Berks Fire VHF

[HM1529]

I posted back in 2022 looking for some feedback on what VHF highband frequencies were still being utilized by local fire companies. THat old thread is locked due to inactivity.

Right now, in the database, we still have several frequencies listed as crossbands to the old lowband. I would guess some of these now rebroadcast traffic from the trunked system (either Fire A, Fire B, or both). However, I am looking for confirmation of such.

154.415		KGC946	RM	136.5 PL	Fltwd FC XB	Fleetwood Fire Co. - 33.68 Crossband Repeater	FMN	Fire-Tac
151.4225		KGE647	BM		Birds 33.68	Friendship Fire Co., Birdsboro - 33.68 crossband repeater	FMN	Fire-Tac
155.835		KNGU692	RM	173.8 PL	Shoe 33.94	Shoemakersville Fire Co. #1 - 33.94 Crossband	FMN	Fire-Tac

154.295

33.940

WNGZ713

RM

91.5 PL

Topton 3394

Topton Fire Co. - 33.94 Crossband

FM

Fire-Tac

151.0325

KDB374

RM

100.0 PL

Lsprt 3394

Union Fire Co. of Leesport - 33.94 crossband repeater

FM

Fire-Tac

I was in Berks today and monitored 155.310 during several fire calls. I heard no activity on the frequency, so I changed that to deprecated. I was mobile along the 422 and 61 corridors at the time of the fire dispatches and confirmed there was traffic on the TRS.

 

[clifford1]

155.310 - was active fairly recently. It retransmitted Berks Fire A as well as a number of the Fire Ops talkgroups in a scanning fashion. I'll take a listen again to confirm also.

151.4225 - fairly certain this is no longer used.

Chris C.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

I've got those conventional rebroadcasts loaded up in my 536HP, I let it scan for a good bit yesterday alongside my SDS100 scanning the county TRS which I can pick up from Montco, didn't get any activity from any of them. Unrelated to the above I can confirm that 151.475 C156.7 (Fire B) is still alive and well. However 154.1825 664 DPL which once rebroadcasted Fire A doesn't seem to be in use anymore (even when I removed the tone). I used to be able to pick this up pretty well from home but now zip...

 

[RichardKramer]

From the past 2 days of recordings, these are active:
151.4225 dcs263, pl 179.9
151.4750 pl 156.7 TRS B
154.4150 dcs155 Fleetwood Co 45; not active all the time.
155.3100 pl 173.8 hailing.

 

[RichardKramer]

The 151.4225 license has expired, so not sure who is using that freq.
Topton's 2 frequencies for vhf have expired and will not be renewed.
151.475 pl156.7 is licensed to Exeter twp fire dept located just S of Reading.

 

[clifford1]

I can verify:
155.310 173.8 - Berks Fire A and OPS
151.475 156.7 - Berks Fire B

154.1825 664 DPL - this one is odd. It seems to have recently dropped the DPL (I was using reverse tone encoding on the Lehigh County dispatch frequency 154.175 to lock it out, however now that doesn't work....). Last heard it was CSQ.

 

[RichardKramer]

I can verify:
155.310 173.8 - Berks Fire A and OPS
151.475 156.7 - Berks Fire B

154.1825 664 DPL - this one is odd. It seems to have recently dropped the DPL (I was using reverse tone encoding on the Lehigh County dispatch frequency 154.175 to lock it out, however now that doesn't work....). Last heard it was CSQ.

The license for154.1825 was just renewed March 12 this year. I'll do some more monitoring of that one.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

154.1825 664 DPL - this one is odd. It seems to have recently dropped the DPL (I was using reverse tone encoding on the Lehigh County dispatch frequency

The license for154.1825 was just renewed March 12 this year. I'll do some more monitoring of that one.

They must have reduced power a bit. I finally got a pick up on it, albeit only 1 bar, scratchy but readable from Eagleville Montco. Can confirm the DPL has been removed, now CSQ

 

[RichardKramer]

The new license 154.1825 shows 45w erp; I don't remember what the output was on the last license.