coolblueneon said:
Anyone know what the use for the 39 MHz freqs that are used statewide? They have little to no use in Northeast Kansas!!
Greg
Back in the early 60's and 70's almost all county and city operations were in the VHF-Lo band. In Kansas, 39.580 Mhz was a common base frequency. Many counties used 39.700 Mhz as a mobile frequency although a number of cities and counties had their own "car" frequencies, like 39.200 or 39.610. These were not repeater channels but were dual simplex channels (repeaters didn't really start to hit until the mid 70's and most of those were in the VHF-Hi and UHF bands) A common state-wide "inter-coordination" frequency was chosen of 39.460 Mhz. This was for dispatch-to-dispatch contact. Many fire departments used the VHF-Lo band also. I seem to remember 44 and 45 Mhz were common. There were almost no city or county run ambulance departments until the mid 70's. The KHP even used the "Lo band" within the last 10 years. 44.940, 44.820, 45.140 were all used in SC Kansas ("F Troop" for those of you who remember the old TV Sitcom. We even had our own Sgt O'Rourke!)
Most cities and counties have just automatically reapplied for the license on those frequencies over the years. The logic is that if you give up something the feds already gave you, they may never give you anything else again (any federal grant proposal writers out there will understand :wink: ) Some county officers still have the old MO-Trac radios in their vehicles. These radios were virtually indestructible! I can remember of an incident where a Sheriff's vehicle flipped and rolled twice coming to rest on it top. The deputy was able to call for help and talk backup in even though the antenna was about 3/4 buried in the dirt...
About the only thing you will hear today is chit-chat. I know in Harvey County, when the deputies wanted to talk
about the police officers, they would moved down to 39.58 or 39.70.....n0lqt -.-
