radio net for scanner listeners

[franka00213]

Lol Lmfao!!!!!

 

[landonjensen]

I plan on joining ERS soon. Not sure about this Radio Net cause it doesnt look like its going anywhere.

 

[E5911]

Radio Net For Scanner Listeners

ALL:

Well, after some research and soul serching, I have decided to abondon the passport project. The costs and management appear to be too much. I think it would turn into a management headache and the cheapest radio they would quote was $400, they would not move much on the monthly price either.

I am working way too much to take this on, however if someone else wants to take this on I would be more than happy to send you the details.

Thanks for all the support.

 

[trooperdude]

How about Twitter and cell phones, or Verizon alpha pagers then ?

 

[af5rn]

I'm pretty sure someone is already doing the alpha pager thing. Shouldn't be any need to reinvent the wheel on that one.

I still like the idea of the net, but I think that covering three states was a little over-ambitious. Just SoCal itself could keep the net pretty busy.

 

[karldotcom]

Any other scanner buffs using Twitter feel free to follow me "karldotcom" -- I will send anything Twitt anything major around me

 

[landonjensen]

How about Twitter and cell phones, or Verizon alpha pagers then ?

http://incidentpage.net/ has a great CA paging system.. I wouldnt recommend incidentnewsalerts.com if you want to become a dispatcher. They are really ridiculous, as well with 1RWN but thats a whole other story.. :roll:

 

[kenjicam]

IPN is a very good paging system. Because the dispatchers are volunteers you may not get everything that's going on, but no system is 100% perfect. I like the fact you can select certain types of notifications/regions on and off, and that it is nationwide.
On another note there are some big changes coming down the line for ERS here in southern California later this summer. More information soon to follow.
Kenji Luster

 

[Sac916]

How about Twitter and cell phones, or Verizon alpha pagers then ?

As stated earlier, I use Twitter for www.scansacramento.com and www.scansac.blogspot.com
it has worked out quite well for us -

Twitter has had some major problems in the last week, but they are getting back up and running after some server/database issues. Seems to be working well now.

 

[trooperdude]

FREE is good.

LOL

How is the response time on Twitter ?

Not like Yahoo Groups where you get the info the next day ?

 

[Sac916]

FREE is good.

LOL

How is the response time on Twitter ?

Not like Yahoo Groups where you get the info the next day ?

Mostly response time is under 10 seconds. It has become an EXTREMELY popular service - almost too popular. In some respects it's a social networking tool and an RSS feed tool. There are several 3rd party applications some of the issues bothering Twitter. If you read their blog and some of the press, they have had some server/load/database issues as of late. Some of the aches from a fast growing and ever increasingly used service. Not too mention SMS/Text Message service.