Bucks Co: loss of VHF rebroadcast of Fire South band.

[trentbob]

I've noticed that 155.115 pl 97.4 that rebroadcast County TRS Response and Ops South band is no longer working, 460.625 pl 97.4 is operational as always rebroadcasting fire and Ems for the county with response and Ops for the lower end but.. is no longer being streamed, nor is, fire East band.

Anybody have any information? Thanks.. Bob.

 

[X9009X]

I've noticed that 155.115 pl 97.4 that rebroadcast County TRS Response and Ops South band is no longer working, 460.625 pl 97.4 is operational as always rebroadcasting fire and Ems for the county with response and Ops for the lower end but.. is no longer being streamed, nor is, fire East band.

Anybody have any information? Thanks.. Bob.

Bob, it will be back up soon work is being performed at the site where transmitter is located.

 

[trentbob]

Bob, it will be back up soon work is being performed at the site where transmitter is located.

Good to hear, thank you very much for your reply.. Bob.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

460.625 pl 97.4 is operational as always rebroadcasting fire and Ems for the county with response and Ops for the lower end

Hey Bob is this still online? Can't remember the last time I picked up activity on it. I have PL as 94.8, did it change to 97.4?

 

[trentbob]

Hey Bob is this still online? Can't remember the last time I picked up activity on it. I have PL as 94.8, did it change to 97.4?

Everything's back to normal John apparently it was out for some type of repair, also Fire South dispatch was off of streaming but now is back.

Fire south on the radio is not a high-powered transmission apparently, I receive it well but I don't know how much distance it does have.

What is being streamed now for Fire South is simply what sounds like Phase 2 talkgroup for Fire South which will repeat the dispatched call after one short tone and the talkgroup for Fire South Ops. There's also Fire East on streaming which are the only two that I listen to. Fire East VHF rebroadcast never went off the air and remains the same and as I say Fire South VHF rebroadcast remains as before and includes Fire Ops.

There is also a separate stream for fire police North and South. I personally listen to Bristol Township fire police which use their old UHF frequency and is not streamed.😉

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Fire south on the radio is not a high-powered transmission apparently, I receive it well but I don't know how much distance it does have.

Yeah they must have turned down TX power a bit, I used to have a pickup on it from Norristown and points south, now zilch

 

[trentbob]

Also, remember the VHF rebroadcast of Fire South is 155.115 pl 97.4

 

[trentbob]

We cross posted, you may have had the wrong pl tone.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Na I removed the tone, still nothing. It only rebroadcasts south fire now?

 

[trentbob]

Na I removed the tone, still nothing. It only rebroadcasts south fire now?

Nope, as always, it rebroadcast both fire response and fire ops on the same frequency, I actually use a Yaesu ft 65 to monitor the south and east rebroadcast, Bristol Borough's BORO RADIO, Bristol Township's fire police, Amtrak police, a couple of local 2 meter repeaters including Bears which rebroadcast emergency NOAA Weather Radio alerts, Marine Channel 16, 22, 81 and 13..

I pair that with a Larson triband in the car now.

It scans fast enough for me. LOL.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Right but N, E & W are no longer carried?

460.625

94.8 PL

WNGF452

Goodwill Hose Co. No. 3 - Fire Ops (repeats N, S, E, and W fire ops from TRS)

 

[trentbob]

Ah, I see your question, 5115 was always South Fire response and South Fire Ops.

You are talking about the UHF frequency which as far as I know, still works the same way, it is just no longer streamed, that 460 MHz frequency you quoted does dispatch the whole County fire and EMS along with all the multiple tones and fire South response, Ops, fire ground simplex. Not, East, Central or north response channels but does cover EMS North and South response. That is no longer streamed and has been replaced with the phase 2, 2 talk group South Fire on streaming.

As far as the frequency itself, it's just the same, I don't listen to it because I can't listen to all those tones and don't really follow Central and North bands and I don't listen to EMS at all unless I want to confirm a class 5.

The 460 MHz frequency, I think, is still on top of the Oxford Valley Mall? You should be able to hear that, way too busy for me.

 

[trentbob]

I think what's misleading about that listing is, although it does cover the entire County dispatch frequency for fire and EMS it only covers the response frequencies for South band. That's why it was always used for fire South.