Twelve years after joining Radio Reference I've finally gained (barely) a rudimentary understanding of how to write Wiki pages. I want to let those interested that I've begun to write the channel/tone plans for each National Forest in California. I've also written a narrative about the Forest Service and its radio systems in the state, or the Pacific Southwest Region (R5) of the agency. As of this post, I have written the introduction and the plans for the Angeles, Cleveland, Eldorado and Inyo National Forests. It takes about one evening to write up each National Forest and may take less time as I become more practiced. For those who have asked me about this info, please have some patience. My cognitive processes turn slowly.
These channel/tone plans had been a part of the database some years ago when a decision (inconsistently applied I've observed) was made to eliminate the duplicate listing of frequencies. Some of us would like to know what channel, for example, the regional project/fire net is in the channel lineup for each National Forest in the region. Unfortunately, all the information that had previously been written up was deleted. I haven't had the energy to rewrite it ever since that happened. The database does not have a complete listing of repeaters either and the material I'm writing does.
I think the channel/tone lineup is important as I listen very carefully to all radio systems. When someone states "you are very scratchy on tone 5, switch to tone 2" I want to know what repeaters are being referred to. If someone says "let's see if we can copy each other on channel 6," I don't want to try to scan everything I have in my natural resources bank trying to figure out if I can copy them also, something that can be eliminated if the channel plan is known.
The Wiki is a cumbersome, detailed and less than straightforward system of writing. It will take me some time to complete. When I do I will also write channel/tone plans for each of the National Park and BLM District I have information for.
To navigate to it, go to the database, click on California. Under the California Areawide Frequencies listing click on United States Forest Service. Find the Wiki tab at the top of the listings and you will find all 18 National Forests listed on one page. If anyone sees any errors or omissions please let me know and I will update the page.
I will eventually link this page to the "collaboration" (now there is a confusing term in this context) section of the main Wiki index page.
I hope my information will be useful to some.
These channel/tone plans had been a part of the database some years ago when a decision (inconsistently applied I've observed) was made to eliminate the duplicate listing of frequencies. Some of us would like to know what channel, for example, the regional project/fire net is in the channel lineup for each National Forest in the region. Unfortunately, all the information that had previously been written up was deleted. I haven't had the energy to rewrite it ever since that happened. The database does not have a complete listing of repeaters either and the material I'm writing does.
I think the channel/tone lineup is important as I listen very carefully to all radio systems. When someone states "you are very scratchy on tone 5, switch to tone 2" I want to know what repeaters are being referred to. If someone says "let's see if we can copy each other on channel 6," I don't want to try to scan everything I have in my natural resources bank trying to figure out if I can copy them also, something that can be eliminated if the channel plan is known.
The Wiki is a cumbersome, detailed and less than straightforward system of writing. It will take me some time to complete. When I do I will also write channel/tone plans for each of the National Park and BLM District I have information for.
To navigate to it, go to the database, click on California. Under the California Areawide Frequencies listing click on United States Forest Service. Find the Wiki tab at the top of the listings and you will find all 18 National Forests listed on one page. If anyone sees any errors or omissions please let me know and I will update the page.
I will eventually link this page to the "collaboration" (now there is a confusing term in this context) section of the main Wiki index page.
I hope my information will be useful to some.
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