Odd????

[ka5lqj]

Good Monday Morning All!

It ought to be against the "Law" to feel this good, LOL! I hope all are well and receiving lots of DX signals.

I've noticed an 'oddity' that isn't explained in the F.C.C. Database. Example: 154.175; WPUQ 403, The Winnsboro Fire Department in Franklin Parish, LA. They list 2 "sets" of the same frequency with Fb2's and mobiles, but two, have "Frequency List" numbers. What the Heck? Is this some sort of "digital" set-up?

I certainly don't want to upset them, that I may be attempting to monitor them during bad wx events. If I'm at home, I listen to most of the area (within 60 miles) fire departments. When I'm "mobile", I monitor the "close-in" (within 30 miles) fire departments. But, during times of severe wx, Skywarn call-ups, I'd like to monitor all the fire departments within 125 miles of me, to hear if any tornado's or storm damage reports are being given.

We're expecting a cool front to move through the Ark-La-Tex tomorrow, Tuesday and drop our Highs into the 70's and the nights will be in the 50's. "Fall" has finally 'fell', LOL! I look forward to the cooler wx and some late night DX to open up.

Respectfully submitted,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

Grid Square: EM-32

 

[Don_Burke]

Locations 1 and 3 are in different places.

The frequency ID looks like a typo.

 

[loumaag]

As Don points out the two base stations are in different locations, in addition location 1 is not a FB2 but a FB and has paging receivers assigned. It is not a repeater but a base station on the repeater output, probably also used to page out the department and as a backup in case of repeater failure for simplex operations. As to the frequency ID numbers, well it is pretty much a given that there is either a typo at the FCC or that the people filling out the paperwork goofed; you will note that the input mobile frequency (for the repeater input) has the same frequency ID as the repeater output frequency. :roll: