[TheList] Fire UHF incident ground communications

Radio Scanner rs157950 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 23 19:40:09 AEDT 2017


Definitely. Been told some areas in the country are never going P25 due 
to the cost. Comms also likes most traffic stops to be completed on the 
plod's phone now as it would appear resources are constantly getting 
stretched - good example is the ever increasing amount of domestic 
violence callout's which are often just people who don't know how to 
adult...

On 23/11/2017 9:05 p.m., DogSecurity - Richard wrote:
> Like CTCSS, SDR is probably a bit overwhelming for some scanner users, 
> if they can use it, then they're smart enough enough to find tx 
> frequencies etc.
>
> RadioScanner - After coming up 4 years in the industry, I definitely 
> agree security through obscurity isn't going to work. It just weeds 
> out the ones without knowledge. Much like car alarms don't stop the 
> car getting stolen, just stops opportunist thieves.
> Also the cost of going P25 (and probably encrypted is astronomical for 
> the police (and therefore also fire)) Nationwide makes it a pipe 
> dream. Some of the sites are solar only, I've heard, and P25 is power 
> hungry. So we're pretty safe for now :D
>
> ----------------------
> Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity, punctuation and 
> spelling.
>
> On 23 November 2017 7:57:23 PM NZDT, Mike Bailey <tahiini at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     ...or about two minutes with SDR#. CTCSS is a solution to spurious
>     signals from other sites or countries, not to intruders.
>
>     On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 at 19:48 DogSecurity - Richard
>     <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz <mailto:richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>         I partly agree, for most people with scanners, in my
>         experience haven't even heard of CTCSS, so as long as it's not
>         published on say RadioWiki and the likes, would prevent most
>         people doing that.
>
>         Those that know about CTCSS obviously would likely be able to
>         work out what tone is in use, and therefore probably be able
>         to also work out the transmit frequency with a lot of patience :)
>
>         ----------------------
>         Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity,
>         punctuation and spelling.
>
>         On 23 November 2017 7:35:31 PM NZDT, Radio Scanner
>         <rs157950 at gmail.com <mailto:rs157950 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Definitely poor design. CTCSS tones would obviously help
>             with spurious signals triggering the repeater but it
>             wouldnt stop dickheads with a Baofeng for long at all.
>             Atleast the radio can still be used at the same time its
>             being mucked with.
>
>             On 23/11/2017 1:03 p.m., Brendan Sheehy wrote:
>>             We use to get it bad down south untill tx frequency was
>>             changed on one of the vtg channels.
>>
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>>             DogSecurity - Richard <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>
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>>             *Subject:* Re: [TheList] Fire UHF incident ground
>>             communications
>>             Just on the skip issue you mentioned.. The problem with
>>             the skip/ducting on ESA (I'd put money on that being the
>>             offender, rather than UHF) is that the police (and fire
>>             as they're in bed together) don't use CTCSS tones, so the
>>             repeater receiver naturally opens up to everything.
>>
>>             Unfortunately that's poor initial design on Police part,
>>             to add tones after the fact basically can't happen
>>             logistically... every RT and repeater needs to be
>>             reprogrammed at the same time to avoid downtime. Doing it
>>             could be done slowly, add the tones to RT TX first, then
>>             add the tone to the RX of the repeater. Obviously you'd
>>             have to see if there's a tone on the Aussie TX and not
>>             reuse that here (that'd really be RSMs domain) Would also
>>             help with that clown down Levin ways with his crappy
>>             Baofeng or whatever ham radio that he shouldn't have,
>>             transmitting on the police channels.
>>
>>             Over the last few years it seems to be less of an issue
>>             on Ham1/Waikato Rural at least as more Aussie emergency
>>             services are going UHF/digital etc. But also remember
>>             76megs is more susceptible to noise than VHF/UHF
>>             frequencies. Also helping the fact of people moving away
>>             from ESA/A-band is Tait is the only manufacturer making
>>             that equipment anymore.
>>
>>             Richard
>>             ----------------------
>>             Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity,
>>             punctuation and spelling.
>>
>>             On 23 November 2017 10:33:16 AM NZDT, Shane Vickers
>>             <senavick2 at gmail.com> <mailto:senavick2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>                 ESC band in this topic,  The original poster
>>                 mentioned Area 22. Can I confirm where this is?  No
>>                 point getting excited if they are rolling out in
>>                 Wellington!
>>                 Auckland is using F Band high to assist with skip
>>                 issues from Aussie many moons ago..
>>
>>                 I am assuming Auckland is Area 22 as they have UHF
>>                 systems in play..   I am could be so wrong.....
>>
>>                 On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Mike Bailey
>>                 <tahiini at gmail.com <mailto:tahiini at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                     My apologies - no regular operational channels.
>>                     Yes some HF and airband stuff is listed, but good
>>                     on ya if you've heard anything operational on
>>                     it... ever.
>>
>>                     On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 at 09:36 Chris H
>>                     <radiowiki at archnetnz.com
>>                     <mailto:radiowiki at archnetnz.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                         When you say no police frequencies at all I
>>                         beg to differ on that statement:
>>
>>                         Here is just one search I did for Police -
>>                         like page 2 of 5 or something.
>>
>>                         Previous 	Next
>>
>>                         Licence ID Descending 	Licence No
>>                         Descending 	Licensee Descending 	Channel
>>                         Descending 	Ref.Freq. (MHz) Descending
>>                         Location Descending 	Grid Reference
>>                         Descending 	Licence Type Descending 	Status
>>                         19203 	96116 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	TAURANGA POLICE STATION 	BD37
>>                         795250 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         23895 	97565 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	MT CARGILL 	CE17 101239 	Aero
>>                         Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         23895 	97565 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	MT CARGILL 	CE17 101239 	Aero
>>                         Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         24086 	125062 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	SUGARLOAF 	BX24 717721 	Aero Base
>>                         (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         28430 	92397 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	NEW PLYMOUTH POLICE STATION 	BH29
>>                         927760 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         28430 	92397 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX5
>>                         118.100000 	NEW PLYMOUTH POLICE STATION 	BH29
>>                         927760 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         28430 	92397 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	NEW PLYMOUTH POLICE STATION 	BH29
>>                         927760 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         28430 	92397 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX41
>>                         119.000000 	NEW PLYMOUTH POLICE STATION 	BH29
>>                         927760 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         29066 	92399 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	STRATFORD POLICE STATION 	BJ30
>>                         105448 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         29066 	92399 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	STRATFORD POLICE STATION 	BJ30
>>                         105448 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         29066 	92399 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX5
>>                         118.100000 	STRATFORD POLICE STATION 	BJ30
>>                         105448 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         29066 	92399 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX41
>>                         119.000000 	STRATFORD POLICE STATION 	BJ30
>>                         105448 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         30121 	126153 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	MAUNU MT 	AX30 113444 	Aero Base
>>                         (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         30121 	126153 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	MAUNU MT 	AX30 113444 	Aero Base
>>                         (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         31640 	92401 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	HAWERA POLICE STATION 	BK30
>>                         103172 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         31640 	92401 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX45
>>                         119.100000 	HAWERA POLICE STATION 	BK30
>>                         103172 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         31640 	92401 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX5
>>                         118.100000 	HAWERA POLICE STATION 	BK30
>>                         103172 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         31640 	92401 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ACX41
>>                         119.000000 	HAWERA POLICE STATION 	BK30
>>                         103172 	Aero Base (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         32224 	135095 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	PAPAROA 	BT19 636042 	Aero Base
>>                         (Off Route) 	Current
>>                         32311 	97621 	NEW ZEALAND POLICE 	ARX52
>>                         131.300000 	AUCKLAND 	BA32 569204 	Aero Base
>>                         (Off Route) 	Current
>>
>>                         Previous 	Next
>>
>>                         On 23/11/2017 09:07 AM, Mike Bailey wrote:
>>
>>>                         RSM work in mysterious ways. You'll notice
>>>                         they don't list any Police frequencies at
>>>                         all. I wonder if this falls under the same
>>>                         sort of category - that its RSM approved
>>>                         (lets face it, Fire wouldn't go rogue on
>>>                         frequencies), and its just not published for
>>>                         privacy and security of communications?
>>>
>>>                         On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 at 08:57 Grant Carroll
>>>                         <grant.carroll at xtra.co.nz
>>>                         <mailto:grant.carroll at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                             Hi all,
>>>
>>>                             I'm a bit confused as well.!
>>>
>>>                             On the RSM website the frequencies
>>>                             assigned to Fire and Emergency New
>>>                             Zealand between 492.21875MHz and
>>>                             497.19375MHz are shown as "Land Mobile -
>>>                             mobile transmit" and the repeater
>>>                             frequencies don't start until
>>>                             498.800MHz. So how are the lower
>>>                             frequencies being used as "portable
>>>                             frequencies" for incident ground
>>>                             communications?
>>>
>>>                             Cheers.
>>>
>>>                             Grunter1.
>>>
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