Will be moving to the Manchester/Londonderry/Merrimack area hopefully by the winter. I am just wondering what Freqs I should be listening to for the fire departments. Also would it be smart to program a scanner for the Lowell, Lawrence, and various other departments? My antenna would probably be in an attic and i would be using a BCD996P2, SDS 200, and a SDS 100 for the handheld. im looking for input so i can start building a code plug. Feel free to pm me for more information if needed.
Couple of fire department questions
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Manchester
Merrimack
Londonderry
| City of Manchester Project 25 Phase I | All city agencies use this system. Police are fully encrypted. |
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10003 | 2713 | D | Fire Disp | Fire Dispatch | Fire Dispatch |
| 10005 | 2715 | D | Fire Tac 2 | Fire Tac 2 | Fire-Tac |
| 10007 | 2717 | D | Fire Tac 3 | Fire Tac 3 | Fire-Tac |
| 10009 | 2719 | D | Fire Tac 4 | Fire Tac 4 | Fire-Tac |
| 10011 | 271b | D | Fire Tac 5 | Fire Tac 5 | Fire-Tac |
| 10013 | 271d | D | Fire Tac 6 | Fire Tac 6 | Fire-Tac |
| 10015 | 271f | D | Fire Tac 7 | Fire Tac 7 | Fire-Tac |
| 10017 | 2721 | D | Fire Tac 8 | Fire Tac 8 | Fire-Tac |
| 10019 | 2723 | D | Fire Tac 9 | Fire Tac 9 | Fire-Tac |
Merrimack
| Frequency | Input | License | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Description | Mode | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153.98000 | KSR881 | RM | 136.5 PL | Merimk FD 1 | Ch 1 - Fire Operations | FMN | Fire Dispatch | |
| 154.41500 | WPCD590 | RM | 136.5 PL | Merimk FD 2 | Ch 2 - Fireground | FMN | Fire-Tac | |
| 155.23500 | KUY288 | BM | 136.5 PL | Merimk FD 3 | Ch 3 - Fireground | FMN | Fire-Tac |
Londonderry
ecps92
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Manchester and Nashua are P25 Trunks running Phase I for now.
Other FD's are a mix of Analog and P25 conventional
Other FD's are a mix of Analog and P25 conventional
Dave2582
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When mobile and listening to Lowell, my scanner fades when I get into Londonderry. Not sure if it will pick up for you when you have your attic antenna going. Nashua and Manchester are busy, so those would be good to load as well as Derry/Londonderry.
Merrimack is also long term planning to get on the Nashua P25 800mhz system. However, I believe their VHF infrastructure will remain in some capacity.
Dave2582
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Good to know.
One more thing to note for you. South east of Nashua running South West to North East is a pretty decent size range of "high hills" that are going to provide some terrain blocking to the Southeast (think towards Lawrence/Haverhill), so unless you have some height to your antenna, you may struggle to receive them.
I can get Nashua's 800 mhz system in Andover, Mass with a 800 mhz antanna
Hey all, interested in programming Manchester FD into my scanner in Wolfeboro. Right now I can clearly get Merrimack Cnty, Concord Fire Alarm, Concord FD, Hooksett, etc from my house. Do you think I'll have a shot at grabbing Manch FD? Thanks!
Dave2582
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If you can pick up the system on 859.4875, you may have a good shot on hearing comms.
ecps92
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As Dave suggests, put in the CC and see what you hear,
my guess is likely Not due to the Hills/Mountains between
my guess is likely Not due to the Hills/Mountains between
With a directional antenna at good height, maybe but in most conditions its unlikely due to how 800 MHz systems work.
dgregjones
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I live in Epsom with a discone antenna on the roof and receive nothing on Manchester Fire.
In the mobile I can get MFD in parts of Allenstown, and all of Hooksett which borders Manchester.
In the mobile I can get MFD in parts of Allenstown, and all of Hooksett which borders Manchester.
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