CantonRep.com staff report
Posted Apr 09, 2010 @ 09:11 PM
The state Office of Information Technology is on the verge of constructing a communications tower in the Alliance area that will serve public safety agencies plus help bring Internet services to Columbiana County’s Knox Township.
The tower will be built on the Knox Township Hall property at 2895 Knox School Rd. The tower will be operated by Multi-Agency Radio Communication System, a state radio and data network providing wireless communication services to subscribers throughout Ohio.
Read the full article here: http://www.cantonrep.com/stark/nestark/x998215801/New-communications-tower-to-enhance-wireless-service
unknown agency – believed to be in Mahoning Co / Youngstown area
158.1975 PL 94.8 – narrowband repeater (unknown input, not FCC licensed)
Heard them talk about YPD going on a call to Brandywine Plaza. They reference themselves as “2″, “4″, “7″. Heard them once say “they’re coming towards you.”
Unsure what agency. Sounds like surveillance of some sort.
Beloit FD
151.1825 / 159.0675 repeater – ( KFI652 )
Heard ~ 11 PM 4-19-09 on input, 159.0675, strong pl 206.5. Heard output too weak to copy PL tone. So unsure of tone on the output.
Submitted to RR on 4-19-2009
The busy-bee buzz of additional workers will soon descend upon the Lisbon post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. But at the Canfield post, the sounds of chirping crickets may be the only audible noise outside of regular business hours.
Starting Aug. 25, highway patrol dispatching operations will be eliminated in Canfield and doubled in Lisbon, part of a statewide dispatching consolidation, said Lt. Michael Orosz, the Lisbon Post Commander.
Read the full article here: http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/504443.html
SALEM – Salem went on line providing fire and Emergency Medical Service dispatching for the village of Beloit at 3:34 p.m. Wednesday.
Last week, city council approved a measure to provide dispatching to Beloit which is located in southern Mahoning County, about nine miles west of Salem.
Later the same day, the six-member Beloit village council passed its own agreement.
Read the full article here: http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/504037.html