AMR on 151.550

mike · Post by **mike** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:52 pm

I am hearing AMR medics being dispatched on this freq instead on 155.205,155.28,155.265 and 155.220 anyone know whats going on does it have to do with the fires?

mike · Post by **mike** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:45 am

I am hearing AMR on 151.55,151.775 and sometimes I think on 151.925 and they have been dispatching on 151.55 and its simulcast on 155.220 I think that new dispatch channel if it is new is really good because I hear the medics alot talking to dispatch and I used to only hear dispatch mostly.

N6ATF · Post by **N6ATF** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:28 am

I think AMR and AAA had a similar system before. Dispatch office->T1/T3->mountaintop transceiver on simplex.

We can hear the medics if they're close enough, but dispatch is pretty much guaranteed to hear them because they have the best receiver site.

If this is a permanent change, it makes me wonder if something has happened to their T1/T3 system forcing them to go more with ground radio->repeater.

mike · Post by **mike** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:06 pm

these new freqs I think are good because you can hear the medics too if your a scanner listener and yestaerday I heard an AMR medic talking to the dispatcher on 151.550 from coronado,imperial beach and lemon grove area.

RescueKujo · Post by **RescueKujo** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:57 pm

We (AMR) now have 2 temporary repeaters on Soledad and San Miguel (Soledad being called CH 5 and San Miguel Ch 6). On Monday night about 8:30 p.m., I was dispatching our EMTs on Ch 1 and heard a burst of low static with a pop sound at the end. Looking at our radio display, I then saw the indicator for the San MIguel transmitter go to "fail". Early Tuesday morning, I looked and our Palomar transmitter was also showing "fail".

From then until Saturday night when our contractor got everything done, all units (EMTs, Medics and Wheelchiar/Shuttle) were on our channel 4. Medics are now on CH 6 and EMTs on Ch 5. You may still hear 1 or 2 units on 4 as their rig may have problems with the new channels.

I don't know the frequencies, or how long this may take as it's my understanding there are issues with both power supply (SDG&E) and communications cables (AT&T) to both sites. As I know more I'll try to pass them on. I am on vacation starting next week.

mike · Post by **mike** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:28 pm

Will these channels be permanent?

RescueKujo · Post by **RescueKujo** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:21 pm

Mike,
That isn't known right now. It depends on what is found when our equipment vendor gets to the mountain tops and finds out just how bad it is.

RescueKujo · Post by **RescueKujo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:52 pm

FYI-AMR channels 1&2 are back up. Medics (channel 3) are being run on channel 4, as there are still problems with our San Miguel transmitter.

Duane

mike · Post by **mike** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:14 am

I was wondering why they were on channel 4 again tks

mike · Post by **mike** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:18 pm

Are channel 5 and 6 still going to be used once the repeaters are fixed or are the medics back on channels 1,3 and 4?