Just wondered

[Xitium]

I was just wondering how many people are in oregon that read this forum. Seems like there are a few people that are pretty regular. Anyways I think it would be great if we all knew each other a little better. (I.E. Personal notes of interest, other things you are good at. What area you live in .. etc) I'll start it off

Name: Steve
Location: Hillsboro OR (Washington County)
Age: 23
Time Scanning: About 1 month on my own. When I was a kid my dad had a
scanner and I listed to his a lot.
Other intrests: Computers mostly
Favorte things to listen
to on the scanner: Mostly listen to public safety stuff.
Job: I work for a telcom in their network operations center. I get a lot of
time to listen to my scanner since I work the graveyard shift.
Other Info: Married with 3 children ages 7, 1, and 1 month

 

[kgasso]

Suppose I'll share too.

Name: Kameron (Kam)
Loc: Grants Pass, OR (Southern Oregon, Josephine County)
Age: 25
Scanning: Been doing it for years. Started with tuning into SW frequencies when I was about 11 years old and moved on from there. Kinda got back into it again in 2003.
Interests: Anything electronic, since I was young. Computers/networking, home and car stereo, etc. Developing web-based solutions in PHP/MySQL. I also keep to my Southern Oregon roots by occasionally shooting guns, driving around in the mountains, and blowing things up. (safely, of course! )
Listen to: Public Safety, usually locked onto the local PD to be nosy and see who's getting busted for blatant idiocy. Occasionally scan business bands if something interesting seems to be going down. For some reason I've also been enjoying listening to the construction workers in town swearing over the air about bad drivers.
Employment: Sr. Systems Admin for a wholesale ISP. We have 10 local employees, so it's a pretty small company - I manage the servers/network equipment/telecom equipment/write code/etc.
Misc: Happily married for almost a year now. No kids yet, want to buy a house first (but good luck with the current market!)

 

[oritpro]

Great idea!!

Name: Tim
Loc: Portland, OR
Age: 41
Scanning: Been a scanner/shortwave radio hobbyist for about 30-years (on and off).
Other interests: Electronics, computers, camping, dirt bike riding and woodworking.
Listen to: Mainly listen to public safety, NASA freqs when available, and PDX. I also like to decode weather sats, acars, and pocsag now and then.
Employment: I currently work at Intel in Hillsboro as a Network Test Engineer--used to be a sys admin but burned out on it.
Misc: Married to my first wife for 20-years now, three kids ages 13, 16 and 20. Really glad I own my house right now but would like to move out of Portland and out towards the country. Hopefully prices stabilize soon. I am fairly new to this web site and between work, school (working on BA in Info Tech) and family I don't have a lot of free time to spend on hobbies.

 

[MrBarbecue]

Hello from Salem

Name: Bruce
Loc: Snailem (Salem)
Age: 52 (gawd am I that age already!?)
Scanning:Since I got into radio/radio news back in the early 1970s. Then law enforcement as a reserve officer (had to hear what my peers were up to). I own 2 radio shack scanners Pro 96 and a Pro 95. Listen to mostly public safety channels, television news two way radios and railroad stuff.
Other interests:barbecuing, smoking cigars, reading mysteries,traveling and the never ending saga of trying to keep my yard weed free-a loosing battle!
Emp Director of marketing for Traeger Wood Pellet Grills and on Saturdays I host a talk-show on KXL radio in Portland.
Married 13 years, 1 cat, no kids.
I think this is a great site and I enjoy hearing pursuits on the scanner--though I haven't been able to catch any of OSP's 100MPH+ chases.

 

[mikegilbert]

Name: Mike
Loc: Seattle- Just moved from Eugene
Age: 24
Scanning: I've been scanning/monitoring since 6th grade. I remember looking at Motorola's website in 8th grade and drooling over the Astro Saber. About 3 years ago I purchased my first Astro Radio (an Astro Saber 3) to monitor Springfield Police (apco p25)
Interests: Videography, Skiing, Golf, Mountain Biking (need to quit smoking) Photography:http://www.flickr.com/photos/technicaldirector

Listen to:

While in Eugene

• XTS5000 UHF for LCSO, EPD, SPD UofO Pub. Safety
• XTS5000 VHF for Eugene Firecom, OSP and LCSO Rural VHF
• MTS2000 VHF for Rail, DOT, Local Business

In Seattle

• XTS5000 UHF pretty much useless right now! Seriously- nothing besides various business freqs
• XTS5000 VHF for WSP, Pierce Co. Sheriff, Snohomish Co. Sheriff and misc. fire
• MTS2000 VHF for Rail and Local Business
• BC-246t for King County 800 system [also handy for finding freqs to put in the XTS(s)

Employment: I served as a Technical Director/ Director for The CBS affiliate, then the ABC Station.
I'm now working as a Technical Director for the CBS affiliate in Seattle, Washington.

Misc: Great Girlfiend of 6 months [still lives in Eugene, so I'm there almost every weekend] 3000 miles on the odometer in the last 7 weeks.

-Mike

 

[icom1020]

Is Kiro 7 still using the 800 mhz radio system?

 

[mikegilbert]

They've still got the infrastructure in place, but only use it if the cellular or OTA IFB goes out.
Since I never got around to asking, what did they use it for?

 

[b18c1crx]

!!

Throw me in there too.

Name:Brian
Loc: SE Portland
Age:31
Interests: Scanners, Shortwave Radios, Computers, Motorcycles, Cars

I am an avid listener of PPB, and Clackamas County. Just now getting into computer controlled scanning with the purchase of a Pro-2005 & 2006 w/ Optoscan boards, and a Pro-2052 using ScanCat. Looking to start using Probe when I can afford to buy it. Also have some Fm Transceivers I have been messing with also. (Any help would be great ) Also into doing some work on my server that runs my website. I can be reached on MSN messenger * b18c1crx@hotmail.com. Always down to chat.

 

[icom1020]

Hmm it was a news dispatch system starting around 1984? Several sites, Eastsound on Orcas Isl, Granite Pk, Capitol Pk, Gold Mtn? Havent heard it in a while Was thinking it was only 863.075 for all sites Used to hear 161.700 used by Chopper 7 at times too

 

[Docster911]

Name: Marc
Location: Tigard, OR
Age: 48
Time Scanning: Since Christmas Day 1970 (yikes.....35+ years!!!) received a Soundesign analog radio as a Christmas Gift (AM/FM/Public Safety)... Have owned various radios over the years Regency Scanner (plug in crystals..) and exclusively RS handhelds since then PRO 39, PRO 94, PRO 97..saving up for the big move to a BC396..
Other Interests: Fly Fishing, Walking/Hiking, Gardening, Travel
Favorite Listening: Public Safety Bands anywhere..currently programmed for CRESA (Clark County WA), BOEC (Portland), WCCCA (Washington County), WSP and OSP, Tacoma, Seattle, King County (WA), Salem, Pierce County (WA)
Job: 911 Dispatcher for CRESA, so can you hear me on the job from 1300 hrs to 2300 hrs (1pm - 11pm) on the scanner!!
Other Info: Very happily married and father of 2 (stepdad to 2 more!)

 

[DickH]

Job: 911 Dispatcher for CRESA, so can you hear me on the job from 1300 hrs to 2300 hrs

Not me. I stopped monitoring Clark Cnty. when they stopped using the OPS talk groups for fire. Why they use the TAC talk groups for both PD & FD is beyond me. I only listen to fire, so it was fine when I could run Dispatch and the OPS groups. Just another of the rather silly things they do up there, in my opinion.

 

[Docster911]

Well start listening again in June. Beginning June 7th, we "wise up" and begin countywide tapout on the TAPOUT channel (currently CTRL 7). Response will be on FIRECOM (currently CTRL 9), and there will be OPS channels (40-49) as well. The RR database will be updated prior to June 7th with the OPS channels.

 

[DickH]

Well start listening again in June. Beginning June 7th, we "wise up" and begin countywide tapout on the TAPOUT channel (currently CTRL 7). Response will be on FIRECOM (currently CTRL 9), and there will be OPS channels (40-49) as well. The RR database will be updated prior to June 7th with the OPS channels.

That's great news. Should be a big improvement. Thanks very much.

 

[mikegilbert]

Hmm it was a news dispatch system starting around 1984? Several sites, Eastsound on Orcas Isl, Granite Pk, Capitol Pk, Gold Mtn? Havent heard it in a while Was thinking it was only 863.075 for all sites Used to hear 161.700 used by Chopper 7 at times too

I stand corrected- I guess they use it on a daily basis to talk to Chopper 7 [800mhz system that is]

The tone remote is under the desk where I snapped that last picture.

-Mike

 

[guus24]

Name: Kyle
Location: Vancouver Wa.
Age: 30
Hobbies: computers, gaming, tivo and my 2 dogs
scanning: I listen to CRESA and BEOC. I listen at night mostly
Job: truck mechanic

 

[pdxbofh]

Name: Will
Age: 23
Local: Hillsboro
Job: Armored Truck Guy

Hobbies: Radios & Scanning (WCCCA & BOEC, some CCOM and CRESA sometimes too), guns & shooting (specifically self defense type), computers, net and tech stuff.

yea, thats about it

 

[joescanner]

me too

Name: Joe
Location: Gresham OR (Multnomah County)
Age: 32
Time Scanning: 15 years. Started with shortwave earlier than that.
Other intrests: Computers, trains, learning how to shoot
Favorte things to listen
to on the scanner: Primarily listen to BOEC, but do some searching from time to time. Now that I have a digital scanner, I can listen to the UPRR system (the info here on RR just got corrected).
Job: Light Rail Controller. (One thing I do not listen to is TriMet!)

 

[pdxbofh]

joescanner!

THE joescanner ?!?!?!

Dude, I owe you some $$ for all of the bandwidth I used on your site before I found RR !!

Thanks for all of your work!



PS (On a totally unrealted note) You have any good "stupid people on the max" stories?

later!
Will

 

[oritpro]

Name: Joe
Location: Gresham OR (Multnomah County)
Age: 32
Time Scanning: 15 years. Started with shortwave earlier than that.
Other intrests: Computers, trains, learning how to shoot
Favorte things to listen
to on the scanner: Primarily listen to BOEC, but do some searching from time to time. Now that I have a digital scanner, I can listen to the UPRR system (the info here on RR just got corrected).
Job: Light Rail Controller. (One thing I do not listen to is TriMet!)

10-4 on TriMet, I have a whole bank setup just for them and all of their TGIDs are locked out

 

[joescanner]

THE joescanner ?!?!?!

Dude, I owe you some $$ for all of the bandwidth I used on your site before I found RR !!

Thanks for all of your work!



PS (On a totally unrealted note) You have any good "stupid people on the max" stories?

later!
Will

Don't worry about the bandwidth. Most of what I was trying to do with joescanner.com Lindsay has done here, so as my renewal date for the server comes up I'm debating whether or not to keep it up and running....

As far as stupid people on max... incidents like that are so common.... but how about the one where a car full of teenagers that had been drinking (and had open containers) turned left onto burnside off of 122nd and started to drive up the max tracks... right in front of undercover transit police? That's the funniest one lately.

The really bizarre thing is that I've seen (in my days as a MAX operator, then MAX supervisor, and a bus driver before that) and heard (in my days as a Rail Controller) so many things that you wouldn't believe -- and the dumb asses think it's just perfectly normal.

People that watch live action police shows (Cops, Police Videos, whatever else there is out there) don't see anything compared to some of the stuff we've seen on CCTV. Yes, people really are monitoring.

thanks for your kind comments.