Sussex County fireboard difference

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I decided to start this as a new topic, since the other one was getting a little long...I glanced over the RR database and came up with the following entries that are not on the Fireboards page; as always, we need PL/DCS information , too...
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453.5000 Blades [confirmed - what is the PL/DCS if it has one?]
453.3500 Delmar [what is the difference between this and 154.415?]
453.8500 d351 Georgetown
453.8750 Gumboro
453.5500 Laurel
460.5500 Lewes
453.6000 Millsboro
453.4750 Slaughter Beach Fire [Is this town/city correct?]
460.5750 d023 Bethany Beach fire ops (TRS Simulcast)
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Mike, I will try to get a PL tone for Blades on 453.500. I forgot about that one. I believe 154.415 was cutoff for Delmar. I need to check that for you. It used to be used as a simulcast for the old low band channels of Wicomico and Sussex and "I think" it was disabled once Wicomico went to 800 mhz. I will find out for you though. Not sure about 453.350. I can't confirm the other channels listed in your post. I am too far away to pick them up. Most of them are low power and are intended to only cover the area of that fire station.
 
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Mike, I will try to get a PL tone for Blades on 453.500. I forgot about that one. I believe 154.415 was cutoff for Delmar. I need to check that for you. It used to be used as a simulcast for the old low band channels of Wicomico and Sussex and "I think" it was disabled once Wicomico went to 800 mhz. I will find out for you though. Not sure about 453.350. I can't confirm the other channels listed in your post. I am too far away to pick them up. Most of them are low power and are intended to only cover the area of that fire station.
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I got a note earlier that 453.5 is not just in Blades, but is on several towers in the state. What does it do? Is it a repeater for one or more talkgroups?

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I have only picked this up when I am near Seaford. It is only used as a simulcast of the main fire/ems channels for Sussex. I believe it only transmits from Blades even though it is licensed for several other sites.
 
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tolley said:
I have only picked this up when I am near Seaford. It is only used as a simulcast of the main fire/ems channels for Sussex. I believe it only transmits from Blades even though it is licensed for several other sites.
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Hmm, not according to the FCC ULS listings. It shows only the Blades xmtr, as well as a lo power (handheld?) license for a VFD in Kent County. Interesting....73s Mike
 
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You are right about 453.500 being low powered. I was in Seaford on Sunday and I could barely receive it and I was only 2 miles from Station 71 Blades. I did get a PL tone of 88.1 for that frequency though.

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tolley said:
You are right about 453.500 being low powered. I was in Seaford on Sunday and I could barely receive it and I was only 2 miles from Station 71 Blades. I did get a PL tone of 88.1 for that frequency though.

Brian
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Very good Brian. The FCC lists it as 65 watts, so yeah, there ain't much smoke on this transmitter...73s and thanx...Mike
 
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