Bristol fire

[DH11]

Hello RR Bristol fire department is now operating full time on RISCON talk group 1744 They can still be heard on their anolog frequency 154.14500 CTCSS 114.8 simulcast but I believe that anolog will be discontinued As of now I only hear them on the RISCON East tower

 

[hydes2004]

Bristol is a volunteer dept with hundreds of memebrs using minitor pagers. they are not going full time to riscon. it is just simulcast.

 

[wa1lad]

Not simulcast. Patched VHF to RISCON for parade operations. Enjoy it while you can......

 

[hydes2004]

Not simulcast. Patched VHF to RISCON for parade operations. Enjoy it while you can......

my error, i meant patch. it was getting late for me.

 

[ecps92]

Not simulcast. Patched VHF to RISCON for parade operations. Enjoy it while you can......

Gil, So they are still VHF and not FT on RISCON, yet ...??

 

[hydes2004]

Yes 100%

 

[trp2525]

Bristol Fire appears to be doing some testing/maintenance today on their VHF-High channel (154.1450 Repeater with PL 114.8). They tone alerted both Fire and Rescue this morning and advised all units to "go to channel 2." Channel 2 is their repeater talk around channel so when they operate in that mode you can only hear the mobiles/portables if you are in relatively close proximity.

I can also confirm hearing their VHF-High to RISCON patch on TG 1744 as RR member DH11 posted above. From my monitoring so far, I have only heard TG 1744 come up on the East Zone. YMMV

 

[wa1lad]

Hey Bill,

Yes, they are still VHF primary. TG 1744 is only authorized for the East Zone.

If you need any more info, let me know....

Gil

 

[ecps92]

Hey Bill,

Yes, they are still VHF primary. TG 1744 is only authorized for the East Zone.

If you need any more info, let me know....

Gil

All set, wanted to confirm before rumors/bad information starts getting shared.

 

[trp2525]

...As of now I only hear them on the RISCON East tower

...TG 1744 is only authorized for the East Zone...

FWIW, this morning (07-03-2025) I heard multiple transmissions from Bristol Fire RISCON TG 1744 on the North Zone.

 

[wa1lad]

TG 1744 was enabled North Zone/East Zone for the Bristol 4th events and the unfortunate severe WX event