[TheList] new Fire portable frequencies

Mon Jul 17 22:39:48 AEST 2017

Do you know if they have been rolled out nationwide yet Brendan?

@Richard, good explanation and im sure there's many out there who will 
be set in their ways on use of the radio! I only mentioned Kiwirail as 
an example of what they did with their setup, thinking the fire service 
had possibly done the same :).

On 17/07/2017 11:07 p.m., Brendan Sheehy wrote:
> I will post them tomorrow.
>
> Bit hard to format via my phone.
>
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> *From:* TheList <thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz> on behalf of Mark 
> Foster <blakjak at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2017 9:52:38 PM
> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> *Subject:* Re: [TheList] new Fire portable frequencies
> The model is the Motorola APX 6000XE. They use predominantly UHF but 
> there's a dual-band unit on each fire truck to provide access to VHF 
> for liaising with other agencies and with brigades that still use VHF 
> (mostly rural).
>
> I don't know what the frequencies are yet, it might need someone to 
> get hold of one and do some fiddling with a close-call scanner.
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Radio Scanner <rs157950 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rs157950 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Could you by chance remember the model number?
>
>     I saw in RSM database that
>     Auckland/Dunedin/Rotorua/Selwyn/Tauranga/Wellington had a group of
>     16 F band simplex channels that were analog only and looked to
>     have been licenced mid 2016.
>
>     I ask because as far as I knew Ambo are using P25 Taits up in the
>     500 band in some areas and there was mention in the news article
>     about fire being able to communicate with other EMS.
>
>     Perhaps radio model doesn't really matter if they are sticking to
>     analog channels, but with a lot of stuff moving in the digital
>     direction I kind of assumed the new fire channels would be in line
>     with that.
>
>
>     On 17/07/2017 8:51 p.m., Mark Foster wrote:
>>     I believe that the fireground channels (generally simplex) are
>>     analogue.  At least i've not heard anything to suggest they're
>>     digital.
>>     I have used the new radios during training, they're very nice.
>>     The noise cancelling technology in the microphones is really
>>     impressive, but for someone who's been using radio for years it's
>>     counter-intuitive to start with (you need to talk directly into
>>     the mic, as opposed to 'across' it... if you talk across it, you
>>     won't be heard).
>>
>>     On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Radio Scanner
>>     <rs157950 at gmail.com <mailto:rs157950 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Bit of a shame Tait didn't get the contract, however you can
>>         almost bet these will be DMR channels and afaik there's only
>>         a couple of scanners and certain HT's capable of receiving
>>         these channels otherwise you are stuck with a PC for decoding.
>>
>>
>>         On 13/07/2017 11:43 p.m., Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>         http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1608/S00054/innovative-radio-technology-keeps-nz-firefighters-safe.htm
>>>
>>>         *From:*TheList [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
>>>         <mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz>] *On Behalf Of
>>>         *Radio Scanner
>>>         *Sent:* Thursday, 13 July 2017 6:51 PM
>>>         *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz <mailto:thelist at radiowiki.org.nz>
>>>         *Subject:* Re: [TheList] new Fire portable frequencies
>>>
>>>         Has the Fire Service setup a new set of channels that are
>>>         the same nationwide like Kiwirail have? (Im not sure on what
>>>         they currently have as its not really an area of interest)
>>>
>>>         On 12/07/2017 9:55 p.m., Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>             Thanks yes I had tried that and found that earlier.
>>>
>>>             *From:*TheList [mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz
>>>             <mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz>] *On Behalf Of
>>>             *Radio Scanner
>>>             *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 July 2017 9:49 PM
>>>             *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>>>             <mailto:thelist at radiowiki.org.nz>
>>>             *Subject:* Re: [TheList] new Fire portable frequencies
>>>
>>>             You can try RSM once they have finished doing the usual
>>>             Wednesday night upgrades..
>>>
>>>             On 12/07/2017 9:46 p.m., Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>                 I can’t seem to find these on the Wiki, are they
>>>                 somewhere please?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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