[Scan-DC] I'm a little confused

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:57:45 -0400

While the County supplies radios for fire-rescue apparatus, and portables
for each of those units, many of the local departments have supplemented
these radios...providing two-way capability to additional folks.  Car 8-5,
for example, is the volunteer chaplain from the Gaithersburg - Washington
Grove VFD.  Car 28-2 is the volunteer PIO for the same department.  It was
inexpensive to buy used VHF Motorolas, and similar radios, but a few
thousand bucks to buy a trunked unit is pretty much out of reach of the
LFRDs.

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug K." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] I'm a little confused

> Ed, you mean 2-way radios, right?  I had thought (assumed!) that all the
> vehicles had "county" radios, if you will... ie, didn't realize that the
> local FDs had done the equipping.
>
> Interestinger and interestinger!
>
> Anybody know if the Medevac, Trooper, and Eagle helicopters have the 800
> APCO capability?
>
> Doug
>
> >From: "Ed Tobias" <[email protected]>
> >To: "Mike Agner" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] I'm a little confused
> >Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:24:00 -0400
> >
> >The dispatchers are SUPPOSED to be monitoring Channel 2 and Channel 1.
> >Many
> >volunteers who were equipped with VHF radios by their own local fire
rescue
> >departments, (e.g. Car 8-6, Car 3-5),  have not been equipped with 800
mHz
> >units.  I heard Car 3-5 successfully communicate with PSCC using Channel
2
> >on Monday.
>
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