Having acquired a copy of the new 6th edition of the Southern Nevada Radio Scanner Book a review is in order. First we have not seen any other locally produced scanner book so it is most welcome. Given that the Police Call radio frequency directory went under years ago I am very happy to see that several individuals followed up with the Southern Nevada Radio Scanner Book. It is a blessing to the radio monitoring public of Southern Nevada and of course to the news media whose job it is to know what is happening and pass on the news to us. So let me review the contents of the new publication found at Amateur Electronics Supply in Las Vegas. Radio World in Boulder City does not appear to have the new edition.
The cover is clearly marked "APR 2007 6TH EDITION" so be sure that you are buying this edition and not the older 5th edition. If ordering by mail or by telephone be sure to ask for the 6th edition. Also the cover does a nice job summarizing the contents of the publication and also reminding us of the next Nellis AFB Open House & Airshow scheduled for Nov. 10th and 11th of 2007, dates to put on your calendar. The welcome page is like last year but does mention a new e-mail address for Cat Comm. Next comes the table of contents with page numbers followed by a frequency table dated 04-03-2007 for frequencies used by the Las Vegas Metro PD (VHF, UHF, & 800 MHz). Following this is a section on planned system changes (700 & 800 MHz) for the LVMPD. Specific 700 MHz frequencies are mentioned along with their status. We all know or should know of the planned M/A Com project and its problems in other jurisdictions. This writer suspects that it will be at least a year before it begins to be up and running in the Las Vegas area. Joining the SNACC system would have been more logical when it comes to mutual aid and cost savings but I guess the the administration of the LVMPD does not care about wasting taxpayers money. The 400 radio codes, incident dispositon codes, phonetic alphabet, unit type identifiers and three LVMPD maps follow with the maps being more readable than last year. North Las Vegas PD follows on page 10 and properly refers people to the SNACC system and provides some tips on monitoring them with a beat map following. Basic public safety and local government information for Boulder City and Mesquite follows. A new section comes next entitled, "Central Mohave County AZ Basics" some of which can be heard in the Las Vegas Valley. A good collection of public safety and government on the local and state levels is included with some federal, aviation, railroad, and utility frequencies as well. This writer has heard Bullhead City AZ PD with an inside antenna in his Henderson residence and Kingman PD from the Las Vegas Valley on many occasions.
The Clark County TRS known as SNACC follows with a growing list of users noted. Detailed information on frequencies and authorized sites in Southern Nevada is presented and 216 talkgroup IDs' included. Numerous updates and new IDs' were recognized on the tables presented. Page 22 begins a lengthy list of fire stations showing address and equipment as known with numerous updates from the last edition. Next comes frequency information for AMR & Medic West, local ambulance providers; the UHF med channels, and the medical and special incident dispatch codes often given out during dispatches. The list of hospital waiting time color codes used over the radio follows. Page 25 is an updated table of non-trunked local governmental frequencies used in the area with some new updates observed. Next comes a Henderson PD color service area map along with their radio codes as different from the LVMPD.
This ends Part I of the review of the Southern Nevada Radio Scanner Book. Part II will follow very shortly.
The cover is clearly marked "APR 2007 6TH EDITION" so be sure that you are buying this edition and not the older 5th edition. If ordering by mail or by telephone be sure to ask for the 6th edition. Also the cover does a nice job summarizing the contents of the publication and also reminding us of the next Nellis AFB Open House & Airshow scheduled for Nov. 10th and 11th of 2007, dates to put on your calendar. The welcome page is like last year but does mention a new e-mail address for Cat Comm. Next comes the table of contents with page numbers followed by a frequency table dated 04-03-2007 for frequencies used by the Las Vegas Metro PD (VHF, UHF, & 800 MHz). Following this is a section on planned system changes (700 & 800 MHz) for the LVMPD. Specific 700 MHz frequencies are mentioned along with their status. We all know or should know of the planned M/A Com project and its problems in other jurisdictions. This writer suspects that it will be at least a year before it begins to be up and running in the Las Vegas area. Joining the SNACC system would have been more logical when it comes to mutual aid and cost savings but I guess the the administration of the LVMPD does not care about wasting taxpayers money. The 400 radio codes, incident dispositon codes, phonetic alphabet, unit type identifiers and three LVMPD maps follow with the maps being more readable than last year. North Las Vegas PD follows on page 10 and properly refers people to the SNACC system and provides some tips on monitoring them with a beat map following. Basic public safety and local government information for Boulder City and Mesquite follows. A new section comes next entitled, "Central Mohave County AZ Basics" some of which can be heard in the Las Vegas Valley. A good collection of public safety and government on the local and state levels is included with some federal, aviation, railroad, and utility frequencies as well. This writer has heard Bullhead City AZ PD with an inside antenna in his Henderson residence and Kingman PD from the Las Vegas Valley on many occasions.
The Clark County TRS known as SNACC follows with a growing list of users noted. Detailed information on frequencies and authorized sites in Southern Nevada is presented and 216 talkgroup IDs' included. Numerous updates and new IDs' were recognized on the tables presented. Page 22 begins a lengthy list of fire stations showing address and equipment as known with numerous updates from the last edition. Next comes frequency information for AMR & Medic West, local ambulance providers; the UHF med channels, and the medical and special incident dispatch codes often given out during dispatches. The list of hospital waiting time color codes used over the radio follows. Page 25 is an updated table of non-trunked local governmental frequencies used in the area with some new updates observed. Next comes a Henderson PD color service area map along with their radio codes as different from the LVMPD.
This ends Part I of the review of the Southern Nevada Radio Scanner Book. Part II will follow very shortly.
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