Can anyone tell me about CW1NY? Is this something reputable and is it still used?
CW1NY
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I hear them on 461.225 PL 167.9 on occasion
Bob
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BigLebowski
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What exactly is this...?
...did you click the link?
BigLebowski
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Yes, I clicked the link, thank you.
Is this a fire buff thing or a radio-based incident notification network? Paid service? How do they make their money if at all?
and the following page of words just below the landing page didn't pop up? I mean, most companies don't freely broadcast their business plan or their accounts recievable on their home page, (esp 501-c3s)...but this seems to be a pretty good description of what they do...
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BigLebowski
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Ah. Weird that you went there with that. Everything ok?
I did not say in any way that you were criticizing the service. If you can prove to me otherwise, feel free to PM me so that this conversation doesn't drag the thread further off topic. I was concerned that you didn't go to the link and read the mission statement and declaration on the front page of it, or that some kind of other issue prevented the page from loading on your device.
Either way, have a better day.
The question is still unanswered.
Are there any end users out there in NYC?
I use Broadnet and that seems a lot more active than this service.
Which leads me to wonder who is using CW and for what? The mission statement is extremely vague.
radioman2001
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CW1 if it is the same group has been around since the 70's. The original repeater was 461.650 6Z on the Grace building, and I had a 100w Mocom 70 or Micor on it for years.
It's a buff group that also was used by independent news gathers (stringers). It also was used by Shadow Traffic alternately in the 80's and 90's which provided mainstream media up to the minuite traffic reports for rebroadcast. Kinda like here volunteers gave reports to a central desk for reuse by others.
As far as being operational anymore I can't tell you, I have moved away from NYC. They also used to have other frequencies for NJ, CT, and with my repeater at the Alpine Tower as a TAC channel.
Lots of interesting stories about them.
It's a buff group that also was used by independent news gathers (stringers). It also was used by Shadow Traffic alternately in the 80's and 90's which provided mainstream media up to the minuite traffic reports for rebroadcast. Kinda like here volunteers gave reports to a central desk for reuse by others.
As far as being operational anymore I can't tell you, I have moved away from NYC. They also used to have other frequencies for NJ, CT, and with my repeater at the Alpine Tower as a TAC channel.
Lots of interesting stories about them.
Thank you for the info. That’s exactly what I was looking for. I’m looking for a good and active group to join as I work in midtown.
Someone in Brooklyn will have to verify if they are, in fact, operational, as described on their website. There's people talking on it, but no jobs going out on it.
And despite what that website says, about having a repeater on the Chrysler Building ("2000 to present"), their radio signal appears weak, despite me being line-of-sight with the building.
The addresses used (one on Foster Ave, and one on McDonald Ave) appear to be closed on Google maps.
The last post someone from that group posted here on RR was in 2006.
I never followed them too closely, but I remember quite awhile back someone said that the advent of pager/cell phone services (BNN, etc) sort of put a crimp on their business plan, as far as notifications go.
And despite what that website says, about having a repeater on the Chrysler Building ("2000 to present"), their radio signal appears weak, despite me being line-of-sight with the building.
The addresses used (one on Foster Ave, and one on McDonald Ave) appear to be closed on Google maps.
The last post someone from that group posted here on RR was in 2006.
I never followed them too closely, but I remember quite awhile back someone said that the advent of pager/cell phone services (BNN, etc) sort of put a crimp on their business plan, as far as notifications go.
BigLebowski
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How about me??
I have had it locked on the frequency all day and I heard 1 announcement of the callsign / ID and 2 units requesting radio checks. No jobs at all as @ten13 pointed out.
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Maybe they just need some fresh blood to pump more calls outs?
I think it would be cool paired with citizen app. Or NYCFireWire.
I’d love to see it repurposed rather then fade out
I think it would be cool paired with citizen app. Or NYCFireWire.
I’d love to see it repurposed rather then fade out
I can easily hit the repeater but I think I am too far away to be useful. It used to be enjoyable to monitor for sure. Everyone highly professional. I haven't monitored the 453.000 freq in a while. Maybe I'll put it back ion the scan lineup. Not sure if it is still active.
Danny37
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I used to monitor them in the late 2000s and it was the go to frequency for all the big jobs in NYC. Listening to SOD back then was headache cause it was non-stop radio traffic of EDPS, 54s etc. Made it impossible to passively listen when using multiple scanners. But then when notifications pages started gaining popularity, it was easier to monitor those. Then apps like BNN, nycfirewire and citizen made it so much easier to get push-notifications so it just became so much more convenient then monitoring a radio.
I believe the 453 frequency is a totally different network that we're once apart of CW1NY but had a falling out and started their own thing.
I believe the 453 frequency is a totally different network that we're once apart of CW1NY but had a falling out and started their own thing.
461.650 was Hal Goldenberg's repeater, I think: KNBB445. He was also a stringer (maybe staff photog) for the NY Post and could be heard on their repeater 453.000. Both were very active in the early to mid-1980s. I recall members of that crowd hanging out in strategic locations (like Times Square) at night, waiting for something to happen. See here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/halgoldenberg
n2nov
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Hal now hangs out with the 461.225 Citywide Disaster (CDS) crowd.
