Hawaii / Honolulu police monitoring?

[walnut]

Hello Group:
Visiting Honolulu with my Uniden Home Patrol. The radio is receiving many types of traffic however, none of which is police traffic. Sure was hoping to hear Hawaii 50 in action! Any ideas on what is going on here?
Many thanks,
Scott

 

[riflemin]

Short answer: ProVoice. According to the database, Honolulu PD, Fire, and EMS use EDACs ProVoice which is not decodable by any scanner presently on the market. Bummer! When I go on vacation, monitoring local action is part of the experience and a valuable tool for personal safety!

 

[shadcall]

Hello Group:
Visiting Honolulu with my Uniden Home Patrol. The radio is receiving many types of traffic however, none of which is police traffic. Sure was hoping to hear Hawaii 50 in action! Any ideas on what is going on here?
Many thanks,
Scott

FYI, Hawaii 5-0 is not an actual police agency. It is only a TV show. The only way you will hear them in action is if they are filming on location and you pick up transmissions from the set.

 

[riflemin]

Five-oh

FYI, Hawaii 5-0 is not an actual police agency. It is only a TV show. The only way you will hear them in action is if they are filming on location and you pick up transmissions from the set.

True! I figured Walnut was using slang, as in Five-Oh or Po-Po. Beyond that, Hawaii Department of Public Safety apparently does not function as many mainland State Police organizations. I was going to joke that they don't need Troopers chasing speeders on the interstates because there are obviously no interstates. Wrong! They have interstate highways! I'm sure they have speeders - there was this one guy many years ago, don't know if they ever caught him? Named Thomas Magnum?

When you watch the old Hawaii Five-O its obvious that the antenna on McGarrett's car is VHF and I wonder about the actual radio systems in use in Hawaii then. Also it's amazing how dispatch could "patch" McGarrett "in" to almost anybody!

 

[shadcall]

True! I figured Walnut was using slang, as in Five-Oh or Po-Po. Beyond that, Hawaii Department of Public Safety apparently does not function as many mainland State Police organizations. I was going to joke that they don't need Troopers chasing speeders on the interstates because there are obviously no interstates. Wrong! They have interstate highways! I'm sure they have speeders - there was this one guy many years ago, don't know if they ever caught him? Named Thomas Magnum?

When you watch the old Hawaii Five-O its obvious that the antenna on McGarrett's car is VHF and I wonder about the actual radio systems in use in Hawaii then. Also it's amazing how dispatch could "patch" McGarrett "in" to almost anybody!

I wasn't sure. I remember when the original series ran with Jack Lord and company, people were asking on scanner boards what the 5-0 frequencies were as they assumed it was an actual police agency.

As far as Magnum, I think he changed his name to Reagan and is now the Police Commisioner of the NYPD lol.

As far as monitoring goes, it appears that although ProVoice is used, analog is also used so it may be possible to hear some PD. And of course there a lots of other things to listen to anywhere you go such as air, hotels, businesses, media marine, etc.

 

[garys]

I wasn't sure. I remember when the original series ran with Jack Lord and company, people were asking on scanner boards what the 5-0 frequencies were as they assumed it was an actual police agency.
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You remember that, huh? The original series started in 1968 and went until 1980. The PC was released by IBM that year, but it was several years before BBS services were up and running and several more years until Al Gore invented the Internet.

 

[shadcall]

You remember that, huh? The original series started in 1968 and went until 1980. The PC was released by IBM that year, but it was several years before BBS services were up and running and several more years until Al Gore invented the Internet.

Yes I remember people asking about 5-0 frequencies. It might have been after the show ended its run. It might not have been on some scanner BBS, but it was something I remember seeing possibly in an electronics magazine. I remember subscribing to Popular Commnications back then.