Back in 2004, the small communities in Yavapai County (Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Jerome, Sedona, and YCSO formed the Verde Valley Regional SWAT unit. Since VHF is the predominate LE band in the county, but there is no common frequency across all the licenses that I searched, does anyone know of a common channel and what agency dispatches for them?
Verde Valley Regional SWAT
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I believe most SWAT teams have telephone/pager callouts, rather than traditional two-way radio dispatch.
Which agency is responsible for that, or if each agency calls out their own members after being notified by the requesting agency, I don't know.
Once on-scene, I don't know what tactical channel they would use, but my guess would be a simplex channel to limit the range they could be overheard by the scanner using public, if not an encrypted one.
Some kind of cellphone-based communications is also a possibility, as long as they dont find themselves in a no service area. This would provide a much more secure option, if an encrypted two-way radio channel isn't available.
These are just my best guesses, however.
John
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Which agency is responsible for that, or if each agency calls out their own members after being notified by the requesting agency, I don't know.
Once on-scene, I don't know what tactical channel they would use, but my guess would be a simplex channel to limit the range they could be overheard by the scanner using public, if not an encrypted one.
Some kind of cellphone-based communications is also a possibility, as long as they dont find themselves in a no service area. This would provide a much more secure option, if an encrypted two-way radio channel isn't available.
These are just my best guesses, however.
John
Peoria
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For SWAT, no expense spared. Friend who was employed by a valley city. He was on a vacation in Flag. Callout = Phoenix DPS ranger flying him from Flag to the incident.
First Net = use cell interface into repeater system. That works anywhere on the face of the earth with cell or satellite coverage. That alone is a game changer. If needed they will bring in temporary towers for incidents.
First Net = use cell interface into repeater system. That works anywhere on the face of the earth with cell or satellite coverage. That alone is a game changer. If needed they will bring in temporary towers for incidents.
I guess you are believing FirstNet ads but FirstNet is not what you claim. It's mostly AT&T service with some major cities having real FN service. What you quoted was their original idea for the US. Then AT&T got the contract and everything changed. It's really just a 2nd rate phone service. Overall Verizon puts their service to shame.
Having lived in somewhat remote areas (with a lower 48 state perspective), I can confirm what you say about AT&T. I've heard that its coverage is good in large cities, but in rural areas it is poor. I have Verizon as a result, but there are large areas of the region I live in with no service. In rural areas nearly everyone has Verizon. I think this is because historically Verizon (which used to be General Telephone as I recall) served a lot of rural areas. They had a lot of existing microwave sites that later accommodated cell phone site installation using existing towers. That gave them an advantage when cell phones were first being sold. Some of those sites are exclusively Verizon's both then and now. Why AT&T was chosen for FirstNet I don't know, but it seems like a poor choice when rural areas are considered.
The topography in the Sierra Nevada of California is such that I have had problems in small areas where my GPS unit failed to acquire more than 1-2 satellites, which are close to each other. More importantly, I've had times when my unit could not get any satellites at all. Any resulting GPS location is questionable if you only have one satellite or two that are close to each other. At times you have to wait to get better satellite coverage. I think there might be a problem relying on satellite phones in some locations. However, I've never had a satellite phone in my hands.
Radio Reference threads should not contain discussions of SWAT and similar unit tactical frequencies. We are just shooting ourselves in the foot doing so. Look back on the history of this website and you will see quite a bit of discussion supporting what I say here.
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