nursepen
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I saw this post in Pennsylvania and was wondering about locations in NJ
Great listening spots in NJ
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fineshot1
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Scenic overlook on Route 78 between exits 30 & 33. Access is from the west bound side.
Best time of year is around late fall when ambient temps have cooled off and most of the leaves are on the ground. Of course another good time is when there is a band opening but that is tough to predict in advance...
Best time of year is around late fall when ambient temps have cooled off and most of the leaves are on the ground. Of course another good time is when there is a band opening but that is tough to predict in advance...
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High Point is another good spot. Also, anywhere along the shore is good for skip signals.
Washington Rock Park in Green Brook Twp.
Amazing coverage to the south in all directions & DFQ copy of just about everything in NYC...
Amazing coverage to the south in all directions & DFQ copy of just about everything in NYC...
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mount mitchell scenic overlook in atlantic highlands nj.part of the monmouth county park's system.unbelievable coverage of most of nj/metro nyc with a handheld scanner.i could spend an entire day there.if you go,bring binocculars !.fantastic view of sandy hook bay and nyc.great for aviation listner's.heavy air traffic of aircraft arriving/departing jfk.
sandy hook gateway nps.highlands/sea bright area of nj.great beach's with great view of nyc especially from north beach.great frying and scanning at the same time.summer
fee's i believe are $10.00 per car.go early.sometime's on a busier day they close the park around 11 or 12 in the afternoon.
livingston/west orange area of essex county.south mountain reservation area off of south orange ave.great coverage of most of northern nj and nyc.was listening to the tower portion of newark's liberty airport <ewr> with a handheld scanner and small magnetic antenna on car.also could hear some of the stronger signal output police and fire frequencies from central jersey. post note: anyone from this area will be able to identify with this.i was in that area last week.i was saddened to see that both don's in livingston and "grunnings on the hill" are gone !
almost anywhere west of the garden state parkway in holmdel township nj.holmdel park area.you are basically up pretty high.
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sandy hook gateway nps.highlands/sea bright area of nj.great beach's with great view of nyc especially from north beach.great frying and scanning at the same time.summer
fee's i believe are $10.00 per car.go early.sometime's on a busier day they close the park around 11 or 12 in the afternoon.
livingston/west orange area of essex county.south mountain reservation area off of south orange ave.great coverage of most of northern nj and nyc.was listening to the tower portion of newark's liberty airport <ewr> with a handheld scanner and small magnetic antenna on car.also could hear some of the stronger signal output police and fire frequencies from central jersey. post note: anyone from this area will be able to identify with this.i was in that area last week.i was saddened to see that both don's in livingston and "grunnings on the hill" are gone !
almost anywhere west of the garden state parkway in holmdel township nj.holmdel park area.you are basically up pretty high.
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Great Listening in Gloucester County on Rt 322 in the area of the Commodore Barry Bridge. You can monitor Gloucester, Camden counties, as well as Camden City in New Jersey. In Pa you are on the cusp of the listening area of Philadelphia. In addition Delaware county comes in great (even the weak fireboard stations come in okay), Montgomery county is as clear as day, as well as Chester County TRS patches. In some areas you can pick up the PA turnpike repeater which is always interesting. You can also get the Delaware TRS patches from New Castle pretty strong. Oh, and of course the Delaware river port authority. Im sure from there you can also get the Philadelphia Airport stuff.
You can also get a lot of great stuff in Pennsauken. I'd imagine Philadelphia comes in (I havent messed around too much with that yet). Definitely you can receive all of Camco, Burlington County, Cherry Hill, Camden City (even the simplex) and Gloucester County. In PA of course you can get bucks and montgomery county, and maybe Delaware county, oh and maybe the Pa turnpike. Certainly the DRPA and maybe Philly airport.
You can also get a lot of great stuff in Pennsauken. I'd imagine Philadelphia comes in (I havent messed around too much with that yet). Definitely you can receive all of Camco, Burlington County, Cherry Hill, Camden City (even the simplex) and Gloucester County. In PA of course you can get bucks and montgomery county, and maybe Delaware county, oh and maybe the Pa turnpike. Certainly the DRPA and maybe Philly airport.
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The Garrett Mountain Reservation overlook, off of Rifle Camp Road in West Paterson, is a great location for monitoring Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Eagle Rock Reservation, off of Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange, is great for monitoring points in Essex County east of the First Watchung Mountain Range. It's also a good place to monitor NYC.
On the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County there are 3 scenic overlooks, great for monitoring Westchester County and the Bronx.
Eagle Rock Reservation, off of Eagle Rock Avenue in West Orange, is great for monitoring points in Essex County east of the First Watchung Mountain Range. It's also a good place to monitor NYC.
On the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County there are 3 scenic overlooks, great for monitoring Westchester County and the Bronx.
I agree with others who mentioned Mount Mitchell (great distance listening and very good pickup on the marine channels) and Sandy Hook (good reception of other shore towns in Monmouth County as well as New York City and Long Island shore communities).
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One of my all-time favorites (for both scanning and amateur radio) is Sunrise Mountain in Stokes State Forest (off Rte 206). Rte 206 and a right on Sunrise Mountain Road takes you to the peak, right adjacent to the Appalachian Trail. The view east from the parking lot at the peak puts all of Northeastern NJ as a line of sight. View, especially when the trees turn in the Fall is awesome. Way back when, Garrett Mountain was a super place for field day. Still a great place to listen and to talk!
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Great listening--was not expected
Took a ride today to Woodbridge Center. Parked outside of the Jewelry Exchange. Not particularly high ground.
Flipped on my 396 and did a service search on the public service bands, which came alive with transmissions (most simplex) from NYPD & NYFD. Loud and clear. BTW, they were VHF-HI and UHF, and I was using a RS 800 Mhz antenna.
Since I'm from Camden County, I'm not at all familiar with the 'listening' in this area. Just wondering if this is typical reception.
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Took a ride today to Woodbridge Center. Parked outside of the Jewelry Exchange. Not particularly high ground.
Flipped on my 396 and did a service search on the public service bands, which came alive with transmissions (most simplex) from NYPD & NYFD. Loud and clear. BTW, they were VHF-HI and UHF, and I was using a RS 800 Mhz antenna.
Since I'm from Camden County, I'm not at all familiar with the 'listening' in this area. Just wondering if this is typical reception.
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I can pick up some NYPD transmissions here in Highland Park with a rubber duck (mainly Staten Island), about 8 miles southwest of Woodbridge Mall, but can pick up more with my indoor J-Pole (also pulling in say lower Manhatten and some Brooklyn stuff).ampulman said:
So I would say that it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, and Woodbridge Center isn't a particuarly amaizing listening post anyway (not unusually high ground, etc).
NYC freqs
Actually, some of the NYC stuff is not that hard to pick up. I think its pretty powerful. Some times at night when the radiowaves are right I can pick up some of it, specifically Manhattan Dispatch, as well as the staten island police/EMS frequencies. One time I was also getting Queens Dispatch. And this is at my home all the way in Berlin, Nj with a rubber stock antenna!! I notice that this happens about the same time as when I can get NY channel 2, 4, and 7 on my TV, and NYC FM radio stations on my boombox. They must have made these scanning frequencies more powerful for a reason.
Actually, some of the NYC stuff is not that hard to pick up. I think its pretty powerful. Some times at night when the radiowaves are right I can pick up some of it, specifically Manhattan Dispatch, as well as the staten island police/EMS frequencies. One time I was also getting Queens Dispatch. And this is at my home all the way in Berlin, Nj with a rubber stock antenna!! I notice that this happens about the same time as when I can get NY channel 2, 4, and 7 on my TV, and NYC FM radio stations on my boombox. They must have made these scanning frequencies more powerful for a reason.
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Hmmmnn! Very interesting. I'm not far away in Voorhees.
Brings back fond memories of my teens and later years, dxing vhf tv.
Will have to try that. Should be coming into peak dxing season just about now.
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nyc,especially fdny has a killer signal. i was in wildwood nj and was picking up fdny on a vhf commercial handheld radio.for anyone that's not familiar with wildwood,it's a considerable distance from nyc.it's at the far end of southern nj and on the outskirts of delaware.
It's been a while...
But a real good spot for scanning in south jersey is the Pine Hill/Gloucester Twp. area of Camden County. It must be one heck of a hill. I receive all of Camden County, Gloucester County, even Burlington County West, Northwest, and even Burlington County Northcentral! I get both the Cherry Hill and Camden City EDACS systems real clear. NJSP South and Central sites control channels come in full power, and voice sounds clear. I can get Salem Co. TRS and from PA Bucks County (those two systems seem to duke it out a lot because they have the same freqs.) Also from PA I get Philadelphia PD and FD clearly, Montgomery county, Delaware County, and Chester County 800. I get PA turnpike District 4, and I even get New Castle Co. Delaware!
But a real good spot for scanning in south jersey is the Pine Hill/Gloucester Twp. area of Camden County. It must be one heck of a hill. I receive all of Camden County, Gloucester County, even Burlington County West, Northwest, and even Burlington County Northcentral! I get both the Cherry Hill and Camden City EDACS systems real clear. NJSP South and Central sites control channels come in full power, and voice sounds clear. I can get Salem Co. TRS and from PA Bucks County (those two systems seem to duke it out a lot because they have the same freqs.) Also from PA I get Philadelphia PD and FD clearly, Montgomery county, Delaware County, and Chester County 800. I get PA turnpike District 4, and I even get New Castle Co. Delaware!
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