Monitoring State Police in Vigo County

jclarkr6 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 04:51 AM

Hello! I'm traveling to Vigo County, IN on Saturday and I plan on listening to the Indiana State Police on the Indiana SAFE-T system. This will be the first time I have ever listened to SAFE-T and I will be monitoring both sites in Vigo county. I believe I have the system correctly programmed into my BCD396XT, as I have it set as being a "Mot Type II/P25" system on my 396XT. While I have been successful in programming in most of the talkgroups that I want to hear, I am not sure that I have programmed in the right talkgroups to hear the Indiana State Police in Vigo County. I programmed in all the talkgroups for ISP District 32 and ISP District 33. Do I have the right SAFE-T talkgroups programmed into my scanner to hear the ISP in Vigo County?

Just a quick note, I have my ham radio license so I am exempt from Indiana's scanner laws. I just thought I'd add that before somebody brought it up.

jamesa53 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 08:29 AM

Yes, sounds like you have it exactly right. Vigo has 2 SAFE-T towers, 008 and 038. Although in Vigo County I dont personallly hear Dist 33 traffic on either tower but I don't use an outdoor antenna. Dist 32 is dispatched from Bloomington now but is heard on site 008 and 038. The mutual aid channel used the most around here is H MA 1. There's also some DNR South Region traffic on 008 and 038 as well if you are into that.

jclarkr6 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-14-2009, 02:49 PM

Thanks, jamesa53! It's good to know that I'm on the right track. I've also got the mutual aid and DNR talkgroups programmed in, so I am also looking forward to hearing those. I am eagerly awaiting my chance to listen to a Mot Type II system because the only systems that I have ever monitored were either conventional or P25. Thanks again for your help!

ScanNEIN · #4 (**permalink**) 10-15-2009, 06:07 PM

I would suggest searching the talkgroups rather than scan. That way you might hear something you do not have programmed in.

jclarkr6 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-16-2009, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ScanNEIN

I would suggest searching the talkgroups rather than scan. That way you might hear something you do not have programmed in.

Good advice, ScanNEIN. I usually use ID Search to make sure that I hear all the traffic on a specific tower. I'll definitely make sure that I remember to do that on Saturday. Thanks!