Insights?

[somery]

Scanning on a BCD396T in Uptown New Orleans:

### = Transmission garbled.
??? = Wasn't garbled, but I couldn't understand it.

1. Frequency.
2. Google search of frequency.
3. What it actually sounds like it might be.
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157.7100
Electrocom, Inc.
(Taxis?)

Man1: "She in the hole?"

Man1: "Broadway."

Man1: "Nobody at the ??? dome at Tulane."

Man1: "...make up her mind."
Man2: "That's what she said." ... "Guess what she's doin' now? Jumpin' in the free Tulane van. I don't wanna do that but ###. I'd appreciate it if you don't let me on the campus no more."

Man1: "Put me back into Broadway."
Man2: "Meet me at ??? Broadway."
Man1: "Roger, roger."

Man1: "25-29?"
Man2: (East Indian accent) "800 Lowerline is ###?"

163.2500
Kurtis & Associates, P.C.
(Hospital?)

Woman1: "Adult EKG 1155. Adult EKG 1155."

Strange tones.

464.5250
Bollinger Algiers, Inc.
(Talk of students. Tulane? Loyola?)

Woman relaying numbers to man.

Man1: "10-31. Also we have an escort from Monroe to ???, I'll give you the information in a minute."
Woman1: "Is it a student?"
Woman2: "It's a student because the ???"
Man1: "We get him out it's 26004."
Woman1: "10-4."

Man1: "Checking Saint Mary."
Woman1: "10-4."

Woman1: "10-31 locked and secure."
Woman2: "Zero nine."

Man1: "Also, contact somebody from phyiscal plant(?). There's a student up there that's complainin' the air condition is too cold. They're wonderin' if someone can turn it down."
Woman1: "10-4."

460.4500
Electrocom, Inc.

Man1: "Channel five."

Man1: "Make sure we check the set."
Man2: "10-4."

Man1: "Stand by."

851.8375
UNO

Man1: "19 by the A/C... when you get a chance."
Woman1: "10-4."

466.1250
MCLNO (LSU Medical Center)

Man1: "It's clear, Dave." ... "Yeah, it's clear." ... "I don't show wide open, I show travel. I'll hit it again." ... "I'm gonna try to close it." ... "Ahhhright."

Man1: "Go 'head."
Man2: "They mighta had 'em off to keep 'em, Randy, I'm not sure about that." ... "I don't know, Randy. We don't really need them." ... "I think we mighta had one of them discharge valves backseated, Randy."

464.3750
Orleans Materials & Equipment Co., Inc.
(Obviously actually a hospital.)

Man1: "Seymour 2, Seymour 1."
Man2: "Seymour 1."
Man1: "Did you ###?"
Man2: "Roger that."

Woman1: "???"
Man1: "Go ahead 300."
Woman1: "Get a garage elevator and bring it to the 6th floor. 326's gonna meet you at the top of the 6th floor so we can hold it."
Man1: "10-4."

Woman1: "300 to 307, check that back room to see if we have that ??? in there."
Man1: "10-4."
Woman1: "You can 10-22 that, they were able to get her on a stretcher. 10-22 it."
Man1: "10-4."

Woman1: "307, is that elevator on the 6th floor?"
Man1: "I took it up, I'm takin' it down right now."

Woman1: "307 you can 10-22 that - they don't think that stretcher can fit in the elevator - they're gonna try to go down the ramp."

Man1: "309 to 307, I got the rest of the party with me."
Man2: "10-4."

939.2250
LAO 20518801

Woman1: "It says that the axe handles(?) are off."
Woman2: "You can leave it like it is for now."

Man1: "Nah, I didn't pick her up yet."

Man1: "Keep an eye on the lot across the street."
Woman1: "10-4."

Man1: "Hey, Frank?"

452.3000
White Fleet Taxis
(Pretty sure this is actually White Fleet.)

Various guys talking about locations (St. Charles, Canal, Popeye's, "Earhart goin' to Lakeside Mall.") and what not.


155.2050
Louisiana SPCA, New Orleans

Woman1: [Signal 4, St. Bernard, Chalmette, trailer park.]
Woman2: "10-4, I'll put 10-84 on it with you and you can transport the ###."

Woman1: "405 Raymond(?) Drive. Chalmette trailer park."

Woman1: "He said to go up with your lights out. He's givin' somethin' out and to go up with your lights out."
Woman2: "10-4."

463.0125
DePaul Hospital

Very garbled woman's voice.

452.5000
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Woman1: "Where you want me to go now?"
Woman2: "Go back down to ###."

Man1: "Make sure you bring some Visine next weekend, cuz that's all you gettin'. That and a ???."

Man1: "Come back ###, what exactly ###?"

Man1: "241 to 142. Confirm?"

 

[INDY72]

You got Campus security for one one of the schools, an taxi, Hospital Security, Hospital staff paging, ONE of the NEW UHF narrowed MED chans, and JazzFest staff ops. Thats all i can tell so far from just the freqs and type of transmissions your getting....

 

[somery]

Scan Scan Scan

You got Campus security for one one of the schools, an taxi, Hospital Security, Hospital staff paging, ONE of the NEW UHF narrowed MED chans, and JazzFest staff ops. Thats all i can tell so far from just the freqs and type of transmissions your getting....

Hi, milf! Which one is the new UHF narrowed MED chans? Also, I'm wondering how I'll ever figure out exactly which hospital and schools I've got since they really don't have a reason to say their own names very much (I would imagine, anyway).

By the way, I drove out to Michoud the other day and finally managed to pick up some transmissions from the NASA plant. They weren't that exciting, but it was great to finally see "NASA MICHOUD" pop up on my scanner!

Hope you're having a good weekend.

 

[ka3jjz]

The new UHF narrowband MED channels are listed in the Wiki under the UHF frequencies section. The article can be found here

73s Mike

 

[somery]

The new UHF narrowband MED channels are listed in the Wiki under the UHF frequencies section. The article can be found here

73s Mike

Very helpful info. Thanks!

 

[loumaag]

Let me chime in with some "insights" that come from a year or two ( :roll: ) of scanner experience.

• Taxis - Typically they are semi-duplex in operation, that is the base station is on one frequency and the mobiles are on another. There is no mobile to mobile communication. Typically during the busy time of the day for taxis, you will hear almost a constant stream of locations from the base station operator and acknowledgements to the answering mobile. Really you can't get a good sense of what is going on unless you use two scanners and a pretty high antenna (for mobile reception); one scanner on the base frequency and one on the mobile.
• The 163.2500 is in the typical range for low power voice pagers, lots of them are used in hospitals, since you are uptown, you are probably hearing Baptist (whatever it is called now) or maybe Touro.
• As for the 464.5250 you have as Bollinger Algiers, Inc., how about Loyola Univ. instead.
• On the 464.3750 which you think is a hospital, I would disagree. I would guess what you heard is a security force for some entity handling a "down" person on the 6th floor of a parking garage. Maybe the Doubletree near the foot of Canal?
• As for the 939.2250 frequency, I am not sure what you meant by "LAO 20518801" but since you are uptown (and I am not sure where) you might have been hearing Superdome traffic, look for the control channel to set it up.

The rest seems like maintenance of one sort or another and tough to pin down to a specific place. But in any case you get the idea. A little more experience and some research and you can start submitting some of that "new" stuff for the database. :wink:

 

[somery]

As always, lou, very helpful info.

By the way, I don't think I'm finding "new" frequencies and transmissions that no one else knows about or anything. I'm just very taken by my new hobby and I'm excited!

 

[loumaag]

As always, lou, very helpful info.

By the way, I don't think I'm finding "new" frequencies and transmissions that no one else knows about or anything. I'm just very taken by my new hobby and I'm excited!

Your welcome.

As to the "new" stuff, sure you are. If you can verify Loyola or the hotel, etc. that stuff is not in the DB and we can always use the information so the next new and excited guy doesn't have to guess.

 

[obijohn]

[*]The 163.2500 is in the typical range for low power voice pagers, lots of them are used in hospitals, since you are uptown, you are probably hearing Baptist (whatever it is called now) or maybe Touro.

Hi Lou. I gather that you are a former, displaced resident of NO?

Just out of curiosity, I am wondering what the state is going to do with, or about Charity Hospital.

I guess with the 9th wards population diminished, the other open hospitals are absorbing the patients? The private hospitals can't be happy about that!

Oh, well. Just remembering sweltering nights on the ambulance dock at Charity. I have never seen anything else quite like it.

 

[somery]

Your welcome.

As to the "new" stuff, sure you are. If you can verify Loyola or the hotel, etc. that stuff is not in the DB and we can always use the information so the next new and excited guy doesn't have to guess.

Rest assured, I'll do my best to locate and verify those and all the others I hear. It's like some kind of strange, voyeuristic detective work. I spent a few hours last night loading all of the frequencies I could find at the FCC database into my scanner, so between those and band searching I'll have my hands full.

Oh, and obijohn: I don't have any information about what the city's going to do with Charity Hospital, but I too have many memories of it. Back when I was a younger guy with no insurance, I remember spending hours and hours in uncomfortable and packed waiting rooms, watching the Price is Right and soap operas on the TV, walking to the Burger King across the street, and finally getting to see a doctor sometime in the late afternoon. Ah, those were the days!

 

[somery]

Here's another newbie question for you guys. I decided to put it in this thread because I feel kind of weird making so many new posts and filling up the board with my name!

Okay, so do I need to put in every single control channel frequency listed in the database for the LATIE system or just the Primary and Secondary ones? Will I miss out on anything if I don't have the non-Primary/Secondary ones programmed in? Even if not, what are the advantages to programming in every single CC frequency, if any? (Before you ask, I did a few preliminary searches first, but couldn't find any answers.)

I'm gonna post this in the General forum too, but you guys are so helpful and quick to respond I figured I'd post it here first. Thanks!

 

[loumaag]

Hi Lou. I gather that you are a former, displaced resident of NO?

Just out of curiosity, I am wondering what the state is going to do with, or about Charity Hospital.

I guess with the 9th wards population diminished, the other open hospitals are absorbing the patients? The private hospitals can't be happy about that!

Oh, well. Just remembering sweltering nights on the ambulance dock at Charity. I have never seen anything else quite like it.

I am a former resident of the area, born in NOLA, raised in Jeff Parish. I left in 1970 but returned in 1989 due to family needs. I remained in the area (in Jeff parish then St. John parish) through 1999 when I moved to Texas and have not looked back.

Interesting you should mention Charity, as I actually have some information about that through my wife (who used to work in the ER), I suspect that building on Tulane will never be used again as a hospital, what will become of it is of course up to LSU or the state (not sure who owns it now) but Charity as Charity used to be is history.

 

[loumaag]

...do I need to put in every single control channel frequency listed in the database for the LATIE system or just the Primary and Secondary ones? Will I miss out on anything if I don't have the non-Primary/Secondary ones programmed in? Even if not, what are the advantages to programming in every single CC frequency, if any? (Before you ask, I did a few preliminary searches first, but couldn't find any answers.)

If you haven't asked in the General forum, don't that isn't the place for this question, actually here is correct.

The answer is...it depends. It depends on how you have programmed the LATIE system. If you have set up several systems for adjacent towers then sure, it costs you nothing. If you have jammed it all into one system (a plan I would not support) then you will end up with a maintenance nightmare. Consider this, the BCD396T is a CCh only scanner for P25 systems (all P25 system capable scanners are). However, the 396 will only track one CCh per system at a time (whichever it finds first) and will continue to monitor that CCh only until it becomes so weak it cannot hold it, then it will look for the next one. This is not the same as the Pro-96/2096 which will scan all CCh's entered in a bank. The BCD996T also can be programmed to imitate the way the 96/2096 does that (actually in a better way) but not the 396. The key thing to consider about the reported CCh and alternates that we put in the DB is that each site is subject to change from the primary CCh to an alternate for any number of reasons.

Use that information in your scanning programming.

 

[somery]

So basically I'm fine with the Primary/Secondary CCs unless anything changes, and I'll know if anything changes from the RR.com database updates.

Thanks, Lou.