I have noticed that they do not display radio id's like every other agency does. Does anyone out there see rid's when these guys are chatting? I am on Long Island...
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I have noticed that they do not display radio id's like every other agency does. Does anyone out there see rid's when these guys are chatting? I am on Long Island...
Thanks
This is pretty common with USCG (the lack of RIDs.)
Why does the Coast Guard do this? Makes it harder to keep track of which radio keyed up in an emergency.
Why does the Coast Guard do this? Makes it harder to keep track of which radio keyed up in an emergency.
An educated guess (at least for this area) is that most of the P25 radios in use are for USCG AUX training.
Every now and then I'll see valid RIDs (in the 137xxxx & 58xxxxx range) but it's pretty rare.
Makes it harder to keep track of which radio keyed up in an emergency.
All the USCG [P25] radios I have ever seen had EMERGENCY disabled. No need for it. 35 miles off shore, stopping a vessel, who ELSE you gonna call?
Enforcement units, especially since 09-11-2001 are quite well armed. Everyone has a sidearm, everyone has a M4 Rifle, and usually one or more M240B belt-fed machine guns are mounted in their patrol boat.
Every now and then I'll see valid RIDs (in the 137xxxx & 58xxxxx range) but it's pretty rare.
P25 is in regular use on USCG non-156/157 frequencies (that is, it is used for the 162-174 MHz frequencies).