Need help Lee county texas

[lou512]

Hi, I am very new to this and need help for lee county
We have had many grass fires. And I need to be able to listen
To calls. I live 30 mintues from the nearest town
My daughter is handicap. I don't want to know
Before it is too late


I need to know what type of unit to by
How to program

I thank you in advance.
God bless

Louanne

 

[pacrat551]

Lee County VFD's still primarily use VHF which you can find the frequencies here

Law enforcment agencies are switching to the GATRRS digital radio system soon, so you may want a digital capable scanner. Radio Shack and Unident both have excellent scanners and in my opinion, as a new scanner user, I would recommend the Uniden Home Patrol-1 as a good starter scanner. You can find the website here

 

[lou512]

Thank you very much
The newer system is not VHF?
To listen to the vhf what would
I need now
and again thank you so very much

louanne

 

[texasemt13]

Louanne,

All of the current scanners monitor analog transmissions, and for the most part, all monitor the VHF band, as well as many other bands (bands= ranges of frequencies, in this case the VHF public safety band is about 151-160 MHz). Lee County VFD basically uses a simple radio repeater, so think if a repeater as a "channel" for the sake of ease.

Aaron mentioned the GATRRS digital trunking system, which is a little out of the scope of discussion here, and should probably be saved for a later discussion, when a good foundation of knowledge is established. Just know, it isn't there yet, and it would take a little time to implement. In the meantime, a conventional analog scanner would serve well, though some agencies (like SO and Giddings PD) use a trunking system. If you'd like to listen to them, and not just the VFD, then we should discuss this a little more.

Boat

 

[rbarker]

Lee Co Public Safety has recently re-banded and some fire depts may be on the trunked system so don't forget to monitor that. Lee County TX Public Safety Trunking System, Lee County, Texas - Scanner Frequencies