Anson County frequencies

[CCHLLM]

Anybody here that can enlighten me on what Anson County uses as the primary LE and fire freqs? The RR database freqs are in the FCC database, but don't really agree with what's shown on the RR Anson page. What is used for what and what are the PL/DPLs? The database lists 453.650 as sheriff's primary, but the license says it's a fire freq. As I travel through the area I never hear anything on the channels in the database. In fact, during a recent visit, I saw several fire engines responding to a call but never heard any radio traffic at all. What part of correct freqs am I missing?

 

[KE4ZNR]

If we do end up with updated info please submit it to the database. That is the only way the correct info will be there for others!
Thanks & Happy Monitoring!
Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[CCHLLM]

Yeah, what he said! I'll be in that area for a while tomorrow and will try to see what I can confirm.

 

[kd8x]

Yeah, what he said! I'll be in that area for a while tomorrow and will try to see what I can confirm.

I have Anson Co SO 453.625 in my 600 and over the past couple of days I have had 35 hits on that frequency but don't know for sure if it could be anyone else or not because I am not using the pl tone 151.4.....I will put that on search mode for the tone and see if I can positively identify it as 151.4 tone and that should confirm it as Anson Co.

 

[kd8x]

Yeah, what he said! I'll be in that area for a while tomorrow and will try to see what I can confirm.

Well that search didnt' take long at all...I listened to 453.625 with a pl of 151.4 and it is Anson County SO.....don't know anything about the FD though....

 

[derekjmu]

I can confirm that Anson Co. Fire Dispatch is 154.145, PL 141.3. I have it programmed in my radio and hear them daily.

Keep in mind Anson Fire is on a simplex VHF frequency, not a repeater. You may only be able to hear the dispatcher, unless you are close to mobiles or portables that are transmitting. This is especially true if you're using a handheld scanner.

 

[jeffmulter]

>> The database lists 453.650 as sheriff's primary, but the license says it's a fire freq.

The first indication that the license may be "flawed" is that the callsign is one usually associated with a mobile-only callsign ... 2 letters, followed by 4 numbers.

I believe 158.820 out / 153.845 input are the fire channels that the "specific use" refers to in the license. The rest of the frequencies are all UHF - and all law enforcement.

I have a couple of 158.820 unidentifieds that might be Anson County, but I have never confirmed them as using the frequency.

 

[CCHLLM]

Thanks Jeff and guys for confirming the freqs and tones. I got the inquiry from someone else, and since I don't spend any time in that area, just passing through on the way to somewhere else, I didn't have any solid info. What actually got my attention was that the database has the freq listed as the sheriff, but the license info shows it to be a fire freq and that got me to question if the 154.145 was accurate, too. I also was looking hard at the inconsistencies like the mobile call sign and the 154.145 call sign is the one listed to Wadesboro, IIRC. The list for all freqs in the county gives some insight and a call sign for the 154.145 that does belong to the county, but not enough to figure out just how they use all the channels. Most of the time the best clues as to which freqs are the most likely to be the main ones are the call signs, the license dates, and the presence and number of mobiles and pagers.

Now I gotta figure out why I didn't hear anything either UHF or VHF when I passed through there a few afternoons ago.

 

[KE4ZNR]

Now I gotta figure out why I didn't hear anything either UHF or VHF when I passed through there a few afternoons ago.

Time to change the hearing aid batteries grandpa?
Your signature says it all!
You left yourself wide open on that one brother!
Marshall KE4ZNR

 

[CCHLLM]

The batteries are good, probably had the damn thing turned down again......

Checked my Spectra VHF and it's performing perfectly. That would be why it rejected 154.145 MHz. It was looking for 151.4, not 141.3. Changed the PL and will try it again soon. Still don't know why the UHF didn't hear 453.650 with the CORRECT subtone. It's an Astro, so maybe it was just being snotty, or maybe Gramps didn't have it in the scan list. Alzheimer's is a wonderful thing......

Ya little whippersnapper......

 

[yardbird]

I think if I heard right the other morning, Anson EMS and Rescue has moved from being dispatched on 155.280 Mhz to the county Fire Frequency 154.145 Mhz.

I also think that this is a new trend in consolidation of frequencies.

Mecklenburg has just recently started dispatching rescue across county fire.

Anson County Fire PL is 141.3 Hz

David

 

[jeffmulter]

>> Still don't know why the UHF didn't hear 453.650 with the CORRECT subtone.

Wx - The correct frequency is 453.625. I noted your original post on this thread also referred to 453.650, but I thought it was a typo the first time around.

With regards to 154.145 vs 155.280, from what I hear, I believe EMS and FD first responder paging is via 154.145, but rescue paging is still on 155.280.

 

[CCHLLM]

Yep, the 650 was a typo. Kaint spel, kaint type, kaint git thu Pee El writ, kaint git thu scayun liyust rite neether....

All this started from a simple question from somebody that wasn't as screwed up as I am. Yep, I'm wealth of info.....

 

[jeffmulter]

>> Yep, I'm wealth of info.....

All kidding aside, I personally appreciate your knowledge ... and the fact that you share the information with the rest of us.

As close as Anson County is to me, it's a county that doesn't generate much radio traffic ... unless something big is going on in Wadesboro. I really should have a better understanding of their radio communications, but I don't.

 

[CCHLLM]

I don't mind sharing and I enjoy the banter. Anyway, in all my trips through Anson I hardly ever hear any traffic on the fire freq and don't really monitor the LE freq. When I started looking into the database and saw several things that puzzled me, I thought about John Wayne's comment in an old western where he was tracking a man on horseback who was able to get the horse to walk backwards for a good distance to lead them on several dead end tracks. The fella apparently wasn't ultimately heading to where they thought he would, which blew their theory of what was going on and who was involved. Wayne stopped his horse, consulted the map, then lifted his hat and scratched his head and said to his partner, "I don't quite understand all I know about this deal."