petbytes
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Did Sacramento County Fire stop using VHF simulcast? 154.190 MHz?
I no longer hear any of their radio traffic on VHF.
I no longer hear any of their radio traffic on VHF.
I had time to do some extensive listening with one radio locked on this frequency. It appeared that 153.890 is working as it has echoing B1 radio traffic. I have CT enabled there so not sure about tone outs. With the CT disabled on 154.190 I too head some tone outs and nothing else. I wasn't able to figure out which station is being toned, but certainly it wasn't any of the popular stations (21,35,etc.). My guess is that everyone has switched over to a new method except whomever they're toning out here. And the frequency is otherwise not being used.
I must wonder what is down. There are transmissions throughout the day with no audio (other than tones). It's not like the signal is off the air. To me this seems like something that is being phased out.Has been down for a month. Is in process of being repaired.
Not being phased out. Issue with station alerting system. It's being worked on.I must wonder what is down. There are transmissions throughout the day with no audio (other than tones). It's not like the signal is off the air. To me this seems like something that is being phased out.
Yes!Did this ever finally get repaired?
That's certainly how it is right now. I wonder how many fire fighters monitor VHF in lieu of B1.When passing through town lately, I've noticed that the B1 simulcast (153.890 MHz) is very low volume. The A1 simulcast (154.190 MHz) is much stronger and easier to hear.