On our transit frequency there's lots of comradery and cooperation among the drivers. The dispatcher is seldom heard from unless called by a driver, or a parent calls the depot to report her kid hasn't shown up after school.
I guess not, because there is no Brooklyn, NJ. Brooklyn is a borough of New York City. Most of my relatives used to live there.
I grew up in New Jersey, but since my immigration to Canada, I've encountered several instances of confusion between the two states. At a cocktail party, when I knew nothing about mixed drinks, the host said he'd make me feel at home by mixing me a Manhattan. When I landed a job as a guitar teacher, the studio owner, who turned out to be a shyster, tried to promote the lessons by claiming that I was a professor from New York. Of course, I was neither from New York, nor a professor.
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Dispatch be advised I have about 20 motorcycles going nearly 100 mph down New Bern..... And one moped trying to catch up to them.
Which is why lots of taxi channels disallow drivers hearing each other; mobile to base: OK. Base to all mobiles: OK. mobile to mobile: BZZZZZTT!
I even built up a small UHF LTR system this way. (It also had KNWD Fleetsync; first of the month when independent contractors hadn't paid their radio rental fee - STUN!
)jeffdafoe
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Last week I heard a police dispatch to a Burger King because a male was in the lobby wearing a shirt with no pants or undergarments.
What about shoes?
Was listening to a neighboring county's sheriffs department doing surveillance on local drug activity. Lots of casual plain talk between officers. No 10 or signal codes. One officer said " There goes NAME REMOVED. I'm pretty sure she has a warrant ; but I just don't feel like messing with that right now"
No shoes, No Shirt, No service. Doesn't say anything about pants.
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Funny scanner stories:
A friend of mine owned a small scanner shop many years ago and I covered for him for a few days when he went on vacation. A guy came in and was wondering why his scanner would not work, he had taped the rubber duck antenna to the back of the scanner and put a piece of rubber fish tank tube between the connectors. He said the antenna, when placed on the top of the radio was too tall and that the tube "should guide the microwaves to the radio from the antenna".
We had a guy at a scanner club meeting ask if he were to reverse the polarity of the crystals in his scanner would it work better?
A friend of mine owned a small scanner shop many years ago and I covered for him for a few days when he went on vacation. A guy came in and was wondering why his scanner would not work, he had taped the rubber duck antenna to the back of the scanner and put a piece of rubber fish tank tube between the connectors. He said the antenna, when placed on the top of the radio was too tall and that the tube "should guide the microwaves to the radio from the antenna".
We had a guy at a scanner club meeting ask if he were to reverse the polarity of the crystals in his scanner would it work better?
mmckenna
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While totally wrong, you do gotta appreciate the thought that went into that. After all, he's not too far off from waveguide….
I heard a cop once come on the radio and yell "Radio..... A cricket ball has come out of nowhere and smashed our windscreen!" to which the operator replied "Gee Kings Cross 1..... that must have belonged to one seriouslly big cricket!"
Why not? It works for Donald Duck! But I don't know why Disney gave him a shirt to wear.
Winnie the pooh and many more that are pantless as well. Why hasn't Disney started a nudist resort? They support nudism.Why not? It works for Donald Duck! But I don't know why Disney gave him a shirt to wear.
SMH
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Worst call any cop has to make came over the tac simplex channel while on a service call at a residents house
"Hey Bob, I need you to get the spare key, I locked myself out of my unit. I'm standing here trying to look busy"
"Hey Bob, I need you to get the spare key, I locked myself out of my unit. I'm standing here trying to look busy"
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One I heard on the sheriff airport detail many years ago. The dispatcher asked one of them to test his radio via a 10 count. So when he gets up to ten, he says..."Can I put my shoes back on now?" The dispatcher says..."Only if you can find somebody to tie them."
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Santa must have missed someone here in Danville...Jan. 19th DFD and DLSC dispatched to a house with a person stuck in a chimney...according to caller, he was hearing someone in his chimney talking...Engine 4 checked the chimney and reported the hole was too small for a person to fit inside...
