North Alabama HEAR

[scc1c01]

I often scan the HEAR (155.340) in my mobile, base stations and often hear hi-lo tones but I don’t seem to hear them often near Huntsville where I thought they might be originating from the hospital. Any ideas?

 

[morganAL]

They are coming out of Tennessee. I don't remember where anymore, though.

 

[scc1c01]

They are coming out of Tennessee. I don't remember where anymore, though.

Must be a solid transmitter, they come in loud and clear even on a mobile in the Quad Cities and Lawrence Co area! Don’t hear the accompanying voice very often unless I’m on a base

 

[Avery93]

These come from an entity called Jackson Med-Link in Jackson, TN. I assume they are similar to Alabama's TCC. I only ever hear a 3-digit DTMF string followed by the hi-lo alert tone, and sometimes a hospital replying "go ahead". Given this, I suspect a ground ambulance will request Jackson Med-Link to 'Ring down" a specific hospital, at which point they send the DTMF string to open up the specific hospital's HEAR radio, then use the hi-lo tone to get their attention. The ground ambulance can then give their patient report to the hospital. This is all assumption, based on what I can hear and how other areas have used the HEAR channel in the past.

 

[buddrousa]

@Avery93
You are correct Jackson Med link does what you say for all ground units and all air units (Medical Helicopters) Med-Link keeps up with inbound numbers to help with Hospital Availability.

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