Monkj2569
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I’m very new to scanners, I’m looking at buying a scanner and I’ll I want to listen to is Ramsey co fire dispatch, if I buy a 800 MHz scanner will I be able to listen to this? Thanks in advance
Ramsey co fire dispatch
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stmills
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An 800 MHz scanner that does APCO25/P25 trunking will do what you need.
squad1b
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I just bought a whistler WS1040 from Amazon that works great for Minnesota's P25
Monkj2569
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Will the uniden bc75xlt work? I’m only look to to spend around 100 or less if all possible, I only want to listen to Ramsey county fire dispatch. Thanks
stmills
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The bc75xlt will not work for the ARMER system. Now if you only want to hear the page go out then it will work on the vhf pager frequency used but you will not hear anything other than the initial dispatch on the Ramsey system. I don’t know what you will find around the $100 price point, new scanners with p25 digital are in the $350 plus range. I have seen them under $150 used occasionally but often times they are still over $200 used. The cheapest way I know of to listen to a P25 system via radio is a $20 RTL SDR dongle plugged into a pc running Unitrunker version 2 beta. I swear by the RTL SDR Systems but you will find as many users who swear at the RTL SDRs as there are users who swear by it.
My experience with RTL sticks hasn't been great in simulcast areas, like the metro. But for the cost its worth a shot, and if it doesn't work its still worthwhile for unitrunker.
stmills
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Woggieee- what towers have you tried RTL with? I run mine full time on 2-001 Hennepin East, 1-009 Minneapolis - both with better results than my 396T, I have had mixed results as of late getting 1-001 Metro Main, 2-002 Hennepin West, and recently I have been getting reception of 2-003 Ramsey which better than I ever recall. I am located North of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Golden Valley Tower.
Monkj2569
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Stmills, what are some options for scanners that I can get the armer? And is there any way I could use an older Motorola mts2000 flashport?
stmills
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Uniden:
296
325p2
396T & XT
436
536
796
996
HP1&2
Whistler
1040
1065
Trx1&2
Realistic
Pro96
Pro106
Pro2096
Pro668
Pro652
Pro197
Pro651
Pro18
The Motorola Mts2000 is an analog only radio.
296
325p2
396T & XT
436
536
796
996
HP1&2
Whistler
1040
1065
Trx1&2
Realistic
Pro96
Pro106
Pro2096
Pro668
Pro652
Pro197
Pro651
Pro18
The Motorola Mts2000 is an analog only radio.
I don't completely remember since it was awhile ago, but I know for sure I had almost no success with Washington county. I'd assume I tried ramsey and anoka, but I don't remember for sure. When I've been in Hibbing it works pretty good there.
Ramsey County Fire Dispatch
What control channels do you have programmed in and what talkgroups are you trying to hear?
What control channels do you have programmed in and what talkgroups are you trying to hear?
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Ramsey County Fire Dispatch
https://forums.radioreference.com/minnesota-radio-discussion-forum/290514-ramsey-county-changes.html
https://forums.radioreference.com/minnesota-radio-discussion-forum/290514-ramsey-county-changes.html
So here's the deal. I am currently able to receive dispatches and radio traffic on vhf analog for Ramsey County fire and for White Bear Lake fire. My digital scanner is silent. No digital traffic at all. I checked the control channels and am able to receive Ramsey law, so I know that part is correct. I feel that the talkgroup info may not be correct. Does anyone know the updated talkgroup info for Ramsey county fire,Whte Bear Lake fire, and St. Paul fire. Thanks.
stmills
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11522, 11524, 12108
Monkj2569
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Will the ws1040 work???
Okay so I have gotten some money and I’m going to buy a scanner tomorrow, I would like to listen to all Ramsey co fire dispatch and well as police in Ramsey co such as maplewood, Roseville, sheriff... etc, will the whistler ws1040 work for this?
Okay so I have gotten some money and I’m going to buy a scanner tomorrow, I would like to listen to all Ramsey co fire dispatch and well as police in Ramsey co such as maplewood, Roseville, sheriff... etc, will the whistler ws1040 work for this?
squad1b
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Yes the Whistler 1040 will work fine . I use on for Ramsey county
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Monkj2569
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Ramsey co frequencies
Great thank you! I found some of the frequencies for Ramsey co but I anyone could post the frequencies for all cities police dispatch and mutual aid in Ramsey co including LTAC1 that would be awesome!
Great thank you! I found some of the frequencies for Ramsey co but I anyone could post the frequencies for all cities police dispatch and mutual aid in Ramsey co including LTAC1 that would be awesome!
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