St Croix County Fire Reception

[ryolsen8]

I recently got a Base scanner. I am able to pick up St Croix Co Fire Dispatch, 154.3250. However, I cannot recieve pageing, only truck to dispatch, dispatch to truck etc. Is there anyway to fix this? I live in Chisago County, Mn.

Thanks

 

[MarcusDude]

According to <http://wisconsinradio.org/SaintCroixCounty.htm>, the fire paging frequency is 152.0075. A check of the ULS database shows that frequency listed under the callsign WZC738

ULS License - Public Safety Pool, Conventional License - WZC738 - St. Croix County

 

[ryolsen8]

Ok, thank you. The scanner I am using I can only enter 154.007...., Any suggestions?

 

[ofd8001]

What kind of scanner do you have? I have Uniden 396XT and 996XT. That is the same paging frequency our fire department uses and my scanner "takes" this frequency okay.

You may have made a typo "154.007" instead of 152. I suspect if you can get it to 152.007, that might be "close enough". If anything there might be a little lower volume.

 

[ryolsen8]

Scanner Type

It is an old Bearcat 201 Auto Scanning Scanner. It will not let me put 154.007 in...

 

[MarcusDude]

Try 152.005 or 152.010, and remember, thats one-five-TWO, NOT one-five-FOUR.

 

[ozzie]

Put in 155.745.

 

[n9upc]

Units in St Croix County for county paging are on 155.745 Mhz. The only two agencies that St Croix pages to respond into the county (River Falls and Spring Valley) are on the 152.0075 which is Pierce County paging. For those two cities there main dispatch is Pierce County. But instead if every time they have a call in St Croix County it is easier to just page them directly by St Croix County.

When St Croix pages they select the closest tower to the agency they are paging. Thus you will hear the pages end with "this is the (tower name) tower". This is because St Croix County is NOT simulcast paging.

As for the fire channel it is voted dual transmit, multi-site dispatcher system. Meaning based on the PL used on the input the field units will either transmit off of the Hammond Tower or Hudson tower. It is NOT simulcast they have ti select the channel on their radios.

Now when dispatch talks on the radio to the units dispatch talks to them on the closest tower. So in essence the field units are repeated and dispatch acts like a base radio. This needs to happen given the terrain the county has to cover. While most of St Croix County is flat is does have deep dips by the river and some parts on the east side.

Hope this helps and does not hinder.

 

[ryolsen8]

Thanks

Thanks a lot guys! Its up and working now!