understanding "input" frequencies.

[ryangassxx]

On some of the frequency listings on this site there will be an "input" frequency next to another frequency.. Am I correct in assuming that these are the "inbound" frequencies to a repeater, and the actual freq listed next to it is the "outbound" freq from the repeater?

An example is this listing..

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Baltimore/Washington_International_Airport_(KBWI)

Notice on like the 3rd or 4th set of frequencies, some of them have "input" frequencies..

 

[Grog]

Am I correct in assuming that these are the "inbound" frequencies to a repeater, and the actual freq listed next to it is the "outbound" freq from the repeater?

Correct

 

[ryangassxx]

cool thanks..

 

[trace1]

Only took 17 minutes to have your question answered correctly!!!

Not to bad, huh?

 

[Austin4Wyo]

Only took 17 minutes to have your question answered correctly!!!

Not to bad, huh?

Pffft...that's nothing. I bet we could have a bunch of incorrect answers inside 5 minutes! TOP THAT!

 

[Grog]

Only took 17 minutes to have your question answered correctly!!!

Not to bad, huh?

I would have been here quicker but I was enjoying a Mounds bar

 

[ScanDaBands]

Repeater ? Is that the thing they have on CB radios that go Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm 10-7 10-7 10-7 10-7 10-7 Goodbuddy Goodbuddy Goodbuddy Goodbuddy Goodbuddy - Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep !!!!!:lol:

 

[Grog]

A friend of mine joked about hooking up an echo-mic on the MCS2000 in his patrol car, but he backed out when I started to see how much it would cost :lol:

 

[ErnieB]

Greetings - first post from a new member!!!

I'd like to carry this conversation a bit further if I could... I just received my first scanner from Santa today (a UnidenBC370CRS) and while looking up frequencies, I also ran across the "input frequency" on a couple of local listings. Thanks to this post, I now know what it is, BUT, does it mean I have to enter BOTH frequencies for each listing, and if so, do I just enter one after the other in sequence, or???

Thanks in advance for the help.

Ernie

 

[captclint]

BUT, does it mean I have to enter BOTH frequencies for each listing, and if so, do I just enter one after the other in sequence, or???

I have requested that we label input column: for information only. It is one of the most frequently asked question, to which the answer is:NO. You do not enter it.

 

[ErnieB]

Clint,

Thanks for the answer to my question. I like your idea of labeling the "input" column - it would definitely be helpful.

Ernie

 

[kc8gpd]

some input frequencies are used for simplex operations using a pl that is different from the repeater. the local Med Flights use the input to the county parks repeater to get LZ instructions from the FD covering the scene.

so don't completely discount input frequencies.

 

[WA4MJF]

Some listing of input, like in NC State frequencies, are actually mobile to base
frequencies with no repeater involved. So to hear the car side of the conversation
you have to monitor it too. For example, in C troop of NCSHP, you monitor
42.60 for Troop Radio and 42.66 for the car, except in Wake county, C-3, where
you listen on the C Troop talk group for the car usually (radio also there, too).

 

[Grog]

Plus they are a good way to see how far away the action is, years ago I would monitor the input to my fire repeater to see if the closest stations had any calls (while my pager was in "page" mode.

There are also times where the units cannot "get into" the repeater well, and if you are close enough (or have a good enough antenna) then you can get more info.....

 

[Catdriver]

I have requested that we label input column: for information only. It is one of the most frequently asked question, to which the answer is:NO. You do not enter it.

Good Idea Capt Clint, I was just getting ready to ask this same question when I seen this thread.


Ron

 

[Artjirbal1950]

Input frequencies shouldn't even be listed.. They just make it easier for nutcases to program a radio to interfere with or jam a radio system. (Just like that pathetic kid who was arrested for a couple of months ago out in Boston.)

 

[n2mdk]

Input frequencies shouldn't even be listed.. They just make it easier for nutcases to program a radio to interfere with or jam a radio system. (Just like that pathetic kid who was arrested for a couple of months ago out in Boston.)

Not this again :roll:

 

[ibagli]

If it wasn't for the input frequency, I wouldn't be able to listen to dispatches for some departments. I can't always receive the repeater, but I'm close enough to the dispatch center, and I can always hear their dispatches on the input.

 

[captclint]

so don't completely discount input frequencies.

That's the beauty of my suggestion. It is information only, for those who know what to do with it and why. The other 95% of the listeners will never need to use them, and we can get down to answering slightly more difficult questions.

 

[Starcom21]

The mobile-to-base frequencies should actually be entered as a additional entry. Same applices to taxi cabs that have "Duplex" systems.

With scanner software, it will probably miss the mobile frequency because it has been wrongly inserted into the mobile column in the RR Database.

I would submit changes to the database where you find this in error.

I believe I am correct on this, Lou?

Terry

Some listing of input, like in NC State frequencies, are actually mobile to base
frequencies with no repeater involved. So to hear the car side of the conversation
you have to monitor it too. For example, in C troop of NCSHP, you monitor
42.60 for Troop Radio and 42.66 for the car, except in Wake county, C-3, where
you listen on the C Troop talk group for the car usually (radio also there, too).