OSU Stadium Frequencies

[wd8chl]

You do remember OSU did run their own Smartnet system. Everything was on it.

Pretty much the same with MARCS.

Again, not the same thing. There are channels in 800 MHz that can be used by non-public-safety groups/companies. Not so common now, but there was a lot of Smartnet and EDACS and even LTR systems on certain 800 channels that were general business systems. But Again, this is an FCC rule, not a state thing. It doesn't vary from state to state.
There are channels that are public safety only. By law. 700 MHz is entirely public safety only. But as I said above, some things like school buses, public transportation, and now even some utilities, like First Energy, have been "grandfathered" in with an FCC waiver.

 

[W8UU]

I'm so old I remember Ohio State University's EMS squads dispatched on 464.175 MHz, hospital security on 464.225 MHz, and campus PD on 453.500 MHz. I think all those repeaters were located in the penthouse of Morrill Tower on Cannon Drive. You could hear all of them easily from Marysville to Lancaster. This was well before MARCS was on the drawing board. With that said, a lot of what you'll hear on Game Day at any Ohio State athletic event is UHF analog simplex with a few low power UHF repeaters in use, too. Don't forget the itinerant business frequencies and even FRS channels for some of the vendors. I'm certain you can turn up some interesitng conversations there!

 

[ohiodesperado]

I'm so old I remember Ohio State University's EMS squads dispatched on 464.175 MHz, hospital security on 464.225 MHz, and campus PD on 453.500 MHz. I think all those repeaters were located in the penthouse of Morrill Tower on Cannon Drive. You could hear all of them easily from Marysville to Lancaster. This was well before MARCS was on the drawing board. With that said, a lot of what you'll hear on Game Day at any Ohio State athletic event is UHF analog simplex with a few low power UHF repeaters in use, too. Don't forget the itinerant business frequencies and even FRS channels for some of the vendors. I'm certain you can turn up some interesitng conversations there!

That was replaced with a 6809 based trunking system on 800Mhz that I turned off when they went to MARCS. I have no doubt that part of it is still sitting up there.