Anybody know when Waterloo Fire is supposed to take over dispatching Stratford Fire? I haven’t been hearing Stratford Fire the last few days. I'm not in Stratford/Perth County.
Stratford Fire
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I am not either but I heard them today still on 154.905 PL 107.2. Perth Fire is active on 154.680 page out and 158.430 MHz - 107.2 PL OPS. I did hear that Shakespeare has a vehicle repeater, but I was too far away to have any chance of getting the frequency.
Thanks Gary. Hearing Perth no problem, I knew someone was closer than me to Stratford.
"Good morning today is Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at 0810 hours, This is XJF634 Stratford"
Combined trunking recorder audio files into one file for listening.
My scanner is a Uniden BC780XLT.
Combined trunking recorder audio files into one file for listening.
My scanner is a Uniden BC780XLT.
I’ve heard that the switch over to Kitchener dispatch is happening on August 27th. SFD is not getting new radios and they will be getting “toned out” for their calls when they switch.
Stratford halls are manned 24/7. Since Stratford is on their own frequency, they can just do a regular key up to dispatch the halls. I believe that's how they do it now. I have never heard any type of page or station alert. Stratford has two fire halls. It will be interesting to see what changes. I'll be monitoring for any test pages or calls.
The way it works now is Hall #1 where the dispatcher is located, picks up the phone and calls over to Hall #2. That is why you only hear whatever truck they are running that day out of Hall#2 come on the air and tell dispatch where they are going.
When they switch I would think that both halls will be toned out by Kitchener Fire Dispatch.
Has anyone near Stratford picked up any digital signals on the fire channels or other frequencies in or near Stratford? I noticed that Kitchener Fire has a TG 1902 on the Waterloo Region P25 system. They mentioned that it was a test of the Stratford station alerting. Bearcom also spoke on the other side, and it sounded clear like it was on P25 or maybe DMR on the other end, or some form of digital.
Hhhmmmm, I was told that Stratford are to switch over to Kitchener Fire dispatch on August 26 and that they were not getting new radios.
The testing was captured by a Broadcastify calls feed.
Stratford Fire Station Alerting/Regional Services Patch Group Calls Live
1902 Group Calls Live
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At 12:41:02 PM on Aug 21, you can hear Bearcom call out.
I replied in the Waterloo region thread about the radios etc. I will make a trip out to Stratford over the weekend and see if I can find out anything more.
I doubt they will be transitioning to P25. The equipment appears to be Motorola DMR type radios. They still have several Kenwoods active and they may have the DMR mode enabled. My guess is that they have installed a P25 radio at the fire hall and have it linked to the VHF frequency.
It will be interesting to see how they handle a mutual aid call with Shakespeare, St Marys, Sebringville. Kitchener does not appear to have any way of switching to the Perth County tac channels. Stratford would have to talk to the Owen Sound Dispatcher and have them relay back to Kitchener or the Stratford units would have to switch back and forth between Perth County and Stratford(Kitcheher) dispatches to keep them in the loop.
I doubt they will be transitioning to P25. The equipment appears to be Motorola DMR type radios. They still have several Kenwoods active and they may have the DMR mode enabled. My guess is that they have installed a P25 radio at the fire hall and have it linked to the VHF frequency.
It will be interesting to see how they handle a mutual aid call with Shakespeare, St Marys, Sebringville. Kitchener does not appear to have any way of switching to the Perth County tac channels. Stratford would have to talk to the Owen Sound Dispatcher and have them relay back to Kitchener or the Stratford units would have to switch back and forth between Perth County and Stratford(Kitcheher) dispatches to keep them in the loop.
Hey Gary, could they have everybody switch to the OFM channel?
They could, yes. I believe it's Ch1 for the County and Ch2 for Stratford. I think Stratford is too far away for Kitchener to pick up the comm's reliably on simplex. I have not seen any TG links on Waterloo Region other than 1902. Monday will be a lot more active and I hope to get more information.
I saw a Motorola CP200 in use by a Stratford firefighter today. The radio in the truck was a Motorola, but I was too far away to grab the model number.
I saw a Motorola CP200 in use by a Stratford firefighter today. The radio in the truck was a Motorola, but I was too far away to grab the model number.
Test page today at 2:21:27 PM for Stratford Fire on WR P25 TG: 1902 , the Kitchener fire dispatcher said:
"Test page only for Stratford Dispatch, test page only."
"Test page only for Stratford Dispatch, test page only."
I have been monitoring both the KW and Stratford channels. It looks like there is no talk back from Stratford to KW, or if there is, I have not found it yet. It is possible Kitchener is hearing Stratford directly on 154.905. The page out on TG 1902 is one way KW to Stratford. I will be searching KW TG to see if there is another patch TG in use.
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Stratford Fire radio checks heard on Fire Tac 5 on the WR P25 system
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Announcement by Kitchener fire at 10 AM on 8/27/24 on TG 1902
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