158.760, Hanover Co

[BAH1]

Why is Hanover Co systematicly decomissioning 158.760? Little or no traffic. No dispatches. I need this repeater to tell me where the accidents are, so I can avoid them. I cannot afford a fancy radio. Now it seems I am in the dark!

 

[fredva]

In my local area, three jurisdictions quit using VHF dispatch channels as well. It's because they have newer technology to alert the stations, and because the VHF paging frequencies were a legacy from when volunteers were summoned to calls from their homes or elsewhere, and now paid and volunteer personnel are expected to work shifts at the station. Hanover probably has similar reasons.

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Hanover switched over to the Phoenix G2 for station alerting, and volunteer home response is something of the past, so the VHF simulcast is being removed from service.

 

[TJX400]

Hanover has transitioned to the Phoenix G2 station alerting system. The fire stations are no longer paged by the traditional two-tone method. The VHF simulcast was used solely for two-tone station alerting over the past few years. The majority of the county's stations are staffed with paid personnel, and volunteer station personnel work shifts at the stations - they do not respond to the station from home for calls. The Phoenix G2 system uses an IP-based infrastructure that allows for a far more customizable paging solution. You will now hear the synthesized voice "Samantha" transmitting over Dispatch 2, and the fire dispatcher giving additional incident information over the assigned talk around channel. VHF paging is beginning to become a thing of the past as many agencies upgrade to digital IP-based alerting systems.