Hamilton Fleetnet Tower
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Hamilton Fleetnet Tower
Location: This tower is located in the city of Hamilton in the downtown core on Charlton Street, near St Joseph Hospital on top of one of the cities tallest buildings.
Coverage: To the east it is strong along the QEW until the Oakville/Burlington border using a rubber duck. You might want to switch to Welland/Fonthill or Mississauga in these areas. To the north this tower works well in Flamborough but a switch to either of Guelph’s towers is in order in the further northern regions of the city.
This tower works well along the QEW thru Grimsby but drops off shortly thereafter, switch to Welland/Fonthill at this point.
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- tgs8672 and 8736 are generally patched. tg8672 covers Halton Region and Hamilton area provincial roads including Highway 5 (west of Hwy 6), Highway 6, 403 as well as the QEW
- tg8656 is used by Highway 407 units (5 Lima) in addition to Aurora
- tg8704 and 8752 are patched. tg8704 covers the provincial highways in Waterloo region and 5I units cover the 400 series highways in Peel Region
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- tg8896 used for Prisoner Transports (10-92) in and around the region. Quite active mornings/afternoons
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- tg8416 Occasional activity
2) MOH Hamilton CACC
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- Hamilton City East 35600 handles Hamilton city EMS calls.
- Units switch over to Tac 4 35696 upon arrival and for patches to hospitals.
- Simcoe 35632 is the talk group for EMS units in Norfolk, Haldimand and Brant Counties. Generally patches to area hospitals are not heard on this tower.
Mississauga CACC
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- EMS units in Halton Region are busy on 35792. Hospital patches to Joseph Brant (JB) and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial (OTMH) are heard on Tac 3. Occasionally Mississauga city units are heard on Peel South 35776.
Niagara CACC
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- Niagara CACC are often heard off Hamilton Tower.
MOH Common Talkgroups
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- Since Hamilton General is a base hospital you will hear a lot of activity on MOHZN1 34976. Units from Cambridge, Mississauga and Niagara can also be heard on 35008 Reg 2 & 35024 Reg. Further west Region 1 units from London’s dispatch can be heard on 34992 on occasion.
3) MTO
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- In the winter time, punch in tgs 38464, 38480 and 38496
- Morriston seems to be the t/g for Halton West and Mississauga along Hwy 401.
- Burlington will cover the provincial highways such as Highway 5 (West of Hwy 6), the 403 & QEW and Highway 6. Niagara comes alive during snow squalls covering the QEW and other provincial Highways (420, 406) in the said region.