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FireService CH07
Posted: 22 Sep 2022, 19:29
by deadite66
Started hearing more DMR being used on this channel and what i've heard has been pretty weird, i'm sure its can't be local.
anyone else heard it and has any ideas?
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 30 Sep 2022, 13:19
by AdrianNR30
Heard this too. Last couple of evenings (Wed/Thu 28/29 Sep) it seems to have been used for an exercise I believe from what I heard at/near Great Yarmouth rail station. The talkgroup & colour code matched the fire service national allocation for channel 7 (Service allocated). I was only getting one sided conversations, what I was getting was coming in fairly strong so I assume that side was coming from some sort of higher powered control unit and I was not receiving the handset replies. As an aside I often hear some sort of comms on 449.3125 re movement of rolling stock, I assume from the sidings at Great Yarmouth, Thursday they complained they couldn't do a movement as there was a fire engine in the way!
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 30 Sep 2022, 13:34
by Metradio
AdrianNR30 wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 13:19
......... I was only getting one sided conversations, what I was getting was coming in fairly strong so I assume that side was coming from some sort of higher powered control unit and I was not receiving the handset replies......
Fire Appliance radio switched into mobile repeater mode, Control Room communications repeated out to on scene handhelds...
Mike
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 01 Oct 2022, 09:20
by deadite66
AdrianNR30 wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 13:19
Heard this too. Last couple of evenings (Wed/Thu 28/29 Sep) it seems to have been used for an exercise I believe from what I heard at/near Great Yarmouth rail station. The talkgroup & colour code matched the fire service national allocation for channel 7 (Service allocated). I was only getting one sided conversations, what I was getting was coming in fairly strong so I assume that side was coming from some sort of higher powered control unit and I was not receiving the handset replies. As an aside I often hear some sort of comms on 449.3125 re movement of rolling stock, I assume from the sidings at Great Yarmouth, Thursday they complained they couldn't do a movement as there was a fire engine in the way!
it does make more sense its part of a training exercise someone at work suggested the same, one of the things i heard would have been national news if it was real.
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 02 Apr 2023, 07:02
by deadite66
Started Hearing DMR being used the last few days on this channel, showing a great yarmouth id.
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 04 May 2023, 15:29
by AdrianNR30
From what I have been able to monitor Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service (in Great Yarmouth anyway) are primarily using analogue still, only noted DMR active when incidents involve the attendance of cross border (i.e. Suffolk) appliances.
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 08 May 2023, 07:16
by paulears
Suffolk have some tech savvy firefighters who own some very nice digital radios that might possibly be doing multiple jobs. VHF and UHF capable, and DMR too. If you owned your own radio that could access two separate work radio networks, would you? I think I would
Re: FireService CH07
Posted: 17 Mar 2024, 08:14
by paulears
Suffolk are reverting to analogue for their fireground radios. They’ve found the difficulties of lots of people working close where the delayed echos feedback outweighing the benefits. Simply didn't work for them.