[FedCom] Re: FedCom Digest, Vol 22, Issue 6

[Dan Yemiola]

    2. 168.725 Usfs in NC (Dan Yemiola)
3. Re: 168.725 Usfs in NC (Greg Brazil)


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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:48:48 -0800
From: Greg Brazil 
Subject: Re: [FedCom] 168.725 Usfs in NC
To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications

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Why don't you ask them.
   
  I would, but I don't know who to call.
  Who sets up theIr communications systems?
   
  USFS people in the field don't have a clue as to how or why the system works the way it does. 
  They're all two knobbers: i.e. turn knob one to turn the radio on, and turn the other knob to pick the channel. That's all they know.

Dan Yemiola wrote:

> I am confused by the way 168.725 is being used by The Forest Service in Western NC.
> 
> Uwharrie NF general operations and Fire suppression use the 168.725 rptr on Buck Mountain in the Uwharrie NF, and The "Maintenance Base" for the USFS in Western NC is automatically repeated on the 168.725 Uwharrie rptr. 
> 
> Uwharrie NF and Pisgah NF Law Enforcement ( 5000 series units ) ONLY use the 168.725 Rptr on Clingmans Peak.
> This makes sense for Pisgah NF because the Rptr is there, but the nearest point in the Uwharris NF is over 75 air miles from Clingman's Peak. this means the LEOs are on the far fringe of the rptr that they are using.
> 
> Is there some reason why Uwharrie Law Enforcement units don't use the local repeater, but instead use a distant repeater on the same frequency?
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