155.280 MHz

[huck911]

Anyone out there have this frequency?

Just curious, we get alot of skip on the frequency here in Allegany County Maryland, and was just curious where it may be coming from. I can't make out the call signs when they broadcast them.

Anyone finds out, just let me know somehow.

Thanks...........

[GregH]

Lancaster County PA uses it as (I believe) an EMS channel.

I believe Grantley Fire & EMS in York County PA is also licensed on it as a private company channel.

[SFDc26]

We use it up here in Vermont, used for numerous area ambulance services as dispatch channel. Lots of traffic on it. Specifically in the Rutland VT area. BUt most of the EMS agencies in the southern part of the state also use it as a talk around channel also.

[ohfrmn89]

it's used in the cincy ohio area as a "local gov't." channel. some of the police depts around here in the suburbs use it as a ch.2 car-car communications, or to their dispatchers for running license checks etc.

[ohfrmn89]

it's also used by some of the service (road crews) dept.'s here too. our fire dept used to use it as a fireground channel before we went to our own UHF channel.

[firefighteroz42]

Westmoreland county in pennsylvania use is it for an ems channel.so the ems units can talk to the hospitals.

[omahaorange]

Westmoreland county in pennsylvania use is it for an ems channel.so the ems units can talk to the hospitals.

You are right, it is the frequency assigned to all Westmoreland County (PA) hospitals to talk to the EMS units. There is also at least one school bus company either in or around Westmoreland County that use it as a business communications channel.

[EngineGoes]

Lebanon County, PA uses this channel as their main dispatch for EMS within the county.

[ENGINEDUDELT]

Mutual Aid Frequency for Howard, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, U.S. Coast Guard, may be more on there, but not sure. They use it quite frequently.

[NorthSTAR]

ENGINEDUDELT: Are you referring to 154.2800mhz?

[911brad]

Doesn't anybody out there believe in using PL codes?

[ffmedicmo]

911Brad if I am not mistaken Allegany County uses PL on transmit, but not receive. I think this is a holdover from the "old days" when there were out of state (pa) ambulances coming into Cumberland Hospitals that did not have tone code. Does GCEM use it on both sides ? Assuming you are the Brad from GCEM, my buddy Phil's right hand man :)

Take Care and Keep Safe... Mo

[ffmedicmo]

Your thinking of 154.280 which is part of the metro mutual system throughout Maryland EXCEPT of course when you cross over sidling mountain to the West where interoperability hasn't made it into the dictionary yet :eek:. They also use 154.295 which is designated for base-to-base communications, but I don't think it gets used a lot. Not sure why it isnt being used since Mineral Co. and Garrett Co. both use VHF and Allegany has that capability as well.

Take Care and Keep Safe... Mo

[EngineMan]

As Firefighteroz stated, it is used as an EMS channel in Westmoreland County. Mainly for the county, it is the call-in channel for the ambulance calling command at the hospital. The hospitals have very strong transmitters, so that can easily cause skip with favorable conditions.

[911brad]

911Brad if I am not mistaken Allegany County uses PL on transmit, but not receive. I think this is a holdover from the "old days" when there were out of state (pa) ambulances coming into Cumberland Hospitals that did not have tone code. Does GCEM use it on both sides ? Assuming you are the Brad from GCEM, my buddy Phil's right hand man :)

Take Care and Keep Safe... Mo

Different Brad actually.

That makes sense about them not using the PL Codes with other agencies coming in. In Wisconsin each hospital uses the same freq, but with different PL codes. Every ambulance has to be able to talk to every hospital in the state so our radios have a channel for each PL code and a master frequency list for each hospital.

In my county all of the local channels used to be CSQ unitl we started getting a TON of skip from DeKalb Co Illinois who uses the exact same TX and RX channels. Now that we have PL on everything we never hear then anymore.

Stay safe!

Brad

[5inchLDH]

That makes sense about them not using the PL Codes with other agencies coming in. In Wisconsin each hospital uses the same freq, but with different PL codes.

Does anyone use the FCC designated UHF med channels? I know where Mo spends his weeks (Howard Co, MD), they have a patch from their 800 system into the UHF med channels. However, I was just wondering if anyone else uses them. Also, does anyone know if the PLs are designated by the FCC, as well, or not? Thanks!

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[77 remote]

154.280 is also used in Montgomery County, Pa as high band fire channel 2.

[Eddie911]

We monitor it here at the Center. The hospital here in Grant County uses it some what to talk to the ambulance around the area come to thier facility. But they use 155.340 most of time.

I know we pick up a lot of skip on 155.235 here at center. :( Which is our EMS Dispatch freq.

[16Engine]

The vast majority of rural North Carolina uses it as their EMS Channel. They don't really get skip on it here, but our fire frequency (155.925) has been getting horrible skip from Montgomery County MD and the Bridgeport area of Conneticut.

[fyrdog]

Anyone out there have this frequency?

Just curious, we get alot of skip on the frequency here in Allegany County Maryland, and was just curious where it may be coming from. I can't make out the call signs when they broadcast them.

Anyone finds out, just let me know somehow.

Thanks...........

huck911, since you are in Western Md. more than likely what you are getting is the Applachian Search and Rescue Conference which covers Va, Md, WV, Del, and Pa. That frequency is our Charlie frequency. More than likely, what you are hearing is the occasional SAR ops when we deploy.

[bedgod300]

155.280 is a carry-over from when there used to be VHF "med channels" along with UHF med channels - before all public safety frequencies were "pooled" together and specific uses were taken away. The others included 155.295, 155.265, and 155.340. They can be used for EMS coordination, dispatch, and EMS-to-hospital communications. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Emergency_Medical_Services_Radio

Not to be mistake with fire mutual aid frequencies of 154.280, 154.265, and 154.295.

Many agencies still use UHF med channels. Maryland's state-wide UHF system is still operable and probably always will be.


Howard County's (and other Maryland counties with 800mhz systems) aren't "patched" into the UHF systems. They are used "in place of" the UHF and UHF can operate independantly.