NCOEMS UHF Med System

[whitehelmet1202]

I have been trying to do a little more in depth research into the UHF system that OEMS runs. I know in the book, it shows that each site on the map has a Med 10 and a Med 8 listed at the various sites across the state.

Does each site only have Med 10 & Med 8 repeaters active, or are there other UHF Med repeaters at these sites as well? When I do an FCC database search, each site is licensed for more than just 10 & 8.

I'm not sure what use this system is getting now days that the VIPER med TGs are coming online, but would still love to set these UHFMCN channels up in my scanners to see what is out there..

[milf]

MED 8 and 10 are the primary Statewide MED UHF, with the other MED UHF freqs in usage at various hospitals as their MED Nets. Some areas use the UHF heavily, especially WNC. MED 8 is patched into the VIPER in many locations, in addition to the VMED. You would do well to place ALL 10 UHF MED chans up in a bank as well as 155.1600 MHz which is Nationwide SAR, and 155.3400 MHz which is an nationwide ERN primary. M9, and M10, are primarily dispatch and/or interop, with M8 as the Statewide MED Ch. M1 - M7 are used by the variosu hospital/EMS agencies as ER comms. EX- Buncombe County EMS uses M5 as primary comms to Mission, St. Jo, and VA ER's there in Asheville.

[KE4ZNR]

I would also advise adding the VMN TGIDs as listed in the database as they are being used more and more....heard the OEMS testing the VMN extensively earlier today with Medical facilities across the state....
Looks like the combo of UHF+VMN will be a great comm system to have statewide.
Happy Monitoring
Marshall KE4ZNR

[whitehelmet1202]

Originally Posted by KE4ZNR

I would also advise adding the VMN TGIDs as listed in the database as they are being used more and more....heard the OEMS testing the VMN extensively earlier today with Medical facilities across the state....
Looks like the combo of UHF+VMN will be a great comm system to have statewide.
Happy Monitoring
Marshall KE4ZNR

Thanks for the tip. I am already scanning on the VIPER side in open mode so I can catch anything that comes along. The only sites I can get from my location at home are, of course, Holly Ridge and Burgaw. For the last couple of days, the CC on Burgaw has been fairly strong, but the voice traffic comes in really bad.

Anyone know of any counties here in the state tha use the UHF MED system for the primary/secondary EMS communications?

I would like to be able to monitor everything possible of the UHF side of the MED system, as I already have the ability to monitor VIPER.

[milf]

Buncombe County, Henderson County, in fact, MOST of of WNC uses the UHF MED Ch's for primary comms iether as dispatch and EMS-ER comms, or at the very least EMS-ER comms. BCEMS Uses an seperate UHF for dispatch, but uses the MED chans for all EMS-ER comms. The only VHF med comms used in Buncombe County is the MAMA helo's and the Mission/St. Joseph ground units which do both non emergency and emergency transport.

[ILMRadioMan]

Originally Posted by whitehelmet1202

Thanks for the tip. I am already scanning on the VIPER side in open mode so I can catch anything that comes along. The only sites I can get from my location at home are, of course, Holly Ridge and Burgaw. For the last couple of days, the CC on Burgaw has been fairly strong, but the voice traffic comes in really bad.

Anyone know of any counties here in the state tha use the UHF MED system for the primary/secondary EMS communications?

I would like to be able to monitor everything possible of the UHF side of the MED system, as I already have the ability to monitor VIPER.

Hate to tell you amigo, but most everything over here is going to be something other than UHF.

NHC, Pender, Onslow are 800.

Carteret is VHF still (although that will probably change to 800 in the not too distant future)

Duplin is VHF but in the process of moving to VIPER.

Jones is VHF, and is not likely to move from that for a while.

The NCOEMS UHF stuff is merely backup / interop.

And now that the VIPER radios have also been installed in their ERs I would bet that UHF would be 3rd option.

[whitehelmet1202]

Originally Posted by ILMRadioMan

Hate to tell you amigo, but most everything over here is going to be something other than UHF.

NHC, Pender, Onslow are 800.

Carteret is VHF still (although that will probably change to 800 in the not too distant future)

Duplin is VHF but in the process of moving to VIPER.

Jones is VHF, and is not likely to move from that for a while.

The NCOEMS UHF stuff is merely backup / interop.

And now that the VIPER radios have also been installed in their ERs I would bet that UHF would be 3rd option.

I counted on that. but I know that just because VIPER is in place in most of these facilities, they might not always use VIPER. Here in my county, our dispatcher center has complained about all the traffic they have to listen to, so we are "supposed" to only use VHF to communicate with dispatch on county fire. Everything else has gone to VIPER. VIPER can go down, allthough the chances of that are very unlikely, but with the amount of traffic the Holly Ridge site has had on it lately, and all of the busy signals a few of us have been getting, VHF seems to be a better option until either A) the traffic on the HR site slows down or B) more channels are added.

Plus, I am trying to justify keeping the UHF radio in my truck. I think UHF MED would be a good reason, since it seems like I spend more time in my truck at times that I do in my house.

What else, other than local 440 ham repeaters could I put there? Not much else comes to mind....

[ILMRadioMan]

Yea VIPER could go down...so could everything else .

But I understand your sentiment.

I think it would be wise to put the UHF med in. Heck, you cant have too MANY options.

Other than that...pretty much the only public safety options on U will be law.

And the UCALL freqs.

[whitehelmet1202]

Originally Posted by ILMRadioMan

Yea VIPER could go down...so could everything else .

But I understand your sentiment.

I think it would be wise to put the UHF med in. Heck, you cant have too MANY options.

Other than that...pretty much the only public safety options on U will be law.

And the UCALL freqs.

The other thing with the VMN TGs on VIPER, is unless someone on that particular TG affiliates to a site I can clearly hear, I won't hear anything on my end on the scanner.

So basically, if I put Med 10 & Med 8 in my scanner or my UHF radio, I will be able to hear any sites in range. I am still looking ot see if the state has any other UHF MED sites active with anything other than Med 8 & 10..According to the dial code book, each site that is active has at least 8 & 10, but isnt very clear on how the system operates (which is the norm for an operators manual).

Judging by the site map in the dial code book and the licensesing information on the MED sites, it seems they pretty much use the same towers as the UNC-TV network, and each site has microave links. I have that much figured out. I have never bothered with the UHF MED system much before now...

If VIPER goes completely down, I'd just leave emergency services all together. There is always a chance for something somewhere to break.

[ILMRadioMan]

That'll be a long night...