WS1095 - Scanner Digest Newsletter
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WS1095 - Scanner Digest Newsletter
ISSUE 67 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ JAN-FEB-MAR 2014 WHISTLER ANNOUNCES NEW MODELS NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLUMN 2014 AIR SHOW PREVIEW AMBULANCE SERVICES – PART 2 by John Leonardelli ♦ SCANNER DIGEST TO PREMIER NEWDESIGNED WEBSITE GENERAL EDITOR RADIO NEWS - News and Notes of Interest to Radio Hobbyists Dave Marshall N8OAY 125 Royal Drive Apt 805 Madison AL 35758-1785 [email protected] Whistler has announced the model numbers for their GRE designed scanners, and some of them have just in the past couple weeks been approved for sale by the FCC The GRE handheld analog VHF-UHF PSR-100/Radio Shack PRO-404 will be the Whistler WS1010/Radio Shack PRO-649 (FCC OET ID: HSXSC01) Alan Cohen [email protected] REFRESHED WEB DESIGN I’m presently working in conjunction with Lou to re-design our website. In an attempt to keep costs down, we’re trying to bring more information to the subscribers and followers of the newsletter. We will add new features and remove those items that are no longer of interest. ARCHIVED PRINTED NEWSLETTER To make room and streamline the operations here, we will no longer offer the older printed versions of our newsletter. This encompassed Issues 1 through 21. Sales have been lagging and we decided to no longer make them available. PHILLY GUIDE We are proud to offer the popular Philly Guide produced by Joe Cardani. This will be available similar to the way Joe had them listed on his site. Local scanner enthusiasts are encouraged to update where needed. Look for the PDF files to appear soon on the website. The GRE base/mobile analog VHF-UHF PSR-200/Radio Shack PRO-405 will be the Whistler WS1025/Radio Shack PRO-650 (FCC OET ID : HSXSC02) Alan Cohen PUBLISHER Lou Campagna [email protected] Many changes are on the horizon for the scanning hobby. This is evident by the complexity of newer radio communication systems being deployed and the scanner manufacturers feverously attempting to design equipment that can monitor these newer systems. Dave Marshall has kept us updated on both Uniden and now Whistler to make these scanners available to the hobby. The GRE handheld digital VHF/UHF/700/800 PSR-500/ Radio Shack PRO-106 will be the Whistler WS1040/Radio Shack PRO-651 (FCC OET ID : HSXSC03) Lou Campagna SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 PAGE 1 Release dates for these scanners has not been confirmed. Speculation is late May or sometime in June. Whistler's web page for the scanners is located at: http://www.whistlergroup.com/scannerscatalog/group.aspx?search=scanners If you buy a product or service listed in this column, please tell the seller that you read about it in The Scanner Digest. Happy Scanning! 73 de N8OAY EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA The GRE base/mobile digital VHF/UHF/700/800 PSR600/Radio Shack PRO-197 will be the Whistler WS1065/Radio Shack PRO-652 (FCC OET ID: HSXSC04) Steve Bower [email protected] Well looks like Cedar Fair Security went Mototrbo for this year 151.5800 was active but no regular transmissions along with what was last year water park frequency 152.3450. Many new repeaters are also active this season from what found today in use non digital. 159.7800 Repeater PL146.2 Games/Merchandise 160.0500 Repeater PL146.2 Security - Traffic 159.8400 Repeater PL146.2 Operations 159.6600 Repeater PL146.2 cleaning crews All frequencies were busy today seems a lot of MO frequencies were renewed for this season. WPDJ230 CATASAUQUA AREA SCHOOL DIST (LEHIGH) PA 151.925 FB 45W 100ERP 11K2F3E WQUA680 BERKS COUNTY DEPT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES The GRE handheld digital VHF/UHF/700/800 TDMA Phase 2 PSR-800 will be the Whistler WS1080 The GRE base/mobile digital VHF/UHF/700/800 TDMA Phase 2 PSR-900 will be Whistler WS1095 (the PSR-900 was not yet in production when GRE discontinued manufacturing. It was to be a base mobile clone of the PSR-800 portable using similar keypad and software, and having a removable faceplate. It is unknown if the Radio Shack PRO-18 will be rereleased by Whistler. The PRO-18 was similar to but not identical to the PSR-800 with a slightly different feature and function set, and was unique to Radio Shack. Photos from the Whistler web site show the WS1040 using a case design similar to the former Radio Shack PRO-106 with the display at the top, keypad in the middle and the speaker at the bottom of the front of the handheld. The PSR-500 had the speaker at the top and the display in the middle. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 BOYERTOWN (BERKS) PA 33.940 FB 100W 72ERP 45.880 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E 16K0F3E TOPTON (BERKS) PA 33.940 FB 100W 70ERP 45.880 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E 16K0F3E SCHUYLKILL AND BERKS COUNTIES 33.940 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E 45.880 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E 46.500 MO 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E ALBANY TOWNSHIP (BERKS) PA 33.940 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E 45.880 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E BALLY (BERKS) PA 33.940 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E 45.880 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E PAGE 2 BETHEL TOWNSHIP (BERKS) PA 46.500 FB 60W 60ERP 16K0F3E 33.940 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E 45.880 FB 100W 72ERP 16K0F3E WAYNE TWP (SCHUYLKILL) PA 33.940 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E 45.880 FB 100W 70ERP 16K0F3E FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Mark Meece N8ICW 480 N Twelfth St, Miamisburg, OH 45342 [email protected] Welcome to the Federal Column. For many years I have written the Federal/Military column for the All Ohio Scanner Club. Since SDN already has a column covering Military Communications, it was decided to just focus on Federal Communications for this column. Up front I will state, I WILL NEED YOUR HELP! Monitoring federal frequencies is not what it was 25 years ago. Now most everything is encrypted, BUT there are those rare moments when we catch traffic in the clear, and when we do it is usually very interesting. To start with I have several reports of new frequencies that appear to be FBI use in southern and western Ohio. surpassed only by the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. Adding insult to injury, in March 2012 a tornado hit and destroyed some homes in Harvest AL that were being rebuilt from the destruction of April 27, 2011. Tornadoes in Alabama are not limited to the Spring and early Summer months...we get them year-round...including on Christmas Day, which happened in 2012. Whether you live in Alabama or are traveling here, you should dedicate some memory in your scanner to the State and Local EMA and the Amateur Radio Skywarn Repeaters, some of which are linked to provide wide area coverage. Following is a list of EMA and Skywarn frequencies. Note that some county EMAs using trunk systems maintain conventional frequencies for backup. In some cases, briefings for first responders and amateur radio are simulcast on landline telephone conference calls and conventional radio frequencies and trunk systems. The Alabama State EMA conducts a weekly net (schedule unknown) on the Alabama First Responders Network and Alabama Regional Communications System P25 Trunk System. 172.21250 NAC $167 Clear voice and encryption heard northern Cincinnati area. NOAA Weather Radio 162.4000 Huntsville, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa 162.4500 Cullman 162.4750 Anniston, Demopolis/Linden, Florence, Mt Cheaha, Texasville 162.5000 Fort Payne 162.5250 Auburn, Jackson AL, 162.5500 Birmingham, Dozier, Mobile 163.8750 Alabama EMA Statewide UHF NET There have been reports that the 173.xxxx Cincinnati/Dayton area FBI repeaters may no longer be active. Now is a good time for a bandscan of the 162-174 band. AEMA Region 1 Southwest 453.4000/458.4000 173.8 PL 453.4250/458.4250 146.2 PL 453.6500/458.6500 173.8 PL 460.2375/465.2375 136.5 PL Baldwin County Clarke County Escambia County Wilcox County AEMA Region 2 Southeast453.4000/458.4000 151.4 PL 453.4250/458.4250 127.3 PL 453.7250/458.7250 151.4 PL 460.4500/465.4500 127.3 PL Covington County Crenshaw County Houston County Barbour County AEMA Region 3 West 453.6500/458.6500 453.7250/458.7250 460.2375/465.2375 460.6125/465.6125 146.2 PL 173.8 PL 173.8 PL 151.4 PL Tuscaloosa County Sumter County Dallas County Chilton County AEMA Region 4 East 453.4000/458.4000 453.6500/458.6500 146.2 PL 127.3 PL Lee County Elmore County That is all I have for this time around. I look forward to finding out what federal frequencies you monitor, so please drop us a note. ALABAMA Dave Marshall N8OAY 125 Royal Drive Apt 805 Madison AL 35758-1785 [email protected] There are few things that can safely be considered to be a sure thing. One of them is that at some point in the next few months, regardless of what time of the year it is, Alabama will be hit by a tornado. According to a report on The Weather Channel last fall, Alabama and other areas of the deep south have overtaken the Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri area to earn the title of Tornado Alley. In April of 2011 Alabama was hit by multiple outbreaks of tornadoes, one of which was SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 AEMA Region 5 Northwest 453.4000/458.4000 146.2 PL 460.1375/465.1375 127.3 PL Lauderdale County Marion County PAGE 3 460.4125/465.4125 151.4 PL Fayette County AEMA Region 6 North 453.4250/458.4250 162.2 PL 453.6500/458.6500 151.4 PL 460.2875/465.2875 146.2 PL Madison County Cullman County DeKalb County AEMA Region 7 Northeast 453.4000/458.4000 127.3 PL 453.6500/458.6500 136.5 PL 453.7250/458.7250 127.3 PL AEMA Simplex 453.4000 CSQ 453.4250 CSQ 453.6500 CSQ 453.7250 CSQ 444.8500/449.8500 145.4300/144.8300 444.2500/449.2500 155.1000/155.8350 155.8800/153.8000 460.0250/465.0250 Cleburne County Etowah County Jefferson County 460.2000/465.2000 453.5500/458.5500 154.7250/155.6850 AEMA Simplex S-1 AEMA Simplex S-2 AEMA Simplex S-3 AEMA Simplex S-4 154.7250/155.8650 154.8600/155.6850 Local EMA, Red Cross and Amateur Radio SKYWARN 453.9000/458.9000 147.0900/147.6900 158.7750/154.7400 154.1000 154.8000/155.9700 151.0850/156.0000 151.1150 453.2500 458.2500 146.8650/146.2650 460.3750/465.3750 224.4800/223.8800 444.1750/449.1750 453.0500/458.0500 453.8750/458.8750 159.1875/156.0750 151.2950/153.9350 158.8200/154.9500 453.2250/458.2250 47.3100 47.4200 Baldwin County EMA/SKYWARN 97.4 PL Calhoun County EMA Chambers County EMA Choctaw County EMA 023 DPL Clarke County EMA Cleburne County EMA 1 Cleburne County EMA 2 Cleburne County EMA 3 131.8 PL Cleburne County Turkey Heaven Mtn ARES/RACES Cleburne County Turkey Heaven Mtn ARES/RACES Cleburne County Turkey Heaven Mtn ARES/RACES Conecuh County EMA 110.9 PL Cullman County EMA 107.2 PL Cullman County EMA Interop East 107.2 PL Cullman County EMA Interop West 91.5 PL DeKalb County EMA DeKalb County EMA DeKalb County Chapter American Red Cross DeKalb County Chapter American Red Cross 155.7150/154.8300 151.1575 151.4975 154.3775 154.4225 154.9725 453.1625 460.0375 460.1875 460.3125 465.0375 465.1875 465.3125 154.9650 154.1225/159.1725 146.8200/146.2200 147.2000/147.8000 453.3000/458.3000 453.3000/458.3000 146.8800/146.2800 146.7600/146.1600 147.1400/147.7400 145.1500/144.5500 145.8800/145.2800 Etowah County Weather Alert Gadsden EMA 192.8 PL Etowah County EMA/SKYWARN 110.9 PL Fayette County SKYWARN Jackson EMA 127.3 PL Jefferson County EMA 88.5 PL Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (ARES/SKYWARN Primary) 88.5 PL Birmingham ARES/SKYWARN Backup 156.7 PL Sylvan Springs SKYWARN (Jefferson County) CSQ Sylvan Springs SKYWARN (Jefferson County) Birmingham/Jefferson County ARES SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 146.6100/146.0100 444.1500/449.1500 155.9250/153.7550 145.1500/144.9000 155.0400 155.4150 154.7250 147.2200/147.8200 146.9400/146.3400 151.0250/156.0450 131.8 PLCentral Alabama SKYWARN 110.9 PL Lamar County SKYWARN 123.0 PL Lamar County SKYWARN Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Primary North Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Primary West Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Primary East Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Colbert Heights Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Florence Emergency Ops 136.5 PL Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Killen Emergency Ops 146.2 PL Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Rogersville Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Rogersville Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Rogersville Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Rogersville Emergency Ops 85.4 PL Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Wrightsville Emergency Ops Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence-Lauderdale County EMA Direct Talkaround Florence County ARES/SKYWARN Florence County ARES/SKYWARN Limestone County EMA 100.0 PL Limestone County ARES/SKYWARN 156.7 PL Madison County EMA 156.7 PL Madison County EMA Alerts and Briefings 156.7 PLMadison County EMA 136.5 PL ARES/RACES/SLYWARN Primary 100.0 PL ARES/RACES/SKYWARN Backup 107.2 PL Marshall County EMA PAGE 4 146.9400/146.3400 146.8200/146.2200 453.6000/458.6000 154.1225/156.0225 159.1200/159.0675 146.8400/146.3400 453.3500/458.3500 453.3750/458.3750 147.0000/147.6000 146.6850/146.0850 444.4000/449.4000 158.7525/155.9925 155.8650/153.9500 147.3200/147.9200 159.4350/155.0250 453.0750/458.0750 145.1300/144.5300 155.2200 453.3000/458.3000 453.3500/458.3500 157.6200 154.1300 146.8200146.2200 47.4600 42.2250/447.2250 CSQ Mobile County SKYWARN 203.5 PL Mobile County SKYWARN 100.0 PL Monroe County EMA 1 107.2 PL Monroe County EMA 2 Monroe County EMA 3 CSQ Central Alabama Skywarn (Montgomery County) Morgan County EMA Morgan County EMA Industrial Net CSQ Decatur Skywarn 77.0 PL Pickens County ARES Pickens County SKYWARN 654 DPL Randolph County EMA 311 DPL Roanoke City Emergency Management 114.8 PL Russell County ARES St Clair County EMA Ops St Clair County EMA 103.5 PL St Clair County ARES Sumter County EMA 132 DPL Talladega County EMA 1 Talladega County EMA 2 Talladega City Emergency Ops Tuscaloosa County EMA 118.8 Tuscaloosa SKYWARN CSQ Walker County EMA 203.5 PL Winston County SKYWARN I intentionally did not include EMA trunk system talk groups. First of all, doing so and listing the frequencies for the trunk systems would turn this long column into a dissertation the size of War and Peace! And most of the EMA offices that are on trunk systems simulcast the important stuff on their conventional repeaters or simplex VHF/UHF channels. This list is obviously not complete. In some counties, the EMA may be using frequencies that are licensed to the county or city where they operate. Some of them may only use the statewide system at the top of this list. And in some of the really small and poor counties, they may just use the fire or police frequencies. If anyone can help me update this list for areas that are not covered in this list, I will use the information in a future column. repeater with a liaison in contact with the linked net. The liaison feeds information from the local net(s) to the wide area net. The wide-area linked net is streamed live on the internet at http://www.nalsw.net/livestream.htm during active severe weather situations and weekly training nets. Everyone is welcome to listen to the stream. This linked net was active for several days during and following the April 27, 2013 tornadoes, due to the massive power outage covering a large part of the area. Storm Chasers 146.4600 114.8 PL PRIMARY Alternate to 146.5500 146.5500 114.8 PL SECONDARY Many storm chasers use or monitor this frequency 223.5200 114.8 PL 446.0750 114.8 PL Often used for cross patching to 146.5500 446.1000 114.8 PL Alternate to 446.0750 1294.5500 114.8 PL (This is not the storm chasers you see on TV. These chasers are the SKYWARN volunteers that go out spotting for the NWS.) HF Nets 3.935 Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net 3.965 Alabama Emergency Net 7.243 Alabama Emergency Net 14.325 Hurricane Watch Net If anyone can help me update this list for areas that are not covered in this list, I will use the information in a future column. “You don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.” – Rodney Sellars Happy Scanning! 73 de N8OAY North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee SKYWARN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY 146.9600/146.3600 145.4100/144.5500 147.2400/147.8400 147.3600/147.9600 Moulton/NW AL (Lawrence County) 100.0 PL Athens/Muscle Shaols/NW AL (Limestone County) 82.5 PL Brindlee Mountain (Morgan County) 123.0 PL Section/NE AL (Jackson County) These four repeaters are linked for SKYWARN nets providing coverage to 11 counties in northern Alabama and 3 counties in Southern Middle Tennessee and is controlled by a base station at the Huntsville National Weather Service Office. Each county that is affected by the weather situation operates their own net on a local SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Michael P. Mollet, N2SRO No Column this Issue NORTHERN KENTUCKY Randy True 11205 Mann Rd. Covington, KY 41015-9094 [email protected] No Column for This Issue PAGE 5 SOUTHWEST OHIO Mark Meece N8ICW 480 N Twelfth St, Miamisburg, OH 45342 [email protected] 1 003 Centerburg 772.70625 1 004 Clear Fork (Steam Corners) Morrow 770.33125 770.58125 771.43125 771.88125a 772.28125c Dayton Montgomery 772.85625 773.13125 773.48125 774.05625 774.55625a 774.83125c London Madison 769.80625 770.75625 771.38125 771.65625a 774.08125c 1 005 A decade ago, monitors in Ohio found themselves busy listening and trying to figure out the talkgroups and users of the new State of Ohio MARCS statewide digital trunked system. MARCS stands for Multi-Agency Radio Communications System. Here we are ten years later and once again we find ourselves enjoying the true fun side of our hobby, listening and deducing who we are hearing when we discover a new frequency and/or talkgroup of a new system. Ohio is in the midst of upgrading the current Ohio MARCS system with the new true P-25 Ohio MARCS-IP Phase II system (original MARCS is a P-16 system). The new system is a mix of 700 MHz and 800 MHz frequencies. Many of the larger metropolitan areas are merging their own systems into MARCS-IP in a tiered partnership that promotes true interoperability. So in effect MARCS-IP is truly a statewide system that will cover all areas of the state. The Motorola Version 7.x system complies with the P25 trunking protocol, which will provide the option of purchasing compatible subscriber radios from multiple manufacturers. The system interconnection is done using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), thus where the new system gets the name MARCS-IP. So instead of only covering southwestern Ohio sites, we will cover the entire system statewide. This system is in a constant flux right now as it is built out. So it is highly likely this information has been updated mere hours after I write this column. The latest info for this system is that the Ohio Department of Transportation is finally leaving VHF Low band for the new system. MARCS-IP radios are being installed in all ODOT vehicles and the plan is to be completely onboard the new system by the end of summer. Please note, while this system does have Phase II capability, it will be some time yet before any Phase II comes into use on this system. SYSTEM: Ohio MARCS-IP SYSID: 348, 5A1 SYS TYPE: Project 25 Phase II 1 006 1 007 1 008 MARCS Columbus Franklin 769.20625c 769.70625a 770.20625 770.45625 1 002 Washington Court House Fayette 769.95625 770.50625 771.78125 772.20625 773.43125c 773.68125a Urbana Champaign 771.75625 772.05625 773.90625a 774.80625c 773.05625 774.70625c 772.33125 Central State (Wilberforce) Greene 769.90625 770.15625 771.48125a 774.30625c 1 012 Greene Co Simulcast Greene 851.96250 852.41250 852.46250 852.78750 855.83750a 856.88750a 857.88750a 858.88750c 1 013 Warren Co Simulcast Warren 856.23750 858.23750c 858.76250a 859.23750a 859.76250a 1 015 Troy Miami 769.78125 773.83125c 769.20625 770.45625 1 017 Lebanon 773.53125c Warren 770.70625 773.88125a 774.73125a 1 018 Bellefontaine 771.35625 773.15625c Logan 772.10625 769.50625 770.95625a 772.55625 1 019 Sidney Shelby 772.15625 774.53125c 773.45625 1 022 Wapakoneta 770.03125 Auglaize 771.50625 769.35625a 774.30625c 1 023 Celina Mercer 770.08125 772.08125 772.60625 774.58125c 771.30625 772.98125a 1 025 Riverview 769.93125 773.08125c Delaware 771.30625 769.50625 772.15625a 1 026 Marysville 770.30625 774.58125c Union 770.55625 771.80625 Pataskala 773.93125 774.73125c Licking 774.23125 774.48125a Greenville Darke 1 027 1 028 SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Clark 772.58125 774.38125a 1 010 ZONE/SITES/FREQUENCIES 1 001 Springfield 770.68125 773.55625 Knox 771.78125 772.08125 772.98125 773.45625c PAGE 6 1 033 1 036 1 059 1 065 1 066 772.40625 772.80625 773.03125c Brinkhaven 772.48125 Knox 772.75625 774.90625c Circleville 771.43125 Pickaway 771.73125a 772.45625c 2 010 Geauga Co Simulcast Geauga 854.01250 854.21250 855.21250c 855.53750 856.03750a 856.11250 860.78750a 860.91250a 861.46250 861.91250 2 011 Butler Richland 772.53125 772.83125 774.05625a 774.30625c 773.65625 Johnstown (Alexandria) Licking 769.10625 769.35625 769.60625a 769.85625c 2 012 Granville Licking 769.28125 769.78125 770.53125c Marion Marion 769.65625 772.63125 772.88125 773.30625a 773.45625 770.93125 773.30625 773.95625c 770.28125a 2 013 Attica Seneca 770.50625 771.08125 774.53125c 770.75625 Newark Licking 771.68125a 772.65625 773.88125 774.15625 774.53125c 774.65625 773.18125 774.40625 2 014 Bradner Wood 770.65625 774.08125c 770.33125 773.83125a 769.40625 771.20625 1 067 Hickman (St. Louisville) Licking 770.78125 771.25625a 772.30625c 2 015 Tiffin Seneca 771.93125 774.13125 774.53125c 1 068 Linnville Licking 772.53125 772.95625 773.98125a 774.88125c 2 016 Fremont Sandusky 769.35625 770.08125 773.78125c 771.60625 2 001 2 003 2 004 773.63125 Cuyahoga Co Simulcast Cuyahoga 769.50625 769.75625 770.00625 770.15625 770.50625 770.78125 771.23125 771.60625 771.95625 772.65625 772.98125 773.29375 773.83125a 774.28125a 774.53125c 774.78125a 2 017 Akron Summit 772.50625 773.38125 773.78125a 772.90625 774.83125c 2 018 Nimisila Summit 768.18125 769.70625 774.33125c 774.73125 774.78125 770.50625 774.74375a Lake Co Simulcast Lake 851.62500 853.76250 854.43750 854.46250 854.88750 854.98750 855.43750 855.46250 855.78750 855.86250c 856.21250 856.23750 860.81250a 860.86250a 2 019 Salem Mahoning 770.20625 770.85625 774.80625c 774.55625a 854.41250 854.66250 855.41250 855.48750 855.93750 860.76250a 860.88750 Oak Harbor 770.58125 773.55625a Ottawa 771.48125 773.93125c 771.90625 2 005 Castalia Erie 772.33125 774.03125c 2 006 Berlin Heights 770.25625 773.28125c Erie 770.80625 771.15625 2 007 Elyria Lorain 771.73125 770.20625a 773.18125 2 008 Geneva Ashtabula 769.15625 771.40625 773.55625c 2 020 Shalersville 771.38125 773.58125c 2 021 Trumbull CI (Leavittsburg) Trumbull 769.80625 770.05625 770.90625a 773.08125c 2 022 Canton Stark 772.30625 2 023 Cloverdale (Massillon) Stark 771.98125 772.95625a 774.03125c East Sparta 771.70625 Stark 772.63125a 773.20625c 2 025 Toledo Lucas 770.43125 774.88125c 769.18125 774.15625 769.65625 774.48125a 2 027 Grafton CI 769.33125 770.90625a Lorain 769.80625 773.08125c 769.08125 770.05625 2 024 2 009 772.60625 Ashtabula 769.43125 771.18125 Ashtabula 770.18125 770.60625c 772.33125a 770.70625c SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Portage 772.70625 769.65625 773.05625a 771.00625 773.33125a 770.75625 773.45625c PAGE 7 2 028 Lima Allen 774.45625a 2 031 Findlay Hancock 771.33125 772.20625 773.53125c 774.28125a 2 035 769.53125 774.78125c Paulding Paulding 771.08125 772.03125 2 041 Wooster Wayne 772.58125 774.18125c 2 042 Sugarcreek 771.75625 Holmes 772.68125c 2 047 Wauseon 769.90625 Fulton 774.55625a Swanton Fulton 772.48125 773.40625a 772.83125 773.88125c 2 048 2 055 2 057 2 058 770.58125 3 016 772.45625 772.85625a Ashland 771.58125a Millersburg 769.30625 Holmes 770.50625a 3 002 3 003 3 005 Killbuck (Warsaw) Coshocton 773.23125a 774.55625c 3 023 White Eyes (Coshocton) Coshocton 771.80625 772.88125 773.73125c 3 025 Stone Creek 774.43125a 3 026 Peoli (Port Washington) Tuscarawas 769.85625 771.20625 771.60625a 774.28125c 3 027 Newcomerstown Tuscarawas 769.25625 769.50625 773.15625 3 006 Pleasant Valley 772.88125 774.58125c Tuscarawas 774.68125c 770.30625c 3 028 Deersville 769.80625a Harrison 771.48125c 3 035 Logan Hocking 769.45625 773.05625a 773.80625c Germano 772.05625 Harrison 773.15625a 773.43125c Richmond Dale 770.05625 Pike 771.18125 771.45625c Dellroy Carroll 769.95625 772.40625a 771.53125 773.55625c 770.80625c 774.03125a Scioto Ross 773.70625 Coshocton 772.05625 Belmont CI (Morristown) Belmont 770.15625 770.40625 774.48125a 774.73125c SOCF (Lucasville) 774.28125c 769.58125 3 022 774.83125c NEOMED (Rootstown) Portage 769.60625 769.95625 772.38125 773.15625a 773.73125c Noble CI (Caldwell) Noble 769.93125 772.63125 774.38125c Zanesville South Muskingum 769.08125 769.33125 774.33125c 770.83125a Newcastle 770.90625c 3 036 2 059 770.08125 3 021 772.50625c Aukerman (Burbank) Wayne 769.53125 771.40625 771.65625a 773.30625c Loudonville 770.55625 769.68125 771.08125c 774.05625a 3 064 3 076 772.13125 3 077 Knox Twp (Alliance) Columbiana 771.30625 772.20625a 773.80625c 3 078 Jackson Jackson 769.28125 769.58125 774.53125c 3 079 Indian Camp (Wellston) Vinton 769.50625 771.28125 771.68125a 771.58125c 3 007 Washington Co Simulcast Washington 772.28125 772.88125 773.13125 773.38125 773.73125a 774.43125c 3 080 Peach Ridge (Athens) Athens 772.98125 773.23125 773.90625 774.20625c 3 012 Bloomfield (New Concord) Muskingum 772.55625 772.80625 773.40625c 9 001 Mobile Site (5A1) Franklin 769.24375 769.64375 770.39375 773.60625c 3 013 3 014 3 015 Conesville 770.00625 Coshocton 771.15625 Dresden Muskingum 771.33125 771.68125a Duncan Falls (Philo) 773.33125c 771.95625c Muskingum SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 770.14375 TALKGROUPS/ MODE/ TAG/USE 6501 6502 6503 6505 D D D D XEM04008 XFD04WRT XFD04DISP XAD04008 Pymatuning Ambulance Service Ashtabula Co Water Rescue Team Ashtabula Co Fire Dispatch Pymatuning Ambul Service - Admin PAGE 8 6506 6507 6511 6515 10282 10298 10500 10503 10505 10506 10509 10514 10519 D D D D D D D E D E E E D XPD04DISP XFD04TAC1 XFD04TAC2 XFD04TAC3 XSO11TAC1 XSO11DISP XSO12TAC1 XSO12TAC5 FD12TAC6 XSO12TAC2 XSO12TAC3 XSO12TAC4 XSO12DISP Dispatch 10525 D 12FIRE 12522 E XSO16SRT 13500 D 13501 D 13503 D Eastcom2 XMTAC-1 WestCom Fire 13508 D 13512 D 13515 D 13518 D 13521 D 13526 D 13528 D 13534 D 13538 D 13541 D XMTAC-2 XMTAC-3 MayfieldFD14 XMTAC-4 XMTAC-5 XMTAC-6 XMTAC-7 XMTAC-8 XMTAC-9 Hillcrest FD 13545 D XMTAC-10 13546 D Lyndhurst FD 13548 D SEuclidFD 13561 D XMETROLZ 13562 D EastCom Fire 13563 D HillcrestFD3 13564 D HillcrestFD4 13570 D Lakewood PD 13572 D XMETRFCO 13592 D CPL SEC DSP 13600 D CPL SEC OPS 13609 D 13611 D 13619 D 14096 D HighHillsPD RockyRvr PD RockyRvr PD2 XCC-AIR 14477 D 14481 D Lkwd PD Ops Lkwd PD Tac 14483 D 14490 D 14492 D Solon FD Solon-GW PD PD Chagrin 14494 D FD Chagrin Village Police - Dispatch Ashtabula Co Fire - Tac 1 Ashtabula Co Fire - Tac 2 Ashtabula Co Fire - Tac 3 Champaign County Sheriff Tactical 1 Champaign County Sheriff Dispatch Clark County Sheriff Tactical 1 Clark County Sheriff Tactical 5 Clark County Fire Tactical Clark County Sheriff Tactical 2 Clark County Sheriff Tactical 3 Clark County Sheriff Tactical 4 Clark County Sheriff Clark County Fire Dispatch Coshocton Co Sheriff - Special RespTeam Eastcom Fire - Alternate Dispatch Countywide Tactical 1 Westcom Fire - Dispatch (Bay Village, Fairview Park, Rocky River, Westlake) Countywide Tactical 2 Countywide Tactical 3 Mayfield Village FD Ch. 14 Countywide Tactical 4 Countywide Tactical 5 Countywide Tactical 6 Countywide Tactical 7 Countywide Tactical 8 Countywide Tactical 9 Hillcrest Region North Fire Departments - Dispatch Countywide Tactical 10 Lyndhurst Fire South Euclid Fire Dispatch Cleveland Metro LifeFlight Land Zone EastCom Fire - Dispatch (Cleveland Hts, Shaker Hts, University Hts) Hillcrest Region North Fire Ch.3 (fire prevention use) Hillcrest Region North Fire Ch.4 Lakewood PD - Dispatch Cleveland Metro LifeFlight Flight Control Cleveland Public Library, Security Dispatch Cleveland Public Library, Security Ops Highland Hills PD - Dispatch Rocky River PD - Dispatch Rocky River PD - Ch. 2 Cleveland Clinic Helo Dispatch Lakewood PD - Special Ops Lakewood PD - Ch. 4 Tactical/Car-to-Car Solon Fire and EMS Dispatch Solon / Glenwillow PD - Dispatch Chagrin/Southeast Region Law Dispatch Chagrin Falls / Orange Village / Woodmere FDs SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 14495 D 14498 D 17000 D 17001 D 17002 D 17006 D 17007 D 17009 D 17011 D 17018 D 17023 E 17501 D 19501 D 19503 D 19504 D 19505 D 19506 D 19507 D 19508 D 19510 D 19511 D 19512 D 19513 D 19514 D 19515 D 19516 D 19517 D 19520 D 19521 D 19522 D 19523 D 19524 D 19525 D 19526 D 19527 D 19530 D 19537 D 19538 D 19539 D 19540 D 19541 D 19543 D 19545 D 19547 D 19553 D 19555 D 19556 D 19602 D 19610 D 19633 D 20073 D 20074 E 20076 D 20077 D 20078 E 20080 E 20082 E 20083 E 20084 E 20085 D 20086 E Solon PD 2 Solon / Glenwillow PD - Ch. 2 PD Chagrin 2 Chagrin/Southeast Region XSO24DISP Fayette County Sheriff - Dispatch XWCHPEVT Washington Court House PD - Event XWCHPDSP Washington Court House PD - Disp XWCHPTAC1 Washington Court House PD - Tac 1 XSO24EVT Fayette County Sheriff - Event X24LETAC Fayette County Law - Tac XWCHPTAC2 Washington Court House PD - Tac 2 XSO24JAIL Fayette County Sheriff - Jail Ops XSO24TAC3 Fayette County Sheriff - Tactical XMEDFLT Medflight of Ohio State Hailing ChardonPD Chardon PD BainbridgePD Bainbridge Twp Police SO 28 Disp Geauga Co Sheriff County 28 PD Local Twp/Village PD Dispatch SRussellPD South Russell PD 28 Law Comm 28 Jail Geauga Co Jail 28 Tac 1 Countywide Tactical 1 28 Tac 2 Countywide Tactical 2 28 Tac 3 Countywide Tactical 3 28 Tac 4 Countywide Tactical 4 28 Tac 5 Countywide Tactical 5 28 Tac 6 Countywide Tactical 6 28 Tac 7 Countywide Tactical 7 28 Tac 8 Countywide Tactical 8 ChardonFD Chardon Fire HamMontThoFD Hambden / Montville / Thompson Fire BurtNewbFD Burton / Newbury Fire MiddlfieldFD Middlefield Fire BainbridgeFD Bainbridge Fire AubPrkTroyFD Auburn / Parkman / Troy Fire Chester FD Chester Fire MunsRussFD Munson / Russell Fire GeaugaMC ER Geauga Medical Center ER WGeaugaSch West Geauga Schools BerkshireSch Berkshire Schools CardinalSch Cardinal Schools ChardonSch Chardon Schools LedgemontSch Ledgemont Schools Newbury LSD Newbury Schools ChstrlndSvcs Chesterland Services GeaugaTranst Geauga County Transit ChardTwpDPW Chardon Twp Road Dept HambdenDPW Hambden Twp Road Dept MunsonTwpDPW Munson Twp Road Dept NewburyFD Newbury FD ParkmanRds Parkman Twp Road Dept ThompTwpDPW Thompson Twp Road Dept 29SODIS Greene County Sheriff Dispatch 29ACEOP1 Greene County Drug Task Force OPS 1 29SOOPS1 Greene County Sheriff OPS 1 XHOS2903 MVH-Jamestown 29ACEOP2 Greene County Drug Task Force OPS 2 29SOOPS2 Greene County Sheriff OPS 2 29ACETAC Greene County Drug Task Force TAC 29RRTOP1 Regional Emerg Response Team OPS 1 29S0ADM Greene County Sheriff OPS 3 29 CW 1 Countywide 1 29HNTOP2 Regional Emerg Response Team OPS 2 - Hostage Negotiation Team PAGE 9 20087 E 20088 E 20089 D 20089 D 20090 E 20091 E 29SODET 29SWTOP1 29LETAC1 29 IPSAP 29SOCJ 29RRTOP3 20092 D 20093 E 20094 E 20095 D 20096 E 20097 E 20098 E 20099 E 20100 D 20101 E 20102 D 20103 D 20104 D 20105 D 20106 D 20107 D 20108 D 20109 D 20110 D 20111 D 20112 E 20113 E 20114 D 20115 E 20116 D 20117 D 20118 D 20119 D 20120 D 20122 D 20123 D 20124 D 20125 D 20126 D 20127 D 20129 D 20131 D 20132 D 20133 D 20134 D 20135 D 20136 E 20137 D 20138 D 20139 D 20140 D 20141 D 20143 D 20144 D 20145 D 20146 E 20147 E 20149 E 20150 E 20151 E 20152 D 20153 D 20154 E 20155 D 29FTAC01 29SOADC 29SWTOP2 29LETAC2 29SOCS 29SWTOP3 29SWTTAC 29COROP1 29FTAC02 29CWDET 29 CW 2 29FTAC03 29LETAC3 29 CW 3 29GFEDIS 29FTAC04 29LETAC4 29 CW 4 29FTAC05 29PRKOP1 29LETAC5 29PRKRNG 29FTAC06 29LETAC6 29PRKMNT 29FTAC07 29PRKNAT BVF DISP 29FTAC08 BBSC FDISP 29PRKPRG 29FTAC09 BVF OPS1 29FTAC10 BBF OPS1 29FTAC11 CTF OPS1 29FTAC12 29BVPDIS 29FTAC13 FBF DISP 29BVROP1 29FTAC14 FBF OPS1 BBF OPS2 29SO-SD 29FTAC15 29FTAC16 29SBPDIS FBF OPS2 29BVPDET 29BLPOP1 29BVPADM 29BLPOP2 29CDPOP1 29FBPDIS 29BLPADM 29SOJALL 29GRSDIS Greene County Sheriff Detectives Greene County SWAT 1 Countywide Law Tac 1 Greene County IPSAP Greene County Sheriff Jail Regional Emergency Response Team OPS 3 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 1 Greene Co. Sheriff Adult Detention Greene County SWAT 2 Countywide Law Tac 2 Greene County Sheriff Court Services Greene County SWAT 3 Greene County SWAT TAC Greene County Coroner OPS 1 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 2 Greene Countywide Detectives Countywide 2 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 3 Countywide Law Tac 3 Countywide 3 Greene Fire East - Dispatch Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 4 Countywide Law Tac 4 Countywide 4 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 5 Greene County Parks Ops 1 Countywide Law Tac 5 Greene County Parks Ranger Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 6 Countywide Law Tac 6 Greene County Parks Maintenance Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 7 Greene County Parks Nature Beavercreek Fire - Dispatch Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 8 Bellbrook /Sugarcreek Fire - Dispatch Greene County Parks Programs Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 9 Beavercreek Fire - Ops 1 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 10 Bellbrook Fire - Ops 1 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 11 Cedarville Twp Fire - Ops 1 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 12 Beavercreek Police Dispatch Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 13 Fairborn Fire - Dispatch Beavercreek OPS 1 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 14 Fairborn Fire - Ops 1 Bellbrook Fire - Ops 2 Greene County Sheriff Special Detail Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 15 Greene Countywide Fire - Tactical 16 Bellbrook/Sugarcreek Police Dispatch Fairborn Fire - Ops 2 Beavercreek Police Detectives Bellbrook Police Tac 1 Beavercreek Police Administration Bellbrook Police Talk Cedarville Police OPS 1 Fairborn Police Dispatch Bellbrook Police Administration Greene County Sheriff Jail ALL Greene Central Services Dispatch SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 20156 E 20158 E 20159 E 20160 E 20161 D 20162 E 20163 D 20164 D 20165 D 20166 D 20167 D 20168 D 20169 D 20170 D 20171 D 20172 D 20173 D 20175 E 20176 D 20177 D 20178 E 20179 D 20180 E 20184 D 20187 E 20188 E 20190 D 20196 E 20199 E 20204 E 20205 E 20208 D 20209 E 20212 D 24500 D 26002 D 27500 D 27501 D 27502 D 27503 D 27504 D 27505 D 27506 D 27507 D 27508 D 27509 D 27510 D 27511 D 27512 D 27513 D 27514 D 27515 D 27516 D 27517 D 27518 D 27519 D 27546 D 27547 D 27548 D 27549 D 29FBPOP1 29FBPDET 29STPOP1 29FBPADM 29CSUOP1 29STPOP2 XFD DISP 29YSPDIS 29CSUDIS 29STPADM XFD OPS1 29YSPOP1 29XCSOP1 XFD OPS2 29YSPOP2 XTF OPS1 29XCPDISP 29XCPOPS1 29YSPADM XTF OPS2 29XCPDET 29JTPOP1 29XCPADM 29WILOP1 29RRTTAC Fairborn Police OPS 1 Fairborn Police Detectives Sugarcreek Police OPS 1 Fairborn Police Administration Central State University Police OPS 1 Sugarcreek Police OPS 2 Xenia Fire Dispatch Yellow Springs Police Dispatch Central State Univer Police Dispatch Sugarcreek Police Administration Xenia Fire - Ops 1 Yellow Springs Police OPS 1 Xenia City Services OPS 1 Xenia Fire - Ops 2 Yellow Springs Police OPS 2 Xenia Twp Fire - Ops 1 Xenia Police Dispatch Xenia Police OPS 1 Yellow Springs Police Administration Xenia Twp Fire - Ops 2 Xenia Police Detectives Jamestown Police OPS 1 Xenia Police Administration Wilberforce College Police OPS 1 Regional Emergency Response Team TAC 29SOCJ-1 Greene County Sheriff Jail OPS 1 XWSUDISP Wright State Univer Police Dispatch 29SOCJ-2 Greene County Sheriff Jail OPS 2 XWSUOPS Wright State University Police OPS 29SOAD-1 Greene County Sheriff Adult Detention OPS 1 XWSUADM Wright State University Police Admin XWSUSRV1 Wright State University Service 1 29SOAD-2 Greene County Sheriff Adult Detention OPS 2 XWSUSRV2 Wright State University Service 2 XLGNPDISP Logan PD Dispatch WELLSTON PD Wellston PD Dispatch Wick-WilloPD Wickliffe / Willowick PD WilloughbyPD Willoughby Police WilHl-WaitPD Willoughby Hills / Waite Hill PD Eastlake PD Eastlake Police Dispatch Mentor PD Mentor Police Dispatch MoLKirtLC PD Mentor-on-the-Lake / Kirtland / Lakeland College PD SO43Disp Lake Co Sheriff Dispatch Pain/FH/GRPD Painesville / Fairport Harbor / Grand RiverPD KHPD-MetPark Kirtland Hills PD / Lake Metroparks Rangers Madison PD Madison Twp / Madison PD 43 Tac 1 Countywide Tactical 1 43 Tac 2 Countywide Tactical 2 43 Tac 3 Countywide Tactical 3 43 Tac 4 Countywide Tactical 4 43 Tac 5 Countywide Tactical 5 43 Tac 6 Countywide Tactical 6 43 Tac 7 Countywide Tactical 7 43 Tac 8 Countywide Tactical 8 43 Tac 9 Countywide Tactical 9 43 Tac 10 Countywide Tactical 10 Con-Leroy FD Concord / Leroy FD Eastlake FD Eastlake FD Wick/Will FD Wickliffe / Willowick FD WilloughbyFD Willoughby FD PAGE 10 27550 D Kirt-WlHl FD Kirtland / Willoughby Hills FD 27551 D MentorFD Mentor Fire Dispatch 27552 D PnTwp/FHGRFD Painesville Twp / Faiport Harbor / Grand River FD 27553 D PainesvillFD Painesville City FD 27554 D Perry-Mad FD Perry / Madison FD 27555 D 43 FD Trng Lake County Fire Training 27558 D 43 FD Stage Lake County Fire Staging 27559 D 43 Aeromed Lake County EMS Aeromedical 27560 D 43 FD West Lake County Fire West 27561 D 43 FD East Lake County Fire East 27570 D Eastlk PD 1A Eastlake PD 1A 27572 D Eastlk FD 1A Eastlake FD 1A 27576 D FairprtPD 1A Fairport PD 1A 27582 D GrndRvrPD 1A Grand River PD 1A 27589 D KirtlndPD 1A Kirtland PD 1A 27593 D LCC PD 1A Lakeland Community College PD 27602 D MadVillPD 1A Madison VIllage PD 1A 27609 D Mentor PD 1A Mentor PD 1A 27612 D Mentor FD 1A Mentor FD 1A 27617 D MOL PD 1A Mentor-on-the-Lake PD 1A 27623 D 43MetPkPD 1A Lake Metroparks Rangers 1A 27624 D 43 SpecOp 1A Lake County Special Ops 1A 27626 D 43 SpecOp Lake County Special Ops 27631 D Pville PD 1A Painesville City PD 1A 27639 D PerryPD 1A Perry Village PD 1A 27644 D WcklffePD 1A Wickliffe PD 1A 27649 D WaiteHlPD 1A Waite Hills PD 1A 27652 D Will PD 1A Willoughby PD 1A 27654 D Will FD 1A Willoughby FD 1A 27658 D WilHlPD 1A Willoughby Hills PD 1A 27664 D WillowkPD 1A Willowick PD 1A 27669 D Perry PD 1A Perry PD 1A 27672 D 43 Jail 1 Lake County Jail 1 27673 D 43 Jail 2 Lake County Jail 2 27674 D 43 Jail 3 Lake County Jail 3 27676 D 43 SO 1A Lake Co Sheriff / Perry PD / Timberlake PD 1A 27677 D LH Madison Lake Health - Madison ER 27678 D LH TriPoint LakeHealth - TriPoint Medical Center ER 27679 D LH WestMed Lake Health - West Medical Center ER 27683 D Perry NPP Perry Nuclear Power Plant 27684 D Laketran CRT Laketran - Community Response Transit 27685 D Laketran Fxd Laketran - Fixed Bus Routes 27687 D Kirt-Deep SD Kirtland/Lake County MRDDDeepwood School 27688 D Mad-Perry SD Madison/Perry School Districts 27689 D Painsvl CSD Painesville City School District 27690 D Will-East SD Willoughby-Eastlake School District 27691 D WickliffeCSD Wickliffe City Schools 27692 D Mentor Sch 1 Mentor Public Schools - Ch.1 27694 D 43 AnimalCtl Lake County Animal Control 27696 D 43 Elections Lake County Board of Elections 27697 D 43 EMA 1 Lake County EMA 1 27698 D 43 EMA 2 Lake County EMA 2 27699 D 43 Bldg-Grnd Lake County Buildings and Grounds Department 27700 D 43 Garage Lake County Garage 27701 D 43 Health Lake County Health Department 27702 D 43CrtBailiff Court Bailiff 27703 D 43 Engineer Lake County Engineer Department 27705 D 43 Telecom Lake County Telecom (System Installation) SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 27706 D 43 Water 27707 D 27708 D 27710 D 27711 D 27713 D 27714 D 27723 D 28503 D 28520 D 30000 D 31002 D 31010 D 31013 D 31018 D 33503 D 36500 D 40500 D 40509 D 40512 D 40516 D 40519 E 41500 D 43009 D 45009 D 45488 D 45491 D 45494 D 48674 D 49000 D 51528 D 53003 D 53004 D 53007 D 53016 D 53019 D 53031 D 53047 D 53052 D 53077 D 53106 D 53272 D 53317 D 53321 D 53376 D 53377 D 53385 D 54000 D 54394 D 54500 D 54501 D 54502 D 54503 D 54504 D 54505 D 54506 D 54507 D 54508 D 54509 D 54510 D Lake County Water - Willoughby/ West End Service Center 43 Landfill Lake County Solid Waste District Landfill Concord Svcs Concord Twp Services (Roads) School Emerg Lake County School Emergency EOC Emerg Lake County EOC Hailing MOL FD Mentor-on-the-Lake FD Dispatch Mentor Sch 2 Mentor Public Schools - Ch.2 43 Util-Eng Lake County Utilities Dept Engineering PATPDISP Pataskala PD - Dispatch PATPTAC1 Pataskala PD - Tactical XLF-TAC Toledo LifeFlight Tac XLNDPDISP London PD Dispatch XSO49DISP Madison County Sheriff Dispatch XWJPDISP West Jefferson PD Dispatch XWJPTAC West Jefferson PD car-to-car/tactical XWSUMCR Wright State University - Mercer Campus XSO59DISP Morrow Co Sheriff - Dispatch XSO67TAC1 Portage Co Sheriff - Tac 1 XSO67TAC2 Portage Co Sheriff - Tac 2 XSO67DISP Portage Co Sheriff - Dispatch XSO67TAC3 Portage Co Sheriff - Tac 3 XSO67TAC4 Portage Co Sheriff - Tac 4 CO69SCHOOL Putnum County Schools Common X72EMS Sandusky County EMS Dispatch NCANTON FD North Canton FD X AEMS-1 American EMS - Medics X AEMS-? American EMS - Medics X AEMS-? American EMS - Ambulettes ? X83TELECOM Warren County Telecom XCO84ENG Washington County Engineer OSP PATCH OSP Patch - Old MARCS to New MARCS-IP ODOTMAIN ODOT Main ODOT-MTC ODOT Maintenance ESCORT-1 ODOT Oversized Load Escort 1 ESCORT-2 ODOT Oversized Load Escort 2 ODOT-AIR ODOT Air Operations ESCORT-3 ODOT Oversized Load Escort 3 D06-MAIN ODOT District 6 Main D08-MAIN ODOT District 8 Main CHJCF-1 Cuyahoga Hills JCF CVJCF-1 Circleville JCF ODOT CENTRAL ODOT Central Office D08-BUT ODOT Butler County Operations D08-CLI ODOT Clinton County Operations D07-MIA ODOT Miami County Operations D07-MON ODOT Montgomery County Operations ODOT-ALL All ODOT Radios XAIREVAC Air Evac Dispatch XECOMM-15 Event Common 15 XSO-01 Adams County Statewide Interop XMARCS-01 Demonstration/Temporary Use 1 XLECOMM-1 Local Event Communications 1 XSO-02 Allen County Statewide Interop XMARCS-02 Demonstration/Temporary Use 2 XLECOMM-2 Local Event Communications 2 XSO-03 Ashland County Statewide Interop XMARCS-03 Demonstration/Temporary Use 3 XLECOMM-3 Local Event Communications 3 XSO-04 Ashtabula County Statewide Interop XSO-05 Athens County Statewide Interop PAGE 11 54511 D 54512 D 54513 D 54514 D 54515 D 54516 D 54517 D 54518 D 54519 D 54520 D 54521 D 54522 D 54523 D 54524 D 54525 D 54526 D 54527 D 54528 D 54529 D 54530 D 54531 D 54532 D 54533 D 54534 D 54535 D 54536 D 54537 D 54538 D 54539 D 54540 D 54541 D 54542 D 54543 D 54544 D 54545 D 54546 D 54547 D 54548 D 54549 D 54550 D 54551 D 54552 D 54553 D 54554 D 54555 D 54556 D 54557 D 54558 D 54559 D 54560 D 54561 D 54562 D 54563 D 54564 D 54565 D 54566 D 54567 D 54568 D 54569 D 54570 D 54571 D 54572 D 54573 D 54574 D XSO-06 XSO-07 XMARCS-04 XSO-08 XLECOMM-4 XSO-09 XMARCS-05 XLECOMM-5 XMARCS-06 XLECOMM-6 XSO-10 XSO-11 XMARCS-07 XLECOMM-7 XSO-12 XSO-13 XSO-14 XSO-15 Auglaize County Statewide Interop Belmont County Statewide Interop Demonstration/Temporary Use 4 Brown County Statewide Interop Local Event Communications 4 Butler County Statewide Interop Demonstration/Temporary Use 5 Local Event Communications 5 Demonstration/Temporary Use 6 Local Event Communications 6 Carroll County Statewide Interop Champaign County Statewide Interop Demonstration/Temporary Use 7 Local Event Communications 7 Clark County Statewide Interop Clermont County Statewide Interop Clinton County Statewide Interop Columbiana County Statewide Interop XMARCS-08 Demonstration/Temporary Use 8 XLECOMM-9 Local Event Communications 9 XSO-16 Coshocton County Statewide Interop XSO-17 Crawford County Statewide Interop XMARCS-09 Demonstration/Temporary Use 9 XLECOMM-10 Local Event Communications 10 XSO-18 Cuyahoga County Statewide Interop XSO-19 Darke County Statewide Interop XSO-20 Defiance County Statewide Interop XMARCS-10 Demonstration/Temporary Use 10 XLECOMM-11 Local Event Communications 11 XSO-21 Delaware County Statewide Interop XSO-22 Erie County Statewide Interop XSO-23 Fairfield County Statewide Interop XMARCS-11 Demonstration/Temporary Use 11 XLECOMM-8 Local Event Communications 8 XSO-24 Fayette County Statewide Interop XMARCS-12 Demonstration/Temporary Use 12 XLECOMM-12 Local Event Communications 12 XSO-25 Franklin County Statewide Interop XSO-26 Fulton County Statewide Interop XMARCS-13 Demonstration/Temporary Use 13 XLECOMM-13 Local Event Communications 13 XMARCS-14 Demonstration/Temporary Use 14 XLECOMM-14 Local Event Communications 14 XHELPDESK Office of Information Technology (OIT) XSO-27 Gallia County Statewide Interop XSO-28 Geauga County Statewide Interop XSO-29 Greene County Statewide Interop XSO-30 Guernsey County Statewide Interop XSO-31 Hamilton County Statewide Interop XSO-32 Hancock County Statewide Interop XSO-33 Hardin County Statewide Interop XLECOMM-15 Local Event Communications 15 XSO-34 Harrison County Statewide Interop XSO-35 Henry County Statewide Interop XSO-36 Highland County Statewide Interop XSO-37 Hocking County Statewide Interop XSO-38 Holmes County Statewide Interop XLECOMM-16 Local Event Communications 16 XSO-39 Huron County Statewide Interop XSO-40 Jackson County Statewide Interop XSO-41 Jefferson County Statewide Interop XSO-42 Knox County Statewide Interop XSO-43 Lake County Statewide Interop XSO-44 Lawrence County Statewide Interop SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 54575 D 54576 D 54577 D 54578 D 54579 D 54581 D 54582 D 54583 D 54584 D 54585 D 54586 D 54588 D 54589 D 54590 D 54591 D 54592 D 54593 D 54594 D 54595 D 54596 D 54597 D 54598 D 54599 D 54600 D 54601 D 54602 D 54603 D 54604 D 54605 D 54606 D 54607 D 54608 D 54609 D 54610 D 54611 D 54612 D 54613 D 54614 D 54615 D 54616 D 54617 D 54618 D 54619 D 54620 D 54621 D 54622 D 54623 D 54624 D 54626 D 54628 D 54629 D 54630 D 54631 D 54633 D 54636 D 54637 D 54638 D 54639 D 54640 D 54641 D 54642 D 54643 D 54644 D 54645 D XSO-45 XSO-46 XSO-47 XSO-48 XSO-49 XSO-50 XSO-51 XSO-52 XSO-53 XSO-54 XSO-55 XSO-56 XSO-57 Licking County Statewide Interop Logan County Statewide Interop Lorain County Statewide Interop Lucas County Statewide Interop Madison County Statewide Interop Mahoning County Statewide Interop Marion County Statewide Interop Medina County Statewide Interop Meigs County Statewide Interop Mercer County Statewide Interop Miami County Statewide Interop Monroe County Statewide Interop Montgomery County Statewide Interop XSO-58 Morgan County Statewide Interop XECOMM-12 Event Common 12 XSO-60 Muskingum County Statewide Interop XSO-61 Noble County Statewide Interop XSO-62 Ottawa County Statewide Interop XSO-63 Paulding County Statewide Interop XECOMM-22 Event Common 22 XSO-64 Perry County Statewide Interop XSO-65 Pickaway County Statewide Interop XSO-66 Pike County Statewide Interop XSO-67 Portage County Statewide Interop XSO-68 Preble County Statewide Interop XSO-69 Putnam County Statewide Interop XSO-70 Richland County Statewide Interop XECOMM-23 Event Common 23 XECOMM-24 Event Common 24 XSO-71 Ross County Statewide Interop XSO-72 Sandusky County Statewide Interop XSO-73 Scioto County Statewide Interop XSO-74 Seneca County Statewide Interop XSO-75 Shelby County Statewide Interop XSO-76 Stark County Statewide Interop XSO-77 Summit County Statewide Interop XSO-78 Trumbull County Statewide Interop XSO-79 Tuscarawas County Statewide Interop XECOMM-25 Event Common 25 XECOMM-26 Event Common 26 XECOMM-27 Event Common 27 XECOMM-28 Event Common 28 XSO-59 Morrow County Statewide Interop XSO-80 Union County Statewide Interop XSO-81 Van Wert County Statewide Interop XSO-82 Vinton County Statewide Interop XSO-83 Warren County Statewide Interop XSO-84 Washington County Statewide Interop CPL Ch3 Cleveland Public Library Ch. 3 XSO-85 Wayne County Statewide Interop XSO-86 Williams County Statewide Interop XSO-87 Wood County Statewide Interop XSO-88 Wyandot County Statewide Interop XSO-NW County Interop - Northwest XSO-NE County Interop - Northeast XECOMM-07 Event Common 7 18MetPrkDisp Cleveland MetroParks PD - Dispatch XECOMM-08 Event Common 8 XSO-SE County Interop - Southeast XECOMM-09 Event Common 9 XECOMM-10 Event Common 10 XMCALL-2 Mutual Aid Calling - North XSO-SW County Interop - Southwest XECOMM-11 Event Common 11 PAGE 12 54647 D 54648 D 54649 D 54651 D 54652 D 54654 D 54656 D 54657 D 54658 D 54660 D 54661 D 54664 D 54665 D 54666 D 54668 D 54672 D 54678 D 54681 D 54682 D 54683 D 54687 D 54689 D 54694 D 54697 D 54701 D 54702 D 54704 D 54706 D 54707 D XSO-CEN XECOMM-13 XECOMM-14 XMCALL-3 XECOMM-16 XMCALL-4 XECOMM-17 XMCOMM-1 XECOMM-18 XECOMM-19 XMCOMM-2 XECOMM-20 XECOMM-21 XMCOMM-3 XMCOMM-4 18MetPrkMnt XSFM-HQ XSFM-OPS1 18MetPrk 3 XSFM-OPS2 XSFM-OPS3 XSFM-OPS4 XSFM-OPS5 XOFCA-1 XOFCA-2 18MetPrk IO 18MetPrk 7 XOSFA-1 18CW-1 54710 D 18CW-2 54717 D 18CW-3 54718 D 18CW-4 54719 D 18CW-5 54721 D 18CW-12 54722 D 18CW-6 54724 D 18CW-7 54725 D 18CW-13 54727 D 18CW-8 54729 D 18CW-9 54731 D 18CW-10 54733 D 18CW-11 54735 D NBI-TAC4 54741 D XMEDVAC1 54742 D 18CW-14 54748 D 18CW-15 54768 D 54778 D 54824 D 54878 D 55912 D 59003 D XSO04DISP XSO16DISP XSO60DISP XNUC-DB XHOS2902 XCOEMA-04 County Interop - Central Event Common 13 Event Common 14 Mutual Aid Calling - South/Southwest Event Common 16 Mutual Aid Calling - East/Southeast Event Common 17 Mutual Aid Ops - Central/West Event Common 18 Event Common 19 Mutual Aid Ops - North Event Common 20 Event Common 21 Mutual Aid Ops - South/Southwest Mutual Aid Ops - East/Southeast Cleveland MetroParks Maintenance State Fire Marshal Headquarters State Fire Marshal Operations 1 Cleveland MetroParks PD - Ch. 3 State Fire Marshal Operations 2 State Fire Marshal Operations 3 State Fire Marshal Operations 4 State Fire Marshal Operations 5 Ohio Fire Chiefs Association Ohio Fire Chiefs Association Cleveland Metroparks PD - Interop Cleveland Metroparks PD - Ch. 7 Ohio State Firefighters Association Countywide Event/General Use Common 1 Countywide Event/General Use Common 2 Countywide Event/General Use Common 3 Countywide Event/General Use Common 4 Countywide Event/General Use Common 5 Countywide Event/General Use Common 12 Countywide Event/General Use Common 6 Countywide Event/General Use Common 7 Countywide Event/General Use Common 13 Countywide Event/General Use Common 8 Countywide Event/General Use Common 9 Countywide Event/General Use Common 10 Countywide Event/General Use Common 11 Northern Border Interop TAC4 University MedEvac 1 Countywide Event/General Use Common 14 Countywide Event/General Use Common 15 Ashtabula Co Sheriff - Dispatch Coshocton Co Sheriff Dispatch Muskingum County Sheriff - Dispatch Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant Greene SOIN Medical Center Ashtabula Co EMA SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 59088 D XEMA-CONW State EMA-County EMAs Regional Ops, Northwest Ohio 59089 D XNUC-PERRY First Energy Perry Nuclear Power Plant 59090 D XEMA-COC State EMA-County EMAs Regional Ops, Central Ohio 59091 D XNWS-WILM Local Agencies to NWS Wilmington 59092 D XEMA-CONE State EMA-County EMAs Regional Ops, Northeast Ohio 59093 D XNWS-CLEV Local Agencies to NWS Cleveland 59094 D XEMA-COSE State EMA-County EMAs Regional Ops, Southeast Ohio 59095 D XNWS-PITT Local Agencies to NWS Pittsburgh 59096 D XEMA-COSW State EMA-County EMAs Regional Ops, Southwest Ohio 59097 D XNUC-BV Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant 59098 D XNWS-CHAR Local Agencies to NWS Charleston, WV 59099 D XNWS-NWEB Local Agencies to NWS Northern Indiana 59685 D Lakewood FD Lakewood Fire and EMS Dispatch 59737 D XHOS-0401 Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) 59740 D XHOS-0402 Brown Memorial Hospital (Conneaut) 59744 D XHOS-0403 UHHS Geneva Medical Center 59749 D XHOS-0404 St Joe's Andover (Andover) ER 59818 D XHOS-7201 Fremont Memorial Hospital ER 59828 D XHOS-7203 Bellevue Hospital ER 59909 D XHOS2901 Greene Memorial Hospital ER 61001 D 25EVT-1 Countywide Events/Common 1 61002 D 25EVT-2 Countywide Events/Common 2 61003 D 25EVT-3 Countywide Events/Common 3 61004 D 25EVT-4 Countywide Events/Common 4 61005 D 25EVT-5 Countywide Events/Common 5 61006 D 25EVT-6 Countywide Events/Common 6 61007 D 25EVT-7 Countywide Events/Common 7 61008 D 25EVT-8 Countywide Events/Common 8 61009 D 25EVT-9 Countywide Events/Common 9 61010 D 25EVT-10 Countywide Events/Common 10 61011 D 25EVT-11 Countywide Events/Common 11 61012 D 25EVT-12 Countywide Events/Common 12 61013 D 25EVT-13 Countywide Events/Common 13 61014 D 25EVT-14 Countywide Events/Common 14 61015 D 25EVT-15 Countywide Events/Common 15 61016 D 25EV-ATG Countywide Events/Common All Call MARCS-IP Monitoring Tips: Ohio counties are numbered in alphabetical order i.e. 01 Adams County, 02 Allen County, 03 Ashland County and so on. There are 88 counties in Ohio. With original MARCS radios were assigned as users joined the system on a first come, first served basis. With MARCS-IP Radio Identifications are numbered by county and agency. RIDs are seven digits with the first two numbers representing the county number. Thus for example a Clark County assigned radio will show 12xxxxx. This helps greatly in narrowing down who is using an unidentified talkgroup. State agencies appear to be using 93xxxxx RIDs. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is finally leaving 47 MHz behind and migrating to MARCS-IP, radios are being installed in all ODOT vehicles as I write PAGE 13 this and the agency hopes to be fully migrated by the end of summer. ODOT was the last holdover of VHF Low Band in The State of Ohio. Once they have completed the switchover there will be very little VHF Low Band left to listen to in the Buckeye State. Some of the simulcast sites such as Greene County are subject to the Digital Simulcast Distortion that plagues many simulcast P-25 systems. Some workarounds are to try a yagi antenna pointed at the nearest tower or attenuate the signal being received. Sometimes it just takes finding the “sweet spot” in your residence to minimize the effects. The 155.070 is the old Brookville Police VHF and, the last time I checked, was still licensed on Brookville's KQE878 callsign. As far as I know Farmersville (KQG229) and New Lebanon (KQG235) are still licensed on 154.190 MHz., even though neighboring Darke and Preble Counties use this only as a tactical channel. Here are the talk groups (on the Montgomery County TRS) for the 800 MHz. capable departments: 12368 Englewood/Union/Brookville Dispatch (simulcast 158.925 and 155.070) Englewood/Union/Brookville Operations 72 Englewood/Union/Brookville Operations 73 Englewood/Union/Brookville Operations 74 Englewood/Union/Brookville Operations 75 Englewood/Union/Brookville Medic Operations 7A Englewood/Union Training Englewood/Union Admin. Brookville Operations/Admin. Brookville Training The original MARCS system is expected to continue into mid-2015, before all traffic is converted to MARCS-IP. New talk groups are popping up on a daily basis. Grab your scanner and let us know what you are catching. 6416 9616 3472 3504 13008 MONTGOMERY CO. OHIO 12400 13712 13776 13744 Welcome to the Montgomery County, Ohio column. Here is the apparatus/station layout: First, I'm going to finish up the Englewood Dispatch Center for fire and EMS. The dispatch center is located in the Englewood Government Center at 333 West National Road in Englewood, Ohio. For fire/EMS, they dispatch Brookville FD/EMS, Englewood FD/EMS, Farmersville FD/EMS, New Lebanon FD/EMS and Union FD/EMS. Farmersville FD/EMS - Sta. #67 - 207 N. Elm St., Farmersville It's interesting to note that Farmersville FD/EMS and New Lebanon FD/EMS are the only two fire departments in Montgomery County not on an 800 MHz. trunk system, and have never been on 800 MHz. This has been due to the expense of said system. Also, the old Brookville Dispatch Center, which had also dispatched New Lebanon and Farmersville, ceased operations and joined the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center until the expense, a few years later, forced them to contract with Englewood. New Lebanon and Farmersville went immediately to Englewood when Brookville went to the county center. New Lebanon FD/EMS - Sta. #69 - 115 S. Clayton Rd., New Lebanon Ken Williams PO Box 24 Arcanum, OH 45304-0024 [email protected] Chief 67, Asst. Chief 67, Capt. 67-C11, Capt. 67-C21, Capt. 67-C31, Lt. 67-L12, Lt. 67-L22, Lt. 67-L32 Engine 67-1, Engine 67-2, Brush 67, Medic 67, Rescue 67 Chief 69, Capt. 69-C1, Capt. 69-C2, Lt. 69-L1, Lt. 69-L2, Lt. 69-L3 Engine 69-1, Engine 69-2, Brush 69, Medic 69, Medic 692, Rescue 69 Brookville FD/EMS - Sta. #76 - 21 S. Mulberry St., Brookville Chief 76, Asst. Chief 76, Capt. 76-C2, Lt. 76-L3, Lt. 76-L4 Engine 76, Medic 76, Rescue 76, Utility 76 (4 x 4) Here are their dispatch frequencies: Brookville FD/EMS - Sta. #77 - 401 Albert Rd., Brookville 151.385 MHz. Farmersville and New Lebanon only (also operations) 155.070 MHz. Brookville, Englewood and Union simulcast 158.925 MHz. Brookville, Englewood, Union dispatch The 151.385 is the old Brookville Dispatch paging channel and, the last time I checked, was still licensed on Brookville's KQF357 callsign. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Capt. 77-C1, Capt. 77-C3, Lt. 77-L1 Engine 77, Brush 77, Medic 77 Union FD - Sta. #81 - 109 W. Martindale Rd., Union Union-1 (Chief) Engine 81, Engine 81-2, Medic 81, Medic 81-2 PAGE 14 Englewood FD - Sta. #98 - 333 W. National Rd., Englewood MILITARY Englewood-1 (Chief), Car 2 (Asst. Chief), Car 3 (1st Responder) Engine 98, Engine 198, Ladder 98, Medic 98 Englewood FD - Sta. #99 - 1099 S. Union Rd., Englewood Engine 99, Ladder 99, Medic 99, Medic 199, Trench Rescue Trailer Moving on, just a quick note about neighboring Darke County: Greenville Police Dept. has given up their UHF 460.075 MHz. repeater. They were issued this around 20 years ago and has been incompatible with the surrounding VHF police departments, and even the Darke County Sheriff. They have recently gone to 151.4375 MHz. I remember once, many years ago, when GPD got into a pursuit and ended up 15 - 20 miles north of the city along the Darke County-Mercer County line. This created major communication problems as this was an "all-walkie" system with the car radios on VHF and the portables on UHF. I'm sure GPD is pretty happy with this change. See you next issue. RAILROADS Tom Swisher WA8PYR 5576 PATRIOT AVE. ORIENT, OH 43146-9275 [email protected] No Column for This Issue ILLINOIS Mike Dickerson [email protected] No Column for this Issue. Daniel Myers K3NXX 823 Horsham Rd. Horsham, Pa 19044-1209 [email protected] 2014 Air Show Preview Normally, this annual article takes a look-back review and preview ahead. Unfortunately, 2013 was a year of military “no shows”. For 2014, the armed services and their planes are back in public view- albeit with a limited flight schedule. Starting April 1, 2013 the federal budget sequestration grounded all military participation at all public events including flyovers and air shows. The U.S.N. Blue Angels and U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds did fly a few shows prior to April and after October (fly-bys) when the new federal fiscal year budget was enacted. My only opportunity to see the Blue Angels in 2013 was in December for the Army vs. Navy Game in Philadelphia. After doing a photographic fly-past of the new World Trade center in NYC, the team arrived at PHL Friday afternoon in perfect weather. The following day, for their Saturday flyover of the stadium, it was snowing heavily with poor visibility. After taking off from PHL, the delta held over the now shuttered NAS Willow Grove at 500 feet, making multi-passes over my house. Watching the team fly around in a driving snow storm was a first for me! In 2012 and anticipation of further budget cutbacks, the Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) announced [AFD111201-048.pdf] it would be reducing its single-ship (A-10 East & West, F-16 East & West, F-15E and F-22) demo team performances. For 2014, except for the F-22 Demo and Heritage Flight, and F-16 West Heritage Flight performing at air shows, those single-ship demos have been eliminated entirely. Also, all public flyovers of U.S.A.F. aircraft will take place at air force bases only. [USAF FY14 Outreach Memorandum 140311.pdf] Meanwhile, at the 2013 ICAS convention, the Navy’s Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) announced that the navy was suspending the 2014 East and West Coast Legacy and Super Hornets air show demonstrations. The U.S.M.C.’s AV-8B and MV-22 will show their stuff for 2014. The Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, U.S. Army Golden Knights, USN Leap Frogs and USAF Wings of Blue are all expected to perform a full year show schedule. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 demo will perform a limited number of shows in the U.S. Below are the current schedules for the U.S.A.F., U.S. Navy, U.S.M.C. and Royal Canadian Forces air show participation. Check their web sites for further updates. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 PAGE 15 2014 ACC F‐16 HERITAGE FLIGHT SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/f16west/f‐ 16westheritageschedule.asp Date Location Event Aircraft Date Location Event Aircraft 5 ‐ 6 April Lakeland, FL Air Show HF 1 x P‐38/1 x P‐51 Air Show HF 2 x P‐51 12 April Louisville, KY 15 ‐ 16 March Luke AFB, AZ Open HF 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐38 House 1 x F‐35 26 ‐ 27 April Barksdale AFB, Open LA House HF 1 x P‐51 26‐27 April Barksdale AFB, LA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 3 ‐ 4 May Chino, CA HF 1 x P‐51 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐ 38 3‐4 May Travis AFB, CA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 10 May Holloman AFB, Open NM House HF 1 x P‐51/1 x P‐47 10‐11 May JB McGuire‐Dix‐ Lakehurst, NJ Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 17 ‐ 18 May North Kingstown, RI HF 1 x F‐86 1 x P‐51 31 May ‐ 1 Jun Fairchild AFB, WA Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 30 May ‐ 1 June Virginia Beach, Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 VA 28‐29 Jun Hill AFB, UT Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 5 ‐ 6 July Traverse City, MI Air Show HF 2 x P‐51 6‐7 Sept Selfridge ANGB, MI Open HF 1 x P‐51 House 19 ‐ 20 July Offutt AFB, NE Open House HF 1 x P‐38 13‐14 Sept Altus AFB, OK Open HF 1 x 51 or P‐47 House 26 ‐ 27 July JB Elmendorf‐ Richardson, AK Open House HF 2 x P‐51 Last Updated on 7 Apr 2014 2014 ACC PUBLIC STATIC DISPLAY AND FLYOVER SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/flyoverevents.asp Date Location Event Static Aircraft 9 ‐ 10 August Davenport, IA Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 15 ‐ 17 August Chicago, IL Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 23 ‐ 24 August Duluth, MN Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 Sacramento, CA Air Show HF 1 x P‐51/P‐38 or F‐86 Flyover Aircraft 10 ‐ 14 Sept Reno. NV Air Show HF 3 x F‐86 20 ‐ 21 Sept Hillsboro, OR Air Show HF 1 x P‐51 27 ‐ 28 Sept JB Pearl Harbor‐ Open Hickam, HI House HF TBD 25 ‐ 26 Oct NAS Open Jacksonville, FL House HF 1 x P‐51 1 ‐ 2 Nov Stuart, FL Air Show HF1 x P‐51 8 Nov Nellis AFB, NV Open House 26‐27 Apr Barksdale AFB, LA 3‐4 May 1 x F‐15E Open 1 x U‐2 House 1 x T‐38 1 x MC‐12 Open 1 x F‐15E House 9‐12 May Holloman AFB, NM Open House 6 ‐ 7 Sept Open 1 x TC‐135 House Travis AFB, CA Air Show Last Updated on 16 Apr 2014 2014 ACC F‐22 DEMO SCHEDULE http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/f22a/f‐ 22demoschedule.asp Last Updated on 7 Apr 2014 AV‐8B Harrier and MV‐22 Osprey Flight Demonstration Schedule http://community.marines.mil/community/Pages/AerialS upport.aspx DATE EVENT LOCATION 15‐16 May 24‐25 May 30 May Luke AFB Airshow Luke AFB, AZ DEMO TYPE MV‐22 Jones Beach Airshow Wantagh, NY MV‐22 Virginia Beach Patriotic Festival & Airshow Ocean City Airshow Virginia Beach, VA MV‐22 Ocean City, MD AV‐8B Rhode Island National Guard Open North Kingstown, RI MV‐22 14‐15 June 28 June SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 HF 2 x F‐86 PAGE 16 28 June 18‐20 July 28 July – 3 Aug 13 August 14‐17 Aug 6‐7 Sep 16 Sep 31 Oct – 2 Nov 1‐2 Nov 7‐9 Nov 26‐27 Apr 11‐13 Jul House Dayton Airshow Oregon International Airshow EAA Airventure Dayton, OH Hillsboro, OR AV‐8B AV‐8B Oshkosh, WI MV‐22 Atlantic City Airshow Atlantic City, NJ AV‐8B 56th Annual Chicago Air & Water Show California Capital Airshow Wings Over Wine Country Airshow Stuart Airshow Chicago, IL MV‐22 Sacramento, CA AV‐8B Santa Rose, CA MV‐22 Stuart, FL AV‐8B Houston, TX NAS Pensacola, FL MV‐22 MV‐22 Bossier City, LA AV‐8B Gary, IN AV‐8B Wings Over Houston NAS Pensacola Airshow Defenders of Liberty Gary’s South Shore Airshow Jet Team Schedules U.S. Navy Blue Angels http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/show USAF Thunderbirds http://afthunderbirds.com/site/showseason/?yr=2013&month=4&dy=&cid=mini Royal Canadian Forces Snowbirds http://www.rcafarc.forces.gc.ca/en/snowbirds/schedule.page? Royal Canadian Forces CF-18 Demo http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/cf-18-demoteam/schedule.page? Parachute Team Schedules U.S. Army Golden Knights http://armygk.armylive.dodlive.mil/calendar U.S. Navy Leap Frogs http://www.leapfrogs.sealswcc.com/leap-frogs-navyparachute-team-show-schedule.aspx USAF Wings of Blue http://wingsofblue.com/events-2 USAF THUNDERBIRDS 141.075 Solos 235.250 Diamond 322.950 Diamond (old) 139.800 (am) 140.400 cross-country 141.850 (old) 143.850 (old) U.S. Navy Leap Frogs 461.0375 407.500 (old) USAF Wings of Blue 123.5000 121.250 (Falcon DZ) SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 143.700 (am) 216.725 (simulcast/ LPR) U.S. Army Golden Knights 216.975 (simulcast/ LPR) 123.1500 413.275 (nfm) maintenance 123.4500 413.375 (nfm) maintenance 123.4750 USN BLUE ANGELS 237.8000 (8) Solos ** 275.3500 (9) Diamond 305.9000 (10) “Fat Albert” KC-130 284.2500 (16) Delta 255.2000 (17) 346.5000 (18) Start-Up and Maintenance 289.8000 Enroute a/r 264.5500 (back-up)** 139.8125 (nfm) maintenance (b) 142.6125 (nfm) comm cart (a) 141.5625 (nfm) maintenance (c) 251.6000 (8) (old)* 305.5000 (10) (old)* * Discrete Giant Killer frequencies. ** NAS Patuxent River tactical frequencies. Probably won’t be used on the east coast where there would be confliction. USAF Wings of Blue 121.250 (Falcon DZ) U.S. Air Force F-22 Demo 376.0250 U.S. Air Force F-16 West 384.550 U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight 122.475 122.925 136.475 136.675 136.975 Royal Canadian Forces SNOWBIRDS 116.000 Ground Flight Checks 272.100 Formation Primary 299.500 Arrival Formation 242.600 Solos-practice 246.500 Solos-practice 245.750 Formation (old) AV-8B Harrier and MV-22 Osprey: The USMC does not have dedicated demo pilots nor do they have safety observers that communicate with the pilots during their performance. The performing pilot for the AV-8B is a Level III pilot. [see S/D/N Issue 54] The MV-22 pilot is either the most senior pilot or the one with the most flight experience. You can expect both the AV-B and MV-22 to arrive with PAGE 17 multiple aircraft. Generally one will be used as the demo, one for demo back-up and one for static display. Search for their squadron inter-plane frequencies. That frequency will used between the demoing a/c and back-up prior to the performance. short trip to Palmer Massachusetts, where we switched from CSX tracks to New England Central (NECR) tracks. The train's crew talked to CSX dispatch on 160.6800 (CSQ). After the change-over was completed, the crew started working 160.7700 and continued working that frequency until we arrived at my station in Vermont. That frequency was also used to talk to the NECR dispatcher to obtain clearance to the St. Albans yard. On NECR trackside detectors were heard on 161.4150 at various locations in Vermont and New Hampshire. For those of you living in southwestern Vermont, you can monitor Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express passenger train talking to Vermont Rail System's Rutland dispatcher on 160.2900 (97.4). The Blue Angels, at 500 feet and through the snow, depart the holding area to fly over Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for the 2013 Army vs. Navy Game. VERMONT Jim Lawrence c/o Scanner Digest [email protected] Greetings from Vermont! After an absolutely dreadful winter, the weather has finally warmed. And for me, that means getting out with my scanners to find out what's new! P-25 Rollout Continues Two more law enforcement entities have joined the group using P-25. Orleans County sheriff has gone 100% encrypted on 453.7500 ($334), and Milton PD has gone 100% encrypted on 460.4000 ($893). As always, if you hear your local law enforcement using P-25, please drop me a line here at Scanner Digest so I can share the news with other scanner listeners. And that's it for this time around. As always, drop me a line at the e-mail address above if you'd like to share what you're listening to with our readers. Until next time, happy listening! AMATEUR RADIO Amtrak's Vermonter During the middle of April, I took a trip on Amtrak's "Vermonter" between New York City's Penn Station and my home in Vermont. I brought my scanner along to monitor on-board activity of the crew to see what frequencies they were using and how the crew used radios to coordinate the movement of the train. At Penn Station, our crew announced our departure on 161.0100 (146.2). I heard nothing more from our crew until we reached Stamford, CT, where they were using 160.5450 (CSQ). They continued to use that frequency until we arrived in New Haven, CT. After switching from an electric engine to a diesel one and switching crews, we continued north from New Haven into Massachusetts and the crew used 160.9200 (146.2) for on-board coordination. Amtrak police were heard at several locations throughout Connecticut using 161.2950 with various CTCSS tones. In Springfield, Massachusetts, we changed crews again and as we left the station, one member of the crew told the others to "go to CSX", which turned out to be 160.8000 (CSQ). The crew used that frequency during the SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Robert Gulley AK3Q [email protected] RFI Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a continual problem for radio reception, and it can be a real nuisance. Worse, we might be the source of interference for others! While I will mention our responsibilities for not creating interference later, mostly I will cover things that may cause interference for us. I will start by talking a bit about why we are fighting this issue when we are supposed to be protected from it as licensed operators. There are real concerns over broad spectrum interference and how such issues are being dealt with (or ignored). Two common assumptions are typically presented in such discussions: either the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the agencies responsible for tracking/enforcing RFI infractions simply “do not want to upset the apple cart.” A more cynical person might say “follow the money” as an explanation of why problem technologies exist, and no doubt there is some of that in any industry/field. There may indeed be valid reasons why complaints are not PAGE 18 investigated or companies are not required to pass regular checks of their consumer products. In the medical industry, for example, problems with less than 1 or 2% probability are not included in drug reaction warnings. No problem unless you happen to be in the 1 or 2%! The same is true in most any field. “The Greater Good” As to the former reason given for why problems are not acted upon more vigorously, there is the belief by some that the “greater good” should be served, and that concerns by a small minority of people must be weighed in the balance. Broadband over power lines is usually argued this way. If tens or hundreds of thousands of people can get Internet services where traditional sources are too cost prohibitive, then BPL interference to a few hundred (or a few thousand) amateur radio operators can be ignored (or so the argument goes). Some might argue the same point when it comes to plasma TVs—the advancement of the technology and the market share they represent are positive factors outweighing the interference they cause. -- Having watched a number of videos showing the noise level generated by this type of electrical device, it is hard to see how this can be justified. No doubt there is far more interference being caused to all kinds of RF equipment than just HF radio! (For a sample of interesting interference videos follow this link: http://hamradionation.com/browse_vidfeeders.php?tag=int erference+plasma+tv Several possible solutions might involve alerting interested parties to the interference these devices cause, such as AM radio stations or emergency/public service agencies. Shortwave broadcast stations might also be interested as each listener becomes more important in an evershrinking marketplace. Sources RFI can be a real nuisance, and sometimes the source is quite unexpected. Almost any electrical device can cause interference; the question is the same for any device—can it be shielded or can the noise be effectively minimized. Modern convenience items are the worst offenders: --plasma TVs; light switch dimmers; wall warts of almost any type; power supplies -- cell phones, routers, wireless devices of all kinds --computers, monitors, cordless and corded mice and keyboards; inexpensive electrical devices of almost any kind can be troublesome -- vacuum cleaners, alarm systems, remote control cameras, and almost any small appliance SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 -- large appliances are common culprits as well, as are the furnace/ac unit; modern water heaters, heat pumps, and the list goes on. When the interference is something like a neighbor’s plasma TV you may not be able to do much about it. Fortunately interference is something which often can be fixed over time or with some experimentation, even if it means sacrificing a bit of convenience, such as shutting down your computer or TV system while you enjoy the radio hobby. Identifying Sources A pocket AM radio with a fresh set of batteries can reveal a lot of noise sources large and small both outside in the neighborhood and around the house as you walk around. The actual sources in the house may come as something of a surprise, especially from devices which appear to be turned off! Wall warts are particularly susceptible to producing hash, and of course we have more of these than ever to charge or power our electronic gadgets. The source of noise may be external, especially when living in highly populated areas. Apartment dwellers have had to put up with noisy neighbors since the beginning of time, but radio enthusiasts are very likely to have (or cause!) interference for which there may be little recourse. Noise introduced within the building’s wiring can be quite difficult to overcome, but so too the neighbor’s plasma TV which stays on from 6 pm until 2 am! Finding the source of interference into a radio is half of the battle, but once found, may be fairly simple to overcome. Using the AM radio method mentioned above, try to locate sources of noise in your immediate surroundings. If the noise is coming from wall warts unplug them or look at replacing them with units with better shielding. Just make sure you are replacing like-for-like—pay close attention to output ratings as small devices are easy to overload. Try turning off circuit beakers in the house either one by one or all at once and then turn them back on one at a time to find the offending circuits. Just keep in mind what devices are connected to what circuits, and that you may have to reset some clocks or appliances when power is restored. If you have an alternate power source to run your radio see what happens when everything is turned off—the results may surprise you! As you turn circuits back on you should be able to isolate the problem sources, and from there determine how best to deal with them. Replace dimmer controls with standard light switches, or if you just must have a dimmer control, see if there are better units available or if shielding is possible. Small appliances may need to be unplugged if they produce noise, and the same goes for larger electrical appliances. PAGE 19 Sometimes moving plugs to a different outlet can eliminate a noise problem, such as separating the computer or TV from the same wiring that feeds your radio room. Power strips can be offenders as well, especially when switching power supplies or wall warts are plugged in to them. Some cable boxes, DVD players, and TVs may have power-down modes which leave some circuitry on even when “power” is off. This is usually to keep timers going or displays working to show the status of the device. If you find noise is still present when everything is turned off in the normal manner, try unplugging devices from the wall one by one to find the offender. Just keep in mind DVRs and cable boxes cannot record your favorite shows when unplugged from the wall! Ferrite Beads and Toroid Cores Ferrite is a substance which can really help reduce or eliminate RFI along power cords, speaker wires, mouse cables and video inputs. By placing one or more ferrite beads around a cable, often the offending interference can be stopped. (This is useful if you find your computer speakers are making horrendous noises as you transmit on your amateur rig. You may need to put beads on the speaker wires and the power cable, or you may need several). Some ferrite beads come in a housing which allows them to be separated and then fitted over a cord and snapped in place. Ferrite cores are designed so that wires may be wrapped around them multiple times, with each turn acting like an additional bead. If beads and toroid cores are not enough, another device which may be worth a look is an AC line RFI filter. There are various styles to handle noise and transients and surges for individual lines as well whole-house filters. There are also units designed to work as power strips for computers, stereo and TV equipment. (While these can work well for line noise in many cases, they will not do anything for interference caused by a plasma TV. The source of the noise is the plasma technology itself, not the electronics.) Some interference is generated within the power lines, but some is radiated and picked up by sensitive radio gear or along antenna lines. Move the rig as far away from the source of noise as possible, and do the same with your antenna system if possible. Ferrite beads or cores can also help isolate RF or other electrical noise coming in from the antenna, and do not neglect checking your radio/antenna system for loose connections or frayed wires. Sometimes the noise comes from out of the house. Power company equipment can cause problems, particularly arcing pole wires and transformers. Using your AM radio, locate the problem transformer by walking around the neighborhood (in good weather!). Report the situation to the power company and keep on them, politely, until you get action Watch Over Your Station! Although every amateur operator has a vested interest in identifying, controlling, and eliminating man-made sources of noise, we should all remember that noise is a reciprocal issue. Using the lowest power we can to get out signals heard is a good start. Having well-made equipment, testing it, and fixing problems right away is the responsible thing to do. We should also go to great lengths to ensure that our stations and test benches are not noise sources relative to any other devices able to pick up RF energy. The less we tolerate noise and interference that might emerge from our own equipment, the more justified we are in insisting that other interests do likewise. In the end, however, some folks are condemned to live in areas where noise is beyond control; this is where operating skill comes in. Antenna choice, feed system choice, filtration, noise cancellers, noise blankers, and operator skills can go a long way toward reducing currently unlivable noise to a mere constant irritation ARRL Resource Page for RFI http://www.arrl.org/radio-frequency-interference-rfi Sounds of RFI http://www.arrl.org/sounds-of-rfi Keep in mind sometimes the biggest noise offender can be the power supply you are using for your radio! While linear power supplies are usually very quiet, switching power supplies can generate a lot of noise. Their lighter weight and smaller footprint sometimes come with a price. Of course not all switching power supplies produce interference—just do not assume your radio power is clean; check it for noise like any other piece of electrical equipment in the house. Sometimes noise/interference can be minimized by moving your equipment to another room or even just another outlet. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 PAGE 20 WASHINGTON DC REGIONAL David Schoenberger [email protected] For this issue, I’ll review what’s in use at Nationals Park, as well as some significant changes to George Mason University’s radio system. With spring comes another season of Washington Nationals baseball at Nationals Park. There are many agencies to monitor at the stadium. Metropolitan Police use at least one talkgroup when there’s a ballgame, but nearly all of their talkgroups are encrypted. DC Fire usually uses talkgroup 2096 on the city’s Project 16 system. DCFD has also used 852.4875 [156.7] and 852.7625 [156.7] in the past. Stadium personnel use several DMR UHF repeater and simplex frequencies. To monitor these, one needs either a properly-programmed DMR radio, or a program like DSD or DSD+ to listen to the audio. There are a few analog frequencies in use, however. CSC Event Staff (sort of a private security/crowd control company) uses a repeater on 464.7500 [233.6]. CSC has also used simplex on 461.1375 [ d152], 461.3875 [ d152], and 461.4375 [ d152]. Nationals Park staff uses 463.6625 [ d431] for what sounds like seating. Technicians coordinating the fireworks displays use 464.5500 [167.9]. (This frequency may be used by the same company for fireworks displays in other locations.) George Mason University in Fairfax looks like it’s on the verge of a major radio overhaul. The school has added five repeaters (to supplement two existing ones) to one of their licenses, and has changed the license type from conventional to trunked. The emission designators are analog, so they may be planning an LTR system. The school also was recently licensed for another analog twochannel trunked system for “security for emergency shelter.” George Mason Police use repeaters on 855.7125 [107.2] and 855.4875 [107.2]; it’s unknown if they will keep these channels, or migrate to one of these new trunked systems. The Patriot Center uses several analog UHF simplex frequencies; they are covered under a separate license. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to check out George Mason’s new frequencies soon. If so, I’ll have a report for a future Scanner Digest column. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Frank Speicher K3FS http://www.pghscanner.com [email protected] Allegheny County continues to move departments from VHF to UHF and realign some of the UHF frequencies to make this work. Most recently departments in the North Boros area had been moved to UHF. The police departments had made the change from their VHF frequencies to UHF last year. Just recently the fire departments have done the same. The old dispatch frequency of 154.220 is still active with a simulcast of the dispatch. This likely will be eliminated at some point. All fire department and QRS tones were also changed. The police departments were on 494.4412 and this was simulcast with 495.0125. The simulcast is no longer being utilized. The police have remained on 495.0125 now with PL 186.2. 494.4125 now is using PL 179.9, and is now being used ads Quaker Valley Public Safety. Public Safety channels are meant to be a catchall type of channel. They can be utilized as a channel for police departments to move to should their main frequency be closed for an incident that requires sole use of the frequency. Public Safety channels have also been used as an operations channel for fire departments if their primary operations channel is already busy with a working incident. One of the main purposes of them is to serve for a common channel that all agencies (police, fire, and ems) that are responding to an incident can use. This is commonly done for accidents, so that fire, ems and police can communicate directly to coordinate actions on the scene. Ohio Twp. Fire was dispatched on 495.5125. The PL was changed to 162.2 and this is now Fire Operat Ch. 5. Dispatch is now on Fire Ch. 4 494.6375 PL 167.9. Here is a table of the North System : North North Police - 1 471.5875 Police Department Unit # Aspinwall Police 2400 Blawnox Police 2500 Etna Police 2600 Hampton Police 2800 Millvale Police 3200 O'Hara Police 3300 Reserve Police 3400 Shaler Police 2100 Sharpsburg Police 3500 North Police - 2 471.8625 Police Department Unit # Fox Chapel Police 2700 Franklin Park Police 7400 Indiana Police 2900 McCandless Police 6100 103.5 474.5875 103.5 103.5 474.8625 103.5 PAGE 21 Northern Regional Police 2200 Hampton VFD 445.7 788.5 Ross Police 6200 172 2 West Deer Police 2300 Indiana - Dorseyville VFD 321.7 422.1 746.8 746.8 West View Police 7200 Indiana - Middle Road VFD And QRS 174 2 339.6 669.9 North Police Operations - 3 471.6125 107.2 474.6125 107.2 Indiana - Rural Ridge VFD 175 2 470.5 358.6 569.1 569.1 North Police Operations - 4 471.9875 107.2 474.9875 107.7 Marshall VFD 185 2 445.7 634.5 553.9 707.3 North Police Operations - 5 470.8125 107.2 473.8125 107.2 Millvale VFD And QRS 191 3 422.1 445.7 North Police - 10 472.0625 103.5 475.0625 107.2 Oakmont VFD 216 3 600.9 584.8 553.9 879.0 O'Hara - Pleasant Valley 217 VFD 3 445.7 339.6 879.0 879.0 O'Hara - Parkview VFD 218 3 445.7 339.6 832.5 832.5 Police Department Unit # Cheswick Police 1100 Harmar Police 3700 Oakmont Police 7700 Springdale Borough Police 1600 Pine - Wexford VFD 228 2 378.6 496.8 569.1 569.1 Springdale Township Police 1700 Reserve Township Mount Troy VFD 239 3 445.7 746.8 Verona Police 3900 240 3 North Police - 11 495.0125 Reserve Township Spring Garden VFD 470.5 470.5 707.3 688.3 Police Department Unit # Richland - Richland VFD 241 2 339.6 445.7 928.1 928.1 Avalon Police 7100 Bellevue Police 6900 Ross Twp - Evergreen VFD 246 3 600.9 569.1 Ross Twp - Berkley Hills 247 VFD And QRS 3 634.5 569.1 Ross Twp - Perrysville VFD 248 3 669.9 569.1 Ross Twp - Quaill VFD 249 3 746.8 569.1 Ross Twp - Fairview VFD 250 3 788.5 569.1 Ross Twp - Seville VFD 251 3 832.5 569.1 Ross Twp - Keating VFD 252 3 879.0 569.1 Ross Twp - Laurel Gardens VFD 253 3 1122.5 569.1 Ross Twp - Ross Fire Police 254 3 707.3 569.1 Ross Twp - Ross Fire Marshall 510 3 832.5 1092.4 Shaler - Bauerstown VFD And QRS 259 3 422.1 569.1 Shaler - Cherry City VFD 260 And QRS 3 422.1 707.3 Shaler - Elfinwild VFD 261 3 422.1 321.7 788.5 788.5 Edgeworth Police 8600 Leetsdale Police 8400 Ohio Township Police 7500 Sewickley Borough Police 7300 186.2 498.0125 186.2 Sewickley Heights Police 7600 North Police - 12 460.2875 Police Department Unit # Brackenridge Police 1500 East Deer Police 1200 Fawn Police 1300 Frazer Police 1900 Harrison Police 1400 Tarentum Police 1800 D023 465.2875 North Fire 1 - Dispatch 471.5625 103.5 Fire Department Primary Tone A Ops Ch. Tone B 2 584.8 810.2 3 321.7 422.1 634.5 634.5 Shaler - Shaler Villa VFD 262 3 470.5 600.9 600.9 600.9 Shaler - Sharps Hill VFD 263 3 470.5 634.5 Shaler - Undercliff VFD 264 3 358.6 470.5 746.8 746.8 Shaler - Fire Police 325 3 378.6 928.1 669.9 669.9 Station # Allegheny Valley VFD #1 315 Aspinwall VFD 102 474.5625 D023 103.5 Blawnox VFD 111 3 321.7 422.1 Bradford Woods VFD 115 2 321.7 422.1 669.9 669.9 Cheswick VFD 121 2 600.9 634.5 726.8 903.2 Etna VFD And QRS 149 3 422.1 832.5 Fox Chapel VFD 157 2 321.7 422.1 879.0 879.0 Hampton - Hampton VFD 164 2 928.1 339.6 445.7 669.9 569.1 569.1 Hampton - North 165 2 669.9 788.5 SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 Sharpsburg VFD 265 3 358.6 470.5 Springdale Boro VFD 273 2 600.9 600.9 810.2 855.5 West Deer - West Deer #1 VFD 288 2 470.5 832.5 West Deer - West Deer #2 VFD And QRS 289 2 470.5 879.0 PAGE 22 West Deer - West Deer #3 VFD And QRS 290 West View VFD 297 2 470.5 3 524.6 669.9 879.0 McCandless - Highland VFD 186 569.1 634.5 928.1 634.5 North Fire Operations - 2 471.7125 103.5 474.7125 103.5 McCandless - Ingomar VFD #2 187 569.1 746.8 North Fire Operations3 471.7625 107.2 471.7625 107.2 McCandless - Peebles VFD 188 569.1 569.1 879.0 832.5 North Fire Dispatch - 4 494.6375 167.9 467.6375 167.9 North Fire - Fire Tac 1 453.9375 82.5 453.9375 82.5 North Fire - Fire Tac 2 458.3125 97.4 458.3125 97.4 North EMS - 1 471.8375 103.5 474.8375 103.5 EMS Agency Station # Tone A Tone B Fire Department Station # Primary Tone A Ops Ch. Tone B Aleppo VFD 101 5 907.2 1153.4 Avalon VFD 103 5 907.2 1185.2 Foxwall EMS 140 617.4 399.8 634.5 634.5 Bellevue VFD 108 5 907.2 1217.8 Guardian Angel 970 669,9 1357.6 Bellevue VFD QRS 108 West EMS 952.5 1357.5 Hampton EMS 145 398.1 688.3 Bellevue Fire Marshal 507 5 907.2 1285.8 Lower Valley EMS 150 399.8 928.1 McCandless Franklin Park EMS 131 634.5 1357.6 McCandless Franklin Park EMS 132 634.5 1395.0 McCandless Franklin Park EMS 134 634.5 1433.4 136 634.5 1357.6 137 634.5 1395.0 138 634.5 1395.0 O'Hara Twp - Parkview EMS 180 524.6 600..9 Richland EMS Ben Avon VFD 109 5 907.2 1321.2 Emsworth VFD 148 5 907.2 1357.6 Leetsdale VFD 309 5 953.7 1185.2 Neville Island VFD 205 5 907.2 1395.0 Ohio Township VFD 220 5 907.2 1433.4 Sewickley - Cochran Hose Company 258 5 952.5 1153.4 McCandless Franklin Park EMS North Fire Ops - 5 495.5125 162.2 498.5125 162.2 McCandless Franklin Park EMS Stations 460.162 D025 5 465.1625 McCandless Franklin Park EMS North Fire 6 (Allegheny Valley) Fire / EMS Department Station # Tone A Tone B Brackenridge - Pioneer Hose Fire And EMS 112 651.9 651.9 810.2 903.2 East Deer Fire 134 651.9 651.9 767.3 688.3 East Deer EMS 125 651.9 726.8 Fawn Twp - Fawn #1 VFD 150 634.5 634.5 569.1 669.9 Fawn Twp - Fawn #2 VFD 151 600.9 600.9 788.5 707.3 Frazer - Frazer #1 VFD 159 617.4 688.3 Frazer - Frazer #2 VFD 160 617.4 810.2 Harrison Twp - Citizens Hose #2 EMS 110 1465.0 1287.0 Harrison Twp - Citizens Hose #2 VFD 167 1465.0 1465.0 1130.0 1287.0 Harrison Twp - Hill Top VFD 168 Harrison Twp - Harrison Hills #4 VFD 169 Harrison Twp - Harrison Twp Fire Police 520 Tarentum - Highland Hose Co. 280 553.9 553.9 903.2 810.2 Tarentum - Eureka Fire 281 584.8 553.9 553.9 810.2 Tarentum - Summit Hose 282 Co 584.8 584.8 688.3 767.4 North Fire 7 - (North Park Fire) D606 499.5875 496.5875 1465.0 1465.0 871.0 1036.0 Fire Department Station # Tone A Tone B Franklin Park VFD 158 669.9 832.5 D606 SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 260 399.8 746.8 Ross Twp - Berkley Hills 247 VFD QRS 600.9 1321.2 Ross West View EMS 211 600.9 1122.5 Ross West View EMS 212 600.9 1153.4 Ross West View EMS 214 600.9 1153.4 Ross West View EMS 217 600.9 1122.5 Seneca Area EMS 160 399.8 399.8 600.9 788.5 Shaler EMS 170 399.8 832.5 UPMC St. Margaret Paramedic Response 265 496.8 600.9 West Deer EMS 240 399.8 879.0 North EMS - 3 471.8875 107.2 474.8875 107.2 North EMS Ch. 4 458.1875 UNK 458.1875 UNK North EMA 472.0375 103.5 475.0375 103.5 Quaker Valley Public Safety 494.4125 179.9 497.4125 179.9 Someone had emailed me about some changes and corrections for Washington County. Bentworth Ambulance had gone out of service. Their base and assets were bought by Fort. Cherry EMS. Bentworth EMS had a base located in Bentleyville. Fort Cherry EMS had met with Bentleyville, and was named the responding EMS agency for Bentlyville. The Bentleyville station is now known as Medic1100. Even though it is Medic 1100 the units will still be Fort Cherry units and will respond with a 7200 unit PAGE 23 number. Fort Cherry also has a base in Houston. This is dispatched as Medic 6500. The actual responding unit will again be a 7200 unit. Canonsburg Ambulance, Medic 6900 is to have a base in North Strabane and this will be known as Medic 4800. Allegheny General Hospital has a paramedic response system that can be called when ALS assistance is needed. Their units are Medic 943, and Medic 944. They are dispatched when requested by the responding EMS agency. Their response is a paramedic to provide ALS service or an additional paramedic if patient condition requires it. CONNECTICUT Keith Victor [email protected] Column Editor Wanted No Column for this Issue. MASSACHUSETTS Boston Marathon 2014 - I saw 4 Blackhawks flying over my hometown before the race. I have never seen that many Blackhawks at once in my entire life IIRC. Ops were reported for Voodoo 1 flight on 46.75. Boston FD Ch 3 and Boston FD Ch 4 have been heard recently on the 700 MHz TRS overlay UASI talk groups have been identified on the Zone 1 of the MSP TRS 168.1125 might be a new Fedcom channel - P25 traffic has been heard on the frequency. 470.0375 seems to be carrying a mixture of P25 and analog traffic - the analog traffic seems to be some fire department - activity is intermittent No Column this Issue PHILADELPHIA METRO Boston Marathon 2014 - CST (Civilian Support Team) ops might use the LCPS 2 talk group on the State TRS Peter Szerlag [email protected] Welcome to the Massachusetts column. Here are some air traffic control channels to try out. Melrose MA radio site - 133.325 - 127.95 - 119.25 - these might be used for very high flights that are travelling over Boston - or they might be used as reserve channels for other air traffic controllers Rockdale Sector Playbook http://www.liveatc.net/forums/artccfirtracon-maps/zbwsector-10-playbook/ - this is New York, not Massachusetts - but it gives a nice look at the use of radio channels by a enroute sector https://sites.google.com/site/sme2sme2/home/1972-a-wcatalog - 1972 scanner freqs for the Boston area from a A&W Electronics store catalog - plus a few pages with scanners and other electronic equipment I hope you find these items enjoyable. Take care - Peter Sz NEW HAMPSHIRE John Bolduc [email protected] No Column for this Issue Barnstable MA radio site - 132.90 - 128.75 - 127.825 Barnstable MA radio site - channels for New York Center 135.80 - 125.925 Nantucket MA radio site - channel for New York Center 121.125 MAINE Loren Fields [email protected] No Column for this Issue. Unknown radio site - 133.70 - US arrivals and departures for New York Center Boston Marathon 2014 - plane to plane on 122.750 helicopter to helicopter on 123.025 - per FAA website Boston Marathon 2014 - media coordination might be happening around 480 MHz with both analog and digital channels - 481.01875 - 480.99375 SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK Phil Lichtenberger c/o Monitor Long Island, Inc. PO Box 1642 North Massapequa, NY 11758 [email protected] Sorry, No column this Issue PAGE 24 CANADA John Leonardelli - VE3IPS [email protected] Editor’s Note: Due to the expansive material, Part 2 is presented here in Issue 67 and Part 1 ran initially in Issue 66. Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Air Ambulance Program Provincial Airlines (PAL) is a regional airline with headquarters at St. John's International Airport in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger, cargo, air ambulance and charter services. PAL is the commercial arm of Provincial Aerospace Ltd. In addition to its head office, it also has offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Stanfield International Airport) and Goose Bay, Labrador, (CFB Goose Bay). PAL is the largest regional airline operator in Eastern Canada. They use Citation 550 Medevac airplanes and their frequency use so far has been elusive. Medic North - Yellowknife Aqsaqniq Airways Ltd has been selected by the Government of Nunavut to supply air ambulance services in the Kitikmeot Region. The service will be provided along with Medic North Nunavut, a majority Inuit-owned partnership between the Kitikmeot Corporation and Advanced Medical Solutions Inc (formerly Medic North Emergency Services Ltd). 129.275 MHz AM Mode Northwest Territories (Nunavut) Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North AMS provides medical teams for all medevac missions in the Northwest Territories. Medevac services are delivered through business partnerships under contract with the NWT Department of Health and Social Services. Medical teams are provided by Advanced Medical Solutions, while aircraft and flight crews are provided by Air Tindi in Yellowknife and Aklak Air in Inuvik. SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 PAGE 25 Ontario Ornge Ornge provides air ambulance service and critical care land transport services. Ornge serves more than 13 million people over one million square kilometers of land— the size of France, Spain and the Netherlands combined. Every year, Ontario performs more than twice as many air ambulance transfers as any other province. Ornge is responsible for the transport of approximately 18,000 patients per year. 5 Sikorsky S76 helicopters 10 AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopters The AW139 helicopters are currently also being used by the Los Angeles Fire Department, Maryland State Police, New Jersey State Police and Vancouver Island Helicopters. 10 Pilatus Next Generation PC-12 airplanes The PC-12 aircraft is used by agencies around the world, including the RCMP. There are 71 PC-12’s being used as air ambulances by agencies worldwide, including the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia, which operates more than 20 PC-12 aircraft in some very remote areas. 129.27500 MOH Air Amb Air Ambulance Dispatch Fixed Wing 413.68750 MOH ORNGE Air Ambulance ORNGE SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 There have been a lot of concerns about this operation the past few years and more information is available at http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/ornge.html. That includes special chopper bikes and financial fraud. PAGE 26 Angels of Flight Canada Angels of Flight Canada was established in 1988 by Gail Courneyea, a critical care registered nurse at the Peterborough Civic Hospital for 16 years. In 1986, Courneyea was asked to accompany a patient on an air ambulance. She felt very uncomfortable during the 20minute flight as she was working in a foreign environment and had a fear of flying. Determined to overcome her fears, Courneyea received a certificate in aeromedical care and her private pilot’s licence in the United States in 1987. She founded Angels of Flight Canada Inc. in 1988, as no employment as a flight nurse existed in Canada at the time. Staff uses the digitally encrypted TELUS Mike network for communications. Brock Air Services Brock Air Services operates on-demand air charter services at Kingston Airport and Brockville Municipal Airport. The airline provides air ambulance service under contract with Ornge (Ontario Air Ambulance).[1] The airline also manages the Brockville airport. Prince Edward Island LifeFlight LifeFlight is an air ambulance service that operates in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. LifeFlight is delivered under contract to the Government of Nova Scotia's Department of Health by EMC Emergency Medical Care Inc.. EMC Medical Care Inc. is a subsidiary of Medavie EMS which is part of the Medavie Blue Cross group of companies. EMC Emergency Medical Care Inc. provides medical staff however the operation of the helicopter is sub-contracted to CHC Helicopter Corporation. LifeFlight is subsidized for Nova Scotian residents and no fees are charged to patients or sending hospitals or agencies in that province. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick contract this service and may charge a fee to SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 PAGE 27 their residents. Fees are charged to non-Canadian residents. LifeFlight uses one Sikorsky S-76-A helicopter (owned and operated by CHC Helicopter Corporation) as its primary mode of transport and a Beechcraft King Air 200 fixed wing aircraft as its secondary mode of transport. Skyservice operates a FBO in Toronto and Montreal and these frequencies may be operational in Quebec as they are a private jet operator. 129.750, 122.850 & 128.875 I have not been able to locate any frequencies. Quebec Skyservice Air Ambulance Inc Skyservice Air Ambulance offers rapid and efficient global access from bases in Montreal and Toronto. Their fleet of five medically dedicated air ambulances that are fixed wing. DEC Alpha Tag Description 2045 EMS to RCMP Regina EMS to Regina RCMP patch 5490 STARS 1 STARS Air Ambulance Regina 5492 STARS 2 STARS Air Ambulance Regina 5491 STARS 3 STARS Air Ambulance Saskatoon System Name: Provincial Public Safety Telecommunications Network Location: Provincewide, SK County: Provincewide System Type: Project 25 Phase I System Voice: APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive SysID 17 (11) Site Name County 017 (11) Regina 800 Regina Freqs 851.23750 851.73750 851.98750 853.33750 853.58750a 854.33750c 19 (13) SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 67 019 (13) Saskatoon 138.16500 138.67500 Saskatoon 139.03500c 139.12500a 139.14000 PAGE 28 Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) is based out of Calgary, Alberta Yukon Alkan Air is the dedicated Air Ambulance provider for the Yukon Territory. They operate in partnership with Yukon Emergency Medical Services to transport the sick and injured in a timely manner. They operate 3 aircraft configured full time for Air Ambulance Medevac Flights. These aircraft are equipped with medical equipment and two patient positions. They have 3 planes that can be used: a King Air 200, 300 or 350. In addition, they can equip any one of our bush aircraft like the Twin Otter (to assist in remote medical evacuation). ScannerDigest Newsletter Welcome to the Scanner Digest Newsletter! We’re currently publishing quarterly e-magazine containing information for the scanner hobbyist. If it can be monitored on a scanner, we’ll attempt to cover it from 30 to 1300 MHz and beyond! Our purpose is to produce a newsletter to facilitate the exchange of information pertaining to the various services covered by a typical scanner radio. Dedicated regional column editors make up the heart of this publication. The Scanner Digest Newsletter is not responsible for the accuracy or consequences incurred regarding the use of information listed in this publication. 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