Buffalo Airport Fire DMR Control Channels

[Ncfirewire]

When programming the Buffalo Airport Fire Dept. on DMR what control channels do i need? there is a huge list of control channels and im not sure if i need all of them or one particular one and if it is one i am not sure which??

001 (1)South BuffaloErie01 424.875c 02 424.425c 03 424.625c 04 424.7125c 05 424.900 06 424.6625 07 424.775
002 (2)AtticaWyoming01 463.6875c 02 464.225c 03 461.6125c 04 454.4625c 05 454.0625
003 (3)PerrysburgCattaraugus01 454.025c 02 454.475c 03 461.875c 04 451.875c
004 (4)North BuffaloErie01 463.650c 02 464.8125c 03 454.100c 04 462.075c 05 462.475 06 464.6625
006 (6)BristolOntario01 463.5625c 02 454.100c 03 464.7625c 04 464.6375c
007 (7)OleanCattaraugus01 460.825c 02 454.4875c 03 461.7875
008 (8)LewistonNiagara01 461.975c 02 462.150c 03 461.400c
010 (A)LancasterErie01 424.950c 02 424.4375c 03 424.750c 04 424.5625c
011 (B)ArcadeWyoming01 454.650c 02 451.525c 03 461.575c 04 462.425c 0
14 (E)FalconerChautauqua01 463.6625c 02 454.000c 03 462.475c 04 461.5625c 05 461.925
015 (F)OlcottNiagara01 461.925c 02 463.375c 03 461.400c
016 (10)RochesterMonroe01 461.7875c 02 464.7625c 03 461.9375c 08 463.6125c
017 (11)ColdenErie01 461.250c 02 463.325c 03 463.625c 04 461.100c
019 (13)WellsvilleAllegany01 461.5625c 02 463.7625c 03 462.1625
021 (15)AngelicaAllegany01 461.9375 02 454.4575c 03 463.8625
022 (16)FredoniaChautauqua01 452.475c 02 461.500c 03 463.475c 04 452.150c
023 (17)UB North CampusErie01 424.4625c 02 424.525c 03 424.775 04 424.8625
024 (18)FranklinvilleCattaraugus01 461.6125c 02 463.8875c 03 463.6875c 04 464.000c 0
25 (19)SyracuseOnondaga01 451.250c 02 451.425c 03 461.6625 04 464.4375 05 464.7125

 

[Saint]

Pick the tower that is coming in the best from the area you are in
Steve

 

[DaveNF2G]

My guess for the airport would be Buffalo North. You won't hear it anyplace else unless one of their units is traveling with the radio on.

Lancaster is another possibility.

 

[n4njj]

My guess would be Lancaster, Buffalo North, or the UB site. The radio needs to affiliate with the site in order to hear it. The advice of what tower sounds strongest will not work unless a Buffalo Airport Fire unit is traveling in that area. Which is not very likely.

 

[BTFire21]

From my understanding of the Saia system all units appear on all the channels. I hear them just fine off the South Buffalo site.

 

[Wackyracer]

My logging today is showing BNIA Field ops hitting off the North Buffalo Site, The UB north Site, Lancaster, South Buffalo. I am in south Cheektowaga. So any one of those should work although I have them all in my whistler trx-2

 

[GTR8000]

From my understanding of the Saia system all units appear on all the channels. I hear them just fine off the South Buffalo site.

Like most wide-area/regional trunked systems, talkgroups are generally only active on sites that either a) a radio is affiliated with said talkgroups on, or b) the system admin has set it up so that a particular talkgroup is carried at particular site(s) all the time, regardless of affiliation. SaiaNet is no different. You shouldn't expect to hear talkgroups from the Rochester area on Erie County sites. If you do, it's likely an anomaly.

 

[GTR8000]

Pick the tower that is coming in the best from the area you are in
Steve

That's not how wide area/regional trunked systems work. See my previous post.

 

[DaveNF2G]

If you're hearing KBUF fire communications via more distant sites, it is possible that a member or officer with an issued portable lives in that area and has the radio on at home.

 

[BTFire21]

Dave as usual you comment when you have no clue. BNIA does appear on almost all of Saia sites along with a few other talk groups. There are reasons for this.

 

[Trbogeek]

BNIA does not show up on most of the 19+ SaiaNet sites. BNIA shows up on 4 or 5 sites, often less. This is based on what sites their radios are registered to. This is done to keep overall system traffic down, and more efficient use of site resources.

 

[DaveNF2G]

I call shenanigans on the personal attacks. Obviously someone does not know everything. As others are experiencing what I would predict, I suggest some proof be offered of any "reasons" to expect anything different.

 

[Trbogeek]

Dave, I hope you are not taking this information as a personal attack. My contribution, is purely from a position of knowing how Connect Plus works, and understanding the reasons why having sites broadcast Talkgroups, with no radios to listen to them, makes poor use of valuable resources. If you have viable information, contradicting my view, backing your loading claim, I would be very interested in seeing it.

 

[DaveNF2G]

trbogeek - I was responding to the post above yours. I have no problem with what you are saying. Sorry for any confusion.