what is the beeping

[reconrider8]

ill be listening to my scanner and all of a sudden you hear beeping liek morse code any clue what this is?

 

[Don_Burke]

ill be listening to my scanner and all of a sudden you hear beeping liek morse code any clue what this is?

My first guess would be a repeater sending its callsign.

 

[MaxMan1986]

My first guess would be a repeater sending its callsign.

...in which case it is indeed morse code. However, we really need more information from the original poster if we want to come up with a more definitive answer. What exactly were you listening to? Did you hear anything else on the same frequency?

 

[mjthomas59]

The FCC requires that you identify your FCC license information(callsign) periodically (i can't remember the exact number of times per day) when transmitting. A lot of radio systems have it programmed automatically to broadcast the FCC callsign in morse code rather than have a dispatcher try and remember to say the callsign.

I don't believe much further research needs to be done. If you were monitoring a public safety system and you heard what sounded like morse code then it was indeed morse code and it was transmitting the callsign per FCC requirements.

Happy scanning!

 

[Don_Burke]

I don't believe much further research needs to be done.

It is far more fun to see this dragged out over a few dozen posts.

 

[btritch]

The FCC requires that you identify your FCC license information(callsign) periodically (i can't remember the exact number of times per day) when transmitting. A lot of radio systems have it programmed automatically to broadcast the FCC callsign in morse code rather than have a dispatcher try and remember to say the callsign.

I don't believe much further research needs to be done. If you were monitoring a public safety system and you heard what sounded like morse code then it was indeed morse code and it was transmitting the callsign per FCC requirements.

Happy scanning!

REALLY?? I have NEVER EVER heard any of our county/city/or state departments here identify their callsign, Take that back, Highway Police and Highway Maitenance do, As far as county/city goes, Fire Police, EMS, I have never heard any of them identify their callsign monthly, yearly, weekly, let alone daily.>!!! Is this a rule, Hmmm....Maybe it should be reported?? lol

 

[CCHLLM]

There are several ways to get the ID out there without being heard at voice modulation levels. Quite often the Morse ID is transmitted without PL/DPL (CTCSS/DCS subtone), so if you have the channel programmed with PL/DPL, you wont hear the station ID.

Then there's the ID that's transmitted at PL/DPL (subtone) levels but not on the same subtone frequency as a PL or DPL, so if you're in PL/DPL mode, you won't hear that one either. If you're not in PL/DPL mode, it'll just sound like a dead key for a second or two as the ID is passed. If the station is a repeater, these subtone ID types can also be transmitted during the repeater hang time, so you really never know that the ID is going out.

 

[rescuecomm]

Our Vertex VXR7000's send the ID immediately after you unkey for the first time. It doesn't matter for tac/talk comms, but if we put dispatch on one of them, it will have to be delayed about 60 secs or suppressed below the main audio. Most of the Moto/GE units delay the Morse ID until the radio is quiet, and as posted-transmit the ID with the PL/DPL suppressed so the users don't hear it. In my area, there are quite a few fire dept and government repeaters that don't self ID. Some dispatchers ID the system during the morning radio check and some don't do it at all. Most probably have no idea that it is mandatory.

Bob

 

[Don_Burke]

Is this a rule, Hmmm....Maybe it should be reported??

It is actually a law, although selectively enforced. As stated here, there are some low profile ways of complying with the law, so your outfits could easily be up to snuff.