Low-band monitoring.......

[ka5lqj]

Hi,

Is anyone hearing any of the low-band fire and police voice transmissions? So far, all I hear are pager tones, and packet screech. The 39.5 State Police Mutual Aid frequency is pretty much a "wash out". They've gone to either LATIE, 800 mHz trunked, or communicate via computer land-line. :-(

I'm still working on that E-911 Spreadsheet. I found some 'misteakes' (LOL!) and am slowly but surely getting a two forms of data to be given out.

Respectfully,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

 

[red8]

As far as I know alot of the agencies have upgraded to other bands (i.e. VHF Hi, UHF, 800) or the LATIE. especially around this time of year when the atmospheric conditions get right.

 

[loumaag]

Old State Police Dispatch Freq.

Don,

I think you will be hard pressed to find an EOC in the state that does not have a radio on 39.50 MHz. No matter what happens to systems, as long as power is available, simplex operation on that frequency will work. I do know that Troop B (in its newer quarters in Kenner) does not have a base station on that frequency (or at least didn't when I was in St. John parish), but I think that they may be exception to the rule. Is it monitored much...probably not; is it available for use, you bet.

 

[KD5ZZK]

Several parishes in north Louisiana that use VHF-Hi for their primary public safety communications, use VHF-Lo for back up. They also use VHF-Lo for base to base inter parish communications. They don't use them very often, but they still use them.