She claims I never listen to her.
The problem is she always talks at the same time the scanner does.
© by me
About Me
Located in NE Iowa. I was co-owner of an electronic retail company in the late 70's and early 80's. We mainly sold CB radios and scanners. (Ahhh....the good old days of crystal scanners, 27 MHz CB's and 1000 watt linears) I got hooked and have kept an interest in scanners since.
When Black Hawk County, Iowa switched systems. I had to learn to program EDACS into my Radio Shack Pro-94A. Anyone who has a Pro-94A knows how much fun that is. Upgraded to the Radio Shack Pro-97, bought the computer cable and Win97 because I was having to much fun programming the freqs manually.
You can read about my experience buying the Pro-97 by right clicking anywhere in this sentence.
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Law Enforcement |
Fire & EMS
|
1st Number - Department |
1st Number - Department
|
1 - Dunkerton PD |
0 - Covenant Ambulance
|
2 - Evansdale PD |
1 - Dunkerton FD & EMS
|
3 - Waterloo PD |
2 - Evansdale FD & EMS
|
4 - Gilbertville PD |
3 - Waterloo FD & EMS
|
5 - Cedar Falls PD |
4 - Gilbertville FD & EMS
|
6 - Hudson PD |
5 - Cedar Falls FD & EMS
|
7 - Black Hawk County SO |
6 - Hudson FD & EMS
|
8 - La Porte City PD |
8 - La Porte FD & EMS
|
9 - Tri County Drug Task Force |
9 - Raymond FD & EMS
|
Middle Letter - Type of Unit (also phonetic alphabet) |
Last Two Numbers
|
Adam - Administration |
01-10 Engines
|
Boy - Bike Patrol Unit |
11-19 Aerial and Ladder Trucks
|
Charlie - Command Unit |
20-29 Administration / Cars
|
David - Detective |
30-39 Medics / Ambulances
|
Edward - Eastside Patrol Unit |
40-49 Rescue Truck (extrication)
|
Frank - Foot Patrol Unit |
50-59 Tanker Trucks
|
George - General Area Unit (roaming) |
60-69 Brush Fire Fighting Trucks
|
Henry - Horse Patrol |
70-79 Rescue Boats
|
Ida - ID Unit / Crime Scene Investigative Unit |
80-89 Hazmat
|
John - Judicial / Courthouse Security |
90-99 Open
|
King - Supervisor |
Exception: 300 is the Waterloo Battalion Chief
|
Lincoln - School Liaison Officer |
|
Mary - Motorcycle Unit / Traffic Unit |
|
Nora - North Area Patrol Unit |
|
Ocean - Downtown Patrol |
|
Paul - Civil Deputy |
|
Queen - PD Chaplain |
|
Robert - Reserve Officer Unit |
|
Sam - South Area Patrol Unit |
|
Tom - Traffic Investigator or Jail Unit / Transport |
|
Union - Animal Control |
|
Victor - Community Policing Unit |
|
William - Westside Patrol Unit |
|
X-ray - Tactical Unit |
|
Young - Directed Patrol |
|
Zebra - Off Duty Unit |
|
Third Number is unit number |
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Helpful Bookmarks
I know the links below are, according to the MoS, a bad style but it makes it easier if you need to cut and paste.
Trunked Radios
General
EDACS
LTR
Motorola
Digital Mode Samples
Freqs
- Alt - http://www.radioreference.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-43.html
- Need Iowa Speedway (Newton)
WX
Radio Shack
To read about my experience buying my Pro97 click here.
Radio Shack Pro-97
Radio Shack Pro-94
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