I decided to put the feeds back online, after reappropriating my netbook to the task. You’re welcome. I’m still working with audio levels. As of 3:50 PM ET the audio level on the Jefferson feed is too high and the audio level on the Brooke-Hancock feed is too low. Will work on levels throughout the day. The feed computer is in a remote location so I actually have to do some legwork.
Keep in mind, that’s another $200 that went to bring the feeds back online. No, I’m not looking for money. I just want the listeners to realize that it does consume personal, computer and financial resources to provide feeds.
The feeds are still down. To be honest, they could have been back up the same day if I really wanted to deal with the pain in the ass computer. Now I have a replacement motherboard, and I had the computer back up and running the same day it went down in a crippled state. The motherboard was partially fried and I could only run with one stick of memory.
The ideal location for the feed is not the same place where I work on the computer. Had I put the feed back up while waiting for a new motherboard, it would have been a lower quality feed (at least for Brooke and Hancock).
The bigger picture though… fatigue. I have other things I like to do besides babysitting computers to make sure people who never visit my site or never give a word of thanks can enjoy the feeds. That really sucks. Plus, I’ve gotten back into another hobby that is very dear to me, that being Amateur Radio. It is now taking a much higher precedence than scanner listening.
I have the motherboard for the feed machine. I just haven’t found the time or ambition to replace it to restore the computer back to its previous state. And, I find myself wanting to dedicate that computer to my amateur radio hobby rather than to feeding scanners.
So for now, I must admit I’m considering leaving my feeds down permanently. Nothing is final. If I do decide to take down the feeds permanently I’ll be sure and post here.
My advice: go buy a 10 dollar piece of garbage basic scanner capable of trunking a simple Motorola system. It takes very little money to monitor the Jefferson Co activity, and it takes even less to monitor Brooke/Hancock.
After power came back online, my feed computer didn’t start up. I’ve got some fried motherboard components. The computer is in a state of disrepair right now. I have a new motherboard ordered. It should be back online by next week.
The Jefferson Co Ohio and Hancock Co / Brooke Co WV scanner feeds will be down Thursday, 4-29-2010 during daylight hours while AEP replaces a transformer in the subdivision.
463.250 PL 162.2 IDing as “KF8YF repeater, PL 162.2″
I think this guy is a tech at a radio shop over in Hancock Co. That doesn’t explain why he’s got a repeater IDing with a ham call on a business frequency. Good grief.
This transmitter is so strong from my location that it can be heard without an antenna on the handheld and is full scale even with the attenuator turned on.
Aerial Solutions – contractor for AEP
AEP is doing their spring aerial trimming, contracting out to a company called Aerial Solutions.
151.505 is the frequency that is in use for this tree trimming. They have been very active in the area this week. If you’ve got nothing to do, give them a listen.
NOTE: 151.505 is often used by Air Evac Lifeteam dispatch. I haven’t heard them the past few days while the tree trimmers were in the area, so perhaps Air Evac has halted using that frequency while the trimmers are in the area since they do have other frequencies licensed in the area.
152.03 PL 107.2 – simulcast of Hancock Co SO WV on 155.64
152.12 / 158.58 PL 74.4 – unknown business in Jefferscon Co OH or Northern WV panhandle
152.15 / xxx.xxxx – unknown business in Jefferson Co OH or Northern WV panhandle – unknown input
152.21 PL 91.5 – simulcast of Marshall Co WV Fire Dispatch on 154.385
154.145 / 158.49 PL 107.2 – Weirton / Hancock Fire – 158.49 is the input to this repeater
158.61 / xxx.xxx PL 146.2 – trash hauler – Northern WV panhandle – unknown input
Notice that these are all old paging / RCC mobile phone frequencies and are likely paired up.
If you live in Columbiana, Jefferson, Belmont or Monroe Co in Ohio or in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall or Wetzel Co in WV, you might want to listen for non-paging activity on the following frequencies:
FA 152.03 / 158.49........ FJ 152.57 / 157.83
FB 152.06 / 158.52........ FK 152.60 / 157.86
FC 152.09 / 158.55........ FL 152.63 / 157.89
FD 152.12 / 158.58........ FM 152.66 / 157.92
FE 152.15 / 158.61........ FN 152.69 / 157.95
FF 152.18 / 158.64........ FO 152.72 / 157.98
FG 152.21 / 158.67........ FP 152.75 / 158.01
FH 152.51 / 157.77........ FQ 152.78 / 158.04
FI 152.54 / 157.80........ FR 152.81 / 158.07
Buckeye Local School District – buses
464.125 / 469.125 repeater – 71.9 PL ( WNWW982 )
Heard bus 30 and 33 talking this evening.
“just pulled out of cottage lane – be there in a few”
“northwest elementary”
“37 to 30″
This is definitely Buckeye Local buses
Submitted to RR 3-2-2010
Toronto DPW – snow plows
464.400 DPL 245 – simplex
Hearing Toronto street department plowing Trenton, Loretta, Market, Titanium Way and a few others. Weak from my location and appears to be simplex.
Based upon some info I’ve been given in the past, various radios in Toronto are programmed with various different simplex frequencies to allow communications off of the trunked system – such as for working special events, fire TAC, etc.
At any rate, I have no clue if this is an often-used frequency that i just came across, or if it’s just being used now by plows.
Program it in and listen.
Smithfield Twp DPW (Jefferson Co, OH)
464.125 / 469.125 repeater – 103.5 PL ( WNWW982 )
Caught them in January plowing at the junction of Twp 138 and SR-151 – see map. This could be Wayne Twp but I believe it’s Smithfield Twp.
Submitted to RR on 1-8-2010
