Cause some local leaders want full control of their systems and do not want to cede control to anyone else.
Weirton Fire Dept. DMR
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I am trying to confirm next if FD has made the switch.......
Bethanylt241
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Is all operations on this now?
Police Check. Fire not yet.
They were doing a bunch of testing yesterday with radio service and dispatch. They sounded clear on DSD..............
Bethanylt241
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I heard word that Weirton FD switched yesterday to there new system. Anybody monitoring this yet or have any details?
Where is Polish Mike when you need him. That's the one to answer your question. I give less than two $#$%@ about what kool-aid weirton drank this month
And monitoring an FD is like watching paint dry.
I have been running DSD-Plus an 154.145 and have not seen any DMR activity.
Bethanylt241
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They were dispatching off 154.145 this morning on analog. They were working on trying to DMR 154.37 ( Oakland Dst) old channel. May want to try that one as well. I do know they switched cause I can only hear the dispatch call on 154.145, nothing after.
They using 154.370 DMR color code 1. Dispatch still on analog for tone out.
Bethanylt241
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Can you supply DSD screen shot? What tower you getting it from
How would you expect him to tell you what tower came from? It’s a conventional DMR frequency it could be coming from one tower or it could be simulcast from all towers. Assuming it’s not simulcast in order to tell you what tower is he have to drive to every tower, take the antenna off, and then wait for fire department transmissions lol.
Bethanylt241
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Got it figured it out now. Thanks
Despite what the Hancock Co page says about frequencies that have been updated, I only added the 154.37 CC 1, TG 1, SL 1. For whatever reason it lit up a bunch of other freqs that I haven't touched.
I don't know if 154.37 is Fire Operations or Fire Dispatch. I know 154.145 is Fire Dispatch. But if 154.37 is on-scene stuff it's Ops, if it's units en route to scenes then it should be Dispatch. Someone will have to listen and decide about 154.37
Interestingly, each of those towers has a separate input freq. If they were simulcast, I would not expect that. And if they are not, it would be interesting to see somebody try to communicate on each of the four tower inputs at the same time. Gotta love Hancock Co / Weirton.
Mike
I don't know if 154.37 is Fire Operations or Fire Dispatch. I know 154.145 is Fire Dispatch. But if 154.37 is on-scene stuff it's Ops, if it's units en route to scenes then it should be Dispatch. Someone will have to listen and decide about 154.37
Interestingly, each of those towers has a separate input freq. If they were simulcast, I would not expect that. And if they are not, it would be interesting to see somebody try to communicate on each of the four tower inputs at the same time. Gotta love Hancock Co / Weirton.
Mike
Oakland District license has been expired for almost a decade. Do they even still exist? And if so I wonder what freqs they use. I wouldn't think they'd still be using 154.37 and then Weirton come along and license it for DMR. But who knows.
Bethanylt241
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Oakland Dist. Is on Hancock Fire UHF, 154.37 was there private channel.
154.37 DMR sounds absolutely awful. No matter who is talking, one appears to hear a ton of background noise on every transmission. I suppose it may sound better between two Kenwood DMR radios, but I have never heard anything so awful (DMR never sounds great) in a DMR transmission than the stuff for Weirton Fire.
I can't imagine what it might sound like in the heat of battle, inside a working structure fire, etc.
I can't imagine what it might sound like in the heat of battle, inside a working structure fire, etc.
