Realistic pro 2020 scanner for River Vale, NJ

[befast]

I cleaned up my old (1985-ish) Realistic scanner. Plugged it in and programmed the local police / fire frequencies from River Vale, NJ using a frequency listing that I got off of the internet. The unit does not pick anything up. I am able to receive transmissions from the weather station so I know the unit works. I believe the scanner is analog. Does anyone know if the town changed to digital or some other system?

Northwest Bergen CENTRAL Dispatchs. River Vale Police,Fire and EMS.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
151.28750	KEF304	RM	88.5 PL	PD	Police (New) (Shared with Old Tappan)	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.19000	KEF304	BM	88.5 PL	PD 1	Police	FMN	Law Dispatch
155.13000	KEF304	BM	71.9 PL	PD 2	Police	FMN	Law Talk
154.95000		M	210.7 PL	PD 5	Police (voice inversion)	FMN	Law Tac
158.76000	KDR464	BM	100.0 PL	FD Disp	Fire Dispatch	FMN	Fire Dispatch
166.25000	KDR772	BM	100.0 PL	FD Resp	Response	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.29500		BM		FD FG	Fire Ground	NXDN	Fire-Tac
155.90250	WQPX238	BM		PV DPW	Pascack Valley DPW (Montvale and River Vale)	NXDN	Public Works

 

[ht396jm]

PD 1 and PD 2, as they are listed, don’t have River Vale PD traffic unless for interoperability.

“PD 1” as listed in now Emerson PD and only Emerson PD.
“PD 2” as listed is Hillsdale PD / Westwood PD.

Their “new” PD 1 with Old Tappan is correct as listed. These channels are 100% in use as listed.

 

[befast]

PD 1 and PD 2, as they are listed, don’t have River Vale PD traffic unless for interoperability.

“PD 1” as listed in now Emerson PD and only Emerson PD.
“PD 2” as listed is Hillsdale PD / Westwood PD.

Their “new” PD 1 with Old Tappan is correct as listed. These channels are 100% in use as listed.

Thank you! Will the analog scanner pick up PD? Also, the unit does not allow me to enter in the exact frequency. It rounds it up or down. Does that matter?

 

[ht396jm]

Yes, PD is still analog but you’re never going to hear a thing unless it’s programmed to scanner the exact frequency.... so yes that absolutely matters. You could get a cheap uniden handheld for next to nothing that only scans analog channels and that will serve you well for what you want to listen to.

 

[fredva]

That would be a bummer if the police frequency you are interested in can't be accepted because the scanner won't take four digits past the decimal place.

If you are interested, you could try the fire frequencies covering the area around River Vale.

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
158.76000		BM	100.0 PL	PV FD Disp	Pascask Valley Area Fire Dispatch	FMN	Fire Dispatch
166.25000	WPAA293	RM	100.0 PL	PV FD Resp.	Pascask Valley Area Fire Response	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.23500		M	156.7 PL	Hillsdale FD	Hillsdale Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.26500		M	173.8 PL	PrkRidge FD	Park Ridge Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
154.29500		M	100.0 PL	RiverVale FD	River Vale Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.13000		M	754 DPL	Westwood FD	Westwood Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.88000		M	100.0 PL	Emerson FD	Emerson Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.89500		M	100.0 PL	Old Tapp FD	Old Tappan Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
158.89500		M	107.2 PL	Township FD	Washington Township Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac
453.16250	WQIV285	RM	173.8 PL	WdClfLk FD	Woodcliff Lake FD Fireground	FMN	Fire-Tac

 

[railtrailbiker]

Thank you! Will the analog scanner pick up PD? Also, the unit does not allow me to enter in the exact frequency. It rounds it up or down. Does that matter?

It DOES NOT matter if your scanner rounds up or down. I have 2 old scanners that round up or down and they work just fine.

 

[NJDan]

Ah River Vale. Back in the 70s I roamed the streets with my Radio shack Patrolman transistor radio. I upgraded to some fancy four channel
scanner with crystals. Same frequency

 

[mark40]

Ah River Vale. Back in the 70s I roamed the streets with my Radio shack Patrolman transistor radio.

And I was roaming the streets of OT with my Lafayette radio: 601, eight-o Foodtown

Agree with railtrail, never had an issue with an older scanner not rounding the freq.

 

[edisonfire]

I spent ten years in Old Tappan, know all those voices on the radio