karldotcom
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Ahh, remember the good ole days when CHP had to pace or catch you with the plane? Good times.
What happened to the speed enforcement via airplane? I used to hear them but now I hardly ever hear them.
I do hear CHP's 'air 21', a rotary wing unit
Maybe with things settling financially (long shot I know) here in Cali things will start to change and pick up for the better for the scanner enthusiasts.
The distance here is about 15 miles.The cars are low powered transmissions aren't they? I can hear the cars alot in other counties which is strange but the air enforcement ground units are always weaker in signal strength. The plane also but line of sight may play alot in this. Signals fade in and out.
Listening to CHP in the Stockton area on 44.92 about 2 weeks ago or so I could hear the AIR unit pointing out cars and their types that were good for a stop. I couldn't hear the units response to it, they must have been on the BLUE possibly? It was interesting though because Base would continue to carry on default dispatch duties while the AIR unit would butt in between transmissions while doing their detail. Might of been patched in possibly? My only guess to that detail would be the speed enforcement that you mentioned.
As many of you know, I concentrate heavily on monitoring CHP. I monitor base, mobile and extender frequencies and use antennas that give me good signals on low band.
I hear them doing speed enforcement all the time on the I80 corridor by the Antelope scales. This past (3 day) weekend I heard them on BLUE2 doing enforcement on Highway 50 between Sunrise, Hazel & Folsom Blvds. Some of the speeds they clock on that stretch amaze me.
Of course I was just listening to a high speed chase on Turquoise that moved to Black at speeds of 110+. It turned out to be a parolee at large and they only caught him after using a spike strip.
I am fairly certain that the speed control communcation I've been monitoring on BLUE2 are in "car to car" mode on the base frequency. That means no repeater or tower involved.where is the Blue's antenna located?
Bit off from the speed trap discussion, but where is the Blue's antenna located? I know the Stockton Dispatch center has their radio tower right next to the Office and repeats up to the mountain units. After yesterdays fiasco up on the "hill" from the snow, Stockton moved all Stockton and Tracy units to the BLUE while Amador and Calaveras stayed on the White. I programmed in the BLUE base frequency and would only get static que ups but never any audio.
I also get all the Stockton and Tracy unit traffic fine both directions but any transmissions to Amador or Calaveras units I only get either the unit or Dispatch, it alternates.
Right up my ally. I hear them almost every Sunday in Sacramento.... a few videos I captured in the last year:
CHP AIR Sacramento - YouTube
CHP Air posse - YouTube
CHP in the sky - Radar Detector & Laser Jammer Forum
FYI - I usually pick them on on these channels in SAC area:
CHP GOLD3 but mostly BLUE2 (44.84000)
44.84 BLUE 2 is what I have programmed in. I got static que ups but no audio. Interesting thing, today was the first time I have seen a "Silver Alert" on the CHP CAD website. Missing 89 year old from Citrus Heights. Last seen 3:45am Wednesday morning.You should check if you have blue2 program not the old blue1. And remember they use car to car when they do speed traps so you must be near them to hear them
The dispatcher might be transmitting on sites you cant pick up
And yesterday was the first time I heard Coastal blue2 for Santa Cruz units on high way 17
Thanks for those vids Tahoekid. Was the beeping sound in the second video alerting to radar or a police radio signal? Out of all the LE i'd risk playing "chicken" with (minding my own business) CHP always freaks me out. Never know about them.
Are you still using the BlackVue DR400G-HD ? Hows that holding up?
44.84 BLUE 2 is what I have programmed in. I got static que ups but no audio. Interesting thing, today was the first time I have seen a "Silver Alert" on the CHP CAD website. Missing 89 year old from Citrus Heights. Last seen 3:45am Wednesday morning.
Sacto 9-1-1: CHP issues 'Silver Alert' for missing Citrus Heights woman