Allegheny County West Zone

Allegheny County West Zone Changes :

West Police Ch. 1 - 460.500 - PL 103.5
West Fire Dispatch 1 - 471.7375 - PL 114.8
West Fire Ops 2 - 472.7375 - PL 241.8
West EMS - 470.4375 - PL 123.0

All have been narrow banded. There are new tones for the departments. I will work on the new tones now.

North Fayette DPW

North Fayette DPW - 156.225 - NXDN48 Digital

WASHfest 2014

WASHfest 2014

Sunday February 23, 2014
0800 - 1500

Castle Shannon VFD Memorial Hall
3600 Library Rd (Rt 88)
Castle Shannon, PA

For more information see :
http://www.n3sh.org/hamfests.htm

UPMC Children's Police

It was reported that UPMC Children's Hospital Police use call sign 3920, 39221 on Pittsburgh police frequencies

Pages Updated

Updates for the following pages have been uploaded :
Allegheny County Trunked Systems
Allegheny County Scanning Page
Allegheny County Listing By Frequency
Allegheny County Scanning Page Updates

Pennsylvania American Water Company

I have noticed that their VHF channel had been quiet. The trucks now had UHF antennas. They are now using a trunked MotoTrbo system on frequencies licensed to Staley Communications. This system has multiple sites, with separate control channels and frequencies for voice communications. This works similar to Motorola trunked systems as the control channel puts out a data stream all of the time. Frequencies are assigned by the given LCN assigned to the frequency. There are usually 2-4 voice channels per site. I have noticed that users are able to use different sites depending on their location.

Pennsylvania American Water uses TG 59.
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer uses TG 21

I am putting the information together on this system, and it will be added to the site when I am done.

155.745

I had listed 155.745 as DPW for Fndlay and possibly Sewckley. 155.745 is now non P25 digtal format, and simplex.