Radios Tests 2 3 Nov 2007 - I have combined all of the sme2 info with the scancapecod.us info.
The wiki at www.scancapecod.us has a good list of daily and weekly radio tests. <http://www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php/Radio_Tests> ------------------------------------ All tests are daily unless otherwise noted. "Rollcall" means that all mobiles and all portables are tested, unless otherwise noted 11 Oct 2007 - anything with a question mark (?) next to it is questionable ----------------------------------------- Agency - date - time - type of test - frequency - date monitored or reported (approximate) Abington FD - ? Acton FD - 453.175R - daily rollcall - 8AM - Oct 2007 Acton FD - 453.175R - weekly box tone test - Sunday - 6PM - Jan 2009 Acton FD - 46.50 - weekly mobile radio test - heard Tuesday 8AM 10 Feb 2009 Acushnet - ? Agawam FD - 1800 weekdays - [10 Nov 2007 - 9AM Saturday - rollcall - heard via Internet feed] Amherst FD - 7AM evac tone - 1820 pagers Andover FD - 830AM rollcall Arlington FD - 460.60R - 8AM daily rollcall - 6PM daily station ID - 630AM daily 1 beep - 12 noon daily 1 beep (with Center Station horn) Arlington PD - 5 AM - ?daily - rollcall of patrol cars - 471.1625R - 12 Oct 2007 Ashby FD + EMS - 6PM nightly - 155.715 - pager test and duty EMT portables - (Jan 2009 - 453.475 also) Ashland FD - 8AM - 484.3875 Attleboro FD - (154.385R - heard via scanner feed) - rollcall - 8AM Sunday - 2007 & 3 Feb 2008 - 8AM Tuesday 5 Feb 2008 Auburn NH - 154.13 - weekly tone test by Derry - 6 PM Sunday - 04 Nov 2007 & Jan 2009 Avon - ? Ayer FD - 470.425 - noon & 630PM tones ---------- BAPERN South - 470.9125R - Friday 10PM - rollcall - May 1 2007 BAPERN - 470.7875R - Monday mornings 930AM - summer of 2007 BAPERN - 470.7875R - Central Area / Boston area - 17 Dec 2007 Monday - 1030 AM - 3rd Monday of the month BAPERN 2 North - 470.4875R - 24 March 2007 - Saturday - check notebook for time - 20 Jan 2008 - per scancapecod, this test is run randomly by Hamilton PD BAPERN Central Tac random monthly test by Arlington PD 470.9875R 1110PM Tuesday 9 Dec 2008 ---------- Barnstable FD - ? Barnstable County FDs - TRS & 33.70 - 915AM Belknap County NH - Police Net - nights - on the hour - rollcall of all patrol units - 154.83 - Oct 2007 - they do a Station ID on the half hour also possibly Bellingham - ? Belmont FD - Mondays 6PM tone Belmont FD - Monday 6PM tone test weekly per scannew 4/09 Berkshire County Fire - 154.31 - 6PM - Sat noon siren tests Berwick ME FD - 6 Nov 2007 Tuesday 1809 pager test on 153.98 - maybe actually 6PM (with S Berwick FD test) Beverly EMA - 10 Nov 2007 - station ID 755AM Saturday - Ch 1 153.98 & Ch 2 153.875 Beverly FD - 482.4375R - 7AM station ID - daily mobile rollcall at 9AM - Saturdays includes portables - Oct 2007 - 530PM daily station ID and lineup - Oct 2007 Billerica FD - ? Bolton FD - 6PM pager test - 453.60R - 25 July 2007 - "home receiver test" - 2 Nov 2007 Boston FD - 9 AM & 7 PM - time and weather announcement - 483.1625R - tone on the hour (maybe) Boston Hospitals - 155.28 - rollcall - possibly daily - 20 Oct 2007 Sat 851AM - 15 Dec 2007 - Sat 0825AM - 20 Dec 2007 Thursday - 1527PM - 21 Jan 2008 Monday - 811 AM & 725 PM - 22 Jan 2008 Tuesday - 930AM Boston MedFlight - 9 AM - rollcall - 460.80R - Sunday - Feb 11 2007 - 715 AM rollcall Friday 12 Oct 2007 Bourne FD - 33.64 - pager test - ?6pM - ?July 2007 - 6PM heard via scanner feed - 21 Nov 2007 - ( 545 PM 4/22/09 ) Boxboro FD - 46.50 - daily - 830AM - tone and 1 mobile - Jan 2009 Boxford FD - 8AM pager test - 7PM also - 2007 - noon 2 pager tone sets, 153.845, possibly for the 2 station sirens - 11 Oct 2007) Braintree FD - 483.5125R - 830AM daily rollcall of all radios - 12 Oct 2007 Brewster FD - 6PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - 8 Dec 2008 Monday - 9 Dec 2008 Tuesday 6PM evening tone test - 11 Dec 2008 Thursday 6PM evening tone test Bridgewater - ? Brimfield FD - 615PM tones Bristol County Fire - 471.65 - Sundays and Weds 10AM Bristol County Police - 482.5125 - Fri 830AM Brockton FD - 154.31R - they do station IDs - maybe 8AM? - maybe just after box alarms Brookline FD - ? - possibly 930AM radio test in the 1970s and 80 and 90s Brookline NH FD - pager test daily 615PM - 153.785 33.64 151.475R - Sept 2007 Burlington - 3 Nov 2007 - Sat 8AM random mobiles & ports - ?1715 tone test (in the good ?old days?) - 23 Aug 2007 Thursday 805AM misc tests - 4/09 maybe sta ID 1715 daily Byfield FD - 8AM - 154.145 - heard Monday Aug 18 2008 Canton FD - 453.525 - 6PM tones (607PM ish Nov 07 reported) Carlisle FD - 33.66 - 6 PM nightly pager "tone" test - Oct 2007 Carver FD - ? Casco Maine FD - in 8/93 they did a pager test at 6PM on 154.415 Centerville Osterville FPD - 8 Dec 2008 Monday - 1743 PM weekly tone test - heard via scanner feed Central Falls RI FD - 805AM rollcall radio test - 5 Feb 2008 - 830AM tone test - 3 Feb 2008 & 5 Feb 2008 Chatham FD - weekly pager test - ? "UHF" - 1811 Monday 8 Dec 2008 - heard via scanner feed Chelmsford - 16 March 2008 - "weekly radio test" - Sunday 923AM - mobiles only ----------- Chelsea FD - 9AM daily & 7PM - rollcall - daily - just mobiles - 154.325R - Oct 2007 Chelsea FD - 9AM daily & 7PM - test with C2 on Tactical - 154.4375 - Oct 2007 Chelsea FD - 13 Dec 2008 Saturday 9AM - also tested - Reserve Command Car - Engine 4 - Ladder 3 - Special Ops ---------- Chicopee FD - 8AM rollcall all radios [11 Nov 2007] & 6PM Clinton FD - 8 AM pager test - ?daily - 154.31R - 09 Oct 2007)(Sat morning tested "Engine 3 Pump" approx 820AM 13 Oct 2007) Cohasset FD - Dec 15 2006 - Thursday 825AM 151.175R rollcall - 1 March 2007 Thursday 819 AM 151.175R rollcall (mobiles & 1 portable per rig) Cranston RI FD - 630 PM - 4/22/09 Cumberland Maine FD - heard via skip - 154.01 - 14 Aug 2008 - Thursday night at 6PM - "1800 tone test" Danvers FD - daily rollcall - 8 AM - Oct 2007 Dartmouth - ? DCR Control - 7 AM - dispatcher signs on - 151.145 151.235 151.31 151.37 151.415 - 15 Oct 2007 Monday - might not sign on in winter Dedham FD - 845 AM rollcall Dennis FD - 6PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - also heard via scanner feed 9 Dec 2008 Tuesday 6PM Devens FD - ? Dighton - pager test at 615PM nightly - 20 Jan 2008 Sunday - heard via Fall River scanner feed - also heard 24 Jan 2008 District 1 Fire Mutual Aid - Barnstable County - daily 9AM - 33.70 & TG District 2 Fire Mutual Aid - Plymouth County - daily ? 9AM - ? 33.90 & ? 483.475R District 3 Fire Mutual Aid - Bristol County - weekly - 471.65R - (Sunday & Weds at 10 AM per wiki 4/09) District 4 Fire Mutual Aid - Norfolk County - daily 9AM - 482.275R & 154.295 District 5 Fire Mutual Aid - southern Essex County - daily - 154.07R District 6 Fire Mutual Aid - northern Middlesex County - daily 930AM - 460.0375R District 7 Fire Mutual Aid - southern Worcester County - Saturday 1130 AM test - 33.62 & 460.6375 at Southbridge & 453.1375 at Northbridge District 8 Fire Mutual Aid - northern Worcester County - daily 9AM - 453.75R & 33.70 & 31.10R District 9 Fire Mutual Aid - Franklin County - 33.54 - Monday night tone tests 7PM IIRC District 10 Fire Mutual Aid - Hampshire County - 154.37 PL127.3 - Monday night ? 630PM tone tests District 11 Fire Mutual Aid - Hampden County - 154.28 - 33.52 - ?? District 12 Fire Mutual Aid - Berkshire County - 154.31 - Monday night tone tests? District 13 Fire Mutual Aid - MetroFire - Boston Metro Area - 483.2875R PL131.8 - daily 10AM District 14 Fire Mutual Aid - southern Middlesex County - 830AM daily - 33.98 & 46.36 & 471.05R at Hopkinton & 453.3875R at Concord Dover FD - ?615PM ?33.50 - (20 Jan 2009 545 PM evening tone test 483.05R) Dracut FD - 8AM tone Dudley FD - 545 PM - 154.34 - ( 5 45 PM 4/22/09 ) Dukes County - shortly before 6PM - per sme2 26 Nov 2008 - announcement for Tisbury FD heard at 606PM on 8 Dec 2008 via scanner feed - 605PM 9 Dec 2008 Tuesday tone sets for radio class (approx 4 island emt tone sets)(approx 5 FD tone sets) Dunstable FD - 33.66? - 645 PM tones Duxbury FD - 8 AM & 6PM tones - (the 8AM test was heard Sept 2004 & 24 Sept 2008 - three quick 2 tone sets (maybe 1 sec plus 1 sec) - and OKs by Sta 1 and Sta 2) East Bridewater - ? East Kingston NH FD - 154.19 by Rock County - 7PM - 7 July 2008 Monday - first Monday of the month Eastham - ? Easton - FD radio test 615PM daily per note in my Pocket Guide Essex FD - 155.82 - 7PM ID + tone test (Jan 2009) Essex County - north county rollcall - heard 945AM 28 Sept 2008 Essex County - South County rollcall - 615PM daily - 154.07R - 01 Nov 2007 Everett FD - 154.31R - 815AM daily rollcall - Oct 2007 - 6 PM station ID - Oct 2007 - daily beep at noon - 11 Oct 2007 - on Tuesday 30 Sept 2008 at 815AM they tested the mobiles and the officer's portables - on Saturday 27 Sept 2008 they tested all of the portables Fall River FD - 825 AM rollcall Saturday - Aug 2007 - mobiles & ?just officer portables - 5 Feb 2008 - Tuesday - 830AM radio rollcall test heard via Net feed Falmouth FD - 1801 tone test, heard via scanner feed, 08 Dec 2008 Monday - 1800 tone test heard 11 Dec 2008 Thursday Fitchburg FD - 154.25 - 8 AM daily test with outside stations - 805 AM daily test with all radios - 12 Oct 2007 - 6 PM test with outside stations (Cleghorn E2 + XX Hwy E1) - 5 July 2008 Saturday Foxboro FD - 484.6625R - pager test - 8 AM - number of medics on duty - Sat 13 Oct 2007)(16 Oct 2007 acknowledged by Mansfield FD Framingham FD - 483.7625 - 8AM & 615 PM - 13 Oct 2008 - per the sme2 list - mobiles are tested at 8AM and 6PM - portables are tested at 815AM and 615PM Franklin County FDs - 7PM ish - Monday pager tests - 12 Nov 2007 Freetown - ? Gardner FD - 154.13 - ?daily rollcall at 825AM? - Sept 2007 - 05 Nov 2007 Monday 825AM - mobiles & portables rollcall heard via scanner feed Georgetown - 850AM daily & ?9PM - 154.01 - pager test - 10 Oct 2007 Gloucester FD - 8AM & 6PM daily - 3 beeps, Station ID, and tide report - 154.16 - Oct 2007 Goffstown NH FD / EMS - 158.88 - 6PM daily pager test - Oct 2007 Gorham Maine FD - 154.40 - 6PM pager test - ?1990s Grafton FD - 6PM - pager test - Sept 2007 - (550 PM - 4/22/09) Greenville NH FD - 33.74 - pager test - 6PM - Sept 2007 Groton FD - pager test - 6PM nightly - 2007 Groton (& Dunstable) EMS - 6 PM - 154.055 - pager test daily "evening radio test" Groveland FD - 154.875R approx - daily pager test at 850AM - Oct 2007 Halifax FD - 6 PM Hamilton - 155.94R - pager test - daily - 8AM & 8PM - 09 Oct 2007 Hampshire County FDs by Northampton Control - Monday 630PM - tone tests - heard via scanner feed 12 Nov 2007 Hampton NH - 154.145 - 9 Oct 2007 Tuesday 6PM - pager test for Hampton and Hampton Falls - 5 July 2008 Saturday - same Hanover FD - 484.40 - 630PM tones Hanscom AFB FD - daily rollcall 8AM 166.225R P25 Harpswell Maine FD - 8PM pager test - 154.19 - heard 5/27/1990 Harvard Amb Squad - 159.09 - 1830 (630 PM) monitor test daily - 1 Nov 2007 - 20 Nov 2008 Harvard FD - 33.10 - daily tone test at noon - Sept 2008 Harwich - ? Haverhill FD - Sundays 8AM rollcall - Oct 2007 - daily 8AM station ID Hingham FD - pager test 154.265 - Sunday 930AM - approx July 2007 Holbrook - 453.15 - 615 PM Holden - 615 PM - 4/22/09 Holland FD - 33.46 - 615 PM tones Hollis NH FD - 615 PM daily radio [pager] test 153.785 33.64 151.475R - Sept 2007 - [random mobile tests 13 Oct 2007 Sat 945 AM] Holliston FD - 470.475 - 12 noon & 7 PM tone Holyoke FD - 7 PM weeknights Hopkinton FD - 460.0875 - noon Hudson FD - via scanner feed - 815 AM - rollcall mobiles and officer portables - 16 Nov 2007 Hudson NH FD - 155.955 - 8 AM station ID - July 17 2007 - Sat 13 Oct 2007 Hull FD - Monday 830 AM - 159.12R - Sept 2007 - rollcall all mobiles and ?officers portables Hyannis FD - 641 PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - 11 Dec 2008 Thursday tone test multi tone sets 603 PM heard via scanner feed Johnston RI FD - 8 AM Radio rollcall test heard Tuesday 5 Feb 2008 Kingston FD - 615 PM tone Kingston NH FD - 154.19 pager test by Rock Co - 7 July 2008 Monday - first Monday of the month - 7 PM Lakeville - ? Lancaster FD - 9 AM monitor test - 1 tone 10 secs long - heard via scanner feed - 05 Nov 2007 Lawrence FD - 154.445R - daily rollcall 815 AM (& 615 PM) - Oct 2007 Leominster FD - Saturday 940 AM - full rollcall - all portables and all reserve units - 1 Nov 2008 Lewiston Maine FD - 153.95 - 704 AM - KCD577 daily monitor test - 5 July 2008 - heard via skip Lexington FD - 154.34R - 8 AM & 6 PM station ID)(?830 AM rollcall ?Mondays) Lincoln FD - 154.145 - Sat 9 AM - misc units - ?July 2007 - 9 AM station ID daily - 8 Oct 2007 Littleton FD - ?615 PM pager test - 153.815 Lowell FD - 9AM rollcall of portable radios Lyndeboro NH FD - 154.43 - 6 PM Sunday - "testing monitors off Temple" - 04 Nov 2007 Lynn Parking - 453.05R - 830AM ish - all units test their radios - 15 Feb 2009 ish Lynn FD - ???? Lynnfield FD - used to daily tone tests at 8AM noon 7PM - 11 Oct 2007 Thursday - 46.06 - noon - 2 pager tone sets possibly for the 2 station sirens or airhorns ------------------------------------- 02 Nov 2007 - added -Wakefield FD - Merrimack NH - Essex County south - Princeton FD - Harvard EMS - updated - Groton EMS - Mason NH 03 Nov 2007 - merged sme2 list and scancapecod list 05 Nov 2007 - Lancaster FD - Gardner FD update 06 Nov 2007 - Revere - Burlington - York ME - North Andover - Berwick ME 09 Nov 2007 - Wellesley - Meadowood Dive Team - NH Tollroads - Beverly EMA - Agawam FD 11 nov 2007 - Ware FD - Chicopee FD - Springfield FD 16 Nov 2007 - Franklin County - Hampshire County - Tufts University EMS - Hudson FD 21 Nov 2007 - added Cape FDs 11 Dec 2007 - Wkfld FD 9PM beep - MSP info 17 Dec 2007 - I deleted the text that said that I confirmed or monitored all of the tests - that was incorrect - however, I can confirm many of these entries - either by over the air scanning or listening via the Internet - some, like Amherst and Hanover I think I got from the Wiki 17 Dec 2007 - added BAPERN Central - added to Boston Hospitals test 21 Dec 2007 - afternoon Boston Hospitals test 05 Jan 2008 - misc updates - Hudson - Marlboro - MetroFire - USCG - Townsend - Gardner 16 Jan 2008 - Methuen FD 20 Jan 2008 - Tiverton RI - Warren RI - Dighton - BAPERN North 24 Jan 2008 - Wayne Alarm - Boston Hospitals - Milford 3 Feb 2008 - split file into 2 segments 3 Feb 2008 - Central Falls RI 16 March 2008 - Chelmsford 7 July 2008 - Hampton NH - Lewiston Maine - Fitchburg 6PM - East Kingston NH - Kingston NH 11 Aug 2008 - Easton FD 17 Aug 2008 - Byfield FD - District Fire Mutual Aid 28 Sept 2008 - Essex County south fire - Harvard FD - Duxbury FD 1 Oct 2008 - Everett 13 Oct 2008 - Framingham 2 Nov 2008 - Leominster 20 Nov 2008 - added time for Harvard Amb 26 Nov 2008 - Dukes County 8 Dec 2008 - Chatham FD - Brewster FD - Falmouth FD - Centerville Osterville FD 16 Dec 2008 - Chelsea 23 Jan 2009 - Acton box tone - Dover FD 15 Feb 2009 - Acton 46.50 test - Lynn Parking 10 April 2009 - Belmont FD weekly - Dist 3 Fire twice weekly 24 April 2009 - Grafton - Bourne - Dudley - Holden - Cranston RI --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. 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