MARCS and Deshler/Dayton area

[PJH]

I see sites listed in the database, but is MARCS in actual use in the these areas? Last year when I was around there, the sites seemed to be up, but I didn't not hear any OSP traffic in either area's.

 

[radioscan]

Yes, MARCS is now active in the Dayton area, the following area
OSP Posts are fully on-line

Post 12 Springfield
Post 55 Piqua
Post 57 Dayton

The Montgomery Education and Pre-Release Center is also
now on full time.


Mark


"You don't live in Cleveland, you live in CINCINNATI!" - Sam Wyche, 1989.

 

[PJH]

How about Deshler/Fostoria?

 

[radioscan]

Deshler area not yet, but the switchover could happen at any time.

It appears that OSP is using MARCS in the Fostoria area.

 

[PJH]

Ok, just to double check, can someone post which post number and the talkgroup ID's I will need to listen to OSP in around:

Dayton
Fostoria
Definace
I75 between both
I80/Toledo
I80 Toledo-PA line

I don't know what posts patrol where, and with some of the talkgroups I have plugged in, they don't seem to match what is listed on RR.com

Whatever help anyone can give..

 

[radioscan]

Post 57 covers Montgomery County (Dayton).
Post 55 covers Miami and Shelby Counties (Piqua and Sidney)
Post 6 covers Auglaize County (Wapakoneta)
Post 48 covers Toledo.

There is no OSP MARCS activity north of Auglaize County until
you get to Toledo. Post 2 Lima (Allen County) is on VHF.

Fostoria lies on the edge of Seneca and Hancock Counties.
Seneca is covered by Post 72 Fremont and they are on MARCS.
Post 32 Findlay covers Hancock County and they are still using VHF.
The OSP page here on rr.com states that Defiance is on MARCS,
but I never heard a peep on MARCS when I was in Deshler two weeks ago.
I-80 the Turnpike is not on MARCS and will not be joining MARCS, they still
use VHF. You can go to the OSP page http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=670
for the VHF frequencies and the MARCS pages for the Posts' talkgroups.

Mark

 

[PJH]

Ok, thats more helpful.

I was just wondering about the talkgroup/description listing on the page, as I had one post (forget which one) calling as dayton, when it was not on a dayton talkgroup..so I didn't know just how accurate the listings on rr.com are...

Thanks!