ScannerDesk said:For example COMRA, City of Oshawa Rescue Auxiliary use the same 800 MHz radios that the Oshawa Fire and Durham Regional Police use.
Just a quick correction, last time i checked Durham Regional Police were not using 800Mhz radios, i was pretty sure they were using a cell service through Telus
MetalCarnage said:ScannerDesk said:For example COMRA, City of Oshawa Rescue Auxiliary use the same 800 MHz radios that the Oshawa Fire and Durham Regional Police use.
Just a quick correction, last time i checked Durham Regional Police were not using 800Mhz radios, i was pretty sure they were using a cell service through Telus
It's actually the Telus Mike service which are IDEN and utilize the 800Mhz band and not a cell service but called something else but I just can't remember what it's called.
Matt
mbstone99 said:MetalCarnage said:ScannerDesk said:For example COMRA, City of Oshawa Rescue Auxiliary use the same 800 MHz radios that the Oshawa Fire and Durham Regional Police use.
It's actually the Telus Mike service which are IDEN and utilize the 800Mhz band and not a cell service but called something else but I just can't remember what it's called.
Matt
I believe it's referred to as ESMR (Enhanced Special Mobile Radio).
Dave
mbstone99 said:MetalCarnage said:ScannerDesk said:For example COMRA, City of Oshawa Rescue Auxiliary use the same 800 MHz radios that the Oshawa Fire and Durham Regional Police use.
It's actually the Telus Mike service which are IDEN and utilize the 800Mhz band and not a cell service but called something else but I just can't remember what it's called.
Matt
Is it not using pre-existing Telus Cellular infrastructure? I was pretty sure it was. That makes it closer to cellular service then a two-way conventional radio in my books
No one was debating that i dont thinkpolkaroo said:Durham police indeed uses Telus Mike on r750 portables. However, that is only police. Fire is on Motorola trunked 800.
DaveH said:mbstone99 said:MetalCarnage said:I believe it's referred to as ESMR (Enhanced Special Mobile Radio).
Dave
Ahh yes that's it! I just couldn't think of it at the time. I was having a brain fart at the time.
Matt
MetalCarnage said:mbstone99 said:MetalCarnage said:Is it not using pre-existing Telus Cellular infrastructure? I was pretty sure it was. That makes it closer to cellular service then a two-way conventional radio in my books
That's a really good question, one that I never got a good answer to. Are they using the
public Telus iDEN network, or a private iDEN network that may be in the 866-869MHz
range? If the latter is true that would make in closer to a two-way radio network.
Dave
MetalCarnage said:Is it not using pre-existing Telus Cellular infrastructure? I was pretty sure it was. That makes it closer to cellular service then a two-way conventional radio in my books
Because channels 24, 26, 27 and 28 are duplex channels - you will need to listen to both the Ship and Shore frequencies in order to hear both sides. The Ship frequency is the 157MHz and the Shore (Coast Guard) is the 161MHz. I don't have my list handy so I don't have the specific frequencies.