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MASSACHUSETTESPeter Szerlagzerg90@gmail.comWinchester Hospital Security is confirmed at 461.5875 RDPL 7126 Sept 2011 - A Woburn police officer was shot multipletimes responding to a armed robbery of a jewelry store.Woburn PD units remained on their Channel 1 for most ofthe incident. Later on they moved to BAPERN 4(470.5625R). State Police used their trunked systemand their Direct Channel at 868 Mhz. Mutual aid PDsmostly stayed on their home channels. There was a littleP25 on the main Woburn channel at times with NAC 732.Is anyone able to confirm that Athol FD uses 453.175 R -with possible links on 453.5750, 458.5750, 453.9875, and458.9875?Does anybody hear West Boyslton using 39.82 R or453.575 R ?152.96 seems to be a new repeater system. It might beWakefield Water Department. DPL 155. They were heardtesting on 8 Sept 2011.Cambridge PD might have new special use talkgroups- SOPS 1 - TG 17360- SOPS 2 - TG 17392Anybody hear Childrens Hospital in Boston using 151.595R ?Quincy FD has reportedly activated their Channel 2 - it is484.80 R with PL 131.8 - Channel 3 is 451.55 R PL 131.8(which has been in use for a few years by the repair shopand wire guys)During Tropical Storm Irene, a little radio traffic was heardon 142.5625 R PL 167.9- probably MassachusettsNational Guard. Some traffic was also heard on 143.600 RPL 71.9 - it might have been FEMA. Some helo was heardon 49.69 R PL 110.9. Somerville EOC was on 453.55R PL 141.3. Waltham DPW was on 37.94 PL 123.0 briefly.155.925 R PL 77.0 had some Westford DPW traffic.470.35 R PL 146.2 was probably Westford EMA. Bedfordhad public works units on 453.80 R DPL 503 whichis usually Bedford FD Channel 2. I didn’t hear anything on304.8 which might be an air to air freq for HurricaneHunter aircraft.Massachusetts has 4 medical schools - Boston University,Harvard University, and Tufts University are in Boston -University of Massachusetts is at Worcester - all of themhave their own Police Departments since they are notlocated with their primary campusesSomeone has a new repeater on 47.46 - it might be nearGroton - PL 114.8Fitchburg area might have a new school bus repeater on31.08482.05 R - NAC 404 - MSP radio techs being statewidefrom a repeater in the Boston areaHampden FD now using 155.64 R DPL 411 with pagersstill on 33.46 PL 131.8 - per the NetMass State Police have a new statewide talkgroup called"Event 1" (TG 32784) - per the NetBoston PD seems to be setting up a new (or rejuvenated)repeater channel on 460.025 R DPL 506172.95 R - NAC 293 - someone was sending some DTMFtones which sounded really bad - maybe the FAA - 27 Aug2011138.70 - I heard some P25 traffic but it was too weak toget a NAC - the Net says it is Fort Devens MPsPer the Net - Rockland FD did a RIT drill on 25 Aug 2011 -they used Plymouth County Fire Channel 6 Direct -483.925 - PL 173.8Weston FD started to use civilian dispatchers on Aug 12011 (per the Net)Cambridgeside Galleria Mall in Cambridge has theirsecurity units on the Cambridge City TRS now - TG 19568- unconfirmed by meAmherst FD - "fireground" channel is probably 154.8375 -portables only 464.475 R - DPL 223 - Area 4 is the SageBuilding - this must be maintenance or security for somecomplexBoston Fire - in 1944 they changed their radio channelfrom 1630 kc AM to 37.74 Mhz FM - they moved from37.74 to 33.74 on June 27, 1948 - 153.89 went into use asa portable channel on November 26, 1952 - Sept8, 1965 saw the advent of 154.22 as the Metro channel -154.265 went into use in January 1971129.825 AM was heard in use as a MIT flight test channel- as reported on ScanNewEnglandBiddeford Maine Police skip down to me on 159.945 NAC051 quite a bit in the summertime460.925 R is still in use by some traffic reporters in theBoston area121.75 AM was heard in use for a in flight emergencylanding at Logan on 13 Aug 2011150.995 seems to be repeating Byfield FD and NewburyFD comms at times - I think the repeater is in MaineSCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 58 PAGE 14
462.9875 R - PL 123.0 - NorthEast CMED coord net -tested 12 Aug 2011 at approx 1130 AM - approx 30 FDsand ambulance company’s tested372.20 AM - heard Sept 11 2011 - some plane checking inwith some command post or military baseSept 11 2011 - Boston area - North Reading FD beepedthe 2-2 signal at 846 AM on 453.95 - Cambridge FDbeeped the 5-5-5-5 signal at 10 PM on their Channel 1 - incommemoration of the 10th Anniversary of theattack on the World Trade Towers--Welcome to the Massachusetts ColumnPending applications for new radio stations -Revere Schools - 461.5375 - 1 repeater plus 150 mobilesWalpole Public Library - 152.48 - 1 base (6 watts) + 10pagersTown Transportation LLC in Fall River - 160.0275 - 1 base- 160.155 - 20 mobiles at 50 watts eachBerkshire Power at 36 Maylan Lane in Agawam -452.2375 - 10 watt repeater plus 30 portable radiosBrewster DPW - 453.20 RMass Dept of Youth Services at 280 Tinkham Road inSpringfield - 453.05 - 10 watt repeater plus 100 portablesDCU Center at 50 Foster St in Worcester - conventioncenter – portable radios - 456.4625 - 457.4125 - 457.8875- 457.9875Essex County Sheriff at 20 Manning Road in Middleton -470.3375 – 100 watt repeater plus 150 mobilesGreenfield Fire Department - 453.725 - 2 bases and 37mobilesLeonard Grybko - school buses in Deerfield - 159.555 - 1base and 35 mobilesHanover DPW - pending since Aug 2011 - 470.35 - 1repeater and 70 mobilesHoyloke Catholic High School - 15 portable radios at 4watts each - 456.6625 - 456.1875 - 451.1875 - 451.3125 -451.6625Island Fuel on Marthas Vineyard - 159.81 - 10 wattrepeater - 151.67 - 12 mobiles at 20 watts eachMarblehead Schools - 100 portable radios - 462.3125 -467.3125 - analog and digital modesMass State Police - trunking site on Yokum Road in Lenox– pending since May 2011 - 7 channels - 851.875 etcMass Dept of Mental Health Hospital at 20 Vining Road inBoston - 453.05 - 25 watt repeater plus 50 mobilesMcNaim Packaging in Westfield - portables - 456.5375 -457.8125 - 462.5125Needham Public Schools - 60 portables at 2 watts each -451.8750 - 461.7000 - 461.7250 - 462.1750 - 464.6000Orleans Fire Department - 453.8625 R - 453.125 RPlymouth FD - fire boxes - 75.6028 November 2011 - Boston FD was operating at Box5114 in Allston. They had a basement fire in a 7 storybrick building. I noticed that the communications in and outof the basement were pretty bad. Engine 41 was operatinga hose line briefly in the basement. Probably close to75% of his messages were totally unreadable. It was not ahuge deal as a sprinkler head quickly knocked down thefire. But it just goes to show you - it can be very hard totransmit from basements. (483.1875R was the freq)A couple of days prior, BFD had operated in theturnaround area for the Green Line under North Station.Most comms were loud and clear - no doubt becausethere were antennas installed in the undergroundarea. (483.2375R was the freq)BAPERN 3 (470.7875R) had a long problem with a stuckmike one night. Radio techs were making announcementstelling all dispatchers to check for any inadvertentlyactivated patches. I think the problem was fixed afterabout 6 hours.The Boston MedFlight dispatcher lost communicationswith his MF6 ground unit for a short while on 27 November2011. Seems that the NEXTEL radio, the 900 MhzMotortrbo radio, and the UHF radio (460.80R) all wereinsufficient for the task at hand. (MedFlight units alsocarry pagers, but it is unknown if they were 0 for 4 or not)Recently Boston EMS was heard advising all privateambulance service dispatchers to tell their units to turn offtheir CMED radios after giving a patient report to ahospital. Apparently there have been a couple incidents oflengthy stuck mikes on the 463.075 calling channel.27 Nov 2011 - 2 instances of loud "digital intermod" noisewere heard on the Logan FD 453.90 channel yesterday.One time, the noise blocked out a radio message. This"digital intermod" noise, from some unknown source,seems to move from radio system to radio system.Checking my notes, I first heard this noise on 148.15 inNov 2006. Nov 2007 was BFD. Dec 2007 was BFD Ch2.SCANNER DIGEST NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 58 PAGE 15
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