East Central Emergency Network (Columbia/Montour Counties)

[r3wt]

Could you post the link please? I wasn't able to find it.

https://columbiascanner.org/player

That's me.

 

[alexguf]

10-4.

 

[alexguf]

So analog for dispatch and digital for ops Right?

 

[r3wt]

So analog for dispatch and digital for ops Right?

Dispatch will be on digital too.

 

[alexguf]

Simulcast!

 

[W7FDX]

Fire dispatches will also be on the old analog EMA frequency for pager alerting.

 

[alexguf]

Receiving dispatches on Columbia Fire 1 156.015 154.055 and Ems dispatch 151.355. My scanner isn’t P25 capable

 

[W7FDX]

Receiving dispatches on Columbia Fire 1 156.015 154.055 and Ems dispatch 151.355. My scanner isn’t P25 capable

You'll need to listen to 154.055 (CSQ) to hear dispatches now. If you had it in as the EMA channel it had a 141.3 PL tone.

 

[alexguf]

There still talk over on 156.015

 

[alexguf]

Thanks everyone for your input!

 

[KB3ZI]

A question for the group….since we have switched over to digital are the frequencies different….I have a digital scanner but what the heck is different…help an old guy lol

 

[W7FDX]

A question for the group….since we have switched over to digital are the frequencies different….I have a digital scanner but what the heck is different…help an old guy lol

They're on the state P25 Phase 2 trunked system so as long as your scanner is capable of that you should be able to program it.

 

[HM1529]

They're on the state P25 Phase 2 trunked system so as long as your scanner is capable of that you should be able to program it.

If/when you program in the PA-STARNet trunked system, you would only need to include the tower sites in and adjacent to Columbia/Montour counties. The ECEN talkgroups are geographically limited and so the radios would be denied from roaming onto sites that don't cover the Columbia/Montour region. So, if all you want to hear is county fire/ems/ema, you definitely need to limit the sites you have programmed.

 

[KB3ZI]

If/when you program in the PA-STARNet trunked system, you would only need to include the tower sites in and adjacent to Columbia/Montour counties. The ECEN talkgroups are geographically limited and so the radios would be denied from roaming onto sites that don't cover the Columbia/Montour region. So, if all you want to hear is county fire/ems/ema, you definitely need to limit the sites you have programmed.

When county said they are simulcast for older fireman’s radios does that mean you still must own a digital receiver…I understood the older monitors would receive simulcast so firefighter and volunteers would not incur thousands of dollars to hear pages

 

[HM1529]

When county said they are simulcast for older fireman’s radios does that mean you still must own a digital receiver…I understood the older monitors would receive simulcast so firefighter and volunteers would not incur thousands of dollars to hear pages

So, the EC F1talkgroup, which is the new main dispatch/response channel on the digital system is repeated on the old VHF fire dispatch channel. I don't believe the additional talkgroups are rebroadcast, but youcan hear all the main traffic using just an analog channel.

 

[KB3ZI]

I wonder why Columbia County felt the need to scramble day to day communications…no surrounding counties do….citizens with scanners helped locate wanted persons but not now

 

[HM1529]

I wonder why Columbia County felt the need to scramble day to day communications…no surrounding counties do….citizens with scanners helped locate wanted persons but not now

Be happy they didn't go like Schuylkill County who has their entire trunked system encrypted. Police, fire, ems, everybody.

 

[alexguf]

No need to worry about missing out, I've already got a feed and upload everything on the ECEN site to the Calls platform:

Node 1085: PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (Site: ECEN Simulcast) - Live

BCFY Calls Node: Node 1085: PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (Site: ECEN Simulcast) - Live

www.broadcastify.com

East Central Emergency Network Fire and EMS Live Audio Feed

East Central Emergency Network Fire and EMS Live Audio Feed on Broadcastify.com

www.broadcastify.com

Any information on out of county departments responding to either Columbia or montour county for mutual aid channel wise

 

[november320]

Any information on out of county departments responding to either Columbia or montour county for mutual aid channel wise

Old county Ops channels can be patched in fo interoperability

 

[alexguf]

I am understanding if for ex a Union County units responds to Danville for mutual aid they have to have the former county ops channels in their
Analog radio correct