northern VA police freqs. needed for a radioshack pro-71

[cdsb1234]

if anyone has police freqs for the following i could def use them:
prince william co pd
alexandria pd
fairfax co pd
arlington co pd
falls church city pd
state police

if you also have the fire/ems i could use those too

 

[fmon]

Each of the 5 municipalities are listed in the RR Database with Motorola systems. Will the 71 trunk track?
The state PD freqs are as follows:

159.0000 C1D1 Richmnd CT 167.9
158.9850 C2D1 Richmnd CT 127.3
159.1650 C3D2 Culpepr CT 127.3
158.9850 C11D2 Culppr CT 167.9
159.1650 C6D3 Apomatx CT 192.8
159.1350 C6D3 Apomatx CT 192.8
159.0000 C7D4 Wythvil CT 127.3
159.1650 C8D4 Wythvil CT 167.9
159.1650 C9D5 Chspeke CT 146.2
159.1350 C10D5 Chspek CT 127.3
158.9850 C11D6 Salem CT 167.9
159.0000 C12D6 Salem CT 127.3
159.1350 C4D7 Fairfax CT 167.9
159.0000 C4D7 Fairfax CT 127.3
154.6650 TAC Cr 2 Cr FM 0
154.6950 Surveillance FM 0
39.5400 SIRS Sherifs FM 0
458.3500 Vhicle Rpetr FM 0
155.4600 VA State PD FM 0
155.4750 VA State PD FM 0
154.9050 VA State PD FM 0
154.9350 VA State PD FM 0
453.8000 Div5-SS PD FM 0

 

[BoxAlarm187]

if anyone has police freqs for the following i could def use them:
prince william co pd
alexandria pd
fairfax co pd
arlington co pd
falls church city pd
state police

if you also have the fire/ems i could use those too

As FMON said, look in the database here on RR for information on these systems. The PRO-71 is not a trunking scanner, which is going to prove to be a problem, since every one of the localities listed above is on a 800MHz trunked radio system. Furthermore, Prince William and Fairfax are on digital trunked systems.

The City of Falls Church shares the Arlington County system.

Looks like the best you'll be able to do is monitor some VHF simulcast of some fire/EMS traffic:
Prince William 5A (fire/EMS dispatch): 154.325
Fairfax 4A (fire/EMS dispatch): 460.575
Arlington 2A (fire/EMS dispatch): 154.130

Hope this helps...

 

[Samuel]

Arlingtons Dispatch is 1A not 2A

 

[BoxAlarm187]

Arlingtons Dispatch is 1A not 2A

Yes, correct, typo on my part!

 

[cdsb1234]

thank you all, you really helped so far but, i got some more questions:
what is a trunked system?
and
what is a digital system?
and
where can i get something that will pick up what i need if my scanner won't?

PS.....
if you haven't figured it out i did kinda just pick up my scanner from a pawn shop for $15 and have no clue as to how to use it or what half the stuff you guys are talking about. is there like a tutorial on this site, or possibly a book i can buy that would explain this stuff????

 

[fmon]

PS.....
if you haven't figured it out i did kinda just pick up my scanner from a pawn shop for $15 and have no clue as to how to use it or what half the stuff you guys are talking about. is there like a tutorial on this site, or possibly a book i can buy that would explain this stuff????

Great price for a scanner. You can download the owners manual for the Pro 71 at this link http://www.radioshack.com/ProdSuppo...sp?P=support_electronics&D=2849&T=htm

what is a trunked system?

Near the top of this page, click on the Home link above and find on the left, under Modules\Online Content Trunking Information.

what is a digital system?

One of the topics in the Online Content link is APCO-25 and Digital Trunking Information.

where can i get something that will pick up what i need if my scanner won't?

Your scanner will not work for either trunktracking or digital. The current radios for digital are the BearCat's 250D, 785D, 296D and 796D and The Radio Shack Pro-96. There are many cheaper scanners for non-digital trunktracking. You can however, click on the RR Database Link at the top of this page and find some UHF/VHF non digital frequency information for the areas mentioned in your first post. Your scanner won't scan 800MHz freqs, so none of the trunked systems mentioned above can be scanned, even non-trunked.

 

[WesFFXFire]

Well for $15 it's still a bargain. Just about every jurisdiction still simulcasts fire disp and Arl does Police as well, try 453.825 for Arl Police......and of course for now can still monitor the above listed VSP