Pinal County Cities

[brcoz]

I have noticed in the past few weeks Coolidge PD and fire I am hearing more traffic. I have DPS and local cities. I pickup Casa Grande, Florence, Eloy and others.
I made no changes to my setup. Before I might hear one or two calls a week, lately it is all day and night. Been scanning them since I move to the area mid 2023. Maybe a repeater fix?

 

[cfsimmont]

Unlikely a repeater fix, they are all on different radio systems. Coolidge PD and FD were on conventional VHF (talk of moving to PCSO system but no movement the last I checked). DPS still works on their conventional UHF and AZWINS systems. Casa Grande PD is fully encrypted and FD is in the clear but both on PCSO. Florence is on their own VHF conventional channels with FD having at least one P25 VHF channel. Eloy was VHF conventional for both FD and PD last I heard them also talk of them moving to PCSO but no idea if or when. Maybe a change in your monitoring setup? Possible less RF interference either from your own electronics or in the neighborhood?

 

[brcoz]

Thanks for the info. I am out in a rural area with farms and desert around me.

 

[mbnv992]

I have noticed the same thing. I’ve had Coolidge PD in my scan list for several years and all of a sudden it stopped / noticed hardly any traffic on Coolidge PD. Then all of a sudden a week or 2 ago it picked up back to normal again. No clue why they went silent for so long but they are definitely back and operating on thier analogue VHF channels again. I can hear them from Apache Junction on my mobile radio just fine.

 

[brcoz]

I check my other scanner in another room and it also is getting more traffic for Coolidge. I was getting a little of their FD before but no much.
I'll enjoy it why I can.