I drive from the south Metro into Minneapolis and I am jsut wondering what the best sources of current traffic information are for the Twin Cities. The Winter Weather Driving is not far away, so I want to hear what your experiences are. Is the best:
-Certain ARMER Talkgroups?
-KBEM 88.8 mHz?
-XM/Sirius Satellite Radio?
-Garmin GPS With Live Traffic?
I do recall back in the day that Metro Traffic was on conventional UHF. Are they stil there? I also recall seeing a Metro Traffic ARMER talkgroup. Is that just direct from RTMC to Metro Traffic or are the Metro Traffic folks using it for more than just that? I do remember some people years ago telling me that certain sources of traffic info were slow and by the time it aired to the public the event was often over!
Personally, during a recent drive, I just kept the scanner on FIRST TMC Talkgroup and used my Android phone SlingBox app to stream KMSP-9 audio. It didn't work too bad, but I just want to see what else is out there.
I do also remember that some of the other broascasters varied from one another on how quickly they sent the information. I did listen to one of them years ago and when they "went live" you could hear it on the UHF conventional channel as it was also coming across broascast band FM. I don't recall if it was KQRS 92.5 or somebody else.
-Certain ARMER Talkgroups?
-KBEM 88.8 mHz?
-XM/Sirius Satellite Radio?
-Garmin GPS With Live Traffic?
I do recall back in the day that Metro Traffic was on conventional UHF. Are they stil there? I also recall seeing a Metro Traffic ARMER talkgroup. Is that just direct from RTMC to Metro Traffic or are the Metro Traffic folks using it for more than just that? I do remember some people years ago telling me that certain sources of traffic info were slow and by the time it aired to the public the event was often over!
Personally, during a recent drive, I just kept the scanner on FIRST TMC Talkgroup and used my Android phone SlingBox app to stream KMSP-9 audio. It didn't work too bad, but I just want to see what else is out there.
I do also remember that some of the other broascasters varied from one another on how quickly they sent the information. I did listen to one of them years ago and when they "went live" you could hear it on the UHF conventional channel as it was also coming across broascast band FM. I don't recall if it was KQRS 92.5 or somebody else.
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