Springfield Ohio Fire Police move dispatch and main channels during Haitian problems

[dsn252]

Both the two channels used have been moved to unmonitorable channels so the public is unable to monitor. Fire is also removed, I dont understand why fire and squad are blocked but I do understand Police. The Clark County Sheriffs office is still in the clear as well as all surrounding townships. Claim that Trump i s coming soon has the Governor Dewine and Mayor Rue concerned.

 

[dwayne0564]

I wonder if they are going to Un Encrypted those channels or if this is permanent , my guess is the latter, Always listened to Springfield A lot, Bummer.

 

[dsn252]

Just checked the database they changed it to ENCRYPTED on both, remember folks this same city, SPRINGFIELD, used to use PROVOICE after the stopped using HI Band 154.37 and MOST know it was unmonitorable. Whio TV channel 7 covered this after I notified them of the change so there goes any news that breaks from Springfield leaders

 

[dsn252]

Springfield used to tie themselves with bad news like Dayton, Whio covered a lot, made Dayton appear safer, LOL

 

[n8wel]

The City just posted to the media that Police, Fire & EMS will be permanently encrypted with recent events, I suspect the Sheriff will follow. P&R/MARCS spent all the past 2 weeks reprogramming radios for dispatch channels for encryption. Thanks to the recent events here as it was matter of time. As for public safety, Sheriff Dispatch, Wittenberg PD, County Fire is in the clear. I doubt County fire will be secure as volunteer as they rely on unication paging radios and the cost on secure radio upgrades with there budgets.

 

[n8wel]

Forgot to mention that Springfield PD Dispatch was was on TAC 1 being secure as P&R/MARCS during the radio upgrades for 2 weeks. Now PD is secure on there Dispatch channel. Expensive upgrade and used the city emergency budget.

 

[dsn252]

I tend to think the city and county do not agree on any two things and they often disagree just because. With a new Sheriff coming soon he may want to be able to help the the transition to force the city to give up and let the county take over, they are in way over their head, few actually like the city fathers and before the town goes completely woke. I am hoping the Sheriff could take over law enforcement for the city as the county leaves to be annexed to the city for monies from taxes yet they continue to flounder in debt. Still to be continued by the powers that be.

 

[n8wel]

The City and county as general rule of thumb dislike each other for years as politics play here city blue vs county red

 

[dsn252]

I had never thought of it that way but it makes sense. Just a smaller version of Chicago NYC Columbus!

 

[dwayne0564]

So I guess Springfield Frequencies are going to be Quiet, Sad,

 

[dsn252]

Clark County as of today is still clear as are Twp fire channels, OSP is clear surprising how the management of Springfield feels THEY have to hide things yet Columbus and Dayton are monitorable! I've monitored Clark County and Springfield since the mid seventies before most had dispatched by Springfield and Clark County had skip on low band and city had ft wayne kick the old 01 repeater with some awesome radio traffic that sounded like it was here, way before anything could get into the repeater, Fifty years of hearing it, with most it was a hobby and we learned to live with new technology and some embraced it. Ill soon if Clark goes will be eliminating my collection of scanners to an area where the freedom to hear your public safety is not controlled by a fearful group of leaders!!

 

[ddsbstrb]

I agree dsn252. I moved to Springfield and have monitored all of Clark County and Springfield since around 1967. Some of my first radios were not scanners, but Heathkit tunable VHF radios I built with my two hands and a soldering iron/gun. I gradually moved to those wonderful Bearcat crystal scanners. Got my crystals at Lafayette Radio on Belmont or the other radio/tv supply house across from Ferncliff. Those were the days of low band VHF and high band VHF. I might add I have also monitored aircraft VHV and UHF. I got my first AOR desktop which allowed me to scan the OANG base out at KSGH and hear the F100 Super Sabers, A-7's, and finally the F-16's, until we lost them to the drone control mission, current at our base, as this traffic was on UHF-aircraft, which was out of range for most scanners until AOR came along. I even did the Pro Voice software for my scanner.

I agree with you, as this is a very sad day for my scanning hobby. I can understand a scrambled TAC channel, but not dispatch. SPD has data terminals!

"Fearful group of leaders," you nailed it, dude! At least we still have Clark Co. SO, Fire, Squads, and aircraft to monitor.

Thanks for your comments!

 

[dsn252]

Standard Radio Or SREPCO used them many times even had acharge account and bought all my bearcat ets from them

 

[ddsbstrb]

Ah, yes, it was Standard Radio. I can't remember the other place that sold electronic/radio/TV parts which was out on W. Main, not too far from Klosterman's. There was a young kid who worked there by the name of Carl, who was really into stereo amps and sound systems. We always got along well, as I put together several Heathkit amplifier-receivers, and also built some EICO kits. EICO's were hybrid, with part tube and solid state. Heathkit was pure SS. I still have a Heathkit solid state alarm clock kit which I had to have built in the early 1980 which still gets me up, if needed.

 

[ddsbstrb]

dsn252, it was Becker Electronics on West Main. Ever go there? I remember I bought a TV antenna tower, antenna and rotor for my new house from them. They even delivered it. I had to dig the big hole to hold the base. Had to pay some guy to take it down after the base rusted on two of the three steel pipes. It, gently, leaned over onto the side of my house, with just one steel pipe holding it upright!

 

[wa8pyr]

Way off topic now. I think this thread has run it's course.