Upcoming LCD VHF Required Radio Reprogramming

[cg]

Will response channel be on live feed on broadcastify

Did you read the previous post?

 

[MarkB513]

LCD did it to save air time and so they can concentrate on answering everyone on the response channel. Due to the firefighters having pagers that playback the call and having the calls sent to their cell phones via the dispatch CAD. Within a few months to a year possibly, they are going to switch over to the computer generated dispatch voice system so dispatch doesn’t have to say it themselves.

Sounds like the we're back to twice again, I guess not everyone is listening with pagers!!!

 

[cg]

The Response channel is also not at all the same sites where Dispatch is located. Not sure where I am hearing from, Colebrook or New Hartford FD Response transmitter locations. Dispatch is on Talcott Mtn so it is L/C.

chris

 

[nhfdcadet]

Sounds like the we're back to twice again, I guess not everyone is listening with pagers!!!

1.5 times at least. They're only repeating the address and nature.

 

[MarkB513]

The Response channel is also not at all the same sites where Dispatch is located. Not sure where I am hearing from, Colebrook or New Hartford FD Response transmitter locations. Dispatch is on Talcott Mtn so it is L/C.

chris

I've noticed I've been hearing the Response repeated non-stop recently, ands since I'm always monitoring the "L" simulcast site, I'm assuming it's my luck someone happens to be affiliated when I'm monitoring.

 

[nhfdcadet]

The Response channel is also not at all the same sites where Dispatch is located. Not sure where I am hearing from, Colebrook or New Hartford FD Response transmitter locations. Dispatch is on Talcott Mtn so it is L/C.

chris

New Hartford doesn't have response transmit, you're probably getting colebrook, that's currently the most northeasterly one. Hoping to get response TX up on west hill sooner rather than later, route 44 is pretty spotty.

 

[W1KNE]

New Hartford doesn't have response transmit, you're probably getting colebrook, that's currently the most northeasterly one. Hoping to get response TX up on west hill sooner rather than later, route 44 is pretty spotty.

Watch out for the bears. Used to see them all the time up there.

 

[nhfdcadet]

Watch out for the bears. Used to see them all the time up there.

They visit me pretty regularly

 

[cg]

I was hoping to see a full LCD site on the new East Hartland tower w/Troop B Simulcast but I would imagine it is difficult to coordinate channels a 1200' high location with not much to block it East and North up to Eastern MA, VT, NH, and even ME.

If you see a bear carrying a white trash bag with corn shucks and cobs, it's mine. The local bear removed it from my trash Friday and disappeared. Big fluffy garbage disposals.

 

[Adamwalsh627]

I suspect, without any evidence one way or another, that he is wondering why an official feed provided by LCD like those are, was not changed to add the new channel.
Probably not a high priority as they are still working things out might be my guess. Official users of the system get more info via the app LCD uses as well as access to a Zello feed.

Thank you for explaining it for me

 

[Adamwalsh627]

Why does Winsted get broadcasted on LCD Dispatch If they have their own channels? I know Washington’s protocol, and Torrington and Plymouth don’t
get broadcasted.

 

[adamfancher]

Winsted seems to be in a bit of a transition. The police department (like Torrington) went away from having their own dispatchers to going through Litchfield County Dispatch some years ago as you probably know, and remained for quite some time on their 155.565 analog frequency. Recently, they joined CLMRN, still being dispatched by LCD, and for a short while they were simulcast on low band analog as well as digital on CLMRN. However, they soon shut down the 155.565 channel and are strictly on CLMRN and encrypted, much to my dismay. Still being dispatched by LCD, mind you, just on a different network and not listenable

I can only guess that with EMS and Fire they are probably somewhere in limbo, as those seem to be simulcast between the analog frequencies and on CLMRN (for now anyway).