west-pac
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Here are the frequencies that should be on that site.
Here are the frequencies that should be on that site.
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During severe weather, weekend evenings, or during busy radio traffic times/incidents watch for the other 2 frequencies to show up on your scanner. They may only activate once the other frequencies are busy.
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Just noticed a new frequency here in Eau Claire.
Was EMS to Hospital. 150.7875 , found via Close Call
Was EMS to Hospital. 150.7875 , found via Close Call
So I live in Edgerton (Rock County) and listen to ROSCAN being re-broadcasted over WISCOM, probably hitting Milton Tower. When I go to work in Madison (Dane County) why don’t I hear it anymore? I have all the control channels entered for Towers all over the area and State Patrol comes in fine. Does the broadcast only go so far along the Towers? I thought as long as you hit a WISCOM Tower you’d hear the channel.
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The way that WISCOM works (and most trunking systems) you will only hear those talkgroups broadcasted from a particular tower that radios that are affiliated (connected) to that tower are monitoring. So once your radio starts following the system on another tower you will most often hear different talkgroups. The exception is when the system techs have designated a talkgroup to be transmitted over a larger area regardless of whether there are radios there monitoring it or not.
I very rarely hear Outagamie's scan channel because I believe the troopers over here have separate radios for the Outagamie/Winnebago system. So they monitor local goings-on with those radios.
Thanks for the info. That answers my question
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So I'm heading to Tomah Wi Next weekend using a Unication G5 I was wondering what towers would be the best towers to put in. I didn't see any right in Monroe County, so my thoughts at this moments are the La Crosse Towers, and some of the Juneau County towers? Any thoughts would be appricated.
Sgtmatt - I have found that putting the tower(s) in that county and the talk groups, you should be good to go. I will add that it isn't a 100% spot on as some services may be in one county but their primary tower is in a neighboring County. If you have time on your hands, searching the internet find the main tower for the region cover by the county's you want to monitor. (SW region, SE region, WC region, NE region, and so on.) Agin no promises this will work. This is how I loaded talk groups I wanted on WISCOM on my scanner. I've also found my scanner needed an external antenna for monitoring WISCOM, even with the scanner on my dash or window mounted. You may have problems with your G5 and receiving. Best of luck.
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Wisconsin Interoperable System for Communications (WISCOM) Site: Ridgeville
Wisconsin Interoperable System for Communications (WISCOM) Site: Ridgeville Details
www.radioreference.com
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Hey Thanks! Will make for some entertainment on the way up and throughout the day!
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Thanks, yes reception can be pretty spotty on wiscom, where I'm heading looks like its mostly flat grounds North of Muscada so I should get some pretty decent service hopefully.
It is in fact not a new frequency but close hit on the input side of the statewide EMS to hospital frequency. Nice catch none the less considering it was close call and the input side which means the transmitting radio/vehicle had to have been relatively close to you.
The Statewide EMS to Hospital channel is EMS B and there is no "input" side. 155.340 MHz is a simplex channel, not repeated.
Based on what was posted, it looks like Eau Claire County may have taken some liberty with the State EMS Channels if there is an input and it's then a repeated channel. 155.400 is also just a simplex channel in the State plan.
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p0/p00342.pdf
155.400 is repeated in Eau Claire.
Hi everyone, I am monitoring WISCOM via the spring Prairie site. I have a decent signal (-82). I can hear certain talk groups without issue (State Patrol) but the specific talk groups I was hoping to listen to don’t seem to work. It’s the Walworth County Sheriff groups (65001, 65010, 65011). My scan stops on them occasionally, a UID shows up, but there is no audio. Has anyone else experienced this, or have any advice? Thank you!
WWSO isn't using WISCOM. You will need to monitor them directly on their channels:
Walworth County, Wisconsin (WI) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Walworth County, Wisconsin (WI)
www.radioreference.com
WWSO isn't using WISCOM. You will need to monitor them directly on their channels:
Walworth County, Wisconsin (WI) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Walworth County, Wisconsin (WI)www.radioreference.com
Thanks, I was hoping to listen on WISCOM due to range issues. Someone told me it was simulcast. So that TG is just a placeholder I guess?
Even if you were able to listen to them on the state's system, those TGs would still only be available on a couple of towers in the county so the range wouldn't be very different from the county's native system. Also, WISCOM is not simulcast except for one specific county subsystem up north.
You should be able to hear some county traffic on WWSCAN (65010) if you can hear Spring Prairie. Is nothing there?
You will not hear anything on WWLAW1 (65001) as that was a placeholder talkgroup from a grant program many moons ago. It should not be assumed to be in any actual use.
You should be able to hear some county traffic on WWSCAN (65010) if you can hear Spring Prairie. Is nothing there?
You will not hear anything on WWLAW1 (65001) as that was a placeholder talkgroup from a grant program many moons ago. It should not be assumed to be in any actual use.
no it’s dead. I have been running discovery on WISCOM via spring prairie for the last 2 days and only had a few hits. Thanks for the information, I really appreciate it.
On my G5, FSS takes a while....like minutes. Of course, it depends on where you are and which CC it sees first, but it's doing a band scan starting at the bottom of VHF and then up though 7/800 MHz so it has to chew through a lot of spectrum.
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