Info about Franklin County Mass fire / EMS radio system
Info from the FCC ULS
Radio licenses and info
All licenses held by "Franklin Regional Council of Governments" unless otherwise indicated
All control points are listed to be at the Shelburne Falls State Police Office unless otherwise indicated
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WQEH461 - licensed 1/26/2006 - 6 channels for fireground ops - 300 mobiles at 6 watts each, and 500 mobiles at 2 watts each - 453.1125 - 453.8875 - 453.9125- 458.0375 - 458.1125 - 458.9125
(453.1125 might be additional versus info on the Internet) (it might be Channel 1D) (there are no base stations nor FB2 nor MO3 listed on any of these channels)
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WQDK561 - licensed 9/19/2005 to Western Mass Law Enforcement Council with control point at Northampton in Hampshire County - 1 repeater on 460.40 in Charlemont
(this seems very odd) (perhaps was an error)
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WQDL962 - licensed 9/27/2005 - 460.40 repeaters at Shelburne + Savoy (in Berkshire County) + Mount Grace in Warwick + County Hill in Turners Falls + Toby State Forest in Sunderland + New Salem
(460.40 is reported to be a synchronized simulcast repeater system - all repeaters transmit a the same time)
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WQDM951 - licensed 10/5/2005 - 460.40 repeaters at Erving + Buckland + Leyden - 10/22/2008 a 460.40 repeater was added at Charlemont
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WQGQ319 - repeater at Blueberry Hill in New Salem licensed 3/21/2007 - repeater at Royalston licensed 7/20/2012 - repeater at Plainfield in Hampshire County licensed 10/31/2014 - all 460.40
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The apparent mirror image of this system is the police system on 460.35 - I suspect they have the same repeaters and power levels
There are many more UHF repeaters scattered around the county. They seem to be used for onscene fire ops mostly, but they also are apparently available for police use.
Does anyone have any more info about this system? They started with 9 repeaters in 2005. Added 1 in 2007, 1 in 2008, 1 in 2012, and 1 in 2014. ?????
Listening via scanner feeds, the system does seem to offer very good coverage throughout the county.