SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONITORING ASSOCIATION In God We Trust All Others We Monitor

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1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MONITORING ASSOCIATION VOLUME 3 ISSUE 5 JUNE 2011 EDITOR: Rick Di Fiore, LA-101 Serving The Scanner Monitoring Community Since 1988 Formally R.C.M.A. West Los Angeles Chapter PHOTOS BY: Zimmerman Media / Rick DiFiore / Associated Press / Firefighters News / Desert News INSIDE THIS ISSUE CLUB NEWS RAYTHEON UNVEILS NEW FACILITY BRUSH FIRE FREQUENCIES FCC SEEKS COMMENTS ON CHEMICAL COMPANY s 900MHz CHANNEL REQUEST KENWOOD DONATES RADIOS TO ALABAMA TORNADO RELIEF EFFORT ICOM P25 PRODUCTS MEET CAP REQUIREMENTS

2 SCMA CLUB NEWS FROM: Rick, LA-101 / WA6KFI Hello to Everyone, Not much club news to report on other than we are doing good, we do have club tours coming up for the rest of the year. So far we have been to some great places, so if your not a member join up so you can join us on are club tours, after all hearing the action is only half the picture, going to where it happens makes it all complete! SCMA is just not a group of crazy s setting in front of a radio! We are a group of professional radio monitors who now what going on in this great hobby being a scanner buff! When you join SCMA you learn, you share information, and you make friends. In other words what you put into the hobby is what you get out of it those who sit in front of there scanner in a dark room are the ones who never know what real scanner buffing is all about, but SCMA members do! Just remember if your not with SCMA not a true scanner buff and you are missing out on friends, information and action. Hey, did you know that SCMA is on Twitter now! Follow SCMA on twitter and catch breaking news thru out the day! We have many people and agencies following us and so should you, go sign up for twitter today and get in on the action. New Member in SCMA Chris Sterey LA-158, KA6WNK, Torrance, CA. William Bill Clark UT-903, KE7FO, Ogden, UT. Note that Bill use to live here in Los Angeles and is a friend of mind and is a member of Baldwin Hills ARC as well. Expired Memberships LA-112 Malcom Orland, LA-123 Jeff Palmquist, LAQ-129 Larry Scherr, LA-133 Jeff Daniels, LA-135 Luis Arevalo, ORC-201 Jorge Qyezada, SBD-402 Don Casy Jr., and SBD-403 Ernest Yuen Jr. I do hope that all of you re-join us and get back into the action of the club, if we have made a mistake in your membership please contact Rich, LA-104 / N6CIZ and will get things taken care of ASA P. Well that s about it for now I hope to see everyone at the next meeting and those members who have not been with us for a while, show up this month June 8th, 2011, at the Grinders Restaurant in Westchester at LAX at 6:00 pm, please not miss-out on the ONLY scanner club meeting in all of Southern California. Best of Monitoring, 73 s Rick, LA-101 / WA6KFI HALCON Photo of the Month! COMMUNICATIONS IN DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA Store Mgr. Adriana Diaz, KD6BSY Paramount Blvd., Downey, CA. ( 800 ) / ( 562 ) SALES AND SERVICE DEPT. C.B. RADIOS / AMATEUR / COMMERICAL / SCANNERS DEALER FOR: ALINCO / ANDREWS / ASTRON / BELDEN / COBRA GALAXY /HUSTLER / ICOM / KENWOOD / WILSON/ WORKMAN / YAESU POLICE SCANNER PROGRAMMING AVAIABLE MOST MODELS! We Are The Friendly Hometown Radio Shop! NEW HOURS: Tues: 10 am to 5 pm / Weds. Thru Sat. 10 am to 3 pm Sun. / Mon. / most Holidays Closed (Support the Advertisers who Support SCMA, buy local)

3 ( IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILED INFORMATIONS ON THE AGENCIES LISTED HERE, STOP BY HALCON COMMUNICATIONS DOWNEY, HRO BURBANK, HRO ANAHEIM, OR JUN S ELECTRICS CULVER CITY AND PICK-UP A COPY OF THE QUICK REFERENCE SHEETS THE COST IS JUST $3.00 AND THERE ARE 7 DIFFERENT SHEETS. ) LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT OCD OPERATIONS CONTROL DIVISION DIVISION 1 Central L.A. / East L.A R 85.4 West L.A. DIVISION 2 South L.A. / L.A. Harbor R 88.5 DIVISION 3 San Fernando Valley R 91.5 DISPATCH: EMS South of Mulholland R 94.8 ADMIN. / ARSON Los Angeles Citywide R 97.4 EMERG. TRIGGER Los Angeles Citywide R DISPATCH: Fires South of Mulholland R DISP: Fires / EMS North of Mulholland R DISPATCH: Fires Alt. / Working Incidents R EMS Operations Los Angeles Citywide R COMMAND Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-12 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-13 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-14 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-15 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-16 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-17 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-18 Los Angeles Citywide R FIRE TACTICAL-19 Mutual Aid / I CALL S FIRE TACTICAL-20 Mutual Aid / I TAC S FIRE TACTICAL-21 Mutual Aid / I TAC S FIRE TACTICAL-22 Mutual Aid / I TAC S (use by Fire Stn 80 LAX as Fireground and is Low Power simplex.) FIRE TACTICAL-23 Mutual Aid / I TAC S FIRE TACTICAL-24 Mutual Aid CLEMARS S L.A.F.D. HELICOPTERS S ( AM ) LOS ANGELES CO. FIRE DEPARTMENT UHF BLUE RADIO SYSTEM BLUE R SOUTH COUNTY RESPONSE ( Btln. 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, and 21 ) BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL BLUE R WEST COUNTY RESPONSE ( Btln. 1, 3, 5, 13, and 20 ) BLUE R ADMINISTRATION / ALT. COMMAND BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL BLUE R EAST COUNTY RESPONSE ( Btln. 2, 4, 10, 12, 15, 16, and 19 ) BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL ( San Gabriel Valley ) BLUE R DISPATCH: COUNTYWIDE All Btlns. BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL ( N.W. Antelope Valley ) BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL ( Antelope Valley ) BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND ( Santa Clarita Antelope Valley ) LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT UHF BLUE RADIO SYSTEM BLUE R NORTH COUNTY RESPONSE ( Btln. 6, 11, 17, and 22 ) BLUE R COMMAND La Habra Battalion 21 BLUE R CREWS / DOZER NET ( Fire Suppression Camp Crews: 2, 8, 9 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19 ) BLUE R ALL CREWS / DOZER NET BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL BLUE R ALTERNATE COMMAND / TACTICAL VERDUGO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER VERDUGO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COVERS THE FOLLOW- ING CITIES: BURBANK. GLENDALE, PASADENA, ALHAMBRA, ARCADIA, MONROVIA, MONTEBELLO, MONTEREY PARK, SAN GABRIEL, SAN MARINO, SIERRA MADRE and SOUTH PASADENA. ICIS TRUNKED SYSTEM DIGITAL / ANALOG MOTOROLA Type II Base: Spacing: 12.5 KHz. Offset: 380 RED CHANNEL TRUNKING ASSIGNMENTS FREQUENCY: / / / / / / / / TALK GROUPS RED 1 Dispatch RED 7 Tactical Central RED 2 TAC Pasadena RED 8 Tactical East RED 15 Emergency RED 9 Fireground RED 3 TAC Burbank RED 10 Admin Monrovia RED 4 TAC Glendale RED 11 MPK Admin RED 5 Tactical North RED 12 Verdugo Admin RED 6 Tactical West GREEN VHF CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS GREEN Sierra Madre Fire Dept. TAC GREEN Monrovia Fire Department TAC GREEN Arcadia Fire Department TAC GREEN San Marino Fire Department TAC GREEN Alhambra Fire Department DISP. GREEN Monterey Park Fire Dept. TAC

4 BEVERLY HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT BEVERLY HILLS AVERAGES ABOUT 3 OR 4 BRUSH FIRES A YEAR UP IN THE HILLS. CH R DISPATCH: Fires / EMS CH R Fire Tactical CH S Fireground CH S Fireground / Daily WX Reports DOWNEY FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CTR. DOWNEY DISPATCHES FOR THE FOLLOWING CITIES: COMPTON / DOWNEY / SANTA FE SPRINGS OLD VHF SYSTEM CH R DISPATCH: Fires / EMS CH R Fire Tactical CH S Fire Mutual Aid WHITE 1 NEW UHF SYSTEM CH R DISPATCH: Fires / EMS CH R Fire Tactical CH S Fireground L.A. County Area ( DFCC Uses both systems still 6 / 01 / 2011 ) RAYTHEON UNVEILS SIGNAGE AT NEW FACILITY By: Christian Brown Staff Writer The Downey Patriot A crane puts signage into place at Raytheon s public safety regional technology center, located on Woodruff Avenue, north of Stewart & Gray Road. DOWNEY After more than a month of construction, Raytheon unveiled its signature logo Monday morning, mounting a bright, neon red sign to the front of the 27,000-square foot facility, which will soon house its Public Safety Regional Technology Center, slated to open this September. The new sign, hoisted into place right outside the two-story office building, located at Woodruff Avenue, marks the beginning of a nearly $2 million renovation of the facility, which will serve as a technology center geared towards improving communications technologies used by public safety agencies. According to Michael Bostic, director of Raytheon s public safety solutions, renovation has already begun at the site, which will accommodate more than 25 program engineers and managers as early as next month. We er moving right along at a rapid pace, said Bostic, a retired, 34-year LAPD veteran who joined Raytheon s Network Centric System division three years ago. The mission is different, but the capabilities through Raytheon are the same. We re not really equipment sellers, we re problem solvers expanding our business, transferring these capabilities to the public safety market. Bostic also praised the city for fostering a business-friendly environment while will serve as the epicenter of Raytheon s civil communications business in the western United States, providing test and research facilities, training, maintenance, logistics, and system support. We re looked around at a lot of the different neighborhoods. We chose Downey because of its location to our customers it s industrial, centrally located, right in the center of everything, said Bostic. The city has been exceptionally helpful during this process. Once completed, engineers at the new Raytheon site will focus on comprehensive projects, such as the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System, an integrated, wireless voice and data communications system that will support more the 34,000 first responders and local

5 RAYTHEON UNVEILS SIGNAGE AT NEW FACILITY Continued mission-critical personnel in more than 80 cities, including Downey. Utilizing an interoperable, broadband system across the Los Angeles basin, the LA-RICS would allow law enforcement, fire and emergency medical first responders to communicate through one system, increasing accuracy and efficiency, Bostic explained. According to Raytheon officials, the regional technology center, staffed by nearly 150 people, will eventually feature a large testing facility, laboratory and first-floor showroom where experiments and products will be on display for the public. Bostic said Raytheon plans to host a grand opening event in September for the community and city officials once the center s renovation is complete. Raytheon, the aerospace and defense company, which gamered more than $25 billion in sales last year and employs 72,000 people worldwide, announced in March intentions to open a Public Safety Regional Technology Center in Downey, dedicated to developing and testing new public safety technologies. FCC Seeks Comment on Chemical Company s 900 MHz Channel Request The FCC is seeking comment on a Texas chemical company s request to license 900 MHz channels. On June 9th, 2010, Amoco Chemical submitted a request for waiver to permit it to use / MHz (900 MHz) band itinerant use channels in the private land mobile radio (PLMR) system for its plant in Texas City, Texas. Four 900 MHz band frequency pairs were designated for operation at unspecified locations for varying periods of time ( itinerant use ). Amoco seeks to add three of those frequency pairs to its license for 900 MHz industrial / land transportation station WPAH-364. Amoco is engaged in processing and creating chemical products from petroleum products. Company officials said the purpose of the proposed channel expansion is to eliminate channel congestion and provide more reliable communications on the existing system for the chemical plant, adjoining refinery, and waterways that serve as Amoco s terminal port. Amoco s frequency coordinator said that no other 900 MHz band frequencies are available in the vicinity. KENWOOD DONATES RADIOS TO ALABAMA TORNADO RELIEF EFFORT K Kenwood recently donated fifty professional LMR mobiles and amateur radios to the city of Tuscaloosa, Ala. In accepting the radios, Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox indicated that the radios would be used in their city s emergency response efforts for what has become one of the worst tornadoes in Alabama history. ICOM s P25 PRODUCTS MEET CAP REQUIREMENTS Icom announced its IC-F9011 / F9021 portable and IC-F9511 / F9521 mobile Project 25 (P25) radios are Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) compliant. CAP is a voluntary program that demonstrates a supplier s equipment meets defined P25 standards in performance and interoperability. Public Safety agencies receiving federal grant money for P25 equipment are required to purchase CAP-compliant equipment. The CAP program requires manufacturers to submit products to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognized test laboratories for an assessment process. Manufacturers also are required to provide a Supplier s Declaration of Compliance (SDoC), specifying the equipment tested and the DHS-identified lab performing the test supply pass / fail data for each of the tests.