[Boatanchors] Do I Remember??

[Glen Zook]

Methinks you mean "lowband" (30 MHz to 50 MHz), not
"highband" (150.8 MHz to 174 MHz).  

The Richardson (Texas) police department used to be on
37.140 MHz (until the early 1970s when they went to
450 MHz) and during the summer months the "skip" into
the New York City area sometimes was "fierce".  One of
the New York City burroughs police department was also
on 37.140 MHz and often the Richardson dispatcher
could copy the NYC mobiles and the NYC dispatcher
could not copy their own mobile units.  Conversely,
the NYC dispatcher could copy Richardson mobiles but
the Richardson dispatcher could not.  However, both
dispatchers could hear each other.

When this was happening NYC would relay their "calls"
to Richardson and then Richardson would "dispatch" for
NYC.  Richardson would relay their "calls" to NYC and
then NYC would "dispatch" for Richardson.

The City of Plano (Texas) dog catchers were still
operating on low band even after the police department
had gone to 450 MHz.  One day I happened to be in
dispatch (this was when the company that I owned had
the contract for all two-way systems for the City of
Plano) and the dispatcher called a certain "call
number" which was for the "dog catcher".  The mobile
answered and the dispatcher gave an address for an
animal control complaint.  After a few minutes the
"dog catcher" came on and asked for verification of
the address and the dispatcher gave it again.

A couple of minutes later the "dog catcher" asked for
the "cross street" on that particular address and the
Plano dispatcher gave it.  About 5 minutes later the
"dog catcher" came back on and said that he could not
find the address.  The Plano dispatcher was beginning
to get a bit "miffed" and she told the "dog catcher"
to keep looking.  Finally, the "dog catcher" called
the dispatcher and said, "there ain't no such address
in Fort Lauderdale".

Not only had the animal control officers of both
Plano, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same
"tactical radio numbers" but the name of some of the
streets in a certain part of town were identical.
Needless to say, both parties in this radio exchange
had a good laugh.

Glen, K9STH

 
--- Bob Peters <rwpeters at swbell.net> wrote:

One of our group owned a home oil delivery company
using High Band and he would dispatch trucks in
Australia and they would dispatch trucks in Maine...









Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com

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