I have programmed these frequencies and everything I could find that had a license for Oakland, Borough of. I have not heard anything from Oakland. I had to lock out some channels that are encrypted. I guess thats where they went. :-(
Forgive me but I am a newbie at all this. I had been hearing Oakland dispatching on the frequencies they always had, 45.26 (DPW), 45.56, 46.56(fire/ems dispatch, 45.98 (police dispatch), and 151.3775 (fireground). 45.26, 45.56 have been quiet for some time, DPW doesnt talk much anyway. Up until yesterday, 45.98 and 46.56 were relatively busy during the day. Lately they have been quiet at night. Fire and EMS dispatch always toned twice. The first tone was crystal clear as if they were right next to me the second sounded at little further off. I could always hear dispatch, the mobiles were a little scratchy depending on where in town they were, Now I only hear one tone and no voices. I dont hear anything until either the fire truck or rig is on the air then I hear both sides of the conversation. When fire and EMS returns to quarters...NOTHING. Fireground is unchanged. I have been programming frequencies like mad trying to find Oakland as its my hometown. I have it set to scan for digital and analog frequencies. But to no avail. I am at my wits end here. I am ready to just unplug the scanner and put it back in my car since I also use my scanner for the railroads as I am a rail enthusiast. At least they aren't going anywhere.
