hold the mother f**kin radio!

[scannerfreak]

RR makes you zip audio files. Try it this way, Dave... I'll put it on my server for a few days.

Singing... (This was on a TAC channel and not a Main channel)
http://www.dave911.com/audio/BPD/2005/05/BPD_20050520_North-cars-singing.mp3

Arguing...
http://www.dave911.com/audio/BPD/2005/05/BPD_20050527_East_RadioJargon_short.mp3

Whoa, those are interesting.. Thanks for sharing .. I'm sure they are thrilled the whole world is hearing this :lol:

 

[DiGiTaLD]

Indiana Signals

Wouldn't it be simpler to just call a "Signal 100" which clears the channel for the present emergency?

Don't think they have an Indiana Signal 100 in Alabama, but maybe "hold the radio" is the local equivalent.

We have one ISP dispatcher who has a bad attitude and when he's on I tend to lock out ISP52 because of him. He is loud and arrogant on the radio, and the troopers are always "bothering" him.... like he has anything better to do. I can just imagine what this guy looks like by how grumpy he sounds.

Are you talking about the guy that works afternoons usually? If so, I don't think he's that bad, definitely a good dispatcher. They get hammered with so much stuff up there, especially that time of day, its insane. The only thing I don't like is how often he keys and unkeys when transmitting a multiselect on Point-to-Point or ILEEN and J-MA1, it cuts half of his traffic off.

 

[TechnoDave]

Yes, "Hold the radio" is equivalint (sp) to whatever other code any other dept may have.

We have never EVER had a policy and or procedure to use the intermittent tone while holding the radio. Its actually been removed from the radio console because we simply just dont use it.

Side note: The dispatcher in the second recording no longer works for this dept, but she does work in a neighboring town now.

 

[CyberGoth1440]

That priority tone sounds like a good idea - unless they use it continuously like Los Angeles County S.O. did back in the early 90's. That "beep" is ALL you would hear unless dispatch was talking, I guess to keep the mobiles from stepping on each other. If you ever catch one of the first episodes of COPS filmed in LA back then you will hear what I'm talking about. It would drive me absolutely crazy hearing that for 8 hours!

 

[Pimpala03]

You can hear it on the Pierce County COPS episodes during pursuits.

Then you can hear the officer say "Cancel the beeper."

 

[AlabamaWeather]

I use scanner recorder. You can set it to only start recording when i hears audio. Do a search for it on yahoo and you'll find it. It's freeware. I've been using it for about 8 years now with no problems. Great software.

This?
http://www.davee.com/scanrec/

 

[AlabamaWeather]

I downloaded Scanner Recorder last night and let it run overnight. I have to say that this is powerful but very small software. It starts recording only when it hears someone talking. However this feature can cut off some transmissions. When I installed and ran this software for the first time there is a Squelch level set, default it 5%. I ran this at 5% last night from 12am this morning to 12pm today. When a unit comes over the radio and talks really soft or really low the software stops recording and picks back up when the audio level is higher.

So, I am recording 12 hour clips at a time so I started a new clip at 12pm noon today and set the Squelch level to 1% and so far there has only been one call but I can see that its picking up more.

I will post the audio clip from last night using 5% here in a lil bit.
so far, I recommend this software to ANYONE wanting to record scanner traffic!!

**4/5 rating**


EDIT: Here is the audio track from using the above software. Its 11.3MB. Run time is 12:26 min. It is in WAV format but if anyone wants to change it you can go to www.media-convert.com (one of the best sites online ever) to convert to any format you want!
http://www.post2444.info/cpfd/downloads/oct/28/CenterpointFire_102807_12AM_12PM.WAV

Listen to more archived files!
http://www.post2444.info/feeds.php

 

[smithw14]

It's called a priority tone.

ahh yes - thanks. Its been a while since I've been behind the console.

 

[benjaminfs733]

We have one ISP dispatcher who has a bad attitude and when he's on I tend to lock out ISP52 because of him. He is loud and arrogant on the radio, and the troopers are always "bothering" him.... like he has anything better to do. I can just imagine what this guy looks like by how grumpy he sounds.

V

Unfortunately I am not sure I have experienced any other kind of dispatcher.

 

[XTS3000]

We have a chick just like that in Chicago. I forget what district she's in but it gets a bit "snippy" from time to time... It makes for good listening though..

Not sure if its the same lady, but don't key up on the wrong channel - i.e. her channel.

Cop: i need a 10-28,10-29 info on .....
Dispatcher: GET OFF MY CHANNEL, unit xxx your on citywide 2!
Cop: uh.. 10-4
Dispatcher: unit xxx, rotate the switch on your radio to position 8, then talk into the mic, when you guys figure out how to use your radios, then talk to me... OK?

Chicago PD is endless fun to listen to

 

[emcom]

I used to dispatch for Madison County SO in the early 1990s. I had an investigator that got out of the car on a foot pursuit one day. I knew all the radio comms he had would be an old HT220 laying on the seat next to him. I advised all units to 10-3 (stop transmitting) for unit 107 (the investigator). I had deputies going "2XX to 47(Madison Co SO dispatch), I'm 10-98 (completed call) 10-61 (see subj) miscellaneous (type report) 10-8 (in service) 10-77 (enroute) 10-55 (assist) 107 code (using blue lights/siren)". After a couple of these, I said "ALL UNITS STAY THE HE.....(almost completed the bad word and caught myself)....correction 10-3!" Madison County uses a 10 code for as many words as they can...which sounds too over the top IMHO.


I turn my radio off when doing a building search to keep it from giving my position away. There can be too much noise on the radio while doing a search. Plus, we use vhf hi band, which is horrible inside a building anyway. It does work in smaller structures, but is horrible as far as metal commerical buildings, under bridges, over hills etc and our local small town frequency keys up at random and rings when we get a phone call for service on our regular number.