Columbia County - Fire links??

[Mike445]

What exactly are these? My scanners stop on them. Most of the time no audio. Sometimes it sounds like a digital burst then open squelch. Has anyone heard voice out of these?

453.10000	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD 453.1	Fire Uplink - Lion Oil	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.23750	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD453.23	Fire Uplink - KZHE	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.10000	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD 458.1	Fire Uplink - Emerson Water Tank	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.83750	WQHJ832	BM		CoCoFD458.83	Fire Uplink - Taylor Sludge Tank	FMN	Fire Dispatch

 

[INDY72]

Due to our FCC link being down... AGAIN..... I cant check to see if any of this is still valid or if they have gone DMR or the like... I know SO is DMR now, and AWIN.

 

[Mike445]

Due to our FCC link being down... AGAIN..... I cant check to see if any of this is still valid or if they have gone DMR or the like... I know SO is DMR now, and AWIN.

Yes their DMR law frequencies sound great here in Hempstead county!! Also have 155.235 that sounds like it might be ambulance out of Columbia county?
Mike

 

[INDY72]

What exactly are these? My scanners stop on them. Most of the time no audio. Sometimes it sounds like a digital burst then open squelch. Has anyone heard voice out of these?

453.10000	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD 453.1	Fire Uplink - Lion Oil	FMN	Fire Dispatch
453.23750	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD453.23	Fire Uplink - KZHE	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.10000	WQHJ832	F		CoCoFD 458.1	Fire Uplink - Emerson Water Tank	FMN	Fire Dispatch
458.83750	WQHJ832	BM		CoCoFD458.83	Fire Uplink - Taylor Sludge Tank	FMN	Fire Dispatch

All of them have emissions designation for DMR as well as analog. So if the main Fire repeaters are now DMR, I would think the uplinks for the HT's and so on would be DMR now also. This needs confirmed so if anyone has DMR capabilities, some dedicated monitoring would be wise.

 

[INDY72]

Yes their DMR law frequencies sound great here in Hempstead county!! Also have 155.235 that sounds like it might be ambulance out of Columbia county?
Mike

Please nail down that for Color Code, Slots, TG's. It is indeed Columbia Co. EMS! Repeater is 154.1600/158.75250 Though it appears they reversed input/outputs. WPAF571 (COLUMBIA COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC) FCC Callsign Details

 

[Mike445]

All of them have emissions designation for DMR as well as analog. So if the main Fire repeaters are now DMR, I would think the uplinks for the HT's and so on would be DMR now also. This needs confirmed so if anyone has DMR capabilities, some dedicated monitoring would be wise.

I have DMR capability but I think I’m too far away to receive these well. I will keep trying though.
Mike

 

[jhsands]

Please nail down that for Color Code, Slots, TG's. It is indeed Columbia Co. EMS! Repeater is 154.1600/158.75250 Though it appears they reversed input/outputs. WPAF571 (COLUMBIA COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC) FCC Callsign Details

I already submitted those... they're 1/1/1. Most dispatching is done through the PHI dispatch app.

 

[jhsands]

All of them have emissions designation for DMR as well as analog. So if the main Fire repeaters are now DMR, I would think the uplinks for the HT's and so on would be DMR now also. This needs confirmed so if anyone has DMR capabilities, some dedicated monitoring would be wise.

No, we are not going to DMR anytime soon. We received an AFG in 2014 and have 200 P25 conventional VHF handhelds out. I wanted to do mixed mode, but the association decided against it, so now most departments have DMR radios because of the sheriff's office.