State Ops Freqs...

[cowboymike1971]

I sometimes hear certain fire depts. say they will use state ops or" switching to state ops"
is that these freqs?
867.5375 STATE OPS-1
867.5625 STATE OPS-2
867.5875 STATE OPS-3
867.6125 STATE OPS-4
867.6375 STATE OPS-5
is this what they are referring to?

 

[FlashP]

WA State Ops

Yes, those are the ones. Should have 156.7 CTCSS on them.

Flash

 

[Wilrobnson]

Yes, as follows:

State ops-1 is for Fire/EMS
State ops-2 is for law enforcement
State ops-3 is for all goverment users
State ops-4 is for Fire/EMS
State ops-5 is for law enforcement

 

[cowboymike1971]

Thank you guys..

 

[martidav]

Yes, as follows:

State ops-1 is for Fire/EMS
State ops-2 is for law enforcement
State ops-3 is for all goverment users
State ops-4 is for Fire/EMS
State ops-5 is for law enforcement

I hear AirLift NW dispatch 155.295 (P25) tell the flight crew to switch to State Ops 1 or 2 to coordinate a LZ w/ those w/ boots on the ground. They must switch to lower transmit power for this as I never hear it.

 

[FFSOD7189]

When you use an 800Mhz Radio and switch to the State Ops Ch. It switches the radio to Simplex mode. Like your using a walkie talkie. State Ops does not run to a repeater.

 

[martidav]

When you use an 800Mhz Radio and switch to the State Ops Ch. It switches the radio to Simplex mode. Like your using a walkie talkie. State Ops does not run to a repeater.

Right, I understand all that. I'm just stating when I hear an FD dispatch telling units that AirLift NW will be using a State Ops Ch to talk to ground personnel to coordinate an LZ, or vice versa, I'm not able to hear it on any of those five channels:

867.53750 STATE OPS 1
867.56250 STATE OPS 2
867.58750 STATE OPS 3
867.61250 STATE OPS 4
867.63750 STATE OPS 5

In my opinion, I'm not able to hear it due to a lower power transmit and no line of sight between incident and I...not to mention lack of repeaters.

 

[SCPD]

Yeah it's probably just a fixed portable (3-4w) radio inside their helos.

 

[charlieone]

I sometimes hear certain fire depts. say they will use state ops or" switching to state ops"

If you're ever listening to Bellevue fire go to fire alarms in the high-rises, they use STATEOPS all the time. Redmond Fire does this sometimes for calls at Microsoft.