believe it or not, all stations should be giving the call sign for the radio / frequency they are using at the
end of a series of transmissions. this is not bull, but right out of the FCC rules and regulations. the
problem is that most of the dispatch centers you may listen to never follow the part 90 rules. One
of these days, they may just receive a visit from one of the FCC field engineers and find out just
how costly not giving the station call sign can be.
The other major problem with a good many of the public safety radios in use today is that the
station license is probably out of date and has lapsed. As I travel around the country, that is
one thing I like to look at when in the dispatch centers. Some place the FCC license should be
posted in plain site. Many time I find the licenses are not posted and if they are, they are
many years out of date. Most of the people who's names are on the license have long since
left and no one took over the responsibility to make sure the FCC licenses are current.
So you may even hear a call sign given, that when you search the FCC database, it isn't there.
Jim
Didn't know if I should post this in the general scanning, thought I'd start here. When I listen to the VA state police, the dispatcher will repeat the channel (?) call sign...I most often hear the dispatch say something, and then will say "KIC-365" (I think it's KIC, could be something else). But, anyway, why do they say that and I don't hear the call signs on the other stuff I listen to, such as the county police or fire and rescue/ems, etc.?
Thanks,
SV