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This license was just renewed. It says these 2 freqs are used throughout the state by fire depts. I'm not familiar with them being used in the north east part of the state. What are these for?
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They're mostly used in the Chicagoland area for fireground interoperability
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Hmm... I've been around scanners, radios, Indyscan, RR, and volunteer services for decades, and have never seen or heard of these frequencies. It makes me wonder who are these "fire depts throughout the state" that use these freqs;.....unless that's an open invitation for anyone to use them. (?)
I think the only depts in Indiana that use them are in Lake and maybe Porter Counties. I know IFD and other depts in the metro area don't use them
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FBT - Base Temp only, no MO [Mobiles] sounds like a Point-Point [Dispatch to Dispatch network]
IFERN 1 , 154.265, transmit pl, 210.7... IFERN 2, 154.3025, transmit pl, 67.0. As was posted, by dfoutch, see the MABAS website.
The org Application dates back to 2012, it had 8 MO freqs but they were removed soon after.
It stands for the Interagency Fire Emergency Radio Network. IFERN is mainly an Illinois and Wisconsin thing, but was originally called NIFERN (the 'N' and 'I' standing for Northern Illinois) since it was originally used by fire depts in Chicago's north suburbs and northern IL for mutual aid purposes.
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