Los Altos, CA (Santa Clara County)

[ka6irt]

I grew up in Los Altos but have been away from California for 15 years (moved to Colorado). I'm back
on the peninsula for a while and have entered 483.0625 into my scanner to receive LAPD. I haven't
heard a single transmission.

And I also wanted to confirm - has Los Altos Fire been taken over by the County and is "Control 8"
their frequency?

Thanks for any insight you can offer.

W/ Best Regards,

Bob Gallagher, KA6IRT, WQDK360
Current e-mail: Colorado.Gallagher@comcast.net

 

[SCPD]

Did you check out the Database ?
Santa Clara County, California (CA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

It says PD is handled by SO

 

[brian95008]

Bob,

You have the correct freq. Here's another website just for Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara County Frequencies

73,
Brian
K6SCC

 

[ZBeeb]

County Fire handles Fire service in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. They dispatch on 154.2500, when there is an incident of consequence they move responding units to one of the Command channels, Command 1, 2, 8, 13 or maybe 17 (although since the Saratoga merge in July I haven't heard them use Command 17) - For Los Altos it would normally be Command 2 or Command 8

I don't normally listen to Police but I have faith in what is in the database, the rest of what's listed for Santa Clara is right, I'm sure the Police listing is right too - I get the Police listings close to me easily enough

 

[b52hbuff]

I grew up in Los Altos but have been away from California for 15 years (moved to Colorado). I'm back
on the peninsula for a while and have entered 483.0625 into my scanner to receive LAPD. I haven't
heard a single transmission.

And I also wanted to confirm - has Los Altos Fire been taken over by the County and is "Control 8"
their frequency?

Your information is correct. Los Altos PD is pretty quiet.

Los Altos Hill has contracted out to Sheriff's Department for patrol services.

 

[dougr1252]

483.0625 is active. PL 136.5. Maybe you have a different PL? Or just try a different location. Their signal is not that strong outside of Los Altos / Mountain View.

 

[trooperdude]

483.0625 is active. PL 136.5. Maybe you have a different PL? Or just try a different location. Their signal is not that strong outside of Los Altos / Mountain View.

They have serious downtilt on their antennas now.

Not much of an RF footprint outside of the city.

The T-band frequency is valid for City of Los Altos PD. They don't talk much.

 

[code3cowboy]

County fire took over a while back. ALS Rescue, Truck 14, and Brush 14 are in the newish station at foothill college, they staff the rescue and staff the brush truck during red flag days. Station 15 is on almond (the old los altos fire). Welcome back.

 

[ka6irt]

Everyone,

Thanks for the information on Los Altos. I'll make it a point to go sit in a coffee shop or
something in Los Altos and see if I can hear them.

Best Regards,

Bob, KA6IRT, WPOK524

 

[code3cowboy]

Los Altos Grill, good lunch and right on the edge of the town.

 

[fmalloy]

I grew up in Los Altos but have been away from California for 15 years (moved to Colorado). I'm back
on the peninsula for a while and have entered 483.0625 into my scanner to receive LAPD. I haven't
heard a single transmission.

I did hear a call about a loose reflector in the road.

Exciting stuff.

 

[renoradionut]

This thread got me to thinking about when I first started "scanning" more than 40 years ago. Anyone remember when Los Altos was KCV 356 on 154.74? The first radio I had was a Knight KG221. Sensitivity was lacking, anything 150kc on either side of what you were trying to listen to came in too. You want to scan? Turn the tuning dial. All this with an outside antenna. I should have listened to the guy at the TV store downtown and bought one of the fixed tuned Sonar radios he was selling for $120 plus crystals at five bucks each. If I remember correctly, the police dispatcher also dispatched the fire trucks on 154.400 Sounds like things have slowed down for the old hometown PD. They must be using MDTS nowadays. Back in those days, I think there were 4 or 5 calls an hour. There were also a fair number of all points bulletins from a county dispatcher who id'ed as Control 7. Mountain View and Stanford University also shared the same channel.

 

[fmalloy]

Brought the scanner into work (I work in Sunnyvale) and heard plenty of transmissions loud and clear from Los Altos PD. Very boring stuff. No surprise - it's a pretty quiet, upscale town and they sure like to keep it that way.

 

[gvranchosbill]

Los altos,ca

I grew up in los altos also. Los altos high 1977 last time i listended to l.a.p.d.
Was 2002 using 483.0625 mhz and using car to car simplex same freq. Pub wrks
i understand has new 460 mhz freq and los altos fire dept is no more, station
sequoia is now los altos stn,loyola stn the same and el monte stn the same
frequency 8 [154.4000 mhz is los altos command tactical 8] dispatch is on old
frequency 2 [154.2500 mhz now with a rptr ] and its santa clara county fire
los altos hills still patroled by s.c.s.o. Freq 1 and 6 i believe and foothill
college has new freqs look up kgk702 i think thats still l.a.p.d. Call sign
remember when they were on 154.7400 mhz 1960's 70's shared with standford sheriff,mt view p.d. Control 7 when they had to run 10-29's through contol 7.
I had lived there from 1959 to 1993, anyway i have l;ots of los altos trivia and your name sounds very familiar are you related to former mayor or city
goverment official? I HAVE SUNNVALE FIRE ON CONTROL 8 DISPATCHING SQUAD 46 TO A 10-52 KDG370 USING THE QUIK CALL TONES
ON TAPE AS WELL AS MT VIEW FIRE KAT234 LOS ALTOS QUIK CALLS KNB314, KGK603 SLAC/STANFORD E-97 CONTROL 8 KNB884
I CANT REMEMBER WHO WAS KMD419 LOCKHEED FIRE? GOP TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY FIRE SITE AND THERE ARE MANY PHOTOS
OF E-71,72,73,74 SQUAD 75 E-76 [NO UTILTIY 70] THAT WAS THE 1960 SOMETHING FORD VAN WE USED TO CHASE FIRE CALLS ON OUR STINGRAY BICYCLES LUGGING REALISTIC TUNABLES RADIOS[PATROLMAN 6] WAS ONE OF MINE.

 

[trooperdude]

Wasn't the old Fremont Fire District in the baylands (not Fremont City in ALCO) also dispatched on Control 8 back in the day, or was it Control 2 ?

 

[gvranchosbill]

Fremont fire district

The fremont fire dist was on 154.2500 control 2, i think they disolved around 1976
when that part of mt view was incorporated. The barron park fire dist was
on control 2 also (palo alto) then palo alto absorbed them too. I REMEMBER NOW KMD419/KGK603 WAS STANFORD SHERIFF,FIRE KDN998 WAS LOCKHEED FIRE ON CONTROL 8 ALL THOUGH NEVER ONCE HEARD THEM DISP. STANFORD FIRE APPARATUS WERE 95 THRU 98 (ENGINES,SQUADS).
SUNNYVALE 41 THRU 46,MT VIEW RESCUE 50 THRU 54,LOS ALTOS UTILITY 70,E-71,E-72,E-73,
E-74,SQUAD 75 & E-76. AS FAR AS FREMONT FIRE DIST GO'S I DONT REMEMBER THERE #'S.
THEY HANDLED ALL OFF UNINCORPORATED MT VIEW. E-71 WAS AT LOYOLA STN KEX214,
E-72,E-74,E-76 AT SEQUOIA STN KNB449,E-73,SQUAD 75 AT EL MONTE STN KEX213,DISPATCH
KNB314,CONTROL 8 KNB884.