LASD Dispatch channel beeping

[avascan522]

Fortunately, the Lifeguards are in the clear (Indicated by the "D" in the mode column), as are most of the LACoFD talkgroups, thankfully, though Air Ops isn't (Indicated by "DE"), which seems weird to me. The system seems to be slowly coming online. Please pose the question in the LA-RICS discussion in this forum about when the entire system will be live. I asked that question last year, so maybe there is newer info available.

Not all sites are on line either. I know 2 out of 3 Catalina Island sites don't even have antennas on the towers yet. Only Blackjack has antennas, but they are not transmitting yet.

 

[PaulNDaOC]

Almost all patrol units keep the mobile radio in the car on L-Tac which is repeated and their portable radios on the dispatch channel even when they're driving.
To hear the input off that portable radio you're going to have to be pretty darn close to hear what the dispatcher at SCC hears.

 

[jrholm]

Funny, everytime this subject comes up, the hobbyists complain about the busy tone and think it must drive the deputies crazy. Actually the deputies are very used to and like the busy tone. Especially some of us who pushed a car before MDT's, when getting on the radio on a busy weekend night required a good sense of timing

 

[PaulNDaOC]

Funny, everytime this subject comes up, the hobbyists complain about the busy tone and think it must drive the deputies crazy. Actually the deputies are very used to and like the busy tone. Especially some of us who pushed a car before MDT's, when getting on the radio on a busy weekend night required a good sense of timing

Right, the busy tone doesn't even register with me. I know I'm subconsciously tuned in though all the time and if I pay attention will notice I tune out if SCC says a station name, unit # not relevant to me, or listen if I hear 10-33, or the patch is activated. I've been listening since 1974 as a kid with a Radio Shack scanner leading to being honored to be handed a headset to be that voice. I have moved on but still listen all the time.

 

[Uplink]

Not uncommon for the annoying busy tone topic to rear it's head whenever someone gets a new scanner. You can't get rid of them, but you can REDUCE them GREATLY, by simply putting the INPUT frequency BEFORE the output freq. Also, Turn OFF the DELAY on the output freq. Leave the delay ON for the input freq. The scanner is more likely to get "hung" on something more interesting to listen to than busy tones. Works for me.

 

[ladn]

I tune out if SCC says a station name, unit # not relevant to me, or listen if I hear 10-33, or the patch is activated.

Same here. Although I rarely monitor the dispatch channels anymore. I listen for vocal inflections, 10-33, 999 and unit numbers/locations of interest.

 

[tkenny53]

LACoSD, units transmit on a 3mhz higher freq than dispatch, the beeping is to let all know the channel is taken. The units are low wattage radios, so you do need to be close to hear them.

 

[Robertolson]

I’ve been monitoring Scanning In The L.A Basin since 1974, Never Understood LASD Beep beep Dispatch, Always seemed If a Deputy was calling for help, The Long Beep was just a Delay ??

 

[Opfor2]

Funny, everytime this subject comes up, the hobbyists complain about the busy tone and think it must drive the deputies crazy. Actually the deputies are very used to and like the busy tone. Especially some of us who pushed a car before MDT's, when getting on the radio on a busy weekend night required a good sense of timing

I remember back in the day when LASD was still on 39 MHz and before handhelds' the deputies would blast the dispatch channel on the PA system and the whole neighborhood was entertained

 

[Randyk4661]

I'm sure the residents of the neighborhood at 2:00am loved that since the beep back then was much louder.

 

[ladn]

I remember back in the day when LASD was still on 39 MHz and before handhelds' the deputies would blast the dispatch channel on the PA system and the whole neighborhood was entertained

It wasn't just LASD. Here in the Los Angeles area, circa mid-1980's and earlier, it was common for pd and fire units to broadcast the radio over the pa system since handhelds weren't (then) widely distributed. Major emergencies were a cacophony of blaring, echoing, amplified voices.

remember back in the day when LASD was still on 39 MHz and before handhelds' the deputies would blast the dispatch channel on the PA system and the whole neighborhood was entertained

The good old days of LASD "Station B" radio with only a couple of dispatch channels and about 4 tac channels for the entire county, and no MDT's. One reason for the "busy beep" was that even though dispatch channel TX and RX were different frequencies, they were not in repeater configuration and the beep let units know another unit was talking to the dispatcher.