FDNY UHF Dispatch

[tbendick]

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It seems that some testing has started on the new UHF Radio system.  This will replace the current VHF radios and move around some EMS stufff.

Here are the numbers.  This would be for 4 Citywides (2 Fire & 2 EMS), 1 for Each boro (Fire) and the Current EMS stuff. 
482.00625  Bronx Fire        67.0
482.01875  Brooklyn Fire    69.3
482.03125  Queens Fire     71.9
482.04375  Richmond Fire   77.0
482.10625  Manhattan Fire 74.4
482.16875  EMS Citywide 1 79.7
482.21875  EMS Citywide 2 82.5
482.23125  Fire Citywide 1  85.4
482.24375  EMS Richmond   91.5

Bronx North / Queens East ?
482.30625  88.5
482.35625  94.8

482.50625  EMS Brooklyn Central    123.0
482.51875  EMS Queens West        97.4
482.75625  EMS Manhattan North   100.0
482.76875  EMS Bronx South          114.8
482.98125  EMS Manhattan Central 103.5
483.21875  EMS Manhattan South   107.2
483.28125  EMS Brooklyn North       118.8
483.29375  EMS Brooklyn South      127.3
483.38125  Fire Citywide 2             123.0 

[johnmiles]

what does this mean for the scanner listeners?

[tbendick]

When all is done you will no longer need to monitor the VHF (154.190 etc.)  You will have a new UHF freq for each boro.  EMS will just be moved around a little.

[bklyndisp54]

Swapping out the VHF mobiles for UHF would be a monumental task.  Don't see how they could do a rapid switchover....unless...maybe the units in the field will all be using HT's, as does the PD.   

[tbendick]

If they broadcast over the VHF and UHF together, then they just switch over when they want to..  Wouldn't need to switch over everthing at one time.

[FDNY108]

the word on the street is that no one knows if it is going to be digital or analog..for everyday dispatch..

did anyone hear from the inside what mode it will be  digital/analog/??

[bklyndisp54]

Incremental switchover while using 2 freq's... that makes sense.   Guess I just didn't think of the obvious.  2 demerits.

Wonder if we should infer from the long list of channels that this will be a trunked system?

[tbendick]

bklyndisp54;

Two systems...  Look at the first post. 
This list is for the 7 Fire and 13 EMS Dispatch Channels.

FDNY108;
As far as digital goes this will not have any digital on it.  There will be some digital on the trunked system, FDNY already has a few digital TG's on the 800 DOITT system.

[FDNY108]

U/D i heard radio tech's testing from 11 metro tech today.

so the work is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FDNY108]

Just curious it has been a while since the last update on the radio system.

i hear testing on the uhf repeaters just carriers etc.

is the plan still the same analog not digital for everyday dispatch FDNY and EMS or did that change?

[tbendick]

Everything remains the same and work is still going on..  Digital will only be on the trunked system and should not be the entire system just a few talkgroups.

[nfd2004]

Recently, I tried to program these frequencies into my portable scanner. It has ultrahigh but when programming these frequencies, because of the eight digits total, my scanner would not accept it. Any ideas on what type of scanner is needed. No problem entering other UHF frequencies.

[bklyndisp54]

because of the eight digits total, my scanner would not accept it.

The FCC mandated closer channel spacing, and with it, more accurately tuned xmtrs and more selective receivers.

Any "older" scanner ought to be "wide" enough to copy these channels if you enter just as much of the freq. as your radio will take.

Example, instead of entering 486.12345, enter 486.123.   

But you still might have prob's if your scanner will only accept channels in 5/10/12.5 kc steps. 

FWIW, the R-Shack PRO-97 will program 6.25kc steps and accept the channels on the new FD list.

[nfd2004]

Thank you very much for the above information. I"m a buff from Connecticut and get down to NYC about once a month. I will try it again when I am down there. I appreciate the info. Also does that R-Shack Pro-97 pick up digital and is it portable.

[Bulldog]

Uniden and GRE as well as Radio Shack all have portable as well as base station scanners they can handle all the frequencies including digital and analog.  Actually Uniden and GRE make all of the Radio Shack radios so you may be better off with one of them.  Here's a web site: Radio Reference with lots of discussion about scanner types, advantages, etc.  It may be helpful in making your choice.