City of McMinnville makes the switch to UHF Simulcast

Gezelle007 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 4:45 PM

Last week or so McMinnville switched to a Motorola UHF Simulcast Network.

Council hears praise for radio system

OregonScanner · #2 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 5:10 PM

Perfect, I was just I was just listening to 163.2500 YC Fire Pagers and they said use Mac Fire. What frequency is that? and is Mac Police still on 453.17500 97.4 PL?

PMJ2kx · #3 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 5:49 PM

Ahaha...I was just about to PM you guys about this!

I'm hearing (I think) Mac Law on 453.3625...I've never heard anything from the old MPT-1327 system from my neck of the woods.

Fielder3 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 6:00 PM

Is Mac Fire using 453.6375 Rx 458.6375 tx pl 173.8 ?? Fire ground/ Ops

Gezelle007 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 6:05 PM

Mac PD - 453.3625 DCS 023
Mac Fire - 460.2625 DCS 073

The old ones are backups now.

Fielder3 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 6:08 PM

Good news story and glad to hear that they have a radio system that works for them.

Only problem.. no one else in the valley uses UHF besides them! (except Woodburn FD and Salem PD) Kind of sucks when Polk/Dallas FD and Salem FD/ RMA Medics go on mutual aid calls into Yamhill County and can't communicate with them.

Gezelle007 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-18-2012, 6:10 PM

They're working on patching for 800MHz, so I'm sure they'll add something for VHF.

PMJ2kx · #8 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 12:45 AM

Will the patch to 800 be "as needed", or do you know if they plan on setting aside some TGs?

Gezelle007 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PMJ2kx

Will the patch to 800 be "as needed", or do you know if they plan on setting aside some TGs?

As I understand it, it will be as needed.

OregonScanner · #10 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 1:01 AM

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Mac PD - 453.3625 DCS 023
Mac Fire - 460.2625 DCS 073

How about that! I just happened to have logged both of them today and was just about to search the ULS to see what they were.

PMJ2kx · #11 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 1:02 AM

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Originally Posted by OregonScanner

How about that! I just happened to have logged both of them today and was just about to search the ULS to see what they were.

They're listed under the old YW licenses...WPYJ327 and WPZJ607

EDIT: That was a stupid post on my part...they're under multiple licenses...my bad :x

EDIT #2: WQHI348 and WQHK565

Gezelle007 · #12 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 1:07 AM

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Originally Posted by PMJ2kx

They're listed under the old YW licenses...WPYJ327 and WPZJ607

Yeah, they haven't changed any of the licenses for awhile, they just reassigned the old freqs. If you go through all of the licenses: the county literally has current grants for a hundred different freqs, some in use, and some not.

ORE007 · #13 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 3:33 AM

Channel Zone A Zone A Description Mobile receive
Frequency
1 MAC Police MCM Simulcast 453.3625
2 MAC Ops MCM Simulcast 460.0375
3 MAC Fire MCM Simulcast 460.2625

Mobile Mobile Mobile
Receive Transmit Transmit
CTCSS Freq CTCSS
O23 458.3625 same
O43 465.0375 same
O73 465.2625 same

ORE007 · #14 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 3:38 AM

They have had this patch for a while at the Newberg Dispatch to County Fire. Has not been used lately though as the units have some 800 portables that mutual aid often. All Newberg units have county radios so patching when they move their way will not happen.

Gezelle007 · #15 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 4:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ORE007

They have had this patch for a while at the Newberg Dispatch to County Fire. Has not been used lately though as the units have some 800 portables that mutual aid often. All Newberg units have county radios so patching when they move their way will not happen.

I was referring to the console patch that YCOM will have for patching to WCCCA.