BC Forestry

[mikewazowski]

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[cjrjr507]

A few minutes ago heard an helicopter pilot contacting the fire center on 164.0850 Mhz PL 141.3. Fire Center answered and it was the woman I have been hearing. Helicopter call sign is Hotel Whiskey Charlie.

 

[cjrjr507]

Frequency 164.0850 Mhz PL 141.3 is busy this morning with the helo flying around.

 

[cjrjr507]

Hi All

Just heard on my scanner; BCT15, BC Forestry green channel; 163.9950. Some lady talking but the signal was real weak. I get the blue channel; 163.0850 pl141.3 a lot.

 

[Jay911]

I would suggest that this is not US Federal but British Columbia, Canada, which should probably be in the "Prairies & Pacific Coast" forum.

Not surprising you can pick up Forestry comms considering your proximity to the border. According to the 2012 radio handbook, you're probably picking up Yahk on green, and Commerce on blue.

 

[mikewazowski]

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[cjrjr507]

Picked up "Rocky 1" on BC forestry Green channel 163.995 MHz this morning. Was coming in fairly clear.

 

[dwc]

Hey guys,

I am guessing you are picking up the Yahk "green" repeater.

BCFS made it really easy for us. There is a beautiful set of maps, with repeater locations, links and frequencies published online here:

https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ftp/His/external/!publish/RadioMaps/2014/Large/Large/

Cheers,

dwC

 

[cjrjr507]

Quick question. For the Southeast Fire Centre repeaters, should I listen on the Rx frequencies or the Tx frequencies ? On repeaters Rx is repeater in and Tx is repeater out. I've been hearing both parties on the Rx frequencies. I get them on the Rx side on my scanner. Have not heard anything on the Tx side yet.

 

[cjrjr507]

Ah, just checked intercept radio and it is the Rx side I listen too. This is backwards compared to US repeaters. Hmmm

 

[ecps92]

99% of all ICS forms (both US and CN) and publications are geared for the Portable/Mobile user, unless it explicitly states "Repeater Configuration"

So.. the RX (Repeater Output) is what you would use on the Scanner, unless close enough or the user is Airborne to hear the TX (input) side

Quick question. For the Southeast Fire Centre repeaters, should I listen on the Rx frequencies or the Tx frequencies ? On repeaters Rx is repeater in and Tx is repeater out. I've been hearing both parties on the Rx frequencies. I get them on the Rx side on my scanner. Have not heard anything on the Tx side yet.

ahhh, No it is not backwards

RX is what the Portable/Mobile/Base listens to
TX is what the Portable/Mobile/Base transmits on

Ah, just checked intercept radio and it is the Rx side I listen too. This is backwards compared to US repeaters. Hmmm

 

[cjrjr507]

Repeater Rx and Tx

I don't mean to get on your bad side but what you just wrote down about repeater Rx and Tx is backwards. in one area you wrote that Rx is input but in the other area you wrote Rx is receive (input). But you said Tx is input and Rx is receive (output). I know you are a ham but from what I read about ham repeaters Rx is input and Tx is output. Which is what you wrote down below. To me what they have on the BC Forestry websites don't make sense. To me the Rx and Tx should be switched on the frequencies. You should be listening to the Tx side not the Rx side. Oh, and the Tx frequencies should be Rx and the Rx frequencies should be Tx.
I am hearing the repeater outputs which is Tx not Rx. You can hear the Rx side if you are close to the HT.
This is going to open a can of worms! Ha Ha

 

[Jay911]

No can, no worms. ECPS is right. The document is right. Whether it makes sense to you or not is irrelevant. The document is intended to be read by agents of an organization programming professional handheld and mobile radios to work with the repeaters. The frequency on which the radio receives is the receive (or Rx) signal. Conversely, the frequency on which the radio transmits is the transmit (or Tx) signal. That's all there is to it.

 

[kayn1n32008]

cjrjr507, when talking about TX/RX it is from the mobile perspective, not what the repeater is doing.

I am hearing the repeater outputs which is Tx not Rx.

You are hearing the Mobile Receive Frequency.

You can hear the Rx side if you are close to the HT.

That is the Mobile Transmit Frequency.

When looking at repeater pairs, the Mobile Receive is the repeater output, and the Mobile Transmit is the repeater Input. Using Input/output is a much easier way to keep it straight in my head.

This is going to open a can of worms! Ha Ha

Nope. You just have to look at the pairs correctly and learn how the industry uses the term Transmit and Receive.


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[cjrjr507]

yeah, I was wondering about that. Because the the map said mobile and that would be correct but wouldn't the repeater sites be the other way. Listen on Tx frequency? I tried listening to the color coded repeater sites on Tx and nothing. Weird.

 

[cjrjr507]

Quick question. Would the bc forestry mobile Rx frequencies be the Tx on the repeater ? Maybe that's why I am not hearing anything on the Transmit freqs because on the repeaters they are the receive Rx freq's or input for the repeater ? That would make sense.

Repeater Frequencies
CHANNEL FREQUENCY
RED 163.935
PURPLE 163.965
GREEN 163.995
PINK 164.055
BLUE 164.085
ORANGE 164.145
BROWN 164.175
YELLOW 164.205
GRAY 164.235
BLACK 164.265
WHITE 162.585
FIRE A1 167.670
FIRE A2 166.710
FIRE A3 168.885

Tx on repeater ? Rx on mobile. In other words, the Rx for mobile is Tx on Repeater ?

 

[kayn1n32008]

Quick question. Would the bc forestry mobile Rx frequencies be the Tx on the repeater ?

Correct.

Maybe that's why I am not hearing anything on the Transmit freqs

Correct again

because on the repeaters they are the receive Rx freq's or input for the repeater ?

Three for three!

That would make sense.

Confusing eh? Don't over think it. The mobile receive is the frequency you want to enter. See the picture below.

The "Frequency" column is the mobile receive(the frequencies you enter to listen to the output of the repeater) this is the same for EVERY repeater you want to listen to.

The "Input" column is the mobile transmit to talk "through" the repeater. This is not needed unless you want to listen to the mobiles directly IF you are close enough to hear them.

Tx on repeater ? Rx on mobile. In other words, the Rx for mobile is Tx on Repeater ?

Four for four! You got it.

Repeater TX(Output) = Mobile RX
Repeater RX(Input) = Mobile TX

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[kayn1n32008]

Seeing that you can hear the MOFR and RCMP, try listening to BC Ambulance Service(BCAS) and Ministry of Transportation(MOT). Both are listed in the database.

Edit 1: http://www.scanbc.com/wiki/index.php?title=British_Columbia_Ambulance_Service

This link goes to the scanbc page for BCAS

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[cjrjr507]

ooh, I am searching the bcas frequencies and just heard IC 2 on 142.155 mhz, came in very weak and crappy. Need a better antenna I guess. At least I heard something so far.

 

[kayn1n32008]

ooh, I am searching the bcas frequencies and just heard IC 2 on 142.155 mhz, came in very weak and crappy. Need a better antenna I guess. At least I heard something so far.

Also check out the Ministry of transportation frequencies as well. They are in the BC database, under province wide frequencies. Repeaters transmit at 143.xxxMHz


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