This morning Troop I was referring to the motorcycle accident near the tunnel as a Signal 10 and a half. That is a new one for me. Considering the highway was closed and it involved a motorcycle, could it mean an accident with a fatality?
On fatals or near-fatals they shut down the road while the Accident Reconstruction team (CARS) does their jobTraffic was backed up for hours.
Roger that, 662., “662 contact 1161 three way”
It’s always been “10 1/2”. It let the sergeant know that you would be tied up on scene taking measurements and photos “just in case”. There is a lot of “jargon” with the CSP. Like “violent 14” or “no formal” or when we were on low band you would hear, “662 contact 1161 three way”. Much of it has gone away with CAD and the “new” radios. Terms like “blue card” or “clear it type 4”. At least we don’t use the “repeaters” anymore. Those were a joke.
How long ago was that? When they were on low band one car would tell another to go to channel XX (e.g. channel 7 which I think was 42.20) and then they would carry on in normal simplex assuming they were close enough to hear each other.Roger that, 662.
Back then, the cars transmitted on one frequency and received on another - so to talk to another car, you'd have to go "three-way"
How long ago was that? When they were on low band one car would tell another to go to channel XX (e.g. channel 7 which I think was 42.20) and then they would carry on in normal simplex assuming they were close enough to hear each other.
Yes, it was in the early 70's.When they were on low band one car would tell another to go to channel XX (e.g. channel 7 which I think was 42.20)
Yes, the famous double-click went away with the new systems.There used to be a lot of fooling around on the low band radios too.