Paysonscanner
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I'm sorry this is so late. I didn't get the official directory I take this from until 3-4 weeks ago and since I've had very little time to edit it. This update shows all the changes from my previous version in red just like the official directories do. I picked up a few typos I made in the previous version, so I corrected those. They will be shown in red also.
I tried to come up with some better descriptions of the dispatch centers located in the frequency use zones that have been set up to assign the frequencies, so I changed a few dispatch center names, but left a lot of them the same. I don't know the identifier that each dispatch center uses, which I think is the best way to describe who uses the frequencies, but that can be confusing as often the dispatch centers are listed with their full name. Example, the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center is listed just that way, but it is located in Wenatchee, Washington. Should it be listed as "Central Washington" or "Wenatchee?" I would guess they use the identifier on the air as "Wenatchee" and not "Central Washington." I would tend to want to list it as "Wenatchee" as that is what is likely what you hear on the radio. There is limited space getting this to print on one piece of paper printed two sided, which I think is good, reducing paper use and not created too much volume in files and notebooks, so I have to pick the shortest words I can.
EDIT Another example, I struggled on how to list the Columbia-Cascade Dispatch Center, it is located in Vancouver, Washington. It dispatches for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the Mt. Hood National Forest, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (USFS managed) and some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges. I think they use the over the air designator of "Columbia," but it could be "Vancouver" as well. I decided to use "Columbia." In the eastern U.S. some of the dispatch centers cover multiple states or one entire state. I used the city names in this case cause the full name of the dispatch centers are very lengthy.
If this is useful for me to spent time developing I would like some feedback. If not, I will likely update this just for my own use, as long as I can continue to get official info.
Fire season is really winding up in California and other areas may do the same, so maybe this can still be used by some listeners this year.
I tried to come up with some better descriptions of the dispatch centers located in the frequency use zones that have been set up to assign the frequencies, so I changed a few dispatch center names, but left a lot of them the same. I don't know the identifier that each dispatch center uses, which I think is the best way to describe who uses the frequencies, but that can be confusing as often the dispatch centers are listed with their full name. Example, the Central Washington Interagency Communications Center is listed just that way, but it is located in Wenatchee, Washington. Should it be listed as "Central Washington" or "Wenatchee?" I would guess they use the identifier on the air as "Wenatchee" and not "Central Washington." I would tend to want to list it as "Wenatchee" as that is what is likely what you hear on the radio. There is limited space getting this to print on one piece of paper printed two sided, which I think is good, reducing paper use and not created too much volume in files and notebooks, so I have to pick the shortest words I can.
EDIT Another example, I struggled on how to list the Columbia-Cascade Dispatch Center, it is located in Vancouver, Washington. It dispatches for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the Mt. Hood National Forest, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (USFS managed) and some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges. I think they use the over the air designator of "Columbia," but it could be "Vancouver" as well. I decided to use "Columbia." In the eastern U.S. some of the dispatch centers cover multiple states or one entire state. I used the city names in this case cause the full name of the dispatch centers are very lengthy.
If this is useful for me to spent time developing I would like some feedback. If not, I will likely update this just for my own use, as long as I can continue to get official info.
Fire season is really winding up in California and other areas may do the same, so maybe this can still be used by some listeners this year.
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