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Just heard dispatch asking cars to switch to Analog. Boy it sounds like crap!

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Yea, but I just heard an officer chatting w/ dispatch saying "You mean we don't sound garbled?" I think the officers are happy to be intelligible again. I too am happy they are "back"
 

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abqscan said:
Just heard dispatch asking cars to switch to Analog. Boy it sounds like crap!

Erik

This is really strange to mothball the commercial pro-voice radio for a good ol scanner, it was funny listening to APD on the way to work on a simple "cheap" Edacs scanner.

Wonder how long it will last?

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jimmnn said:
This is really strange to mothball the commercial pro-voice radio for a good ol *******, it was funny listening to APD on the way to work on a simple "cheap" Edacs *******.

Wonder how long it will last?

Jim<

One less radio to carry for the time being.

They're having a heck of a time getting everyone's radio switched over to analog.

I don't think everyone was paying attention at this mornings briefing.

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So I've been listening to them and I swear they have been repeating them selves even more because of the static..... kinda ironic I guess. It is nice to have only 1 radio to hear everything now, but I miss them sounding crystal clear.

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So I've been listening to them and I swear they have been repeating them selves even more because of the static..... kinda ironic I guess. It is nice to have only 1 radio to hear everything now, but I miss them sounding crystal clear.
Erik


Indeed. There is no doubt in my mind that the digital audio is able to transmit a clear message at a range when analog is totally unreadable.

I still think that they are going to have issues, and I think it has more to do with the simulcast setup than anything else.

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I was surprised to see that almost the entire system went Analog. Only Services and RMA are Digital. Swat might be as well but only time will tell.

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To all of you that are talking about carrying only one radio now that Aurora went back to analog. Did you guys purchase a provoice radio? If so how much was it and how did you program it? And what do you all do for a living to afford all these toys, just kidding.
 

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I was surprised to see that almost the entire system went Analog. Only Services and RMA are Digital. Swat might be as well but only time will tell.

Erik

What is "Services"? I've heard a lot of clearances on the site listed as PD services. Does anybody know why RMA is not switching back?
 

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What is "Services"? I've heard a lot of clearances on the site listed as PD services. Does anybody know why RMA is not switching back?

Services is just what Aurora refers to their clearances channels like other agenciesl. I've never heard RMA say anything bad about the radio system. Maybe, just maybe their used to a digital radio system...

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Swat is not digital. Hearing them yaking right now.

Why RMA 1 and 2 remained digital is beyond me. But your not missing much. All they do is yak and yak and yak on their channels... Mainly trying to pickup on the dispatcher and set up dinner meets...

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Swat is not digital. Hearing them yaking right now.

Why RMA 1 and 2 remained digital is beyond me. But your not missing much. All they do is yak and yak and yak on their channels... Mainly trying to pickup on the dispatcher and set up dinner meets...

Dave

Remember RMA is just contracted to the city and not truly a city agency so that's why I believe they remained digital and I agree with Dave it's worse than Denver i-call for late night dates.

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Refresh my memory please. What is RMA? Rural Metro Ambulance? I never get to Aurora anymore, but may put it in a Win 95 file for the heck of it.

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Aurora PD Designators

Now that Aurora PD is analog both ways, and I've been listening for a while, I'm wondering if anybody can explain their number system. I've been hearing call numbers such as

112, 113, 317, 325, 116A, etc. This is all on Dispatch 2. What do the 3 numbers mean, and any numbers after them?
 

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MikeyB said:
Now that Aurora PD is analog both ways, and I've been listening for a while, I'm wondering if anybody can explain their number system. I've been hearing call numbers such as

112, 113, 317, 325, 116A, etc. This is all on Dispatch 2. What do the 3 numbers mean, and any numbers after them?

1=Graveyards
2=Days
3=Swings

The numbers after that are the beat number example 323 is the Aurora Mall car Swings beat 23. The A car is the extra beat car.
 

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abqscan said:
Just heard dispatch asking cars to switch to Analog. Boy it sounds like crap!

Erik

SOUNDS GREAT IN THE DOWNTOWN DENVER AREA! I just put it in my 94, which is not as sensitive as my 95, and it's holding the CC great. I will have questions in the future, ie, I don't see an "all call" listed in the database. Is it 04-000 / 512?

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1=Graveyards
2=Days
3=Swings

The numbers after that are the beat number example 323 is the Aurora Mall car Swings beat 23. The A car is the extra beat car.

Good info troop. I'ts been a long time since I monitored Aurora. They used to be dispatched in areas, East, South, and North. Looks like that has changed. Does anyone have a precinct map?

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I'm sure I already know the answer to this but i've got a Uniden BC235XLT...will it work with Aurora's system? or i'm I screwed like I think I am
 
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