OMAC Marine Radio

searescue

Hi Lads,

Never seen this before - a VHF marine radio (the Icom) in an ambulance. I've never seen it in a HSE ambulance, not to mind OMAC.

Anybody with more info on this, just curious:

stevie06

Maybe they have a Marine unit?

I can't see what other use the would(should) have for it.

the Use of Marine VHF is highly regulated and they would need to have a legitimate reason to have a base unit that is not on a boat!

Turner

The HSE get to keep their car stereos!!!

All of ours were taken out after tetra arrived, can get very boring at night.

goldie fish

Chief--- wrote: »

The HSE get to keep their car stereos!!!

All of ours were taken out after tetra arrived, can get very boring at night.

You are supposed to be working, not groovin to the music..

(we never had them, even tho the removal was unnecessary)

savagecabbages

Chief--- wrote: »

The HSE get to keep their car stereos!!!

All of ours were taken out after tetra arrived, can get very boring at night.

Sure someone could broadcast lyric fm out from the station over tetra, and no-one would ever know:pac::pac::pac:

maglite

That's Tramore's, The reasoning I was given is they do a lot of work along the coast with RNLI CG etc.

starviewadams

Always wondered if any of the emergency services were allowed listen to the radio during quiet times?would definitely help pass the time I'd imagine.

maglite

You can listen all you want, you need a licence to transmit,

searescue

maglite wrote: »

That's Tramore's, The reasoning I was given is they do a lot of work along the coast with RNLI CG etc.

Cheers Maglite, would make sense alrite - with a CG unit, RNLI, CRBI & MR team.

kub

I think that is an excellent idea, the fact that one agency can speak directly to another from vehicle to vehicle, instead as Chinese whispers via control rooms.
Am I correct in thinking that this is one of the long term goals of the existing Garda Tetra system?

searescue

kub wrote: »

I think that is an excellent idea, the fact that one agency can speak directly to another from vehicle to vehicle, instead as Chinese whispers via control rooms.
Am I correct in thinking that this is one of the long term goals of the existing Garda Tetra system?

Good idea alrite, now officially they can't talk to them as legally you have to be in water to use a marine radio (few exceptions like ports, MRCC'S/MRSC's and bridges etc.) but still, a cheap interagency system

kub

searescue wrote: »

Good idea alrite, now officially they can't talk to them as legally you have to be in water to use a marine radio (few exceptions like ports, MRCC'S/MRSC's and bridges etc.) but still, a cheap interagency system

Ok rules, rules, rules, by all means, but who is going to object this use in the event of an emergency?

I mean is a member of AGS going to go to an ambulance crew and give them an ear full for communicating with a lifeboat or chopper in a life or death situation?

Hooch

kub wrote: »

Ok rules, rules, rules, by all means, but who is going to object this use in the event of an emergency?

I mean is a member of AGS going to go to an ambulance crew and give them an ear full for communicating with a lifeboat or chopper in a life or death situation?

No of course not.....but comm reg sure as hell would

searescue

NGA wrote: »

No of course not.....but comm reg sure as hell would

Exactly my thoughts...until then though!

kub

NGA wrote: »

No of course not.....but comm reg sure as hell would

Unless of course the incident involved someone personally related to this com reg hitler.