FDNY VHF frequencies active again?

[jaymatt1978]

Ok I haven't been paying attention to the FDNY but are the VHF DISPATCH Channel still active?/

 

[Tank67]

Not to my knowledge, although I think they keep the licenses up to date.

Are you hearing them down there?

 

[GTR8000]

Bronx/SI is active on 154.190 PL 186.2

 

[jaymatt1978]

Bronx/SI is active on 154.190 PL 186.2

that's the one I heard!!

 

[coolrich55]

VHF is currently active? Very surprised to hear. Especially since they have been deleted from the database years ago.

 

[GTR8000]

They were deleted because they were decommissioned years ago. The database is meant to be a source of active resources, not a museum. In any event, the city wants to bring VHF back to life as backups to the T-Band frequencies, which are vulnerable to interference from distant TV stations during periods of enhanced tropo ducting. Now that multi-band radios are commonplace, it makes sense to bring VHF back as another tool in the toolbox.

 

[jaymatt1978]

They were deleted because they were decommissioned years ago. The database is meant to be a source of active resources, not a museum. In any event, the city wants to bring VHF back to life as backups to the T-Band frequencies, which are vulnerable to interference from distant TV stations during periods of enhanced tropo ducting. Now that multi-band radios are commonplace, it makes sense to bring VHF back as another tool in the toolbox.

Yeah I figured actually Cape May County shared some of the FDNY VHF frequencies. So I actually listen to them in csq mode

 

[joerobb23]

are other boros coming back on vhf?

 

[GTR8000]

are other boros coming back on vhf?

the city wants to bring VHF back to life as backups to the T-Band frequencies

 

[joerobb23]

thank you

 

[n2nov]

Current analog T-band FDNY dispatch channel;
backed up by encrypted trunked talkgroup for each dispatch channel;
backed up by old analog VHF dispatch channel?
NYC government sure is out in left field.

 

[GTR8000]

Current analog T-band FDNY dispatch channel;
backed up by encrypted trunked talkgroup for each dispatch channel;
backed up by old analog VHF dispatch channel?
NYC government sure is out in left field.

Nothing wrong with multiple layers of redundancy, especially if the VHF transmitters are still viable and everyone is carrying around multi-band radios these days. The trunked system has two T-Band cells that are subject to the same potential DTV tropo ducting interruptions as the 48x MHz FDNY channels.

 

[jaymatt1978]

Just to clarify I listen to the old even though Cape May County has moved to the NJICS for most of the communications but I have all the VHF frequencies in tone search mode which are the exact same frequencies as the old FDNY frequencies.

 

[SCFDCOMM]

any one have a list of the old FDNY VHF w/ inputs?

 

[n2nov]

any one have a list of the old FDNY VHF w/ inputs?

Channel​	Use​	Output​	PL​	Input​
1​	Citywide Dispatch (phase out 2014)​	154.430​	186.2​	153.890​
2​	Queens Dispatch (phase out 2014)​	154.400​	186.2​	153.770​
3​	Brooklyn Dispatch (phase out 2014)​	154.370​	186.2​	153.950​
4​	Manhattan Dispatch (phase out 2014)​	154.250​	186.2​	154.010​
5​	Bronx/Staten Island Dispatch (phase out 2014)​	154.190​	186.2​	154.070​

 

[MStep]

I've been casually tuning around, but have not heard any FDNY activity yet on any of the old VHF frequencies. If I do, I will report back.

 

[GTR8000]

I've been casually tuning around, but have not heard any FDNY activity yet on any of the old VHF frequencies. If I do, I will report back.

I assume you mean other than Bronx/SI on 154.190, which is very active. No, the rest of the frequencies have not been brought back from the grave just yet. They are all being monitored 24/7 for activity.

 

[KC2zZe]

Can anyone who's hearing traffic over 154.1900 (186.2) clarify which borough's radio traffic is being rebroadcast?

 

[k2hz]

Can anyone who's hearing traffic over 154.1900 (186.2) clarify which borough's radio traffic is being rebroadcast?

In the past, Staten Island was 127.3 so 186.2 should be Bronx.

 

[GTR8000]

Can anyone who's hearing traffic over 154.1900 (186.2) clarify which borough's radio traffic is being rebroadcast?

I already clarified in posts #3 and #17.

127.3 PL has not been used in decades on 154.190, both boroughs were 186.2 for years up to the switch to UHF, and now with 154.190 resurrected, same thing.