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.
Various Brooke Co Schools frequencies. All are repeaters with the inputs being 5 Mhz higher at 459.xxx Mhz.
454.550 PL 107.2 Brooke Co Schools Ch.1 (repeater, input 459.550)
454.400 PL 123.0 Brooke Co Schools Ch.3 (repeater, input 459.400)
Discovered in early March 2009. Staff themselves called those Channel 1 and Channel 3. Channel 1 is predominantly used by IT staff.
461.925 PL 141.3 Brooke Co Schools – buses (repeater, input 466.925)
Discovered in early 2010.
454.05 PL 107.2 Brooke Co Schools – unsure of usage
This is another repeater, input 459.05. This frequency is shared with the Chester area Lauttamus LTR system. On here i heard mention of Johnson / Steele / talking about Follansbee Middle School and looking for the bust of some president that was used during a Gettysburg Address presentation.
Given that Ch.1 and Ch.3 are already accounted for, my guess is that this is not designated as Ch.1 or Ch.3 in their radios.
Frequencies added to RRDB around the times they were first discovered.
Previous update 2-25-2010
Previous update 2-1-2010
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.
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
Those of you living in or monitoring Brooke Co might want to listen to this interesting conversation. This was heard on TG 155 of the Ohio Co P25 trunked system. For those of you that do not know, TG 155 on the OC system is Brooke Co EMA.
I won’t translate this into my own words since that may be construed as divulging information. Instead, you can listen for yourself.
NOTE: When you click on the link below, there wait 5 to 7 seconds and you’ll start hearing the pertinent traffic.
EMA1-TO-703
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Concerns about noise, flight paths and even aesthetics filled the Wetzel County Hospital conference room Monday evening during a public meeting about the possibility of Air Evac EMS Inc. relocating from Ohio County to that facility.
The medical helicopter outfit has been stationed at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport since June 2008. Company officials said the decision to leave that base stems from overcrowding of the market. They claim too many medical helicopter services are operating in the area for its relatively low population density.
Read the full article here: http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/528761.html
Air Evac Lifeteam – air medevac
151.505 / 158.400 repeater – 115 DPL ( WPYR891 )
151.6025 / 159.9375 repeater – 115 DPL – ( WQJQ331 )
159.9375 simplex – 065 DPL ( WQJQ331 )
Dispatch and operations can be heard on all of the frequencies above.
Air Evac Lifeteam has a presence in Ohio and West Virginia, including a base in Wheeling / New Martinsville and one in East Liverpool.
