Hey Dane County - What are you monitoring?

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pbecker0127

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I live in s/w Madison and have an SDS100 w/DMR. I'm listening to DaneCom, Madison PD/FD/EMS & UW Med Flight. What do you like to monitor?
 

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Is anyone in Dane Co. having luck with something like a Whistler WS1065 or Whistler WS1040 which are Phase I scanners? I'm trying to get into this hobby without spending $600+.
 

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Danecom is p25 phase II , The WS1065 is phase p25 phase I. WS1065 will not cover Danecom.
 

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Danecom is p25 phase II , The WS1065 is phase p25 phase I. WS1065 will not cover Danecom.
Thanks much. I got confused because the database here list most of the channels on Danecom as Mode: D which I assumed was Phase I.

Anyway, I'll look into the BCD996P2. I won't be able to put an antenna outside or anything though.
 

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Danecom is p25 phase II , The WS1065 is phase p25 phase I. WS1065 will not cover Danecom.

Surprisingly, Danecom shows Phase II, but only a handful of TGID's are T. The rest are D, which means a 1065 CAN monitor the system. Just because it say Phase II, that isn't always the case.
 

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Thanks much. I got confused because the database here list most of the channels on Danecom as Mode: D which I assumed was Phase I.

Anyway, I'll look into the BCD996P2. I won't be able to put an antenna outside or anything though.

See my post in answer to laidback's suggestion.
 

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I live in s/w Madison and have an SDS100 w/DMR. I'm listening to DaneCom, Madison PD/FD/EMS & UW Med Flight. What do you like to monitor?


I live in s/w Madison and have an SDS100 w/DMR. I'm listening to DaneCom, Madison PD/FD/EMS & UW Med Flight. What do you
I live in s/w Madison and have an SDS100 w/DMR. I'm listening to DaneCom, Madison PD/FD/EMS & UW Med Flight. What do you like to monitor?

Can you hear Cottage Grove’s PD and FD? I couldn’t hear them on my 436HP and I’m awaiting arrival of my SDS100. Do you recommend the DMR upgrade for the Madison area?
 

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Can you hear Cottage Grove’s PD and FD? I couldn’t hear them on my 436HP and I’m awaiting arrival of my SDS100. Do you recommend the DMR upgrade for the Madison area?
Yes you will hear them. Cottage Grove PD uses the Dane CO Sheriff channels and are 8200 units. Fire is also on DaneCom. I think PD, fire and DPW use the "local" channels from time to time for stuff they don't want going through the 911 center.
 

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What do you mean they use the Dane Co sheriff channels? What do I have to program into sentinel to hear them? These are the talk group ID's I have programmed, but my scanner is silent at the moment. (I have to believe there is SOME chatter going on.) Are there different things I should have on this favorites list?
 

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What do you mean they use the Dane Co sheriff channels? What do I have to program into sentinel to hear them? These are the talk group ID's I have programmed, but my scanner is silent at the moment. (I have to believe there is SOME chatter going on.) Are there different things I should have on this favorites list?

1300032c8DDAATGDane County Announcement Multi-Dispatch
1300132c9DDALAW1Dane County Sheriff Law 1 Law Dispatch
1300232caDDALAW2TKDane County Sheriff Law 2 Talkaround Law Talk
1300332cbDDALAW3Dane County Sheriff Law 3 Law Dispatch
1300432ccDDALAW4TKDane County Sheriff Law 4 Talkaround Law Talk
1301332d5DDALTAC 13Dane County Law Tactical 13 Law Tac
1301432d6DDALTAC 14Dane County Law Tactical 14 Law Tac
1301532d7DDALTAC 15Dane County Law Tactical 15 Law Tac
1302032dcDDALAWALLDane County Sheriff - All Law Talk
1302632e2DDADATADane County Sheriff Data Law Talk

These are the law enforcement channels. Most primary law daily law enforcement activities are on 1 and 3.

The talkgroups below are the fire/ems channels


1300532cdDDAPAGEDane County Paging Fire Dispatch
130613305DDA ADAMA Adam Fire Dispatch
130623306DDA BAKERB Baker Fire-Tac
130633307DDA CHARLIEC Charlie Fire-Tac
130643308DDA DAVIDD David Fire-Tac
130653309DDA EDWARDE Edward EMS Dispatch
13066330aDDA FRANKF Frank (Primary ALS Intercepts) EMS-Tac
13067330bDDA GEORGEG George (Secondary EMS/Operations/ALS Intercept) EMS-Tac
13068330cDDA HENRYH Henry EMS-Tac
13069330dDDA IDAI Ida EMS-Tac
13070330eDDA JOHNJ John (Joint Response Channel) Fire-Tac
13085331dTDANETAC1Dane County Analog Tactical Channel 1 Fire-Tac
13086331eTDANETAC2Dane County Analog Tactical Channel 2 Fire-Tac
130963328TDAIFERNIFERN Patch Interop
13098332aDEMS BEMS B Patch Hospital
 

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1300032c8DDAATGDane County AnnouncementMulti-Dispatch
1300132c9DDALAW1Dane County Sheriff Law 1Law Dispatch
1300232caDDALAW2TKDane County Sheriff Law 2 TalkaroundLaw Talk
1300332cbDDALAW3Dane County Sheriff Law 3Law Dispatch
1300432ccDDALAW4TKDane County Sheriff Law 4 TalkaroundLaw Talk
1301332d5DDALTAC 13Dane County Law Tactical 13Law Tac
1301432d6DDALTAC 14Dane County Law Tactical 14Law Tac
1301532d7DDALTAC 15Dane County Law Tactical 15Law Tac
1302032dcDDALAWALLDane County Sheriff - AllLaw Talk
1302632e2DDADATADane County Sheriff DataLaw Talk

These are the law enforcement channels. Most primary law daily law enforcement activities are on 1 and 3.

The talkgroups below are the fire/ems channels


1300532cdDDAPAGEDane County PagingFire Dispatch
130613305DDA ADAMA AdamFire Dispatch
130623306DDA BAKERB BakerFire-Tac
130633307DDA CHARLIEC CharlieFire-Tac
130643308DDA DAVIDD DavidFire-Tac
130653309DDA EDWARDE EdwardEMS Dispatch
13066330aDDA FRANKF Frank (Primary ALS Intercepts)EMS-Tac
13067330bDDA GEORGEG George (Secondary EMS/Operations/ALS Intercept)EMS-Tac
13068330cDDA HENRYH HenryEMS-Tac
13069330dDDA IDAI IdaEMS-Tac
13070330eDDA JOHNJ John (Joint Response Channel)Fire-Tac
13085331dTDANETAC1Dane County Analog Tactical Channel 1Fire-Tac
13086331eTDANETAC2Dane County Analog Tactical Channel 2Fire-Tac
130963328TDAIFERNIFERN PatchInterop
13098332aDEMS BEMS B PatchHospital

thank you for your help, and for the information. How would one enter this as to differentiate which department is coming across when transmitting? I have a few of those saved in my “Dane County Sheriff” favorites list - as I assumed those frequencies weren’t shared and used by only the Dane County Sheriff.
 

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You would have to identify what radio IDs correspond to what jurisdiction. Then you can assign text labels to those IDs so when you are listening they also pop up on the display so you can see which jurisdiction's unit is transmitting. Maybe someone has mapped out the Dane County system already, if you're lucky.
 

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You would have to identify what radio IDs correspond to what jurisdiction. Then you can assign text labels to those IDs so when you are listening they also pop up on the display so you can see which jurisdiction's unit is transmitting. Maybe someone has mapped out the Dane County system already, if you're lucky.

Thank you. I threw all of those talk groups into a “Dane County Police / Fire / Common” favorites list - and just monitor that. It seems to be picking up just about everything in the county. Just seems odd that I can’t listen to the Cottage Grove talk groups independently, or when I do, my scanner goes silent.
 

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If you hear 8201, 8210, etc then it's Cottage Grove PD. 4000 units are the sheriff's department.

I think this numbering is still up to date. A few of these use their own dispatch (City of Madison, Capitol, UW, Sun Prairie, Middleton) but they will still use those prefixes if they switch over to the county channels.


11xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Command Staff)
12xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Patrol Supervisors)
13xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Traffic / Support Services)
14xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Detectives)
15xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Forensic Services)
16xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Community Policing Teams)
17xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Personnel & Training)
18xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Information Management & Technology)
19xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Special Event Officers)
41xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Command Staff)
42xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Detectives / Special Assistant Deputies)
43xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
44xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
45xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
46xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
47xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
48xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Explorers)
49xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Civilian Personnel)
51xx'sVillage of Black Earth PD (Now Contracted by DCSO)
52xx'sCross Plains Police Department
53xx'sVillage of Dane Police Department
54xx'sVillage of Mazomanie (Now Contracted by DCSO)
55xx'sCity of Middleton Police Department
56xx'sShorewood Hills Police Department
57xx'sVillage of Waunakee Police Department
61xx'sVillage of Belleville Police Department
62xx'sBlue Mounds Police Department
63xx'sBrooklyn Police Department (Department Disbanded)
64xx'sCity of Fitchburg Police Department
65xx'sMount Horeb Police Department
66xx'sTown of Madison Police Department
67xx'sCity of Verona Police Department
71xx'sDeForest Police Department
72xx'sMaple Bluff Police Department
73xx'sMarshall Police Department
74xx'sMendota Security
76xx'sSun Prairie Police Department
77xx'sUniversity of Wisconsin Madison Police Department
82xx'sCottage Grove Police Department
84xx'sMcFarland Police Department
85xx'sMonona Police Department
86xx'sVillage of Oregon Police Department
87xx'sStoughton Police Department
88xx'sWisconsin Capitol Police Department
890x'sTown of Albion Police Department
891x'sTown of Dunn Police Department
892x'sTown of Oregon Police Department
90xx'sDane County Regional Airport Police Department
91xx'sDane County Coroner's Office
92xx'sDane County District Attorney's Office
93xx'sDane County Coliseum / Expo Center
94xx'sDane County Parks / Local Government
95xx'sDane County Emergency Management
96xx'sDane County Human Services
97xx'sDane County Humane Society / Zoo
98xx'sDane County Parking Ramps
99xx'sDane County Communications Personnel
 

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If you hear 8201, 8210, etc then it's Cottage Grove PD. 4000 units are the sheriff's department.

I think this numbering is still up to date. A few of these use their own dispatch (City of Madison, Capitol, UW, Sun Prairie, Middleton) but they will still use those prefixes if they switch over to the county channels.


11xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Command Staff)
12xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Patrol Supervisors)
13xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Traffic / Support Services)
14xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Detectives)
15xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Forensic Services)
16xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Community Policing Teams)
17xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Personnel & Training)
18xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Information Management & Technology)
19xx'sCity of Madison Police Department (Special Event Officers)
41xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Command Staff)
42xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Detectives / Special Assistant Deputies)
43xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
44xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
45xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
46xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
47xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Patrol Deputies)
48xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Explorers)
49xx'sDane County Sheriff's Office (Civilian Personnel)
51xx'sVillage of Black Earth PD (Now Contracted by DCSO)
52xx'sCross Plains Police Department
53xx'sVillage of Dane Police Department
54xx'sVillage of Mazomanie (Now Contracted by DCSO)
55xx'sCity of Middleton Police Department
56xx'sShorewood Hills Police Department
57xx'sVillage of Waunakee Police Department
61xx'sVillage of Belleville Police Department
62xx'sBlue Mounds Police Department
63xx'sBrooklyn Police Department (Department Disbanded)
64xx'sCity of Fitchburg Police Department
65xx'sMount Horeb Police Department
66xx'sTown of Madison Police Department
67xx'sCity of Verona Police Department
71xx'sDeForest Police Department
72xx'sMaple Bluff Police Department
73xx'sMarshall Police Department
74xx'sMendota Security
76xx'sSun Prairie Police Department
77xx'sUniversity of Wisconsin Madison Police Department
82xx'sCottage Grove Police Department
84xx'sMcFarland Police Department
85xx'sMonona Police Department
86xx'sVillage of Oregon Police Department
87xx'sStoughton Police Department
88xx'sWisconsin Capitol Police Department
890x'sTown of Albion Police Department
891x'sTown of Dunn Police Department
892x'sTown of Oregon Police Department
90xx'sDane County Regional Airport Police Department
91xx'sDane County Coroner's Office
92xx'sDane County District Attorney's Office
93xx'sDane County Coliseum / Expo Center
94xx'sDane County Parks / Local Government
95xx'sDane County Emergency Management
96xx'sDane County Human Services
97xx'sDane County Humane Society / Zoo
98xx'sDane County Parking Ramps
99xx'sDane County Communications Personnel

This list has been extremely helpful. I reference it when listening to DaneCom, and it helps immensely. The first two numbers seem to indicate the jurisdiction, followed by what I assume to be car or unit number.
 
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