DaveH
Member
Rather than go off-topic in a recent thread, decided to start a thread on the good-old days when OPP were on 42MHz.
To start off: hearing base stations on direct channels gave some sense of distance, which was missing in later systems. We could hear the strong nearby detachments (Long Sault, Ottawa, Perth) but also weaker/smaller stations including Hawkesbury, Kemptville, Pembroke sometimes, and others when the propagation was better.
One day, a repeater chunk was heard, followed by "EMO clear". Wondered what Emergency Measures Organization (not Emergency Management Ontario at that time) was doing on OPP frequencies. Turned out to be Emo, Ontario, way north-west, enhanced propagation, which had a repeater. Thunder Bay, Nipigon etc. were later heard.
Dave
To start off: hearing base stations on direct channels gave some sense of distance, which was missing in later systems. We could hear the strong nearby detachments (Long Sault, Ottawa, Perth) but also weaker/smaller stations including Hawkesbury, Kemptville, Pembroke sometimes, and others when the propagation was better.
One day, a repeater chunk was heard, followed by "EMO clear". Wondered what Emergency Measures Organization (not Emergency Management Ontario at that time) was doing on OPP frequencies. Turned out to be Emo, Ontario, way north-west, enhanced propagation, which had a repeater. Thunder Bay, Nipigon etc. were later heard.
Dave