riscon

Over the past several days I’ve listened to some new activity on RISCON South Wide Area Ch 2 (TG 1019) that I haven't heard before. There seems to be a generic “Dispatch” sending numbered cars around, but they never give any addresses other than some numbered locations (T8, T16, etc) and the...

Hey all USMC veteran Rhode Island resident looking to buy a HAM or scanner and need some advice. My main usages will be to monitor local traffic (PD, FD, State Police, etcetera) and to maintain and become proficient with a back up reliable source of communication. Any recommendations on what...

Hello everyone I am fairly new to the whole scanner scene the last time I had a scanner was the early 90's and I have noticed things have changed. One being ALOT of local police stations in RI are using this RISCON thing and I can not for the life of me figure out how to get the frequencies or...

I am using Freescan and downloaded the RISCON system from RR. I see several bars showing I am receiving a signal from the South Simulcast but I am not catching anything. The bars aren't always there. I would expect that when no transmissions. I have squelch set to 0. I see it doing ID scan and...