Last night 460.35 R (Boston Police Ch 1 / special events) was patched to 470.5625 R (BAPERN 4 - police mutual aid 2ndary for Greater Boston) - this might be the 2nd year this patch has been set up - I imagine that the patch extends to 800 Mhz and 700 mhz an maybe 415 Mhz and 167 Mhz.
The million dollar question is - what is the purpose of this patch? Last night - 460.35 R was very quiet. There were just a few BPD messages about taking up posts and a few all channel messages about OT openings - and one BOLO from the T PD about a guy who was taking pictures on the Longfellow Bridge 30 minutes previously. I wonder if 460.35 R is patched to 470.5625 R because the 470 Mhz channel covers a larger area than 460.35 R? Obviously this cannot be a 'boss to boss' patch because there was way too much 'non boss traffic' on there. "North East Bikes" also came up on the patch last night. They had found a lost kid and were reporting it to the BPD dispatcher. Perhaps other BAPERN channels are carrying patches also? Maybe the BAPERN channels have good portable reception in Boston ? The primary police players for the event are - AFAIK - State Police on the Esplanade grounds - Boston PD in the Back Bay - MBTA PD at Charles Circle MBTA Station - Boston University PD and that other small school on Beacon St - MIT PD and Cambridge PD across the river - all sorts of police boats on the river (USCG BPD MSP Enviro CPD etc) - maybe National Guard cops also - probably private dignitary protection also (tuba cops etc LOL) - Mass General Hospital PD also - Suffolk University PD on beacon Hill - lots of highrises at Kendall Square with private security - Back Bay highrises also - there are lots of people to try to tie together for the event on the security front -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
