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| Author: | kb7dqh [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
:shock: :shock: :shock: On the 155.295 now only hearing "white-noise" instead of "voice"... :!: :!: :!: :!: Yuck... Eric KB7DQH |
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| Author: | icom1020 [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
you could be correct. I'll set up a tone, NAC search to see whats up. I know they do a 9-10pm patient transfer out of Olympia most every night so I'll check it out |
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| Author: | Moose [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
Heard this very same "trunked" "brrrrrrraaaaaaappppp" white noise around 12:30- 1:00Pm ish today from Bellevue. Not noticing it now tonight. |
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| Author: | Kerwin [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
Also unusual coms on Med 1, 463.000 Mhz. Could be a VoIP patch of some sort? Mention of a new "139" frequency. Kerwin |
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| Author: | kb7dqh [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
Been pretty busy the last couple minutes... Eric KB7DQH |
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| Author: | Wilrobnson [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
I can't hear anything from them at my place...But I don't see anything in their FCC license indicating NB or digital transition....? |
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| Author: | Richard [ Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
Well the talkgroup 61808 MEDCOM 1 is active. Comm Center acknowledged Airlift 6 leaving HMC. Airlift 6 was inaudible...a slight digital voice..... |
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| Author: | Mark [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
I also heard what Kerwin heard. Strange conversation. |
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| Author: | safetysaurus [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
They have gone digital.... watch the pilot last night pull out a hand held device while on the ground and made contact w/ their base. |
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| Author: | Moose [ Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
has this been confirmed digital?> That would suck giant balls. |
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| Author: | Kerwin [ Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
The only digital authorization for Airlift Northwest that I could find was for a fixed base at Thun Field in Puyallup. Public Safety Pool, Conventional License - WPDX698 - AIRLIFT NORTHWEST HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Emission type 20K0F2D And as far as I know they might not have a TX there anymore since they moved their southern base to Olympia several years ago. It seems that they are also having major problems with the Medcom 1 channel not working properly and are resorting to other means of communications (cellphones?) As of 13:17, Radio Service is working on it. Kerwin |
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| Author: | safetysaurus [ Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
I'm just pulling your leg he was on his cell phone. My past encounter has been analog. |
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| Author: | Vizwar [ Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
Med-1 has had problems with intermod/paging systems getting into the repeater for ages. I hear it all the time on there. Their voice traffic is absolutely still analog though. They had a tech working on it the other day trying to clear up something else entirely. After they got it back up the pilot said "sounds just as good as before the move". (this was on Sat Nov 13th) 99% of their problems seem to come from Medic One doctor not knowing how to use a radio and thinking it's a full duplex telephone. The other 1% seems to come from flight nurses running into the Time Out Timer on their radios. If anyone knows someone over there tell them lengthen their time-out timers in the radio programming or teach the flight crew to let up on the PTT between sentences. At least 1 flight nurse has figured this out and she never drops out. |
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| Author: | kc6pqe [ Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
I just heard a pilot on Mecom 1 say "contact me on the new primary." Bummer! Anyone know what that is? Maybe the talkgroup previously mentioned in this thread? |
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| Author: | Vizwar [ Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is it me or has Airlift NW gone digital??????? |
kc6pqe wrote: I just heard a pilot on Mecom 1 say "contact me on the new primary." Bummer! Anyone know what that is? Maybe the talkgroup previously mentioned in this thread? "New primary", eh? :? "Primary" is their VHF dispatch channel. Medcom-1 is sometimes called Med-1. Not sure about any "new" primary. I would be very surprised if they went digital though because of the type of operation they are. A weak signal from the field is still usable by them in most cases whereas a weak digital signal is no signal at all. Anyone know who they have working on their system? Day Wireless recently lost some of their best talent. |
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