listening from hamilton ohio

[hamiltonfd221]

hello to all u hoosiers i have two questions one is idk what happened but i used to pick up dearborn county dispatch but i cant any more and y cant i get franklin county when i live 25 miles from there any one that can help thanks let me remind u im listening with a pro 96

 

[frankcastle]

Looking at the database, it seems as though both counties you mentioned are on the SAFE-T network. is that what you picked them up on previously? Is it possible that they recently switched, and now you don't hear them?

 

[jamesa53]

Unless you have an outside antenna, its tough to get a SAFE-T tower more than 5 miles away in my experience.

 

[GTO_04]

Either those counties have rebanded or the last time you listened to them they were on VHF Hi where the range is much, much longer.

GTO_04

 

[hamiltonfd221]

listening n hamilton ohio

idk what happened all i was listening to before was dearborn county fire dispatch and their other channels thanks

 

[kc8gjh]

Dearborn County and Franklin County both use their VHF freqs and are also on SAFE-T - I'm in Harrison, Ohio and hear the both fine on VHF and SAFE-T

 

[hamiltonfd221]

hmmmmmmmmm ok u live n harison oh and i live n hamilton ohio and yourg etting every thing fine but im getting nothing and i dont understand why

 

[kc8gjh]

I dont know how good you will hear SAFE-T in Hamilton but in my car I can sometimes (not that great of signal) get the St. Leon and Brookville tower when I am in Hamilton. As far as Dearborn and Franklin County VHF, I can hear both with no problem in the car in Hamilton. Franklin County Sheriff uses SAFE-T more than VHF but their FD/EMS still seem more active on VHF. Dearborn County uses SAFE-T full time for both PD and FD and simulcast on their VHF frequencies. I really dont have an answer to why you are not picking up the VHF from either county but as far as picking up SAFE-T from Hamilton there is a good possibilty that you are just not able to pick up the signal from your location and may need a outdoor beam to receieve the signal. Hamilton is 20+ miles from the nearest SAFE-T tower.
I would go into the DB and program the control channels from both the St. Leon and Brookville tower and see if you get anything at all.