National Guard and the LA County Wildfires
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The C-Tac, A-Tac and L-Tac's are permanent. The mutual aid channels I'm not sure. The LASD literally just turned on the LARCS 700 MHz trunked system, so things have changed since I was there. I know the LASD does have portable repeaters so it's entirely possible they brought some in.
So today, 8TAC91, 8TAC92, 8TAC93,8TAC94 were all active. Hearing several TCP (traffic control point ?) units doing hourly radio checks. I am also hearing references to a separate "LE Radio", which I assume is law enforcement. That radio appears to be a Motorola as they were asking for batteries. They sometimes referred to the LE radio as a "200 radio" - no guess as to what that means.
When I was up there today (in Altadena / Eaton Fire), I noticed several temp cell towers on trailers.
When I was up there today (in Altadena / Eaton Fire), I noticed several temp cell towers on trailers.
The national 800Mhz 8TAC91, 8TAC92, 8TAC93,8TAC94 mutual aid channels have been around for decades.
For LA County specifically, there are bunch repeater sites including Oat Mt, Verdugo Peak, Rolling Hills, Catalina, Lukens, etc
For LA County specifically, there are bunch repeater sites including Oat Mt, Verdugo Peak, Rolling Hills, Catalina, Lukens, etc
Just heard a Wolverine X RAY on 851.5125 getting radio checks from a bunch of other stations. All stations reported "Lima Charlie" for loud and clear, which is typical military jargon. Does anyone know if LAPD/LASD responds with "Lima Charlie" during radio checks? Most other stations I hear checking in start with TCP then a few numbers like TCP39.
Update, just heard someone asking if Harris XLT (or maybe XLP) radios have been delivered. None were reported at the time. The XL-200P is a nice multiband hand held if that's what they were discussing.
Update, just heard someone asking if Harris XLT (or maybe XLP) radios have been delivered. None were reported at the time. The XL-200P is a nice multiband hand held if that's what they were discussing.
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Thanks for the updates. I'll add the 800 MHz channels.
I've been hearing a lot of Altadena fire-related comms on LASD CTAC 1. I didn't hear any callsigns that sounded like National Guard units, but I did hear quite a few CHP-type callsigns. Mainly rollcalls, checkpoints and moving assets from Point A to Point B.
I've been hearing a lot of Altadena fire-related comms on LASD CTAC 1. I didn't hear any callsigns that sounded like National Guard units, but I did hear quite a few CHP-type callsigns. Mainly rollcalls, checkpoints and moving assets from Point A to Point B.
The 8TAC91-94 repeaters are in the LACo infrastructure, not temporary.
I finally got around to adding the 8TAC frequencies to a scanner. Hearing lots of radio checks, but very little else. I'm not line of site with Altadena of Palisades, so some units may be using direct (simplex) mode.
I'm very close to Altadena (on the northern Pasadena border) and I'm not hearing any simplex traffic on the 8TAC channels. During their first week of deployment, I often heard mention of them using an "LE" radio but I haven't heard them mention that recently. They are still deployed in Altadena, but I think it's more to discourage looting vs traffic control. On the 8TAC repeater channels, I am hearing the hourly radio checks.
Yesterday, Sunday 27 Jan, morning I copied "National Guard" requesting a radio check on LAPD Topanga and West Valley dispatch frequencies. Nothing else.
Lots on UTAC41 lately too.
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