nypd mobile

[mercurygrandmarquis1]

what does a mobile unit do exactly i heard it in the context of "43 mobile"

 

[radioman2001]

Need a little more info. What frequency did you hear it on, what was the dispatcher saying etc..There are very few mobiles in NYPD radio cars for voice traffic, everybody uses portables.

 

[mercurygrandmarquis1]

i was listining to the 43 pct on saturday night there were multipule shootings in multipual locations and a 10-13 was called aviation esu and the co wer there and then central called 43 mobile and gave them a location to go to and they went. i just found it a bit weird that that there was a mobile radio in this one and central was calling it mobile as opposed to somthing else. and what nypd cars have mobiles in them? ive seen most just use portables.

 

[sc800]

Could it have been the CO? Maybe they used "mobile" to indicate he was in his vehicle as opposed to in the PCT?

It wouldn't have been ESU or Aviation, as they would use their unit designifier, not 4-3.

 

[SCANdal]

"Mobile" was likely a shortened unit ID....The context would have given it away.

Could it have been the CO? Maybe they used "mobile" to indicate he was in his vehicle as opposed to in the PCT?

The CO is the CO...doesn't matter if he's at the base, in a car, on foot, on horseback, on a launch, in a ...

SCANdal

 

[willr10]

Are you sure it wasn't "portable" and not mobile"?