[W8MWA] Emergency Communications talk References

[Werntz, Carl]

Websites that I mentioned last night.


West Virginia REDI

Sign up on: https://www.wvredi.org/


I strongly recommend that you sign up under Monongalia County.  They will allow you to be credentialed for up to two skills, so look over their list and see if you have other skills to offer. You never know when your skill operating a backhoe or driving a bus will be needed.





Public Safety Frequencies:   http://www.radioreference.com/



Select databases, then WV off the map. then Mon, Preston, Marion County.  In all three the Fire and EMS are on still on VHF High band and can be monitored using most 2 meter handheld.  If your radio has a "Wide/Narrow" option, they will sound better on Narrow.  Note that some of the Preston Co Freqs are on the "2.5 kHz splits", Sometimes you can precisely tune them by changing the "step" on your radio to 6.25 or 2.5 kHz.  If that still won't get you on the exact frequency you can usually just tune your radio to an adjacent frequency and listen in just fine.  For example, if the frequency ends in XXX.1375 MHz, you can usually hear a usable signal by tuning to XXX.1350 or XXX.1400 this is due to fairly wide passbands in most radios and something called "capture" that is one of the benefits of FM radio systems.

Let me know if you have any questions,

73,  Carl

Carl Werntz, D.O., MPH
Associate Professor, Clinical Emphasis
Director - Occupational Medicine Residency (Interim)
West Virginia University School of Medicine
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