My Home Shack In Ocala, Florida

[khoelldobler]

This is my home set-up. It consists of another desk and computor in the room, but not pictured. These shots are of my favorite current set-up. I monitor local PD, Fire, and some EMS. I can be found at this spot when I'm not out in my garage working on my restored Police Interceptor. I am using a Uniden UBC3300XLT, a PRO-2006 modified, a PRO-89, 2 freq counters, a Motorola HT600, and 2 Motorola MT1000's. I prefer to keep my hand-held Motorola radio chargers and gang charger in the garage. My UBC3300XLT is run thru the computor using BuTel ARC software. I occaisionally use IDtracker. My garage, not pictured, houses the remainder of my equipt... a Motorola base station power supply, 2 Motorola RIB boxes, various Motorola programming cables, a dos laptop from the 80's, a Bearcat PRO-2038, a few Motorola Maxtracs, Syntors, Spectra's, a Martac, and an assortment of roof top and vehicle antennas awaiting use. I have my discone up above the house, and its been modified for best reception. I enjoy the radio hobby, as far as monitoring goes, and hopefully save enough money to purchase a new DIGITAL scanner... such as the GRE PRS-500. Maybe I can sell a few of my Motorola radios to get the job done. lol... a few pictures of my Police Interceptor can be seen on my personal profile page on RR. Thanks for looking, and enjoy the pics.

 

[RESCUE4NFD]

Nice setup...

 

[ScanManQSL]

Looking good, nice set-up!

 

[SCPD]

Nice shack! I really liked the photos of the vehicle. All that wiring must have taken quite a bit of time. What kind of work was involved in the restoration?

 

[spiritwolfpr]

Hello Friends:

Only one thing I can say...That a very nice set up...Dude!!!

 

[ShawnInPaso]

Thanks for posting; looks good.

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Very nice.

 

[khoelldobler]

my home radio shack in Ocala

Thank you all for the kind words... I am glad you are enjoying the pics I recently posted, however, they are not very good photos. I will take some clearer photos and load them here on RR as soon as I get the chance. Take care, and happy monitoring, Kevin (khoelldobler)

 

[torontokris]

good pics
does your wireless router being right on top of a scanner interfear at all?

 

[khoelldobler]

good pics
does your wireless router being right on top of a scanner interfear at all?

Hi, and great question. Surprisingly, no not one bit of interference from the router at all. My LINKSYS wireless-G broadband router has absolutely no effect on the receive capabilities of any of the scanners in the room, or on the desk. From the photos, you can see the router sits atop my Realistic brand PRO-2006 800 mhz modified scanner. My 2006 receives just as good as it did the day I brought it home from RS sooo many years ago when it was brand new on the market. I keep the original telescoping antenna affixed through the top of the rig at all times, and the rear of the rig's BNC connector is wired to an outdoor Motorola 800 mhz NMO mount (on a pole) outside of my home. I use the 2006 on occasions to monitor conventional 800 mhz transmissions... since this 2006 is modified, nothing is blocked on 800 and sometimes offers interesting conventional monitoring. My UBC3300XLT is wired up to the roof to a modified discone, and the reception on that hand-held is just incredible. The UBC3300XLT is the european version and came delivered to me from the UK as a purchase through ebay a few years ago... no celular blocks on this rig either. Its a shame its not digital. I will go shopping for an early xmas present for myself very soon. DIGITAL is the way to go.

 

[bvankl]

Nice home and really nice car setup!!!

 

[khoelldobler]

thank you

Nice shack! I really liked the photos of the vehicle. All that wiring must have taken quite a bit of time. What kind of work was involved in the restoration?

Hi, let me start by saying there were not wires in the car at all when I purchased it. The antennas, radios, and lights had tons of wiring as one could ever expect. I painstakingly ran and routed each device, LED, strobe, radio, siren, switch, with correct guage wiring, proper grounds, and fuse blocks as if I were rewiring my own home. I took my time, and connected each device to mfr's specs... if not better. For the antennas mounted on the rear trunk deck lid, I regrounded the trunk lid with grounding straps, added additional kill switches under the engine hood to cut off ALL radio, lights, and power in case of emergency. The system is run like this... from the battery in the engine compartment to a HD kill switch in that engine compartment, this acts as a master kill for ALL wired accesories like race cars would have installed, then onto 2 HD fuse blocks similar to what high power kicker boxes and stereos are wired thru... also under the hood, then HD heavy guage power wires feed thru rubber grommets installed on the fire wall entering the car. From there, they feed my two switch boxes that control all wired lights and convertacoms. Not 1 but 2 convertacom units... one is mounted in the trunk. Each of the two switch boxes have 6 switches on them for a total of 12 switches for accesories. Also, the two switch boxes each have 6 independent fuses making all 12 switches fully protected. One of the HD guage positive feed wires from the engine compartment runs thru the cars interior to the trunk area. From there, its split up into feeding 2 more fuse blocks for 12 volt DC positive, and there beside it lies another block for the negative grounding and to the chassis as a final HD ground. From the trunk mounted positive fuse block, feeds a few more accesories such as a second dome lite, rechargeable flashlite cradle, and a trunk mounted spectra radio. All wiring is safe and well hidden, making this an extremely clean installation, almost professional in appearance, in fact, LE personel have complimented me on my attention to detail. My friend from Gainesville, Florida works for a Motorola repair, install, and maint. company, and has stated how nice the job looks to me on many occasions. He was very impressed. I must have missed my calling in life. I replaced the stock POLICE INTERCEPTOR HD ALTERNATOR with a 200 amp HD alternator similar to the ones installed in ambulances. There is also a DC power digital read-out with red display built into the positive battery connector. It would normally be illuminated all the time to monitor the battery power charged and stored in the battery, but I chose to put a single pole single throw toggle on it to kill the ground wire from the digital display as to not discharge the battery. The car sits parked for long periods of time, taken out for shows only. When I pop the engine hood, I flip the toggle switch, which turns on the red display, to reveal the stored standing DC voltage in the battery... it usually reads 12.5 when the car is turned off, and fluctuates after starting the engine to around 13.5 up to 14 volts DC and lets me know the battery is receiving a charge from the alternator. The battery is Interstate Mega Tron Plus - 875 Cold Cranking Amps, and all fuse blocks and battery connectors including the digital read-out battery connector are by Audiopipe. Thanks for looking at my pics.

 

[khoelldobler]

some better pics of the shack

Hi all, here are a few better pics of my radio programming bench, a few hand-helds of mine to be programmed, and my junk shelf containing a few systems 9000 heads, speakers, antennas, Syntor radio drawers, radio cables, a CB, a scanner, and just like I said... some other radio junk. It sits atop a diamond plate shelf/table I made 2 months ago. The programming bench is a plywood tabletop work bench. This stuff is out in the garage, and keeps me busy when I'm bored.

 

[llllllllll]

WOW.. Nice set up. I live in Ocala as well. WIth the new digital system that EMS/FIRE/SHERIFF all have are u able to listen to it at all? Do you do side jobs ? install setup etc?

 

[khoelldobler]

thanks for the shack compliments

WOW.. Nice set up. I live in Ocala as well. WIth the new digital system that EMS/FIRE/SHERIFF all have are u able to listen to it at all? Do you do side jobs ? install setup etc?

Hello, thank you for the compliments, glad you enjoyed the pics... in terms of installation, regarding the vehicle I have restored, the answer is yes. I can help you to route some of your wiring if you are talking about running LEDS, strobe pack lights, antennas, and radios through your own vehicle. I can help you choose fuse blocks, switch boxes, etc, and run all of your wiring correctly and safely. Regarding set-up... are you refering to radio programming, I dont do outside programming. I have only programmed radios for home use, and use them for personal use as receivers. Its soley educational. My theory goes sort of like this... many people own scanners, they use them most often to monitor motorola radio two way conversations... why just listen to the transmissions on a scanner when you can listen to motorola systems on a motorola radio. The radio was designed well, all types of motorola radios, so I purchase used radios, and use them sort of like scanners, especially if they have scan capabilities.

The Marion County Sheriffs office is digital, on common air interface exclusive, and at the present time, I do not have receiving capabilities of digital in 9600 buad. Therefore, I cannot monitor my local sheriff from my home listening shack. I really wish I could, thier communications must be quite interesting... or so they were when one was able to monitor them a while back. I reside with-in Ocala city limits, and this allows me to monitor Ocala PD and thier reception is crystal clear. I shall be shopping for a new digital scanner soon, but for now... I am limited in what I can monitor. If you have a project which requires running wire harnesses in a private vehicle, I will help you for free... its not a side job, I would be glad to help. If you have radios you want to install... I can help with that too, but please dont ask me to try to program them. I dont consider what I do a buisiness, I consider myself as a talented guy who enjoys wiring and its very pleasing to me to conceal wiring for the best appearance possible. If ya need help, let me know, you are always welcome to bring your vehicle over by my home, and we can view the project together... maybe come up with some cool ideas. PM me, and I will respond. Have a great day, and stay safe out there.

 

[Scampi]

Nice shack
I've got a summerhouse in Lake City, so I'm pretty close

 

[khoelldobler]

Nice shack
I've got a summerhouse in Lake City, so I'm pretty close

Hi Scampi... I believe Lake City, Fl. is approx 2 hours north of me up near I-10 and I-75 glad you enjoyed the pics, stay well.

 

[llllllllll]

I was referring to lights,strobes etc. Thanks for the quick response.

 

[khoelldobler]

Hi, lights are no problem for me, let me know if I can help with the project. Also, you may find these frequencies interesting, some are old, but occassionaly the PD and FD fall back on these if the newer 800 system goes down. And it has happened.

154.875 OPD old freq.
155.550 OPD old freq.
154.140 OFD old freq.
153.770 OFD old freq.
154.815 MCSO old
158.790 MCSO old
154.950 Sheriffs NET
155.370 INTERCITY law enforcement
154.995 Bellview PD on PL 110.9
154.295 MCFR Blue
154.280 MCFR White
154.265 MCFR Red
154.340 Rainbow Lakes FD

154.1625 MCFR Dispatch
154.1250 MCFR fire tac 2
154.0875 MCFR fire tac 3
154.3500 MCFR
154.3000 MCFR Blue
154.2750 MCFR White
154.2625 MCFR Red

Ocala PD is on 800 Mhz MOTOROLA TYPE II Smartnet anaolg, and can be monitored easily

MCSO is on 800 Mhz APCO-25 common air interface exclusive, which needs a digital scanner of 9600 baud digital receiving capabilities.

 

[SCPD]

Nice setup!!!