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Re: Streaming DFES scanner audio

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Just letting you know that there is a constant kerchunking noise on the Southwest Area Fire and Emergency Services feed
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Buddy4562 wrote: Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:18 am Just letting you know that there is a constant kerchunking noise on the Southwest Area Fire and Emergency Services feed
Thanks. It's the usual problem of the Ambos doing (whatever?) using digital on the ES-A channel. I'll lock out the channel when I get home.

Speaking of this stream, Over the next few days this stream's UHF and VHF high-band antennas will be taken down so I can do roof maintenance. VHF mid-band won't be affected. I'll post again when the antennas are back.
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Re: Streaming DFES scanner audio

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Ok. So will we not be able to hear ESA channel after this has occurred because I usually use this feed to listen to ESA 171?
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Buddy4562 wrote: Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:19 am Ok. So will we not be able to hear ESA channel after this has occurred because I usually use this feed to listen to ESA 171?
ESA is a St John Ambulance frequency and it appears as though it's not dedicated to ESA use in the metro area. SJA use it for other purposes using digital modulation - which causes the noise on the stream.
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Thanks to eBay, The VHF high band radio is now a Tait TM8200. This increases the number of channels I can scan on that band from 24 to 50.
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Re: Streaming DFES scanner audio

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vk6hgr wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:54 pm Thanks to eBay, The VHF high band radio is now a Tait TM8200. This increases the number of channels I can scan on that band from 24 to 50.
How do you program those radios to the WAERN Channels?
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Buddy4562 wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:40 am How do you program those radios to the WAERN Channels?
The standard way, using the programming software.
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Some updated photos. This is the ugly duckling Philips PRM8030 main 6AR stream radio:

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And the 4 radios that are on the second stream:

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The second fireground stream is now in summer mode, which means the 6AR/IP command channel is no longer on that stream.
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Offline not sure if it had anything with audio issues from the other night
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Thanks. Stream computer had crashed. It's back now.
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Southwest Area Fire and Emergency Services is offline if you're not already aware
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Cool. Thanks. Seemed to be a server fault on Broadcastify's end. Working now :)
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Re: Streaming DFES scanner audio

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Broadcastify having server issues just of late :oops:
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Diceman wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:03 pm Broadcastify having server issues just of late :oops:
Don't forget, I mirror the stream at higher quality on my own servers with a different URL. See the page at

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5454
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