What's incorrect? They are and have been using high band for primary comm for some time now. In fact, I discontinued use of my low band Syntor a year ago. 151.310 PL 88.5 IS what's listed on the map for District 5 repeater OUTPUT, 159.375 PL 110.9 is the repeater INPUT freq for the Farmville site, and CH 8 low band is the correct low band freq for District 5. The control stations at each county office and district HQ are programmed the same as the mobiles (most ARE mobile units on a power supply with remote consoles and handsets), so if you're hearing what you think is a repeater in the Rocky Mount area on 159.375, you're most likely hearing the control station at the district HQ talking to the Farmville repeater site. They can select any repeater site in the district directly through the control station, and it's very likely that the new digital microwave system will also allow them to also use it to control some sites. That is, if the proposed microwave linking has come to fruition. Can't confirm that it has at this time.
I'm looking at the official state published freq list and it's the source for the freqs listed on the map, and since I've confirmed these freqs as valid through the programming in my own radios, and since I program radios for the cooperators from time to time, I hope my info is correct. I find nothing in the FCC database listing 159.375 as anything but a repeater INPUT freq, but we all know that may lag behind from time to time. Anybody that can post VALID confirmed freqs and tone, please do so and I'll update the map.
There are apparently still mucho NCFS units with low band radios in eastern NC since the forest cooperators (Weyerhauser, Boise Cascade, etc) are still on low band and probably won't abandon the freqs, but they seem to be seldom used for daily ops or firefighting anymore. I have considered deleting the low band CH numbers beside the D numbers, so that deletion is probably the next update.
On that same note, some of the county ranger numbers are in error - they came from an old list, and I'll get those taken care of as soon as I can. If anybody knows of those errors, please confirm the correct numbers and I'll make 'em right.
