crenshaw870
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I have a RadioShack Pro-41 analog scanner that I bought not too long ago, as a hand me down off craigslist.
I use it mainly to monitor a few LASD frequencies, as well as the Inglewood PD.
Whenever I am locked into the LASD East L.A. Dispatch Frequency of 483.2125, it is not uncommon for my scanner to also pick up a different feed.
Aside from the usual LASD Dispatchers broadcasting crime reports, and the "one-way" tone alerts when field deputies are using the frequency, I sometimes clearly hear Spanish being spoken.
I am fluent in Spanish and I have come to the following conclusion:
In Los Angeles, there is an underground Taxi Service that is run by mainly Mexican families. Their business can be seen advertised on many telephone poles, as well as the metal covers that surround the last surviving pay-phones in different parts of the city.
I am almost 99.9% sure it is them, possibly using the same frequency or one very close to it.
I hear the taxi drivers, as well as their dispatchers, communicating about a call coming in from someone who needs a ride from Point A to Point B. All of these locations are in the Los Angeles city area, primarily in the Echo Park/MacArthur Park area. At times, the dispatcher will play Mexican music for the whole channel to hear, followed by jokes and such being shouted over the channel.
I thought this interference was due to my specific location (in the Mid-City district of Los Angeles) but when I took my scanner over to my friends house in Hollywood, the same thing happened.
Anyone else in the LA area experiencing this ?
Is it just me, or is this something the LASD hasn't caught on to regarding their frequency?
P.S. My scanner only allows 6 digits to be entered for a frequency, therefore I only input the 483.212 of the 483.2125 frequency. I have also rounded up to 483.213 to see if this helps, but the same thing happens.
I use it mainly to monitor a few LASD frequencies, as well as the Inglewood PD.
Whenever I am locked into the LASD East L.A. Dispatch Frequency of 483.2125, it is not uncommon for my scanner to also pick up a different feed.
Aside from the usual LASD Dispatchers broadcasting crime reports, and the "one-way" tone alerts when field deputies are using the frequency, I sometimes clearly hear Spanish being spoken.
I am fluent in Spanish and I have come to the following conclusion:
In Los Angeles, there is an underground Taxi Service that is run by mainly Mexican families. Their business can be seen advertised on many telephone poles, as well as the metal covers that surround the last surviving pay-phones in different parts of the city.
I am almost 99.9% sure it is them, possibly using the same frequency or one very close to it.
I hear the taxi drivers, as well as their dispatchers, communicating about a call coming in from someone who needs a ride from Point A to Point B. All of these locations are in the Los Angeles city area, primarily in the Echo Park/MacArthur Park area. At times, the dispatcher will play Mexican music for the whole channel to hear, followed by jokes and such being shouted over the channel.
I thought this interference was due to my specific location (in the Mid-City district of Los Angeles) but when I took my scanner over to my friends house in Hollywood, the same thing happened.
Anyone else in the LA area experiencing this ?
Is it just me, or is this something the LASD hasn't caught on to regarding their frequency?
P.S. My scanner only allows 6 digits to be entered for a frequency, therefore I only input the 483.212 of the 483.2125 frequency. I have also rounded up to 483.213 to see if this helps, but the same thing happens.