Roselle Park FD Back On 453.5625

[Analogrules]

Lately, I've noticed Roselle Park FD has been utilizing 453.5625 ONLY and not simulcasting on NJICS FG4 as often. Yes, sometimes I still hear them on FG4, but not as often. Does anyone know why they keep switching back and forth? Are they finding that digital cuts off too often when inside certain buildings or certain part of town? They seem to be the only town in the County using their fallback frequency very often.

 

[RadioDitch]

Lately, I've noticed Roselle Park FD has been utilizing 453.5625 ONLY and not simulcasting on NJICS FG4 as often. Yes, sometimes I still hear them on FG4, but not as often. Does anyone know why they keep switching back and forth? Are they finding that digital cuts off too often when inside certain buildings or certain part of town? They seem to be the only town in the County using their fallback frequency very often.

They have not dropped off the NJICS once in the last six months in my listening. Still very much multicasting. Check your receiver for possible issues receiving Site 7.

 

[Analogrules]

Strange. Once again this afternoon, I only heard one sided conversations on FG4, but heard both sides on 453.5625. I am receiving everything else perfectly fine on NJICS including Union County PD, Elizabeth, Union, etc...

 

[jaymatt1978]

This has happened with different talkgroups all over the system, they can patch and unpatch frequencies very easily. Sometimes the patches only need to go one way because they just want to MONITOR them, other times the need to communicate. It's happening down here in Cape May they patched the fire dispatch channel to the trunked system as a test!!!! . I'm using Cape May as an example even though you're talking about Union County because I'm seeing this all over the state.

Strange. Once again this afternoon, I only heard one sided conversations on FG4, but heard both sides on 453.5625. I am receiving everything else perfectly fine on NJICS including Union County PD, Elizabeth, Union, etc...

 

[Analogrules]

That must be what's happening Jaymatt. This is another reason why keeping all the conventional channels in your scanner is important.

 

[RadioDitch]

This has happened with different talkgroups all over the system, they can patch and unpatch frequencies very easily. Sometimes the patches only need to go one way because they just want to MONITOR them, other times the need to communicate. It's happening down here in Cape May they patched the fire dispatch channel to the trunked system as a test!!!! . I'm using Cape May as an example even though you're talking about Union County because I'm seeing this all over the state.

Union County RCC has the ability to patch anything to anything. However, despite that being the case, primary comms for Roselle Park Fire are in through the NJICS. UHF is a multicast held in reserve as fallback and interop. All apparatus and portables are fully equipped for the NJICS.

 

[Analogrules]

I would not go as far as stating primary comms are through NJICS. There are many times comms are ONLY on 453.5625 and just one side of the conversation is on NJICS. This only started being the case in the past week though, which is why I was curious about their reasoning for doing that. It is NOT my scanner because I hear both sides of conversations on NJICS for everyone else. Also, Roselle Park FD seems to be the ONLY department using their FALLBACK UHF frequency on a regular basis. You dont hear anything on Cranford, Westfield, or Roselle's fallback channels.

 

[RadioDitch]

I would not go as far as stating primary comms are through NJICS. There are many times comms are ONLY on 453.5625 and just one side of the conversation is on NJICS. This only started being the case in the past week though, which is why I was curious about their reasoning for doing that. It is NOT my scanner because I hear both sides of conversations on NJICS for everyone else. Also, Roselle Park FD seems to be the ONLY department using their FALLBACK UHF frequency on a regular basis. You dont hear anything on Cranford, Westfield, or Roselle's fallback channels.

Primary comms for Roselle Park Fire are in through the NJICS. It really wasn't an opinion, question or suggestion. But the multicast is still active, and still occasionally used. It's intended however, to remain in reserve for fallback and interop.

 

[mondaro]

Livingston also has had numerous transmissions on there old VHF channel, should be a lesson for those mods that are quick to rip the old stuff down, my number 1 rule in scanning nothing in my radio ever gets deleted.