ka5lqj
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Bon Matain, mes ami's! LOL!
Well, it's more like "night" to me, since I've been "up" since 2 am. :-(
Say, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but I was thinking we should have some sort of way of communicating about agencies we hear "active" and also letting the rest of us know when an agency "abandons" a frequency.
There are a LOT of vhf low-band stations that have left 39.5 and no longer operate there. For instance, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's office USED to have base stations in 5 separate locations: Alex, Boyce, Tioga, Glenmora, Le Compte, Cheneyville and a less powerful base in Alex. (KNGX-399 thru KNGX-405) and a parish-wide mobile system (KB-?????). Now they have just the KNGX-399 station, so I can only figure it's all under one license now, yet the others still show "active" in the FCC database. Confusing? YES!
I do know that the Caddo Sheriff, Bossier Sheriff and Bossier Police Jury have sold their gear and operate on 800 mhz trunked. The Bossier SO also uses APCO-25 for it's digital communications for "drug bust". The regular traffic is still analog, but very uninteresting, so I've deleted them from my scanners, LOL!
Does anyone know how to set up a Yahoo Group and restrict it to members only? This way, we can somewhat exclude those who do NOT "need to know"...whackers and terrorist (hopefully).
We can all still contribute to RR's database, of course, but by reporting the agencies that are no longer using a frequency, it saves a 'Channel' that could be programmed for something else. ;-)
Mom-in-Law is still going through some 'changes' and we are hopeful of a good outcome. "Thanks" for those prayers and good wishes, we appreciate every one of you.
GOD BLESS,
Have a GREAT "Thanksgiving",
Respectfully,
73's,
Don/KA5LQJ
Well, it's more like "night" to me, since I've been "up" since 2 am. :-(
Say, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but I was thinking we should have some sort of way of communicating about agencies we hear "active" and also letting the rest of us know when an agency "abandons" a frequency.
There are a LOT of vhf low-band stations that have left 39.5 and no longer operate there. For instance, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's office USED to have base stations in 5 separate locations: Alex, Boyce, Tioga, Glenmora, Le Compte, Cheneyville and a less powerful base in Alex. (KNGX-399 thru KNGX-405) and a parish-wide mobile system (KB-?????). Now they have just the KNGX-399 station, so I can only figure it's all under one license now, yet the others still show "active" in the FCC database. Confusing? YES!
I do know that the Caddo Sheriff, Bossier Sheriff and Bossier Police Jury have sold their gear and operate on 800 mhz trunked. The Bossier SO also uses APCO-25 for it's digital communications for "drug bust". The regular traffic is still analog, but very uninteresting, so I've deleted them from my scanners, LOL!
Does anyone know how to set up a Yahoo Group and restrict it to members only? This way, we can somewhat exclude those who do NOT "need to know"...whackers and terrorist (hopefully).
We can all still contribute to RR's database, of course, but by reporting the agencies that are no longer using a frequency, it saves a 'Channel' that could be programmed for something else. ;-)
Mom-in-Law is still going through some 'changes' and we are hopeful of a good outcome. "Thanks" for those prayers and good wishes, we appreciate every one of you.
GOD BLESS,
Have a GREAT "Thanksgiving",
Respectfully,
73's,
Don/KA5LQJ
Once I can get with him and set this up, I'll "share" (Whackers need not apply, LOL!) I'm a little skittish about putting the info on the Web for various reasons.
