infotec
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What the heck is HEAR?
HEAR?
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Not used that much around Denver, but here you go.......................
From: http://www.zetron.com/pages/english/realw/7315.html
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio
The General Hospital channel: Still in use today by thousands of hospitals nationwide, H.E.A.R. typically operates on VHF high band simplex frequencies, with 155.340 MHz and 155.280 MHz being the most popular. Each hospital base station monitors the H.E.A.R. frequencies for the proper selective call sequence sent from an incoming ambulance or from another hospital. Upon decoding the proper sequence, the base station then passes the receiver audio to a tone remote located in the emergency room. Some base stations also send an attention-getting tone to alert hospital staff that an ambulance is calling.
From: http://www.zetron.com/pages/english/realw/7315.html
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio
The General Hospital channel: Still in use today by thousands of hospitals nationwide, H.E.A.R. typically operates on VHF high band simplex frequencies, with 155.340 MHz and 155.280 MHz being the most popular. Each hospital base station monitors the H.E.A.R. frequencies for the proper selective call sequence sent from an incoming ambulance or from another hospital. Upon decoding the proper sequence, the base station then passes the receiver audio to a tone remote located in the emergency room. Some base stations also send an attention-getting tone to alert hospital staff that an ambulance is calling.
It's a VHF radio system used for ambulances to speak with hospitals. It's cousin is the MED radio, which uses UHF frequencies to accomplish the same task.
Generally, you'll find that HEAR channels will have a number of ambulances/hosptials using them, will it's usually one ambulance/hospital per MED channel.
Some areas are seeing decreased use of these channels due to cell phones, and the availability of a dedicated channel on a TRS for an agency to speak to a hospital.
Generally, you'll find that HEAR channels will have a number of ambulances/hosptials using them, will it's usually one ambulance/hospital per MED channel.
Some areas are seeing decreased use of these channels due to cell phones, and the availability of a dedicated channel on a TRS for an agency to speak to a hospital.
infotec
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Thanks guys. It's more of an annoyance, wakes me up consistently at 3 or 4 am. :evil:
From previous posts, I've learned that medics are increasingly using cell in place of radio to communicate with ER's.
Guess it's time to lock that puppy out ... thanks again.
From previous posts, I've learned that medics are increasingly using cell in place of radio to communicate with ER's.
Guess it's time to lock that puppy out ... thanks again.
epbernstein
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Boulder (Pridemark and Boulder County Paramedics) is still using 155.28 for both Boulder Community and Longmont United hospitals.
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When Motorola first came out with HEAR which was in the late 60's or early 70's, HEAR stood for Hospital Emergency AREA Radio. I don't know where the "Administrative" came from. Perhaps some area of the country changed the name to suit their needs. Now Zetron is changing the name to Administrative. Maybe they want to be able to copyright HEAR with a different meaning. It reminds me of Motorola confusing everyone with the NLEEC name when they started labeling their consoles NLEC (late 70's). Here's a link to a HEAR document.
<http://www.utmb.edu/policy/ihop/search/09-06-01.pdf>
When Motorola first came out with HEAR which was in the late 60's or early 70's, HEAR stood for Hospital Emergency AREA Radio. I don't know where the "Administrative" came from. Perhaps some area of the country changed the name to suit their needs. Now Zetron is changing the name to Administrative. Maybe they want to be able to copyright HEAR with a different meaning. It reminds me of Motorola confusing everyone with the NLEEC name when they started labeling their consoles NLEC (late 70's). Here's a link to a HEAR document.
<http://www.utmb.edu/policy/ihop/search/09-06-01.pdf>
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