AMR in Spokane * New Frequency*

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I noticed this last night American Medical Response in Spokane is dispatching on:

152.4350 R (DPL065) 11K0F3E WPJZ996 Fancher/Beacon Hill.

This channel is licensed to Day Wireless. They are not simulcasting on 155.1750.

Repeated traffic is kind of a nice change. Welcome to 1975! Don't know if this it permanent or some back up channel because 155.1750 is down or if 155.175 is down.

Regardless, all their ops are here at least for the moment.

Link to the Lic:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=1743150

 

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I'll have to program it in my scanner and listen up next time I come over. Thanks for the info!

 

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AMR in Spokane- **Another Change

I know this is really big news to absolutely noone (even me) but I cannot seem to edit my original post.

In October, AMR in Spocompton migrated dispatch perations from 155.1750 S (179.9) to 152.4350 R (D065) where they have been until this past week.

A few days ago, they flip-flopped the input and output of that machine- the repeater output is now 157.6950 R (D065) 11K0F3E WPJZ996.

I am venturing a guess that they did this because of the 152.4350 is subject to a ton of intermod from pagers anther non-voice co-channel/image garbage - especially downtown.

From time-to-time, intermod would saturate the hi-tech new repeater and turn it into an wonderful inter-mod repeater but good for little else like dispatching ambulances to folks who might need one.

155.175 S (179.9) is now referred to Channel-2 and was used during the flip-flop reprogramming exercise.

Some of the medics are using 9-Code which is interesting. Must be from the recent influx of Oakland Medics.

Permanent? Who knows ,but, I'll keep this one palpated (haha)and 914 if anything else changes.