MrAntiDigital
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On a good night in the summertime I could hear all of the boros at 120-130 miles away. Sometimes, Philly would break into Brooklyns channel as I think they had a Citywide fire channel whenever they would get a big job.
Sometimes I could pick up the FDNY (usually Manhattan) in my car when the skip was good.
I would ALWAYS hear them in Bridgeport, about 50-60 miles away. That was just on normal operation. Recently I noticed that even when they were still operating on the VHF channels, the power was cut down and I wouldn't be able to pick them up until around Norwalk or Stamford.
"MER401", I sure do remember those days of Brooklyn Fire Radio saying; "this is KEB 525 Brooklyn Fire Radio operating on the assigned frequency of 154.37 MHz". Those years were WILD too. The so called FDNY War Years.
I can also remember when both Manhattan and the Bronx shared the same frequency of 154.25 mhz. Staten Island was on 154.19 MHz all by themselves then. Later Bronx was taken off of 154.25 and put on with Staten Island using the 154.19.
Now I'm lucky if I can pick up the FDNY on the UHF channels at the New Rochelle tolls.
Wow, do I miss those GREAT DAYS. Long before the MDTs in the rigs. When everybody was so busy with constant radio traffic it was just about impossible to listen to more than one boro at a time.
Just ordered a book called "Scenes from a War", based on those busy War Years from M.T. Publishing Company, Inc. . Supposed to be released in 2018. Full of pictures from those busy years.
Thank you for the memories. I sure did love it and my buddies and I were sure "hooked on it". My first ride was with Rescue 2 in 1968.
Sometimes I could pick up the FDNY (usually Manhattan) in my car when the skip was good.
I would ALWAYS hear them in Bridgeport, about 50-60 miles away. That was just on normal operation. Recently I noticed that even when they were still operating on the VHF channels, the power was cut down and I wouldn't be able to pick them up until around Norwalk or Stamford.
"MER401", I sure do remember those days of Brooklyn Fire Radio saying; "this is KEB 525 Brooklyn Fire Radio operating on the assigned frequency of 154.37 MHz". Those years were WILD too. The so called FDNY War Years.
I can also remember when both Manhattan and the Bronx shared the same frequency of 154.25 mhz. Staten Island was on 154.19 MHz all by themselves then. Later Bronx was taken off of 154.25 and put on with Staten Island using the 154.19.
Now I'm lucky if I can pick up the FDNY on the UHF channels at the New Rochelle tolls.
Wow, do I miss those GREAT DAYS. Long before the MDTs in the rigs. When everybody was so busy with constant radio traffic it was just about impossible to listen to more than one boro at a time.
Just ordered a book called "Scenes from a War", based on those busy War Years from M.T. Publishing Company, Inc. . Supposed to be released in 2018. Full of pictures from those busy years.
Thank you for the memories. I sure did love it and my buddies and I were sure "hooked on it". My first ride was with Rescue 2 in 1968.
