
Police Dept Everman 2 453.9000
|
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Police Dept Flower Mound 154.0550
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Police Dept Fort Worth 1 460.0500 465.0500
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Police Dept Fort Worth 2 460.1000 465.1000 Eastside
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Police Dept Fort Worth 3 460.1500 465.1500 Southside
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Police Dept Fort Worth 4 460.2000 465.2000 Southwest
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Police Dept Fort Worth 5 460.2500 465.2500 Northside
|
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Police Dept Fort Worth 6 460.3000 465.3000 Tactical
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Police Dept H.E.B. 453.5750 Hurst/Euless/Bedford
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Police Dept Keller 453.1000
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Police Dept Lake Worth 154.7850
|
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Police Dept Lake Worth 453.3750
|
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Police Dept Lakeside 453.3750
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|
Police Dept White Settlemen154.1150
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Police/Fire Arlington 856.4875 811.4875 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 856.7125 811.7125 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 857.4875 812.4875 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 857.7125 812.7125 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 858.4875 813.4875 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 858.7125 813.7125 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 859.4875 814.4875 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 859.7125 814.7125 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 860.4875 815.4875 All City Depts
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Police/Fire Arlington 860.7125 815.7125 All City Depts
|
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Police/FD Crowley 482.0875
|
|
Police/FD Crowley 482.9875
|
|
Skywarn County 146.9400
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STATE OF: TENNESSEE
|
|
COUNTY OF: Shelby
|
|
Airport Memphis 155.7150/ Security
|
|
Baptist Hosp Memphis 155.2800/ Wing I/Wing II
|
|
Helicopter
|
|
Baptist Hosp Memphis 453.0750/ Paging
|
|
Bldg Inspect County 453.2000/
|
|
Bldg Inspect Memphis 453.9000/
|
|
Cablevision Memphis 461.5000/
|
|
Civil Defense Memphis 45.3600/
|
|
Civil Defense Memphis 153.9200/
|
|
Civil Defense Memphis 154.9950/
|
|
Civil Defense Memphis 155.8950/
|
|
Fire Dept Millington 155.0700/
|
|
Fire Dept/ Bartlett 1 154.3400/ Fire and EMS
|
|
Fire Dept/ Bartlett 2 153.7700/ Fire and EMS
|
|
Fire Dept/ Collierville 1 154.4150/
|
|
Fire Dept/ Germantown 154.0100/ Fire/EMS
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 1 453.7500/458.7500 Ambulance
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 2 453.5000/458.5000 Air Crash
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 3 453.6000/458.6000 Ambulance Dsp
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 4 453.8500/458.8500 Fire Ground
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 5 453.9500/458.9500 Fire Dispatch
|
|
Fire Dept/ Memphis 6 453.8500/453.8500 Fireground
|
|
Indepndnt Sch Memphis 158.8950/
|
|
Local Govt County 155.1450/ Animal Cntrl
|
|
Local Govt County 155.9250/ CJC Security
|
|
Local Govt County 159.2100/ Atty General
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 154.1000/ Housing Auth
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 159.1800/ Strm Sew Dept
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 453.1000/ Street Dept
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 453.2500/ Animal Cntrl
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 453.5500/ Electric Dept
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 453.6500/ Sewer Dept.
|
|
Local Govt Memphis 453.7000/ Sani/Dead Anl
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Medic Amb Memphis 155.2200/
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Cty Schools Memphis 453.0500/ Security
|
|
Memph Intntl Memphis 460.8500/ Baggage
|
|
Memph Intntl Memphis 461.4125/ Ticket
|
|
Memph Intntl Memphis 461.5875/ Fuel Trucks
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 158.8350/
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.0500/ Elec Service
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.0750/ Gas Service
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1000/ Customer Serv
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1250/ Water Service
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.1500/ Electric Serv
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|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.2500/ Gas Service
|
|
M. Light/Ga Memphis 451.6750/ Customer Serv
|
|
M. Med-com Memphis 155.2050/
|
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M. Med-com Memphis 155.3400/ Amb/Hosp
|
|
Memphis St U Memphis 154.8600/ Security
|
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Meth Hosp Memphis 461.4250/ Maintenance
|
|
Mid So EMS Memphis 155.3400/
|
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Park Com Memphis 45.6000/
|
|
Police Dept Bartlett 1 154.7250/154.7250
|
|
Police Dept Collierville 460.0500/
|
|
Police Dept Memphis 1 460.1750/465.1750 North Side
|
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Police Dept Memphis 2 460.3000/465.3000 South Side
|
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Police Dept Memphis 3 460.3250/465.3250 East Side
|
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Police Dept Memphis 4 460.0250/465.0250 West Side
|
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Police Dept Memphis 5 460.3500/465.3500 Central
|
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Police Dept Memphis 6 460.2500/465.2500 Administrative
|
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Police Dept Memphis 7 460.1250/465.1250 Administrative
|
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Police Dept Memphis 8 460.2250/465.2250 Traffic/Detect
|
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ives/DWI Unit
|
|
Police Dept Memphis 9 460.4000/465.4000 Mutl Aid Ch 9
|
|
Police Dept Memphis 10 460.5000/465.5000Mutl Aid Ch 10
|
|
Police Dept Memphis 13 460.0750/465.0750Station B Info
|
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Police Dept Millington 1 154.8750/154.8750
|
|
Radisson Htl Memphis 461.3125/
|
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Radisson Htl Memphis 461.3375/
|
|
Red Cross Memphis 47.4200/
|
|
Sheriffs Dept County 154.8000/ Narcotics
|
|
Sheriffs Dept County 155.0700/ Administration
|
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Sheriffs Dept County 155.8500/ Narcotics
|
|
Sheriffs Dept County 156.0300/ Narcotics
|
|
Sheriffs Dept County 453.7750/ Rescue
|
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Sheriffs Dept County 1 155.7900/ Fugitive/Civil
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Sheriffs Dept County 2 155.2500/ Info/Tactical
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Sheriffs Dept County 3 155.6400/ Dispatch
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TV - 3 Memphis 450.3500/
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TV - 5 Memphis 450.0500/
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TV - 5 Memphis 450.1500/ Engr
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TV - 5 Memphis 455.0500/
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TN Hwy County 158.7300/ Memphis Area
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Transit Auth Memphis 453.2250/
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Transit Auth Memphis 453.2750/
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Transit Auth Memphis 453.3250/
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Transit Auth Memphis 453.3750/
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Transit Auth Memphis 453.7250/
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Trauma Ctr Memphis 462.9500/
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U of Tenn Memphis 453.8750/ Security
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WMC 79 Memphis 450.2500/ Air Watch
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Weather Net Memphis 146.8800/
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COUNTY OF: State
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Sheriffs Net 155.3700/
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State Parks 151.1600/
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Tennessee Wildli 159.2400/
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West Tennessee P 155.9100/
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West Tennessee P 158.7750/
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PUBLIC SAFETY - NORTH CENTRAL
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Michael Redman
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Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details & questions
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for Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota to:
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Greetings, folks hope it's not too hot to monitor! Hope you have been taking that
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scanner along on those weekend outings and trips and will let us know what you have
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heard.
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The column originally intended for July appeared in August because of a mishap in
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transmission on the California end of things. My apologies for the absence of your
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favorite (?) column a couple of months ago. We all enjoy the RCMA Journal but few
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really know how much hard work, most without paid salary, goes into the best
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monitor1ng publication there is. We're human, we make mlstakes, and we're sorry for
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the inconvenience
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As some of you go back to school, either as students, teachers, or other school
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employees, remember that many school districts use radio to communicate from school
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to school and between maintenance personnel. Most districts with school buses use
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radio, and with a little in-vestigation, you can locate the frequencies in your
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school district. They can make for some interesting listenlng and, of course, our
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readers would like to know what you hear. Some of them use unique ten-codes
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and some sound very unconventional. Look in the business bands and on the VHF
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"special emergency" channels between 155.160 and 155.400 Mhz. In the St. Louis
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area, they are everywhere, from 31.00 Mhz. to UHF business band to 800 Mhz. Check
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those PL tones, too!
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IOWA
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AE: Chuck Gysi
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KENT (CA-OR-422) is planning a trip to Iowa, and Chuck has provided this
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information that may be of interest to the rest of us . . .
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155.565R Iowa State Patrol, Southeast Iowa
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155.655R Iowa State Patrol, Johnson County & Iowa City
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155.700R Iowa State Patrol, L.E.A. repeater, SE Iowa
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155.685R Iowa State Patrol, L.E.A., Iowa City area
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155.430 Iowa State Patrol, car to car
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155.505 Iowa State Patrol, radar patrols
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155.475 Iowa State Patrol, Mutual Aid
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155.445 Iowa State Patrol, investigations
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453.625 Iowa State Patrol, mobile repeaters
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458.625 Iowa State Patrol, mobile repeater handhelds
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154.370 Washington City/County fire
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154.695, 154.72S, 155.250 Washington City/County police
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155.850, 155/910 Washington City/County police mobiles
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154.130 Dubuque fire
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460.375R, 460.425R, 460.450R Dubuque police
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154.175 Dubuque County fire
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154.860, 155.310 Dubuque County Sheriff
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155.850, 155.910 Dubuque County Sheriff mobiles
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Another member who prefers to remain anonymous submits this information:
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154.400 Benton County Fire
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155.190 Benton County Sheriff
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453.325 Benton County Highway Department
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154.370 Blackhawk County Fire
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154.875 Blackhawk County Sheriff
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45.800 Blackhawk County Highway Department
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154.340 Bremer County Fire
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155.070 Bremer County Sheriff
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154.195(?) Bremer County Highway Department
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154.190 Buchanan County Fire
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154.965 Buchanan County Sheriff
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151.070 Buchanan County Highway Department
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154.340 Butler County Fire
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158.790 Butler county Sheriff
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156.165 Butler County Highway Department
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154.145 Cedar Falls Fire
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155.130 Cedar Falls Police
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154.235 Cerro Gordo County Fire
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154.740 Cerro Gordo County Sheriff
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151.070 Cerro Gordo County Highway Department
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154.310 Ch1ckasaw County Fire
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154.860 Chickasaw County Sheriff
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150.995 Chickasaw County Highway Department
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154.280 Statewide Fire Mutual Aid
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154.415 Floyd County Fire
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155.190 Floyd County Sheriff
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151.100 Floyd County Highway Department
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154.235 Franklin County Fire
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154.725 Franklin County Sheriff
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151.010 Franklin County Highway Department
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154.175 Grundy County Fire
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154.085 Grundy County Sheriff
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453.650 Erundy County Highway Department
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154.355 Hardin County Fire
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155.745 Hardin County Sheriff
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151.055 Hardin County Highway Department
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154.725 Iowa Falls Police gepartment
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155.565 Iowa State Patrol, Cedar Falls base
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155.700 Iowa State Patrol, LEA, Cedar Falls Base
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155.640 Iowa State Patrol, Des Moines base
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155.790 Iowa State Patrol, LEA, Des Moines base
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154.385 Marshall County Fire
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154.830 Marshall County Sheriff
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151.070 Marshall County Hwy Dept
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154.430 Marshalltown Fire
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156.000 Marshalltown PD
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154.130 Mason City Fire
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154.890 Mason City Police Department
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155.475 Statewide Mutual Aid
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155.370 Statewide Police Intersystem
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154.205 Taaa County Fire
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154.830 Tama County Sheriff
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156.120 Tama County Highway Department
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154.250 Waterloo Fire
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460.025 Waterloo Police Department
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KANSAS
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AE: Steve Jester
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More information on Wichita and Sedgwick County:
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155.745 Derby Police
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155.130 Wichita PD Fl, West Side
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155.430 Wichita PD F2, East Side
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156.090 Wichita PD F3, simplex car to car
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155.190 Sedgwick County Sheriff Dispatch
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154.875R Sedgwick County Sheriff F3
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460.125R Haysville Police Dept.
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154.190 Wichita Fire Dept. A, Simplex Fireground
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154.415R Wichita Fire Dept. B, Dispatch
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154.385 Sedgwick Fire Dept.
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The trunked system below will eventually replece the above:
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855.2375 Public Service autopatch
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856.4625 EMS, Fire Dispatch 1
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857.4625 Sedgwick County Sheriff, Fire Ground 1
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858.4625 Narcotics, Fire Ground 2
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859.4625 Vice, Jail
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860.4625 Homicide, local hospital radio patch
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An anonymous contributor indicates that the Shawnee County (Topeka) Sheriff's
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Department is using an 800 Mhz. system with multiple sub-fleets and phone
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interconnect. It is believed to be on a commercial shared network (SMR); any ideas?
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Shawnee County also uses 39.680, 39.800, 39.460, and 39.580/39.700. Here are aome
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additional channels:
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460.475 Topeka PD Fl 453.850 Mission Twnshp FD
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460.460 Topeka PD F2 154.340 Soldier Twnshp FD
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460.350 Topeka PD F3 154.190 Topeka Twnshp FD
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460.250 Topeka PD F4 158.745 Shawnee Co Civil Defense
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461.625 Topeka Sch Sec 155.805 Douglas Co Civil Defense
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154.430 Topeka FD 170.150 Statewide Disaster Ch
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154.295 St-wide Fire Mutual Aid
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NEBRASKA
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AE: James Hoover
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Here is a submission from Nebraska's newest member, ROD (NE-025):
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155.055 Dawson Co Road Maint
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453.6625 Lexington FD
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39.820 Tri-County Hospital
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453.7125 Lexington FD
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152.0075 Tri-County Hosp Paging
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453.7625 Lexington FD
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463.175 Heartland Amb, Med 8
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458.1125 Lexington FD
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462.950 Heartland Ambulance, Med 9
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462.975 Heartland Ambulance, Med 10
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452.700 Johnson Lake EMS
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39.980 Lexington FD
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453.1125 Lexington FD
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453.6125 Lexington FD
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MINNESOTA
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AE: Jerry Ensign
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Anoka County has a new number and city code system. Can anyone fill us in on this
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new system? 38 Baker, 35 Henry, 40 Zebra???
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Blue Earth County:
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Sheriff: 155.190, 155.760, 155.310
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Fire: 154.310, 154.295, 153.830
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Ambulance: 155.280, 461.075, 155.355, 155.385, 155.340
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Butternut: 33.820 (F2)
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Lake Crystal 155.955 (P2 and F2)
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N. Mankato: 155.310 (Pol1ce), 155.880 (F2 and LG)
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Brown County:
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Sheriff: 155.490, 155.115
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F1re: 154.445, 154.295
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Ambulance: 155.355, 155.400, 155.340
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Comfrey: 155.775 (LG & F)
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New Ulm: 154.055 (P2)
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Sleepy Eye: 453.525, 453.425 (LG & F)
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Additions and corrections requested
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SOUTH DAKOTA no input this month
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AE: Steve Keller
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NORTH DAKOTA
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AE: Rob Schmeig
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Let's have more input like the contribution last month from Duane (ND-007). We need
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more input from the western part of the state.
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MISSOURI:
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AE: Michael Redman
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Greetings and welcome to Missouri.
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The St. Louis Major Case Squad is a highly elite team of police investigators who
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respond from their multiple jurisdictions when a major crime occurs in a municipal
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venue. The unit responds in a converted motor home stored at the Florissant Police
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Departnent. Communications are primarily done on cellular phones and notification
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is by pager, but they do have some VHF high band radios on these frequencies:
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154.725 Co-ide Emergency
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155.730 State Sheriff's Net
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155.475 Mutual Aid
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155.055 Illinois I.R.E.A.C.H
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The unit also responds in Illinois.
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JAMES (MO-134) provides these frequencies for the St. Charles City trunked system
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(somehow missed in Police Call): 856.2625, 857.2625, 858.2625, 859.2625, 860.2625
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This covers all city operations including fire, and they are adding "talkaround"
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in the near future.
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Send in your verifications, comments, frequencies, observations, etc. Your comments
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are always welcomed, and please send a S.A.S.E. for a reply. See you next month!
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PUBLIC SAFETY WEST
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Send Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
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questions for Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
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Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming to:
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Scott Reiff
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Hello all RCMA members. Sorry we could not be with you, but this editor has just
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been way too busy for everything I want to do and to have to do. Anyway, lets just
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get right down to business. OK?
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NO INPUT THIS MONTH
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ALASKA AE: Dan Morisseau
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COLORADO AE: George Hoggatt
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IDAHO AE: George Wight
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WYOMING AE: C D Smith
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ARIZONA
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AE: Bob Schmulian
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Next month we will print an EXCELLENT map, very nice, very detailed, of the Arizona
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Highway Patrol radio system. We don't have room to do it this month, but if anyone
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is in a real hurry for it, send and SASE to the Silverado address -Ed]
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HAWAII
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AE: Darrell R. Meacham
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Here is a list of Civil Defense Frequencies for Oahu:
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148.150 C A P 47.500 Civil Defense
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155.715 Civil Defense 155.865 Civil Defense
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158.430 Civil Defense 158.250 Board of Water Supply
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47.940 Gasco Net 151.985 Hawaiian Tel Net
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153.650 Hawaii Elec Co Net 153.410
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Hawaii Elec Co Net
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155.955 Control Net 158.955 Control Net
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158.865 Mobile Units 158.955 Control Net Mobiles
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148.905 Military
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NEVADA
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AE: Fred McGowan
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Washoe County Sheriff's Office
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Washoe County, Nevada
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Freqs
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154.710, Consolidated Narcotics Unit (SO Washoe, PD Reno/Sparks)
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154.950 " "
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154.860 Washoe County Jail - Jail Control
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460.050 " "
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155.010 Detectives/Supervisors BLUE Channel
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155.160 Search and Rescue ORANGE Channel
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155.205 S A R, Hasty Team - auto extrications RED Channel
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155.310 Incline Village Substation YELLOW Channel
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156.090 " "
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155.520 Dispatch GREEN Channel
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156.210 " " Input
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155.550 ? ?
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155.985 Records Check and Car to Car WHITE Channel
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Units
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1030 - 1037 SGT's / Supervisors
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3241 Gerlach
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5153, 5154 Detectives
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7251, 7253 Served a Process
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9550 - 9552 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Police
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9152, 9153, 9150, 9157 Animal Control
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Patrols: First 2 digits beat #: 11 - 18. Third digit is Shift: 1 - graveyard, 2 -
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day, 3 - swing.
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NEW MEXICO ** AE NEEDED **
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MONTANA ** AE NEEDED **
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OREGON ** AE NEEDED **
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From the membership survey, we have a nice channel plan for CCSO from OR-089,
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Gene:
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Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
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Clackamas County, Oregon
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155.430 Ch 1 Dispatch
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155.190 Ch 2 Traffic, Misc
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155.760 Ch 3 Car to Car
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155.610 Ch 4 Direct / 460.450 RX on cars
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155.700 Ch 5 P D Gladstone
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155.475 Ch 6 N L E E C - O P E N
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155.595 Ch 7 P D Canby
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154.935 Ch 8 O S P Ch 11 - Mt Hood
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154.935 Ch 9 O S P Ch 10 - Goat Mtn
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154.740 Ch 10 S O Marion Co
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154.830 Ch 11 S O Wasco Co
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155.010 Ch 12 S O Washington Co
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155.280 Ch 13 S O Marion Co S A R
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155.805 Ch 14 State S A R
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155.805 Ch 15 State S A R with tone
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155.910 Ch 16 O S P Salem
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154.935 Ch 17 O S P Ch 9 - Portland
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154.830 Ch 18 S O Wasco Co with tone
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162.550 Ch 19 Weather
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169.925 Ch 20 U S Forest Service 1 Bear Springs
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170.525 Ch 21 U S F S 2 Ripple Brook
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169.950 Ch 22 U S F S 3 Zig Zag
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170.500 Ch 23 U S F S 4 Car to car/Field
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169.950 Ch 24 U S F S 3 Direct
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Units
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B Boy P D Canby
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C Charlie Corrections
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D David S O Clackamas Co
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H Henry P D Gladstone
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N Nora P D Mallala
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P Paul P D Oregon City
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R Robert P D Sandy
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Z Zebra Narcs and Det
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S Sam P D Lake Oswego and West Linn
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W Willie Death
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i.e., "2 David 100" would be S O Clackamas Co Sheriff. First digit is shift, 1 -
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gvyd 2 - day 3 - swing. Then Alpha character, then unit #.
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331 Clackamas Co Jail
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218 S O Clackamas
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6012 P D Sandy
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7414 C C S O substation... Fuller and Causey
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7421 C C S O substation... Oakgrove and East
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** Editor's note: Gene, send in your list of S O Marion Co!!
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Also, I would like to get in touch with the RCMA member in Ontario, OR area. Please
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Write!!
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UTAH ** AE NEEDED **
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Utah County Sheriff's Office
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Utah County, Utah
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155.505 Ch 1 Utah state agencies
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154.710 Ch 2 Secondary dispatch
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158.970 Ch 3 Car to car
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154.860 Ch 4 Dispatch
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155.235 Search and Rescue
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155.340 H E A R S
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153.950 Fire/E M S Dispatch
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154.100 18J & 5J Fire/E M S Dispatch (See codes)
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153.905 9J Fire/E M S Dispatch (See codes)
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Utah County Sheriff's Office also dispatches for the following city agencies in
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addition to Utah County:
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American Fork, 5J Mapelton, 10J Genola, 17J
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Spanish Fork, 6J Santiquin, 14J Sundance, 21J
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Lehi, 8J Salem, 15J Elk Ridge, 22J
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Payson, 9J Goshen, 16J
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Stations (including above):
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1J, Utah County 4J, Springville 19J, Woodland Hills
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2J, Provo 7J, Pleasant Grove 20J, Highland
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3J, Orem 13J, Lindon
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I D:
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5J550 Amer. Fork EMS 14J514 Santiquin E M S
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5J600 American Fork Fire 14J600
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Santiquin Fire
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6J560 Spanish Fork EMS 15J515
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Salem E M S
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6J600 Spanish Fork Fire 15J600
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Salem Fire
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8J580 Lehi E M S 16J600 Goshen Fire
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8J600 Lehi Fire 17J600 Genola Fire
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9J590 Payson E M S 18J600 Alpine Fire
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9J600 Payson Fire 21J600 Sundance Fire
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10J600 Mapleton Fire 22J600 Elk Ridge Fire
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I D Breakdown:
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First two Numerical/Alpha = What station
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Following SO only:
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Third Numerical = 1 - Deputy, 2 - Detective
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Fourth Numerical = Team Number, 1 - Team 1, 2 - Team 2, etc
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Fifth Numerical = 1 - Lieutenant, 2 - Sgt
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1J101 - 1J199 = Sheriff
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1J700 - 1J799 = Search and Rescue
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1 - 99 = City Police (Example: 5J50)
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70 = Animal Control Officer (Example: 5J70
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1 = Typically Police Chief (Example: 5J1)
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WASHINGTON
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AE: Ken McLeod
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From membership survey: Pullman, WA
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155.640 Pullman PD 155.085 Whitman Co Shrf TAC
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155.370 Pullman area LERN 155.970 WA
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St Patrol - Pullman
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155.340 H E A R S 155.940 Area Local Govt
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154.385 Pullman Fire/E M S 155.865
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Pullman Transit
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156.210 Whitman Co Sheriff
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PUBLIC SAFETY - CALIFORNIA
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Send Pubic Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details and
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questions to:
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Veryl J. Burt, Jr.
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I hate to start the September column on such a sad note, but the day I was
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preparing this a chopper that belonged to the LAPD was on routine patrol and at
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around 11:22 in the morning went down due to engine failure.
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There were three fatalities, two being officers, so I would like to dedicate this
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column to all the officers who valiantly respond in the sky: the Air Support Units
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of our nation's law enforcement agencies. (Just as a side-note: according to the
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LAPD, a chopper can replace 200-300 officers on the ground.)
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Here are the frequencies for the cities that were at the epicenter of the what is
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now being called the Sierra Madre Earthquake.
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Police
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Pasadena 482.3375 Freq 1 (Pri Dsp)
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482.4375 Freq 2 (Tactical)
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482.5375 Freq 3 (Detectives)
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153.845 Freq 8 (Loc Govt)
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San Marino 156.330 (Main Dispatch)
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Monrovia 158.730 (Primary)
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Sierra Madre 158.730 (Pri-Shared)
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Arcadia 507.0625 (Primary)
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LA Co Sheriff 482.9875 (Dispatch -NE Pasadena)
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Fire
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San Marino 153.995 (Main)
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154.175 (secondary)
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Monrovia 154.370 (Units 10-19)
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El Monte 154.370 (Units 20-29)
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Fire
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Sierra Madre 154.370 (Units 30-39)
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Arcadia 154.370 (Units 40-49)
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Pasadena Part of Verdugo Fire highlighted 8/91 column.
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Office of Emergency Services
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Disaster Services 153.755 R
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Civil Defense Fire (LA County) 154.160 "O.E.S. 1 "
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Civil Defense Fire (Orange Co.) 154.220 "O.E.S. 2 "
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I would like to acknowledge Gene Hughes, and thank him for letting me use most of
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the material from Police Call, Southern California Detail Edition, Copyright 1990.
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I would also like to acknowledge Government Radio Systems, Sixth Edition, Copyright
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1990 Mobile Radio Resources.
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Usually I like to end the column on a funny note each month, but this month I will
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diverge from that, We should be indebted to the people of the Police and Fire
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Departments and Office of Emergency Services for their unfailing dedication to
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their work so our lives can be a little safer in time of disaster. I think a real
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word should be said about the Sierra Madre Fire Dept, they did just such a great
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job and, if you can believe this, it is ALL-VOLUNTEER!!
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Please keep monitoring and listening and send all Southern California contributions
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to my address. Hopefully by the next column we will Have an Associate Editor For
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Northern California.
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So keep up the monitoring until our October column.
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þÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄþ
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RAILROADS
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Gary L. Sturm and
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Bill Farmer, Editors
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Information about railroad frequencies and their uses, radio system details, and
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related questions to:
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Bill Farmer
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Last month we reported on the new road channels that Southern Pacific is planning
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to implement. Now we've received an unconfirmed report that the changeover has been
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put on hold until further notice. We'll keep you informed as more information
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becomes available. In the meantime, it would be a good idea to monitor the new road
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channel that is proposed for your area and let us know if it becomes active.
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Mike (NC-120) wrote again about the Camp Lejeune (NC) RR. He was able to catch up
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with the train and noted that the locomotive was lettered "USMC 270092" so
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apparently the trackage of the former Southern Railway subsidiary has been taken
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over by the Marine Corps. Mike noted an 18-inch antenna but the crew didn't know
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what frequency their radios operate on. In looking over maps of the area from
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various years past, Mike noted different railroad names for the same stretches of
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track at different times. The various names come about as a result of railroad
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mergers, and we get questions about it from time to time, so let's go over the
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histories of the two major systems in the southeast, starting with CSX
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Transportation. CSX was formed by the merger of the Chessie System railroads
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(Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio) with Seaboard System Railroad. Earlier,
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Seaboard System was formed by the merger of Seaboard Coast Line with Louisville &
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Nasville, Georgia RR, Clinchfield RR, Atlanta & West Point, and Western Railway of
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Alabama. Going back in time still further, to 1968, Seaboard Coast Line was formed
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by the merger of Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads. The other
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major system in the southeast is Norfolk Southern, which was formed by the merger
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of Southern Railway with Norfolk & Western. Actually these two railroads still
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exist as subsidiaries of Norfolk Southern Corp., but their locomotives are being
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repainted and lettered Norfolk Southern.
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In another followup to last month's column, John (nonmember) reports that Kansas
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Southwestern was using 160.680 (a Union Pacific yard channel) in May but by June
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had its own frequency, 160.995. Switching has been heard on the latter but no
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dispatching; they may have another channel for that.
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Adding to Gary's report last June on Ft. Wayne IN, Norfolk Southern uses 160.515/
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161.235 for its PBX (they call it ARN). Indiana Hi-Rail uses 160.695 for dispatcher
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and road, and just started using 160.590 for switching.
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Kevin (CA-SF-016) sent a newspaper article telling of the planned construction of
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a track connection to link NJ Transit's Morris and Essex lines to Amtrak's
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northeast corridor line. The connecting track, in Kearny NJ, will allow commuter
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trains from Morris, Essex, Union, and Somerset Counties in New Jersey to operate
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directly into Amtrak's Penn Station in New York City, eliminating the need for
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passengers to change trains at Hoboken. The project is to be completed in 1995.
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An anonymous contributor sent an article from the Boston Herald telling of an
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incident on Amtrak's Colonial in which the engines uncoupled from the train near
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New London CT. The train and engines stopped without injury and the cause was under
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investigation.
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AMTRAK AND METRO-NORTH ROAD CHANNELS
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by CARL (NY-117) and RICK (IL-496)
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Amtrak now uses Metro-North's road frequency between Poughkeepsie NY and CP 12
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which is the new Empire Connection. [Ed Note: beginning April 7 all Amtrak trains
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that had been using Grand Central Terminal in New York City switched to Penn
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Station. They run over a rebuilt freight line between Penn Station and CP 12 at
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Spuyten-Duyvil, where they enter and leave Metro-North trackage.] This means that
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between Albany and New York City Amtrak trains use four frequencies. Leaving Albany
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they are on Conrail 1 (160.800), south of milepost 130 (near Selkirk branch jct.)
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they use Conrail 2 (161.070), from Poughkeepsie to CP 12 (Empire Connection) they
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use Metro-North 1 (161.280) and from CP 12 to New York Penn Station they use Amtrak
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1 (160.920).
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Metro-North Commuter RR is planning to implement new channel assignments. [When?
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-ed.] Presently, all three branches (Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven) are dispatched
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on the same channel [161.280]. Dispatching is done remotely through local
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transmitters from 42nd Street in Manhattan (near but not in Grand Central
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Terminal). The dispatchers are covering each other's transmissions, so multiple
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channels will be used.
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160.950 Ch 1 Hudson Line road
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161.280 Ch 2 Harlem Line road
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160.545 Ch 3 New Haven Line road
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160.410 Ch 4 Harlem and Hudson Lines maintenance of way
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161.160 Ch 5 New Haven Line maintenance of way
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160.770 Ch 6 "Shop Channel" chit-chat
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Police radios will have a different configuration. Metro-North does have other
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channels that are used for power, the shops, and Grand Central Terminal. At this
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point it is unknown if these will change.
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[Obviously the road channel changes will affect Amtrak, whose trains operate over
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Metro-North's Hudson and New Haven lines. In our June column we reported that
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Amtrak had changed to 160.920 between Boston MA and Providence RI. Rick says that
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as of April 7 the change had not yet occurred. -ed.]
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UNION PACIFIC - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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by ROB (CA-ST-006)
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A frequency list on the wall of the UP radio shop in Oakland CA in February 1990
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showed the following channels for its 16-channel handheld radios:
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160.740 Ch 1 Road east of Oroville
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160.515 Ch 2 Road west of Oroville
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160.290/161.520Ch 3 Admin. PBX
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161.025 Ch 4 MW vehicle to vehicle
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160.605/161.025Ch 5 MW PBX (blue)
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160.680 Ch 6 Yard switchers
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160.650 Ch 7 Santa Fe road
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161.550 Ch 8 Southern Pacific road
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161.100 Ch 9 Burlington Northern road
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160.380 Ch 10 Mt. Diablo Disp. (old WP Road) Emergency Use Only,
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transmitter about half way up east side of Mt. Diablo (Morgan Territory)
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160.275 Ch 11 UP Police (old WP)
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161.205 Ch 12 Nationwide Common RR Police
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161.280/160.785Ch 13 Old WP PBX (not in use at this time)
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161.400 Ch 14 Southern Pacific Police & MW
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160.530 Ch 15 Yard (red)
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160.620 Ch 16 Yard (black)
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Other UP channels:
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160.770 Yard (white)
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160.830 Yard (orange)
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161.115 Yard (yellow) used on San Jose Branch
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161.460 Yard (green) used by Bay Area local LFE52
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160.440 End to End UP Equip.
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464.700/469.700 Mt. Oso Stockton Control
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Yard channels at Stockton CA:
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160.740 Yard Tower to Trains
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160.380 Yard switching
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160.680 Yard switching
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160.770 Yard switching
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161.115 Yard switching
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The last frequency is used the least since they normally work three yard jobs.
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CORBIN, KENTUCKY
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by DAVID (nonmember) via GARY L. STURM (IN-045)
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161.370 CSX Road with dispatcher calling trains
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161.520 Trains to dispatcher
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457.9375 End-of-train devices
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160.770 East Yard switching
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160.440 West Yard switching
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160.380 Ch 2 Car Inspector
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160.260 Corbin Shops
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160.305 Signal Maintenance
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LOS ANGELES METRO RAIL
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by BILL FARMER (CA-VE-010)
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In June we mentioned new UHF channels for the Blue Line light rail transit system.
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With the help of a frequency counter we've determined that there is only one new
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channel, 472.4875/475.4875. It is called "Yard Control" and is used for movement
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of LRVs in the yard area. The road channel remains 471.3375/474.3375.
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Some changes on the VHF radios have taken place since our report in June. The
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channels are now arranged as follows:
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160.425/160.635 Ch 1 Track, Power, & Signals
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160.695/160.755 Ch 2 Not in service
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160.425 Ch 3 LRV Maintenance
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161.265/160.695 Ch 4 Not in service (discontinued
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6/1/91)
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161.505 Ch 5 Yard Control (rarely used)
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160.725 Ch 6 Not used
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BURLINGTON NORTHERN - PACIFIC DIVISION
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by BILL (nonmember) via GARY L. STURM (IN-045)
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161.100 Ch 1 Road: Vancouver BC to Vancouver WA
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161.160 Ch 2 Road: also yards and Montana Rail Link Road
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161.250 Ch 3 Yard: Portland area, Harbour Island Car Dept.
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160.650 Ch 4 Yard: Balmer Yard, Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
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161.310 Ch 5 Yard: Balmer Yard Hump, Tacoma Yard, Pasco Yard
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161.010 Ch 6 Yard: Delta Yard (Everett WA), Tacoma Yard, West
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Seattle Yard, Vancouver WA
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160.830 Ch 7 Yard: Stacy Street Yard (South Seattle), Yardley Yard
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(Spokane WA)
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160.725 Ch 8 Yard: Willbridge Yard (Portland)
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161.550 Ch 9 Yard: Seattle International Gateway
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160.980 Ch 10 Pig Ramp (South Seattle)
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160.965 Ch 11 Portland Hub Center, Spokane Hub Center
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161.490 Ch 12 Portland Terminal Railway
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So long until next month - Gary & Bill
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TECHNICAL TOPICS
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Technical articles, technical tips, and questions on such subjects as monitor
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receivers, antennas and antenna systems, preamps, and accessory equipment like pan
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adapters and automatic recorders.
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Also send information and questions pertaining to the user's equipment of interest
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to listeners such as repeaters, links, tones, scrambler technology, trunking,
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voting receivers, etc., to:
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Alexander Woollcott (GA-080)
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MONITORING WITH COMMERCIAL GRADE EQUIPMENT
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Quite a few RCMA members have responded to my request for information on members
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who monitor with used commercial communications radio gear as opposed to (or in
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addition to) standard consumer monitoring equipment. While it seems that only a
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small minority of RCMA members use commercial gear as part of their monitoring
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shack, I am willing to bet that many more would use commercial gear if they were
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aware that it offers a viable alternative or supplement to consumer "scanner-type"
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equipment.
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The first question one might ask is what is "commercial equipment"? Commercial
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equipment is simply radio communications gear designed for private business or
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public uses, principally two-way communications. Occasionally commercial equipment
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includes single or multiple frequency monitors (capable only of receiving). I am
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unaware of any commercial "scanner" although they may exist.
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The next question might well be, what's so special about commercial equipment? The
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simple answer is that commercial equipment usually performs better and sounds
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better than consumer grade equipment. Commercial equipment generally performs
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better for a number of reasons. First, the equipment is generally manufactured with
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higher quality components than consumer equipment. With commercial equipment,
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manufacturers compete to offer state of the art components and performance. In
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consumer equipment, there appears to be an unwritten conspiracy among manufacturers
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to accept the lowest common denominator as the status quo.
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Second, commercial equipment is much more durable and ruggedly constructed. Just
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compare the casing on the typical commercial mobile rig to that on your favorite
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scanner. Rugged construction adds years of life to a radio, whereas cheap
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construction exposes the internal components to a higher risk of damage.
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Third (and most importantly), commercial equipment is designed to comply with much
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more rigorous performance specifications than consumer equipment. The assumption,
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probably a correct one, is that two-way communication is more critical than casual
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monitoring. In fairness to some consumer equipment, it is difficult and expensive
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to build a wide frequency range, multi-channel radio receiver that meets high
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performance specifications over the entire range of frequencies; it is relatively
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easier to build a high performance radio that simply is limited to a single band
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and a limited number of channels.
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RCMA members report using a variety of commercial equipment for monitoring
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purposes. Many use old two way gear. Most use old mobile equipment. Some use old
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transceivers. Some use handheld portable.
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By far the most common manufacturer represented is Motorola. The next most common
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is General Electric. Other names mentioned include Plectron, and Johnson.
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By this point you are probably wondering whether there are any downsides to the use
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of commercial equipment. The answer is "yes". New and even relatively new
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commercial equipment is extremely expensive. Those state of the art components
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don't come cheap! For the most part, the only used commercial gear that is within
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the budget of most monitoring hobbyists is at least five years old. Moreover, these
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units often represent discontinued lines or models.
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Aside from expense, there are some other downsides to using commercial gear for
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your monitoring. Commercial equipment is typically limited to a single or small
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number of channels, and always to a single band. Commercial equipment looks like,
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well . . . "commercial," "functional."
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Don't expect a lot of bells and whistles with your commercial rig. You are likely
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to get three controls: an on/off switch, a squelch control and a volume control.
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The final drawback is the lack of widespread availability. Commercial equipment can
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often be purchased at hamfests and conventions. Another good source is your local
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commercial radio repair shop. Many of these shops will be happy to sell you used
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equipment, and some will even sell you some new stuff off the shelves. Their
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motivation is primarily public goodwill. Take heed of one piece of advice; remember
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that a commercial radio shop that offers to sell you a piece of equipment is doing
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you a tremendous favor; don't take them for granted, and don't act as if they have
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to sell you some equipment, because they clearly don't.
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I will describe two pieces of used commercial equipment that I own. One is a single
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channel Motorola desk top monitor. It is about the size of a scanner and I have it
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crystalled to receive the Georgia State Patrol base transmitting station on 154.680
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MHz. This unit is probably at least ten years old, but it performs like a dream.
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Its sensitivity is better than any other radio I own (including the ICOM). For such
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a relatively small unit, it has loads of volume (about 5 watts). My other
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commercial piece is a Motorola voice pager, which is about the size of a pack of
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cigarettes. I have it crystalled to receive the Atlanta Fire Department Dispatch
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on 154.190 MHz. This little unit is a dream. The volume is louder and less
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distorted than any portable scanner that I have ever heard. Its sensitivity was
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tested to be about a .25 uV for 20db SINAD. I also own several mobile speakers from
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Motorola. These cost me a fraction of what a good external speaker designed for
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amateur equipment would cost, and they sound just as good. These speakers are good
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because they are designed to perform well in a noisy environment. Their speaker
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configuration is such that the speaker rejects or attenuate frequencies well above
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or below the range of the human voice, particularly higher frequencies (which have
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been found to cause listener fatigue or stress). Because of the attenuation of high
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frequencies, the background hiss (which is generally higher pitch than the typical
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range of the human voice) that occurs with a weak radio signal is much less
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apparent on one of these commercial grade external speakers.
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I will share some comments from Allan (RI-038) regarding his commercial equipment,
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because I think that Allan's enthusiasm about sums up the great benefits of
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searching long and hard for a good piece of commercial gear. Alan writes:
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"I recently purchased a used Motorola business dispatcher (CMT-3100) two way VHF
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High Band radio for monitoring the Warrick, Rhode Island Fire Department on 154.310
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MHz and the PL tone of 162.20. The transmitter was disabled by the out of state 2
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way radio shop I purchased the set from. There is only one way to describe the
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performance of this unit "awesome." Since this radio is equipped with Motorola's
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Private Line, I get no intermod or any other form of interference. The audio output
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is extremely crisp and clear. I also own a Bearcat 760 XLT with a CTCSS tone board.
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The Bearcat radio pales in comparison to my Motorola unit in regards to audio
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quality and clarity. Even with the tone board on the Uniden radio, I still get some
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intermod. The only drawback to the Motorola unit is that it is only a single
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channel unit. In addition, I would say that my Motorola unit is about 20 years old,
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but it still works extremely well. According to the shop where I purchased the
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unit, the Motorola radios will almost last forever. In fact when Motorola installs
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a new radio system they will take back the customer's old units which they destroy
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since they do not want the old equipment on the market. . . . I also own a used
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General Electric Master Pro External speaker which I purchased from a local 2 way
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shop for only $12.50. I suspect that the speaker is worth over $50. This speaker
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is hooked up to my Uniden 760 XLT and is a vast improvement over the built-in
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speaker."
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Thanks for the great letter Allan. Allan also expressed an interest in purchasing
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additional commercial equipment through a buyer's network. If other members have
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an interest in swapping information about sources of commercial equipment, please
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let me know and I will informally circulate this information.
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On a related matter, there is a limited amount of radio equipment that is available
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|
to public consumers that is designed to meet professional specifications. This kind
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of equipment is known as "commercial grade" equipment. The ICOM R-7000 is an
|
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example. While anyone can walk into an ICOM retailer and buy an ICOM R-7000 (anyone
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with $1,000 or so, that is), this unit is also frequently sold to commercial users
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as well.
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Speaking of commercial grade specifications, Allan (RI 038) also enclosed a spec
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sheet for his Motorola CMT-3100. Consider some of the following specs: sensitivity
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.35 uv EI-SINAD, .5 uv for 20db quieting; spurious and image rejection 86 db;
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squelch sensitivity .25 uv; audio output 5 watts at less than 5% distortion;
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selectivity more than -90 db at 15 kc (plus or minus)!
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