Search results

Info to Clean-up The IDOT Map Here are suggestions to clean-up the list and map of IDOT yards that was based on RR license information...

Alpha Codes Are Duplicated Between Districts Note that the "Alpha Codes" assigned to the various yards are often duplicated from IDOT district to district. In other words, as was posted above, you can have a "Landscape" yard in Dist 3 with Alpha Code LA on their trucks, and then drive to...

IDOT District 1 Radio Numbers For the Chicago area - IDOT District 1 - below are Alpha Codes for each yard, the truck numbers series that you will hear on the radio, and notes about the yard. How to read this> When I say 190 200 is Landscape Yard, what I mean is that on the Dist 1 frequencies...

Every IDOT Yard in the state of Illinois N thru Z Here is the second half of my list of every highway maintenance yard in the state of Illinois (as of a couple of years ago). I have personally put eyeballs on every one of these - and also looked for locations that turned out to be radio towers...

Every IDOT Highway Operations yard in Illinois A thru M Here is every highway maintenance yard in the state of Illinois (as of a couple of years ago). I have personally put eyeballs on every one of these - and also looked for locations that turned out to be radio towers, but not operations...

Rich, Another outstanding job!! I have 5 speakers in my console and need to install something like those LEDs to make it easier to see which radio is active at any moment. Thanks for posting. Bill E.

Two BCD-396T are hung on the side of the console. Method of mounting simply uses Motorola microphone brackets. The belt clip stud on the back of the radio snaps right into a Motorola mic bracket. I had a bunch of useless mics left over from some Maxtracs that I bought, but you can also buy...

Thanks to all for the kind comments. Tom... - The rack itself is Middle Atlantic Products Item# 2-10M from Markertek.com. - Regarding power wiring, the Furman power conditioner has 8 standard outlets on the rear. Some of those are spaced at "wall wart" widths. Using those outlets plus one...

The blue antenna is the Maxrad BMYD451M Yagi. I did not post a photo of the Icom discone because it looks exactly like a Diamond D130J Super Discone Antenna which you can see photos of on their web site.

The pre-amp data are available at advancedreceiver.com. The data you will see there is a little different than the pre-amps I used because I ordered a custom frequency range. But you'll get the idea. You can contact Advanced Receiver through their web site for more details.

I bought and assembled a standard 19" sloped-face 10-U console made by Middle Atlantic Products (ordered from Markertek.com). Mounted in it are: - Furman PL-Plus DMC Power Conditioner (protects the equipment, includes volt/amp meter and panel lights) - 4-speaker panel from NovecComm (sometimes...

The photo of the pre-amp is helpful. Nice set-up. Bill E.

You don't want to put the on-glass transducer centered on a strip of the defroster wire; but I've never had a problem if one or two fringe areas of the transducer happen to be on a defroster wire.

I have used on-glass (cell phone look-alike) antennas on 4 Buicks for at least 10 years. Until this recent install, I used Radio Shack "cellular look-alike" antennas. They usually come in a length of about 24". I cut them down to 18" which has two advantages: 1. 18" is the perfect length for...

The 2010 Buick LaCrosse has a compartment in the center console which is just barely deep enough to hold the BCD396T scanner standing up with a BNC "L" antenna connector on top. That is, it's deep enough if the plastic coin tray under the lid of the compartment is removed! The car also has...