Ah...my dyslexia...probably 44.62 not 46.42......
Middlesex Fire Band- Old Timers
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When conditions are good, I receive Calvert County (MD) fire repeater on 33.82
And I do remember the state police on 44.62........Edison, Colts Neck, Hightstown, etc
And I do remember the state police on 44.62........Edison, Colts Neck, Hightstown, etc
Edison was the one I could easily hear. Somerville sometimes. Funny, I drive by the old Hightstown barracks all the time and its STILL standing...but looking very haggard!. Needs to be torn down.
Yep, lovely Moneyrola portable radios with big long antennas; I still have one.
More frequently, portable radios were on VHF or UHF, with a vehicle repeater connected to the low band radio in the truck. That's one of the reasons (around here at least) no one ever changed over to Channel 2 for fireground use; they wanted to still be able to hear what was happening on the dispatch channel. I moved to radio system administration from dispatch 13 years ago, but I still have that problem in the county I work in now, even though we migrated to an 800 MHz EDACS system over 20 years ago (and more recently to 800 MHz P25). The professional firefighters are a lot better about switching to the operations talkgroups than the volunteers, who just can't get past the desire to either stay on dispatch, or scan a whole mess of talkgroups while they're on the fireground.
robbinsj2
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Back around 2003-2004 I last logged the Spotswood dispatcher (Spotswood & Helmetta fire) emitting 162.2 but receiving on carrier squelch (mobiles transmitting without CTCSS/ DCS). Soon after that they switched dispatch to UHF (EB trunked for Spotswood, conventional for Helmetta) and alerting continued on 33.82 with PL of 167.9.
Jim
tech2461
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Old NJSP... Troop C (Hightstown, Hopewell, Bordentown, Ft. Dix, Keyport, Princeton, Edison)...44.62... Troop B (Sussex, Washington, Morristown, etc)...44.66...Troop A, (South Jersey), 44.78... In the 80's Turnpike NJSP 155.19, Parkway 154.905
tech2461
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Back then it was used for everything.
NJSP Marine Police was on 155.445 (Late 80's, early 90's).
tech2461
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The really long ones were on the old Motorola brick size handies... When the MT500 came out they shortened it to 11 inches.
tech2461
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I think that later became SPEN?
fineshot1
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yes - i definately remember EB using 156.7 but had no knowledge of the other towns
and Ed - That radio shack book as you called it was published by Hollins Radio Data
for radio shack. I used to have every years book but had to clean out my closet on them
long ago. I think the 2006 year included a CD data volumn.
and Ed - That radio shack book as you called it was published by Hollins Radio Data
for radio shack. I used to have every years book but had to clean out my closet on them
long ago. I think the 2006 year included a CD data volumn.
Early 80's, my fire co had Motorola MT500 radios on 45.56 with the 2 ft long rubber duckie antenna. This channel had fire, EMS, animal control and DPW all on the same channel. During a working fire, they would tell the DPW to stay off the radio.
When the marine police were still under the DEP. Then they went to the state police.
If I recall...GSP used their old microwave and simulcasted on 2 frequencies alternating every other site from Oradell all the way down so you could hear them anywhere. 154.905 and 155.505 I believe. NJTPK also had their "amber" channel they used between cars when doing speed traps. That was a life saver listening to that.
From the 6th edition of Scanner Master and some older personal notes this is my $.02 ...
As for 33.820 the only ones listed in SM are (I still listen to 33.820 CSQ so PL's mean nothing LOL):
Carteret FD - 179.9
North Brunswick FD - 192.8
Perth Amboy FD - 103.5
Woodbridge FD Dispatch - 114.8
As for the NJSP I always listened to them as follows:
155.580 (131.8) - NJSP Turnpike
155.460 (131.8) - NJSP car/car
453.875 (131.8) - Turnpike Operations (was always good for getting snow conditions)
44.6200 - NJSP Troop C F1
44.9800 - NJSP Troop C F2
As for 33.820 the only ones listed in SM are (I still listen to 33.820 CSQ so PL's mean nothing LOL):
Carteret FD - 179.9
North Brunswick FD - 192.8
Perth Amboy FD - 103.5
Woodbridge FD Dispatch - 114.8
As for the NJSP I always listened to them as follows:
155.580 (131.8) - NJSP Turnpike
155.460 (131.8) - NJSP car/car
453.875 (131.8) - Turnpike Operations (was always good for getting snow conditions)
44.6200 - NJSP Troop C F1
44.9800 - NJSP Troop C F2
I have an old Police Call book from 1995, will try to dig it up if its of any interest.
Colchester CT uses 33.82 for their operations. I bet back in the day, you guys had interference with them.
PriorMike
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Even communicating with the interior guys? How well did that work/not work?
These are some memories...with 33.820 you could almost get a grasp if something big was working anyplace in the county. Later in life I remember working mid-nights and always heard Calvert County (like they were in the parking lot).
My first Bearcat IV and handful of crystal worked well for so many years. I think I actually enjoyed the hobby more back then.
My first Bearcat IV and handful of crystal worked well for so many years. I think I actually enjoyed the hobby more back then.
tech2461
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Most of the time the only people with hand held radios were the officers. We didn't have enough radios to issue to the inside guys.
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