Waterford FD

[marrsfiremedic]

Has anyone heard Waterford on the 154.4300 Frequency? That is just the Oakland County Fire Net. I have not heard them on it at all and I am just below them in West Bloomfield.

[joseph]

they are on 154.385 as is franklin fire

[Thunderbolt]

Originally Posted by marrsfiremedic

Has anyone heard Waterford on the 154.4300 Frequency? That is just the Oakland County Fire Net. I have not heard them on it at all and I am just below them in West Bloomfield.

Up until a few years ago, Station 1 was on 154.430 MHz all the time, as this was their primary dispatch freq. They migrated to 154.385 MHz, because it was less crowded. Likewise, one of the fire departments in Steuben County, Indiana had the same pager tones and when the band was open, they would set off Waterford's Plectrons, which drove them crazy. So the best overall solution was for them to migrate their dispatch to a new frequency.

73's

Ron

[marrsfiremedic]

Ok, Thank you very much!

[Mark01]

Waterford FD within the last year also added a PL tone of 110.9 on the 154.385 dispatch frequency,Franklin FD is 136.5.

Mark

[marrsfiremedic]

What are PL tones and how do you program them into your scanner?

[johnvassel]

The PL Tones allow you to discriminate from different tones while recieving. Most times, you'd want to hear all traffic on that freq, so PL's wouldnt be necessary.
PL is a sub-audible tone that's passed with every transmission by a dept (if enabled).
So if I set a scanner to recieve only 162.2 hz as it's pl, and another dept with a different pl tone transmits, I generally wont hear it.
It can help on days when signals are traveling unusally far, to eliminate radio traffic from areas other than your own.
As far as programming, only the newer scanners are capable of it, and I guess it'd depend on your scanner.