I want to listen to fire dispatch along the Texas 35 corridor I am in Waco and would like to reach from travis to collin county--I am trying to figure out how to listen to all fire channels at the same time or have them fed to my CPU---does anyone have any ideas on how to do this
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russ,
Let's see if maybe we can clarify what you're trying to do here.
If you want to be able to monitor just about anything that happens, along the I-35 corridor, whether that be fire only, fire and/or PD, TX DPS, or any other combination, as you took a drive from Collin County to Travis County, then MaxTracker's suggestion of a digital scanner is what you'd need.
However, if what you are really referring to is sitting in one place, at home perhaps, and listening to all fire dispatch channels along that path, via your computer, then that's not very likely to happen. Here's why:
Go to the live audio link for
Texas.
Take a look at the map. The counties shaded in blue are those where someone has a live audio feed covering one or more agencies in that county. You'll see that the I-35 corridor, Collin County to Austin/Travis, and beyond, is well covered. However, most of the feeds cover both fire & law enforcement usage. In only a couple of cases, such as this Dallas Fire Rescue
feed, is one directed only toward the fire side exclusively, and just one department.
You would have to link to multiple feeds at the same time, and you would have no control over what you were hearing other than volume, or disconnecting. No way to isolate to a specific channel or talkgroup, nor hold on an active incident, unless that was being done by the feed provider (out of your control or influence). Also, with more than one going, I imagine that the "collision" of multiple conversations coming out of your speakers would be counter productive.
Using the feeds you can, of course, listen to any of the individual counties at any time. There's also a dedicated Fort Worth FD feed, and I also see one for Austin Fire listed with Travis County.
If you had something different in mind, then perhaps give us a few more details to point you in the right direction.