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Cincinnati/Dayton Area Monitoring Exchange

In God We Trust

MONIX was founded in 1983 as an informal club of scanner enthusiasts, shortwave listeners, DXers, and others who share an interest in the hobby of radio monitoring. MONIX is a full spectrum/all mode club covering all aspects of radio monitoring from DC to Daylight. MONIX covers the Cincinnati/Dayton Metropolitan Area, Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. MONIX is a free club, there are NO dues to pay. Anyone, anywhere may join us, but we mostly benefit those hobbyists in the Cincinnati/Dayton area.

MONIX MEETINGS

The club meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 7 PM ET. Programs and topics vary,
for more information about the meetings contact Mark Meece

MONIX NEWS

The DIGITAL SCANNER TEAM Meetings are now meeting at Diane's Deli,
11100 Winton Road, (just south of Sharon Road) in the cafeteria of the American
Legion Hall. Meetings are every Tuesday at 12:00 Noon. Talk-in on 146.880 -
CFMC Greenhills Repeater.

With the busy summer months in progress, monthly MONIX meetings will
resume in September.

1.     ABC-TV's Extreme Home Makeover Edition was in West Chester in mid July producing an episode
       of the show. Frequencies found being used for the production.

        452.9750        Ch. 1         Production Team
        465.5500        Ch. 2         Overflow
        469.5500        Ch. 3         Locations/Security
        462.1500        Ch. 4         Producers
        452.7500        Ch. 5         AD Unit
        462.3250        Ch. 6         Cameras
           ?              Ch. 7         Grips/Electric
        461.4750        Ch. 8         Design Producer
        463.7250        Ch. 9         Construction
        453.0000        Ch. 10       Overflow
        ?           Ch. 11       Make Up
            ?               Ch. 12    Transportation
              ? Ch. 13       Medic
              ?               Ch. 14       Move-In
              ?              Ch. 15       Overflow
        451.8250        Ch. 16       Overflow

Radios are leased from a California firm and were labeled “TPT Comm”.

Wireless microphones being used by the talents are in the 600 MHz range.

2.     Butler County is in the process of building a countywide P-25 (9600 Baud CPQSK) Trunked Radio System.
        The system is slated to come on-line in late December 2008. When completed the new Butler County
        System will absorb both the Oxford P-25 system and the West Chester Township SmartNet system to
        form one countywide system. As of July 1, 2008 several tower sites have been built, however the county
        has applied for and been granted an extension by the FCC to extend the build out to December 31, 2009.
        The county has run into some difficulties acquiring land for some of the proposed tower sites. The planned
        switch over date of December 31, 2008 is still the target date, this extension gives them some leeway
        should any more problems arise.

       All agencies in the county are expected to join and use this system.
       Once this system is online, you will need a digital capable scanner to monitor it.

A Thank You to Dave, N8DHW for the above update.

3.   Miamisburg Police is now being dispatched full time by the Montgomery County Sheriff on
        talkgroup 48 "SO NORTH". This is to help with the alignments when the new County
        Communications Center opens later this year.

4.    Some members have inquired about where to purchase the Uniden BCD-396T in this area.
       The only place we can think of and highly recommend is The Hobby Stop in Kettering.
       In most cases Norm Schrein offers an "out the door" cash discount.

5. Most of the units in Montgomery County dispatched by or using Montgomery County Sheriff
Office talkgroups are now indentified by who they are. For example:

Butler Township PD unit is: Butler 331, Riverside PD is Riverside 331 and so on.
The alpha-numeric unit id system is almost completely phased out.

6.    Bethel Township Fire Department in Clark County has received an $85,850.00 grant from the
       2007 Assistance to Firefighters program. The money will be used to install a new 800MHz radio
       system. The new radio system will improve communications with other area fire departments that
       are currently on 800MHz and will maintain communication capabilities with fire departments that
       are still on the VHF bands. Money from Homeland Security programs will also help pay for the
       $356,567.00 new radio system.

7.    The Kentucky National Guard appear to be upgrading their radio system which involves about 50 different
       Armories throughout the Commenwealth. Keep a watch on the following frequencies and please let us
       know what you hear, all appear to be APCO-25 mode:

138.4250 139.2150 140.7900 148.7500

 	 8.     Click here for the current MONIX Master Frequency List.

         9.     MONIX is also available as a group discussion list on Yahoo. The list is accessible for anyone to join.
        So for the lastest scanning news and events in and around the Tri-State area, JOIN US by
                subscribing at: monix-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

                   You can also download area scanner files from our Yahoo Group's FILES area.

For those of you running Trunktracker Scanners here is a breakdown of what systems are
what in the Tri-State area:

Motorola Astro Digital

Clermont County, Hamilton County/Cincinnati (9600 Baud), Ohio MARCS,
Oxford Area System (9600 Baud), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (400 MHz).

Motorola Type I

Mobile Com SMR, Clermont County SMR, Reeves Realty Inc. SMR (Dayton)
P&R Communications SMR (Dayton)

Motorola Type II

Warren County, Montgomery County, Cinergy, West Chester Township,
Wright State University, Southwestern Ohio Regional Transport Authority,
P&G Ivorydale Plant, Reed Hartman Research Center, Miami Valley Labs,
Corporate Offices (all 900 MHz), University of Cincinnati (900 MHz),
Miller Brewing Co. (900 MHz), General Motors Research Corp. (900 MHz),
Delphi Automovtive Moraine (900 MHz), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (400 MHz).

Motorola Type IIi/Hybrid

City of Dayton, Huber Heights City School District

M/A-COM / EDACS

Clinton County, Dayton Power & Light, Fayette County,
Greater Cincinnati/NKY International Airport, Greene County, Miami County
WS Electronics SMR (Dayton)

MA-COM Provoice Digital

City of Springfield

AREA RADIO MONITORING NETS

The MONIX Shortwave and Scanner Listener`s Information Net takes place Thursday evenings at 9:30 PM local time on the 145.230/4.630 W8PRH Repeater (Fairfield Amateur Radio Association). It is an open net and all check-ins are welcome, if you can`t check-in, then you can listen in on your scanner. Check in and let us know what you are hearing! 145.390 is the backup repeater when the 23 machine is down. Due to lack of operators for Net Control, the net is on a catch as catch can basis. We may be on, we may be not. If you might be interested in becoming a net control station for the net, please
contact me (Mark Meece).

We also suggest you check in and listen in to the All Ohio Scanner Club's Scanner and Shortwave Listeners' Net held every Monday evening at 9:30 pm on the 146.940 (123.0 PL) W8BI repeater in Dayton.

CLUB MOTTO: "IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS WE MONITOR."

MONIX ABOVE 30 MHz SCANNER FREQUENCY LISTINGS and SCANNER GUIDE

The heart of MONIX is our Scanner Frequency List for the Cincinnati/Dayton Area. This list has grown from just a few pages in 1987 to over 60 pages today. The list covers frequencies actually monitored by club members.

The MONIX list is available FREE as an electronic text file from the alternate MONIX website www.monix.net

This site offers specific pages for Frequency Information by county and/or department. MONIX offers a wealth of information on the radio monitoring hobby. Here you will find frequencies, unit numbers and codes for many Public Safety Departments throughout Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. We have also included many other frequencies used in these areas as well. Just make a selection from the listings below.