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smartboy06

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First, Merry Xmas to all! Santa brought me a Pro-96 this year. I started listening to Downriver, getting it all programmed and stuff. I was bewildered by one thing, though. The police and fire north and south common talkgroups are coming off as kind of weird. Are they for central dispatch or point to point communications?
 

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The PD\FD South talkgroups are used for common dispatch. Each city switches to its private talkgroups as needed.

On the other hand, the northern Downriver cities all dispatch from their own private talkgroups. They switch to the PD\FD North talkgroups as needed. For example, PD North was used when a downriver-south car wanted to communicate with River Rouge.

I've noticed that for point to point communications (north), they will often just switch to that cities private talkgroup.
 

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Thanks a lot...I've also noticed that South communities use the privates for more mundane/routine things. By the way, would you happen to know why a lot of Taylor PD cars have "Lincoln" at the beginning of their callsign?
 

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smartboy06 said:
By the way, would you happen to know why a lot of Taylor PD cars have "Lincoln" at the beginning of their callsign?

This goes back to when they were on VHF-Low band. They shared 39.02 MHz. with several departments, and "Lincoln" was their department's unit designator. When they were on 155.670 MHz. they stopped using it, but now they have brought it back.

73's

Ron
 

nsrailfan6130

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Downriver Fire Net

Hi gang,

I am looking for information regarding the Downriver fire net. If someone can send me info or if you have any questions, contact me offlist regarding this area.

Thanks all for your help in this area.

Jerry Butler
 
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