Joaquin Tall wrote:
joemama023 wrote:
First I have to admit that i am ignorant, having said that, lol....My
gf would like a scanner, her dad is on the fire department, and they
recently switched over to 800 mhz. So now all I hear are the tones and
then assignment of fireground. My question is, what kind of scanner do
I need to buy for her to be able to hear the conversations on the 800
Mhz freq. is a conventional scanner with 800 Mhz ok, or do i need
trunking? or digital? I have absolutely no idea. please advise =o)


First, you gotta find out if the district/department you gf's dad is in
is transmitting a digital signal or just conventional 800 MHz trunking.

If you go to the following link and do a search, all the freq's as well
as the mode of transmission will be available to you. Then you can
decide which scanner, base or handheld, trunking and/or digital. If it's
a digital signal, be prepared to invest $450 +/- for a scanner. You can
buy them new, or "previously owned".

www.radioreference.com

So, I went and looked at the link, and it does say that all of genesee
county is on a "project 25 standard" this means I would need a digital
scanner? or just a trunking? As dave said, dispatch is simulcast on
154.145 that is because they are still using the 'old' fire pagers. I
am sorry for all the questions, but like I said I am ignorant when it
comes to radio freqs and such. I pasted the frequency information
below, I just want to be sure before I make the investment that I get
what I need. Even though forest twp is not on the list I am sure that
they are using the same countywide system since they assign
'fireground'. Thanks again for all of your help.

DEC HEX Mode Display Description
2402 962 D 25F911 Central 9-1-1 Fire - Dispatch (Simulcasted on
154.145 MHz)
2403 963 D 25FG2 Countywide Fireground 2
2404 964 D 25FG3 Countywide Fireground 3
2405 965 D 25FG4 Countywide Fireground 4
2406 966 D 25FG5 Countywide Fireground 5
2407 967 D 25FG6 Countywide Fireground 6
2408 968 D 25FG7 Countywide Fireground 7
2409 969 D 25FG8 Countywide Fireground 8
2410 96a D 25FG9 Countywide Fireground 9
2411 96b D 25FG10 Countywide Fireground 10
2426 97a D 25COD1 Coordinators 1
2427 97b D 25COD2 Coordinators 2
2466 9a2 D 25F21 Atlas Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2467 9a3 D 25F22 Beecher Metropolitan District Fire -
Proprietary
2468 9a4 D 25F23 Burton City Fire - Proprietary
2469 9a5 D 25F24 Clio Area Fire Authority - Proprietary
2470 9a6 D 25F25 Davison Area Fire Authority - Proprietary
2471 9a7 D 25F26 Flushing City Fire - Proprietary
2472 9a8 D 25F27 Flint Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2473 9a9 D 25F29 Genesee Twp. Fire - Station 1: Proprietary
2474 9aa D 25F31 Genesee Twp. Fire - Station 2: Proprietary
2475 9ab D 25F32 Grand Blanc Fire - Proprietary
2476 9ac D 25F34 Linden City Fire - Proprietary
2477 9ad D 25F35 Montrose Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2480 9b0 D 25F38 Mundy Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2482 9b2 D 25F41 Swartz Creek Area Fire - Proprietary
2486 9b6 D 25F47 Argentine Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2487 9b7 D 25F48 Fenton Twp. Fire - Proprietary
2488 9b8 D 25F49 Gaines Township Fire Department - Propietary