St. Marys County VHF

[Chris52]

Has anyone been listening to the VHF dispatch frequency (154.980) for St. Mary's County Fire and EMS lately ? It seems theirs a garbling sound that occasionally pops up after a unit marks up and it sticks for a few seconds then the VHF goes silent for a few seconds but you can hear the next transmission (Fireboard) on the 800 side. I've noticed this going on for a while now. Any thoughts on what this could be ? As a firefighter/EMT I know I wouldn't want to miss any transmissions as minitor pagers are still highly used in the county.

 

[lynnk]

Yes. Very evident. Sounds like a burst of digital data but I've not heard what it is.

 

[Chris52]

Yes, its weird and again you cant hear anything for a few seconds after, there's been instances where they have dispatched a call right after that noise and nothing was heard over vhf including setting off the alert tones for the pagers in witch caused a delay in response.