Around 5:45pm today I heard multiple references to going to "OPS 3", but have been unable to find it. I have two scanners and the SDR searching for traffic, and and there is nothing directly named that in the database. Arrrrrgh!
OPS 3 - Nerve Wracking
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Which system?
I heard the traffic mentioned on the Longview Police frequency of 155.535.
154.235?
4:56 Tone
4:56 Coldwater visitor center / Hammocks trail head
4:59 aprox 1 Mike down front hammocks trailhead - possible compound fracture
5:40 move to ops 3
6:04 lifeflight lz at trail head
7:20 patient with lifeflight
There were some call in-between on cowlitz fire dispatch & cowlitz fire & rescue
But yeah, same boat , wish I knew what freq ops 3 is on
4:56 Tone
4:56 Coldwater visitor center / Hammocks trail head
4:59 aprox 1 Mike down front hammocks trailhead - possible compound fracture
5:40 move to ops 3
6:04 lifeflight lz at trail head
7:20 patient with lifeflight
There were some call in-between on cowlitz fire dispatch & cowlitz fire & rescue
But yeah, same boat , wish I knew what freq ops 3 is on
Wilrobnson
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State Ops-3 for the LZ?
devicelab
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That'd be my guess.
Thanks, I programmed that in!
FYI - That used to be listed as the old YELLOW Kelso District 2 frequency (over 2 decades ago).
Now I'll be ready for next time!
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@PDXh0b0 - Looks that we got the info on OPS3 thanks to @west-pac. You know, I have a twenty year old list hanging around somewhere that is seriously obsolete, but now that I've moved back to Longview, I might just punch in and see if any of those otherwise "unlisted" frequencies get any traffic. This area is STILL pretty much analog, so...
I already have it named Cowlitz Fire & rescue 2(dont remember how I came up with the name)..during that incident I only heard a couple transmissions after the call to switch to op3, granted they were focused on assessment & extraction to the lz. (adding that the trailhead is aprox 30 miles as a crow flies with hills and mountains between, so I just may have been unable to receive)
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A previous Radio Reference article has that freq listed as Ops 3. I'll go find that article again a copy and paste the rest of the freqs listed. The FCC callsign for Fire has 10 or 12 "base/repeater" frequencies listed. I would put all of those in. I saw they have a "Tac 8" listed, but not Tac 1 - Tac 7, so I'm guessing a lot of those other FCC frequencies are in use, but not listed in the RRDB.
I just keeps getting better, yesterday I heard fire going over to "TAC 11", couldn't find that one either.
devicelab
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Probably STATE OPS 3 and TAC-11 could be 700 Mhz NIFOG
Because Ops 3 switched to NXDn Modulation a few years ago.
Those channels have mostly gone obsolete and migrated to NXDn 4800
ive attached a photo of ops 4 in NXDn modulation even though it doesnt say Ops 3, but just to show the idea of that it went digital
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Thanks for that information. I guess I'll have to consider getting the upgrade for my SDS100. I did notice from the photo though that the frequency was not on the display in the photo. Do you happen to have the frequency?
Think I mentioned way back when you'd be getting that lol
