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Take it to the radio shop your fire dept. uses and have them program it for you. Then request your dept. give you some training on the radio they require you to use.
If they enabled user programable scan lists, then you can do it from the radio. If not, then it'll have to be changed with CPS. Just tell them to enable user selectable scan lists and then you'll be able to change it at will.
FFPM571
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Are you sure about that freq range I see SanDiego as being a type II 800 trunked. They have VHF radios for interop
we (San Diego Fire) use a VHF trunked
Are you with a federal agency? 135.xxxx and the 140.xxxx are federal frequencies. While I do not discount the fact that there are trunked systems on frequencies within that part of the VHF spectrum, I seriously doubt that a county or city government is using those frequencies.
SDFD is not a federal dept. in san diego county, the city of san diego fire dept uses the VHF freqs. for example, our dispatch is 135.xxx
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FIRE - All general operations happen on the City trunked system. Each apparatus contains one 800MHz mobile radio and one VHF mobile radio (GE Phoenix). Bendix King portables are used for VHF. See "Codes and Maps" for VHF fleetmap. (RadioReference)
the reason i know this is because i bought a UHF radio and it was not compatible with the system. RR states that each apparatus contains one 800mhz radio, as this is outdated info. it is now on a trunked vhf channel, our dispatch is 135.xxx and talk groups are 134.xxx and fire ground tac groups/administration is 131.xxx
I know this because i work for them.
San Diego
FIRE - All general operations happen on the City trunked system. Each apparatus contains one 800MHz mobile radio and one VHF mobile radio (GE Phoenix). Bendix King portables are used for VHF. See "Codes and Maps" for VHF fleetmap. (RadioReference)
the reason i know this is because i bought a UHF radio and it was not compatible with the system. RR states that each apparatus contains one 800mhz radio, as this is outdated info. it is now on a trunked vhf channel, our dispatch is 135.xxx and talk groups are 134.xxx and fire ground tac groups/administration is 131.xxx
I know this because i work for them.
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I absolutely cannot fathom that ANY agency is using 131MHz for fire stuff. That is in the AM airband. Feds upon feds would come down like a hammer on whoever was doing it.
Plus, most any commercial HT (XTS5000 included) usually will not go below 136MHz. And I KNOW the BK HTs won't.
Something isn't adding up to me
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*EDIT* Upon looking at every frequency list I can find, I see ZERO listings for 130MHz fire stuff in San Diego. So, my math was right. It ain't adding up.
Plus, most any commercial HT (XTS5000 included) usually will not go below 136MHz. And I KNOW the BK HTs won't.
Something isn't adding up to me
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*EDIT* Upon looking at every frequency list I can find, I see ZERO listings for 130MHz fire stuff in San Diego. So, my math was right. It ain't adding up.
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FFPM571
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after searching the FCC i dont see any thing in that range
Take it from someone who used to program radios in San Diego for a few years-San Diego City and County Fire departments all use 800mhz trunking 99.8% of the time.
They do have VHF that are used for forest fire fighting but its mostly 150mhz + and some VHF mutual aid but its rare if they use it all. Most of the Military systems were on 138-14X and are analog conv but everything military is slowly moving to 380mhz+ trunking systems
They are also overlaying a 700mhz system slowly.
Either you are very misinformed or you are trolling for someone to set up a radio for you by playing dumb.
Even if you do work for San Diego Fire (Doubt it) you can't have your own radio with out going through many many hoops and the higher ups have to sign off on it as its a Life safety hazard and if they don't maintain the radio and you die in a fire its going to be ugly.
Post this same stuff on Bat Labs, one of the guys over there works In the radio shop for San Diego PD.
See what he does for/to you LMAO
They do have VHF that are used for forest fire fighting but its mostly 150mhz + and some VHF mutual aid but its rare if they use it all. Most of the Military systems were on 138-14X and are analog conv but everything military is slowly moving to 380mhz+ trunking systems
They are also overlaying a 700mhz system slowly.
Either you are very misinformed or you are trolling for someone to set up a radio for you by playing dumb.
Even if you do work for San Diego Fire (Doubt it) you can't have your own radio with out going through many many hoops and the higher ups have to sign off on it as its a Life safety hazard and if they don't maintain the radio and you die in a fire its going to be ugly.
Post this same stuff on Bat Labs, one of the guys over there works In the radio shop for San Diego PD.
See what he does for/to you LMAO
this is a personal radio i purchased, with my money to use, instead of our ****ty radios. no one cares about our frequencies, they are all pre programmed, i want to set mine up how i like it and also to be in conjunction with our vhf radios.
all of you do realize there is 2 (TWO) dispatch channels?
the current one on the 15X.X and the OLD SDFD DISPATCH on 135.x
i want the OLD channel
all of you do realize there is 2 (TWO) dispatch channels?
the current one on the 15X.X and the OLD SDFD DISPATCH on 135.x
i want the OLD channel
A quick look through the data base shows the only users of frequencies in the 135-140MHz range are Camp Pendleton Fire/EMS, military. Looks like most public saftey is on the 800 MHz system or descrete 800MHZ interops channels and UHF/VHF conventional channels, none of which are anywhere near 140MHz. I would check your sources of information before you go through the trouble of having your radio programmed only to not hear what you want to hear. I think you've got some wrong information as to what you want to hear and where to hear it. Maybe I don't know squat...I'm 3000 miles away.
why do you want the Old dispatch channle? You would be better off buying a 800 trunking scanner............
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