SLOweather said:
I'm hearing repeated traffic on 154.160. It's strong but choppy, and I'm having a hard time getting enough pieces of messages to get an idea of its origin.
We're on a hill SW of town, and the antenna is on the top of the roof so it could be coming from any direction (except probably west
).
Any ideas?
Chris
www.sloweather.com
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It is OES fire, and it's on Mt. Lowe. Many moons ago, SLO City Fire had it in their console at dispatch, complete with lowband transmitter for the input (33.980). If I recall, it was a GE Mastr II base station. The low band inputs used burst tone.
Input is now 159.195, PL of 167.9.
Signal should be strong in SLO, so I'm guessing you're getting another site. I actually still have my info (with DTMF control codes to link to other sites via state microwave), although it's pretty old and likely out of date.
Other sites according to my old map that are sorta near here are La Cumbre Peak in Santa Barbara, Joaquin Ridge in Fresno, Blue Ridge in Fresno (other side of the valley) and Loma Prieta in the Bay Area.
I've heard the 146.760 ham repeater from Loma in SLO, so maybe it's that one.