MONOC Northeast PL change?

[W2IRT]

I noticed that the VHF MONOC Atlantic dispatch "Northeast" channel (155.355) seems to be operating with PL 151.4 rather than 186.2 as shown in the database. Is this correct or are there two ALS EMS dispatch services on 155.355, one on each PL?

EDIT: There are definitely two different EMS dispatches on this frequency, one on 151.4 and the other on 186.2. I'm guessing 186.2 is Atlantic; I have no idea who the other one is.

Speaking of which, MONOC North (UHF, 451.475) is borderline uncopyable from West Caldwell on an LMR-400-fed Discone at 40'. Do they dispatch on that frequency for western Essex County or is that MONOC's North East (Atlantic) frequency or something else entirely? I'm asking about ALS dispatches here, not BLS (which, for me, is the West Essex FAS).

If MONOC North covers my area, there's gotta be a different repeater for them; I can't believe mobile units in a life-care situation would be able to hear that 451 MHz frequency reliably.

 

[Ed-N2QBZ]

186.2 is definitely the Atlantic ALS units that serve the West Essex area (Medic 7 & 8), I looked around the surrounding areas and couldn't find any major dispatch centers using 151.4. I'm no longer in the area to listen, are you hearing unit identifiers? That might be provide a clue.

The UHF frequency is utilized by the MONOC units north of the Raritan River. Such as the St Barnabas ALS trucks, Irvington & South Orange contract trucks, Passaic ALS/BLS, Harrison/Kearny ALS. The transmitters units are relatively localized.

Ed - formerly of Cedar Grove

 

[W2IRT]

Haven't listened too closely--I was more trying to hear the towns being dispatched than anything.

In West Caldwell it's a tossup of St. Barnabas or Mountainside, and IIRC there's one ALS unit from St. B's that services western Essex County. But usually it's 7 and 8, as you say. Earlier tonight (when I made the edit to my original post), Atlantic (with the 7Z PL) was covering whoever was using 5Z when both users were transmitting at the same time.

As an aside, the Atlantic dispatcher on .355 almost sounds as if he's off-frequency by a few kHz. Not clear at all.

 

[Nawton]

What your probably hearing on 155.355 PL151.4 is Spring Hill Community Amb. Corps in Rockland Co.

 

[W2SJW]

As an aside, the Atlantic dispatcher on .355 almost sounds as if he's off-frequency by a few kHz. Not clear at all.

The dispatcher on the UHF 451 repeater sounds just as bad - actually the entire channel sounds off-frequency. Very muddy & over-modulated...

 

[RadioDitch]

MONOC Control North (UHF) has serious issues that even MONOC is aware of. They're actually working with the FCC New York Field Office trying to track down the source of the interference that they believe is the problem. Honestly though, it seems like it's just a crappy, poorly tech'ed transmitter though.

 

[W2IRT]

Monoc North has sounded that way to me since I started listening to them a couple of years ago. I'm surprised they've put up with it for this long, to be honest.

Rockland County makes sense; they're putting in a good signal to me on .355 if that's what I'm hearing.

 

[KC2zZe]

For clarification purposes...

155.3550, 151.4 is the Ramapo EMS dispatch frequency in Rockland County, NY. Ramapo Police (Station 401) uses the frequency to dispatch the following ambulance corps:

- William Paul Faist (45__ units)
- Sloatsburg (42__)
- Spring Hill (43__)
- Ramapo Valley (41__)

and Rockland Paramedic Service fly cars Medic 23 and Medic 25

Two transmitting sites are being used to cover the area, an east and a west (atop Bald Hill in Mahwah, if I recall correctly).

 

[W2IRT]

Thanks for the clarification!