Radios Tests 3 M-Z 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) Malden FD - 6 PM station ID 154.25R - 8 AM 1 beep - 830 AM rollcall all radios 154.25R and 153.83 - 9PM 1 beep Manchester By The Sea - 159.3375 - 620 PM tone Mansfield FD - pager test and station test - 8AM - 2007 - on Sat 29 March 2008 at 8AM I heard this "daily radio test" via a live scanner feed - both "North Main St" and "Plymouth Street" acknowledged Marlboro FD - Dec 2007 - 810AM (daily) - rollcall mobile radios and station radios - 46.42 & 800 Mhz - includes test with Berlin Fire on 800 - includes test with Hudson Fire & Southboro Fire on 46.42 Marshfield FD - ? Mashpee FD - 6PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - also heard via scanner feed Tuesday 9 Dec 2008 6PM "KCF574" Mason NH - 6PM - pager test - 33.74 - Sept 2007 - 6PM pager test heard on ~155.40, dispatcher heard but pager tones not heard - 1 Nov 2007 Massachusetts State Police - they seem to do a rollcall of troopers at 5AM - E4 units sign on around 7AM Maynard - ? Meadowood NH Dive Team - 7 Nov 2007 Wednesday - 6 PM - 154.43 - pager test 'off Temple (Mtn)" Medfield FD - 482.475 - &PM tones Medford FD - 8AM rollcall Medway FD - 482.625 - 610PM tones Melrose FD - daily rollcall all radios - 810 AM - 159.405R - 13 Oct 2007 - 1 beep at 8 AM - 24 June 2009 ---------- MEMA - possibly first day of month - VHF highband - 155.745R Mt Wachusetts & 155.095R Mt Greylock - rollcall of communities - Oct 2007 MEMA - 45.36 - station ID 630PM daily - 2007 - might be 6PM daily actually as heard May 19 2007 & Feb 2006 & 7 Nov 2007 MEMA - 142.35R - monthly tests - heard Thursday July 5 2007 (?time) & 8 Feb 2007 945AM MEMA or DCR - 151.145R - tests with Beverly Control and Metro Control? - ?2004 2005? - weekly - monthly? MEMA - 153.965R - Beverly EMA testing with region 1 - 7 July 2008 Monday 630PM - first Monday of the month - 155.955in ---------- Mendon FD - 6 PM pager test - 4/24/09 Merrimac FD - 158.955R - 530 PM daily pager test - Oct 2007 Merrimac NH FD - 153.98R - 7PM - FD and EMS pager test - 11 Oct 2007 Thursday - perhaps daily - perhaps on 155.235 also Methuen FD - 154.01R rollcall - 2007 - ?9AM Sat - ?9am daily - I heard rollcalls on June 19 2006 & 16 Dec 2005 - I thought they did a rollcall 9AM daily - 10 Feb 2007 Sat rollcall test heard at 910AM - 14 Jan 2008 - Monday 9AM complete rollcall (the 2nd Monday of the month) ---------- MetroFire - 483.2875R - daily 10 AM - rollcall of all communities and their availability) - (13 Oct 2007 test was at 945 AM) MetroFire - mobile tests - 13 Oct 2007 - 2nd Saturday - 1015 AM - Chelsea - Everett - Lynn - Revere - Saugus - Winthrop - 8 Nov 2008 - 2nd Saturday - 1110AM - Chelsea - Everett - ... - Malden - Melrose - Revere - Saugus - Winthrop MetroFire - mobile tests - 20 Oct 2007 - 3rd Saturday of the month - 1015 AM - Needham- Somerville - Waltham - Wellesley - etc MetroFire - Hazmat pager test - possibly once a month - possibly on a Wednesday after the 10AM rollcall - pagers are not on 483.2875R ---------- Middleborough - ? Middleton - 8AM - Station ID daily - 460.575R - 09 Oct 2007 - noon pager test - 11 Oct 2007 - 6PM pager test Friday 12 Oct 2007 MidState - northern Worcester County fire mutual aid - 453.75R - 31.10R - 33.70 - 9AM daily - rollcall of all communities - 20 Oct 2007 Milford FD - 453.125 - noon ID - Thursday Jan 24 2008 - 8AM Station ID - 820AM rig radios test & Stations Millville FD - 33.82 - 8 AM ID weekdays - Sunday 10AM tones Milton FD - 8 AM rollcall Nashua NH FD - 151.25 - 8 AM station tone tests - daily - Oct 2007 ---------- Natick FD - 154.205R - 6 PM nightly - rollcall - Oct 2007 Natick FD - 155.31R - they might test with 1 unit - 6PM - Wednesday - Oct 2007 - this is their secondary channel ---------- Needham FD - 453.075R - 930 AM Saturday rollcall - 2007 - (557PM station ID 19 Oct 2007 Friday - 6PM ID Needham school buses - 155.715R - school days - 7 AM - 12 Oct 2007 New Bedford FD - 8 AM Saturday rollcall - (11 Aug 2007) - Sept 2007 Newburyport - 158.955 - (?1230PM pager test) - 615 PM evening pager and monitor test - Friday - 12 Oct 2007 - 615PM "nightly monitor test" - 9 Nov 2007 New Castle NH FD - 154.19 by Rock Co - tone test - 7 July 2008 Monday 7PM - first Monday of the month New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol - 148.15R - possibly nightly - 7PM - net - Oct 9 2007 New Hampshire Tollroads - 453.925R - 0445 AM - 9 Nov 2007 Newton FD - beep on the hour - 830AM Monday rollcall Norfolk FD - 453.175 - 630 pM tones Norfolk County Fire Mutual Aid Rollcall - all communities - 154.295 - 9 AM - 17 Oct 2007 Thursday North Andover FD - Tuesday 06 Nov 2007 815AM rollcall of mobiles North Attleboro FD - 805AM - ?rollcall - Sunday - Sept 2007 - rollcall - 3 Feb 2008 - Sunday - 807AM - 5 Feb 2008 Tuesday 804AM rollcall radio test Northbridge FD - 33.68 - 8AM & 12 noon IDs - 545PM tones northern Essex County - 154.07 - ?830AM or ?930 AM northern Middlesex County Fire - 460.0375 - 930AM northern Worcester County / Midstate - 453.75R - 31.10R - 33.70 - 9AM daily (?weekdays?) - rollcall of all communities - 20 Oct 2007 North Providence RI - 8AM count to 5 - 5 Feb 2008 Tuesday Norton - ? Norwood FD - 453.85 - 815 AM rollcall - mobiles and officer portables - 05 Nov 2007 - possibly on the first Monday of the month they test ALL portable radios Orleans FD - 647 PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 Oxford FD - 154.0325 - 6 PM tones - ( 6 PM tones 4/24/09 ) Pawtucket RI - 3 Feb 2008 - Sunday - 8AM - rollcall - all radios Peabody FD - 484.6625R - 8 AM & 6 PM daily - rollcall all radios - Oct 2007 Pease NH FD - 7AM station ID - 173.5875 - 2007 Pembroke FD - ? Pepperell FD - 612PM pager test 453.55R - July 17 2007 - (on 9 Oct 2007 they did the '1845' test at 7PM) - 645 PM tones with Dunstable per scancapecod.us Petersham FD - 1825 tone test - heard via 453.75R on 25 Nov 2008 Plymouth FD - ? Plymouth County Fire - 483.475 - 930AM Plymouth County Police - 482.8875 - 11AM Princeton FD - 630PM daily - 151.295 (& 33.88?) - tone test - 01 Nov 2007 --------------- Providence RI FD - 154.37R - 8AM - test of main and reserve transmitters - Sept 2007 Providence RI FD - 154.37R - 8AM - 3 March 2008 - first Monday of month - rollcall of all portables --------------- Provincetown FD - 607PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - Tuesday 9 Dec 2008 6PM tone test and announcements heard via scanner feed - Thursday 11 Dec 2008 6PM - evening tone test - multi tone sets Quincy FD - 830 AM and 630 PM daily rollcalls of all radios - 483.5375R - Oct 2007 --------------- Randolph FD - 8 AM station ID - 483.6625R - Oct 2007 Randolph FD - Sat 9AM weekly rollcall 483.6625R - maybe 845AM - Oct 2007 --------------- Rehobeth FD - ? Revere FD - (8AM - ?1 ?beep? ?daily - Oct 2007)(daily rollcall 830AM and 630PM mobiles and officers portables Oct 2007 - 06 Nov 2007 - noon 1 beep & time - 21 Dec 2007 - they do a full rollcall test of all portable radios on Friday mornings at 830AM Rhode Island FDs Intercity - 154.28 - 815 AM Rockland - ? Rowley FD - 154.295 - 630 PM tones Rye NH FD - 154.19 by Rock Co - 7PM - 7 July 2008 Monday - first Monday of month Salem FD - 483.4625R - 815AM daily rollcall - Oct 2007 - 6PM station ID - Oct 2007 Salem NH FD - 6 PM - Station ID - daily - 154.385 - Sept 2007 - 12 Oct 2007 & Jan 2009 Salisbury FD - 605 PM pager test - 9 Oct 2007 Tuesday - 158.955 - 12 Oct 2007 also - 25 Jan 2009 also ("checking monitors and receivers") Sandwich FD - 1800 pager test - heard via scanner feed - 21 Nov 2007 Saugus FD - daily rollcall 9AM 159.645R Scituate FD - 830 AM Friday - weekly rollcall of mobiles and officers portables - 151.175R - 12 Oct 2007 - (Sat 8AM rollcall per scancapecod) Seekonk FD - 3 Feb 2008 - Sunday - possibly 830AM radio test - 5 Feb 2008 Tuesday 830AM rollcall test Sharon FD - 483.3375R - 830AM - 'daily pager test' - Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - (20 Oct 2007 Sat random mobile tests 840AM ish) Sherborn FD - 483.0875 - 640 PM tones Shirley FD - 46.14 - 615 PM tones - Sat 9AM rollcall Shirley EMS - 155.535R - pager test - daily - 615PM or 630PM - Sept 2007 Somerset - ? Somerville FD - 8AM daily - full rollcall on Ch1 483.3875R then on Ch2 483.2625R) - 3 beeps at noon Souhegan Valley Ambulance - Greenville NH - 153.89R - 612PM - Saturday 5 July 2008 South Berwick Maine - 6PM - 155.295 - fire and rescue pager test - Sept 2007 - 6 Nov 2007 609 PM 153.98 (with ?Berwick ME test) Southbridge FD - 154.145 - Monday 530PM tones - 8AM & 6PM ID southern Essex County / Fire Mutual Aid District ? 15 - 154.07 - 615PM - 154.07 Station ID by Beverly Control at 715AM southern Middlesex County / Fire Mutual Aid District 14 - 453.3875 - 830AM southern Worcester County Fire / Fire Mutual Aid District 7 - 33.62 - Tuesday 730PM & Sat 1130AM SouthWest New Hampshire Fire Dispatch - 154.43 - Sunday - 9AM - 2007 - ? no longer done in 2008 ? Stow - ? Springfield FD - 8AM & 6PM rollcall 154.175 2007 - [11 Nov 2007 Sunday 808 AM rollcall of portables] Standish Maine Fire - 154.10 - nightly tone test at 6PM - heard via skip - 14 Aug 2008 Thursday Stoneham - 460.625R - Sat morning 9AM or 10AM - they used to test with Lighting Plant 1 from EMA - ?2006 Stoughton FD - 453.025 - 7 PM tones Sudbury FD - 482.75 - 605 PM tones Sutton FD - 33.48 - 6 PM tones Swansea - ? SWNH - 154.43 - Sunday 9 AM - 2007 - ? mo longer done in 2008 ? Taunton FD - 845 AM - Monday June 1 2009 - mobiles & stations & adjacent FDs - I did not hear any portables tested - heard via Internet scanner feed Temple NH - 154.43 - 1800 pager test by SWNH - Wednesday Oct 10 2007 Tewksbury FD - 2008 - I never hear them testing radios Tiverton RI - 20 Jan 2008 Sunday - 6 PM - full rollcall - heard via Fall River scanner feed - "471.7875" Topsfield FD - 453.4625 - 6 PM tones Townsend FD - 905 AM Sundays - rollcall - all mobiles & 1 portable per rig Transportation Security Agency at Logan (TSA) - daily test in AM via repeater to all terminals Truro FD - 642 PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 & 24 Jan 2008 - "KCF264" - Monday 8 Dec 2008 tone test was at 639 PM by "Truro Fire" Tufts University EMS - 462.075R - 2210ish - maybe 2220ish - Tech 1 - Tech 12 - Observer - Nov 2007 Twin State - NH - 154.40 - possibly do a hourly station ID - 31 Oct 2007 Tyngsboro FD - 33.66? - 7 PM tones Upton EMS - daily 6 PM pager test - "601" - Sept 2007 ---------- USCG Auxiliary - Sunday mornings - ?8 AM to ?1030 AM - 157.175 and ?143.28 - Sept 2007 USCG Sector Boston - they seem to do a morning radio check with 1 boat or with Sta Point Allerton around 8 AM on 157.075 IIRC - 4 Jan 2008 ---------- Uxbridge FD - 33.84 - 8 AM & noon ID - 530 PM tones - ( 5 30 PM tone test 4/24/09) Wakefield FD - 483.4375R - ?9 AM 1 beep? - 31 Oct 2007 - 9 PM 1 beep - 01 Nov 2007 ? Waldo County Maine - 155.385R - approx 40 tone sets - 5 July 2008 Saturday - 619 PM - heard via skip - "Fire & EMS North" Wales FD - 33.46 - 615 PM tones Walpole FD - 460.575R - ? 9AM - pager test and test with Sta 2 - ?2007 - it is a AM test - 6 Feb 2005 - 9 AM - station ID and test with Sharon FD & Medfield FD & Norwood FD ---------- Waltham FD - 8 AM - 453.8375R - daily - rollcall Waltham PD - 830 AM rollcall - Sept 2008 - 1 unit tests with the dispatcher via 470.7875R daily ----------- Ware FD - 11 Nov 2007 Sunday 8 AM rollcall of mobiles - "153.92" Wareham FD - 605 PM - April 2008 per ScanWareham feed Warren RI - 20 Jan 2008 Sunday - 630 PM - pager test - approx 4 sets and a whooper - heard via Fall River scanner feed Watertown - 483.7125R - 8 AM - daily rollcall of all mobiles, and all officers portables Wayland FD - 9 AM & 630 PM tone and stations Wayne Alarm Company in Lynn - 23 Jan 2007 - 461.00R - 630 AM daily - station ID & weather report Weare NH FD - nightly pager test - 154.25 - 630 PM - Sept 2007 - (? station ID at noon - 29 Dec 2008) Webster FD - 545 PM Wellesley FD - 482.575 - 8 AM & 6 PM daily rollcalls of mobiles & officers portables Wellfleet FD - 1806 PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 Wenham FD - 8 AM & 8 PM - 155.94 - pager test West Barnstable FPD - 8 Dec 2008 Monday 1744 PM weekly tone test - heard via scanner feed - Tuesday 1743 PM 9 Dec 2008 anounced drill night and union meeting Westborough - FD - 6 PM - pager test - Sept 2007 West Bridgewater - ? Westford FD - 471.325 - 8 AM tone - 6 PM Weds evac tone - 9 Nov 2007 6 PM Friday ?pager test Westminster FD - 460.1625 - 33.96 - 6 PM tones West Newbury FD - 154.01 - daily pager test - 805 AM - Oct 2007 - 6 PM also? - yes - 2 Nov 2007 - (8 AM Jan 25 2009) Weston FD - 154.16R - rollcall at 10 AM on Saturday mornings - mobiles and officers portables - 13 Oct 2007 - (1 beep at 7 AM - 18 Oct 2007 Thursday) - 5 PM pagers Westport - ? Westwood FD - 460.625R - ?6 PM nightly)(or is it 530 PM?) - 530 PM per scancapecod Weymouth FD - Saturday 9 AM weekly rollcall all radios - 154.235R - Oct 2007 - 13 Oct 2007 test was at 10 AM - 10 AM per scancapecod Wilmington FD - 20 Oct 2007 - Sat - 905 AM - random mobile tests - A1 - Engine 2 - 154.2875R Winchester FD - 9 AM & 7 PM mobile rollcall - 24 Sept 2008 Weds 9 AM had all the portable radios apparently (weekly portable test?) - 13 Oct 2008 - yup, apparently Wednesday morning they test all mobiles and all portables - the other days of the week, they just test mobiles Winthrop FD - 8 AM daily - rollcall all radios - 483.6375R - 09 Oct 2007 & Jan 2009 Woburn FD - 9 AM & 7 PM rollcalls Woonsocket RI FD - 830 AM & 630 PM - ( 630 PM 4/24/09 ) Worcester FD - 8 AM & 6 PM Klaxons Wrentham FD - 453.2625 - 615 PM tones - ( 615 PM tones 4/24/09 ) Yarmouth FD - 611 PM pager test heard via scanner feed 21 Nov 2007 - 10 Dec 2008 Wednesday 613 PM ?pager test York ME FD - 453.95R - weekly radio test Thursday 818 AM for Tower 6 portables & Knox Box ------------------------------------- 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 - Pawtucket RI - Seekonk 3 March 2008 - Prov RI FD portables 31 March 2008 - Mansfield - more info 16 April 2008 - Wareham FD 5 July 2008 - Souhegan Valley Amb - ? Waldo County Maine - MEMA Region 1 - Rye NH - New Castle NH Aug 2008 - Standish ME 24 Sept 2008 - Winchester FD - Waltham PD 13 Oct 2008 - Winchester FD 8 Nov 2008 - MetroFire 26 Nov 2008 - Petersham 8 Dec 2008 - West Barnstable FPD 31 Dec 2008 - Weare NH noon 24 April 2009 - Mendon - Uxbridge - Woonsocket RI - Wrentham - Oxford 1 June 2009 - Taunton FD 24 June 2009 - Melrose - 1 beep --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
