Union Co EMA -- updated license with new repeater

[mtindor]

I'll ditto that. We truly appreciate you and all the time you put in to making RR work.

Merry Christmas!

Thank you, Rick. And of course I appreciate all of your contributions both to the database and to local Ohio public safety info.

Merry Christmas!

 

[willie319]

159.300 MHZ was the simplex channel being used for emergency scene operations for years. It is still programmed into the radios.

The newly acquired frequency pairs that the OP listed is used as the new emergency scene operations channel. It can be toggled for simplex operation as well.

Union County EMA has a volunteer operations division providing rehab support, HAZMAT operations, traffic control and other functions. They are very much using the new repeater which is at their station on Northwest Parkway for voice communication during emergencies.

Siren tones are still broadcast over 154.250 MHZ every Wednesday at noon.

They are always looking for local volunteers and many of which are HAM operators. They have a communications section and a cool array of amateur radio equipment on hand as well.

Source: I programmed the radios.

I suspect this may be used for their tornado sirens. To the best of my knowledge, everything public safety in Union County is on MARCS.

It's possible they could use it as a backup in case MARCS takes a dump, also. This has happened several times in the past, so it's a good idea to have some sort of backup; all too many counties don't.

Union County uses 80 EMA for local operations. XCOEMA80 is the statewide interop channel. But the VHF repeater is used for countywide communications when they respond to an emergency scene. MARCS radios are too expensive to hand out to the 30-something members that are there.

Possible. But I suspect it's something different. Why in the world would they put up a repeater for tornado sirens. The would only need FB transmissions to accomplish that.

154.250 MHZ is still the tornado siren channel. Same as the fire paging channel.

Also, for anybody interested, DIRECT C is used for simplex analog fireground operations.

DIRECT C 856.5125 MHZ (CSQ)

 

[wa8pyr]

Also, for anybody interested, DIRECT C is used for simplex analog fireground operations.

DIRECT C 856.5125 MHZ (CSQ)

DIRECT C is licensed to the City of Columbus, and has been used throughout Franklin County for decades. At least a couple Union County fire departments (Pleasant Valley and Jerome Twp) used the standard Franklin County fire radio template for many years; I suspect that’s how that channel made it into other Union County radios.

 

[willie319]

DIRECT C is licensed to the City of Columbus, and has been used throughout Franklin County for decades. At least a couple Union County fire departments (Pleasant Valley and Jerome Twp) used the standard Franklin County fire radio template for many years; I suspect that’s how that channel made it into other Union County radios.

They call it direct c, fireground or channel 16. Funny how mystery channels get moved from one place to another. I figured the 8TAC channels would have made more sense.

 

[mtindor]

159.300 MHZ was the simplex channel being used for emergency scene operations for years. It is still programmed into the radios.

The newly acquired frequency pairs that the OP listed is used as the new emergency scene operations channel. It can be toggled for simplex operation as well.

Thanks for the update. Does the new repeater have an output tone? And is 155.805 still in radios?

 

[willie319]

Thanks for the update. Does the new repeater have an output tone? And is 155.805 still in radios?

When I did the last programming of the radios, I put the state EMA frequency (which I believe is the one mentioned ending in 805) in the radios. They were recently updated by someone else, so I’m not sure if it’s still there. It should be. I can tell you it was never used. 159.3 and the new frequency pair the OP listed are though. EMA had two runs this morning, and was being used. I haven’t made a run in a year. Been busy with my law enforcement job. Lol

I forget the PL tone. I want to say 127.3 but don’t bet on it.

 

[mtindor]

When I did the last programming of the radios, I put the state EMA frequency (which I believe is the one mentioned ending in 805) in the radios. They were recently updated by someone else, so I’m not sure if it’s still there. It should be. I can tell you it was never used. 159.3 and the new frequency pair the OP listed are though. EMA had two runs this morning, and was being used. I haven’t made a run in a year. Been busy with my law enforcement job. Lol

I forget the PL tone. I want to say 127.3 but don’t bet on it.

Ok thanks. I'll just add the new repeater without an output tone at this point.

 

[gaushouse1]

is 154.250 still being used for fire paging and is this the correct tone 162.2 ?
Thank you.

 

[willie319]

is 154.250 still being used for fire paging and is this the correct tone 162.2 ?
Thank you.

Yes, it is. But only for a small department or two. With MARCS and Unication Pagers and the use of apps like ActiveAlert, they have not been dispatching departments county wide anymore. But it is definitely still used for a small department or two. And for siren control.

Ok thanks. I'll just add the new repeater without an output tone at this point.

I confirmed that the PL code is 136.5

 

[gaushouse1]

Yes, it is. But only for a small department or two. With MARCS and Unication Pagers and the use of apps like ActiveAlert, they have not been dispatching departments county wide anymore. But it is definitely still used for a small department or two. And for siren control.


I confirmed that the PL code is 136.5

Thank you