Moarse Code Noises

[tucsonbox]

Not necessarliy with pro 97 but since im using it i think i will post it here

the "moarse code" that can be heard on many police freq's ...... Are there any programs that will readout what is being sent or is there some type of digital encryption behind it or is it just plain old moase code?

 

[RolnCode3]

Just an FYI but it's "Morse", named after it's inventor.

Samuel Morse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse

I've heard that since agencies are required to do station identification on a regular basis (I think every 1/2 hour) they can use Morse code to do so.

 

[tucsonbox]

simple typo any idea how to know whats being said?

 

[RolnCode3]

Not that I know of. Without learning Morse code or listening for the dash/dots and then looking it up.

 

[Spec]

A couple of manufactures a few years back made some simple in line audio code readers. MFJ I believe was one of them. I'm sure someone out there will remember. Most of them seem to have gone by the wayside with full pc interfacing now. As to your other question, the code you hear is usually nothing more than the station ID.

 

[sjcscanner]

well, if it is the stations identifier, then its probably just the FCC licence for the station. that would be in the databasa next to the freqency.

 

[LEH]

With a few of exceptions, the call letters (sign) for systems is in the data base. The exceptions seem to be:

1. Trunked systems (which means a lot of holes)
2. Federal government systems (not even sure if they have a license).
3. Railroads (only because I didn't find any to verify one way or the other while checking)

My initial response was to say they are all in the RRDB.

If you know the system you can always wade through the FCC database for the call sign.

I remember when I started scanning in the 70's. The automatic call sign didn't exist. So every so often, dispatcher would announce the call sign. Or if anyone remembers the TV show "Emergency". Every time Engine or Squad 51 would be dispatched, the capt would resond with "Station (or Squad) 51, KMG365".

 

[jhooten]

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/products.php?prodid=MFJ-461

 

[Spec]

Thanks Jerry, Man they've been around for years.

 

[Don_Burke]

Some people just record an MP3 of the code and upload it here. There are plenty of Morse code literate people on this site.

 

[wannabescannist]

Probably talking about MDC1200.

 

[n2mdk]

If it's on a conventional system and happens at regular timed intervals it's the repeater controller sending the stations call sign as per FCC regulations.

 

[gcgrotz]

There are some free programs around too, they usually work ok on machine sent code but not hand sent, especially straight key sent. Record the ID and then send it through the decoder. Or learn it.

 

[mdulrich]

Probably talking about MDC1200.

I don't think MDC1200 would ever be confused for morse code.

Mike

 

[WA1CRZ]

. I remember when I started scanning in the 70's. The automatic call sign didn't exist. So every so often, dispatcher would announce the call sign. Or if anyone remembers the TV show "Emergency". Every time Engine or Squad 51 would be dispatched, the capt would resond with "Station (or Squad) 51, KMG365".

I see that the callsign KMG365 is real and assigned to Los Angeles, but was Ramparts really a hospital in Los Angeles? I think that was the name of the hospital on the tv show.

 

[n2mdk]

Ramparts General Hospital was fictional.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_General_Hospital

 

[elias1988]

Its Probably CWID:

CWID Continuous Wave Identification (Morse code sent periodically by a radio to identify itself)

Its used on trunked and conventional systems.

 

[N1508J]

CW id's

All CW I ever here are the station's ident and are only useful if you don't know what ur listing to and want to find out on the FCC uls.