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She claims I never listen to her. The problem is she always talks at the same time the scanner does.
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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

Iowa Counties and County Numbers


Iowa County Numbers Correspond To Sheriff Department Radio Numbers
01-ADAIR 02-ADAMS 03-ALLAMAKEE 04-APPANOOSE
05-AUDUBON 06-BENTON 07-BLACK HAWK 08-BOONE 09-BREMER
10-BUCHANAN 11-BUENA VISTA 12-BUTLER 13-CALHOUN 14-CARROLL
15-CASS 16-CEDAR 17-CERRO GORDO 18-CHEROKEE 19-CHICKASAW
20-CLARKE 21-CLAY 22-CLAYTON 23-CLINTON 24-CRAWFORD
25-DALLAS 26-DAVIS 27-DECATUR 28-DELAWARE 29-DES MOINES
30-DICKINSON 31-DUBUQUE 32-EMMET 33-FAYETTE 34-FLOYD
35-FRANKLIN 36-FREMONT 37-GREENE 38-GRUNDY 39-GUTHRIE
40-HAMILTON 41-HANCOCK 42-HARDIN 43-HARRISON 44-HENRY
45-HOWARD 46-HUMBOLDT 47-IDA 48-IOWA 49-JACKSON
50-JASPER 51-JEFFERSON 52-JOHNSON 53-JONES 54-KEOKUK
55-KOSSUTH 56-LEE 57-LINN 58-LOUISA 59-LUCAS
60-LYON 61-MADISON 62-MAHASKA 63-MARION 64-MARSHALL
65-MILLS 66-MITCHELL 67-MONONA 68-MONROE 69-MONTGOMERY
70-MUSCATINE 71-O’BRIEN 72-OSCEOLA 73-PAGE 74-PALO ALTO
75-PLYMOUTH 76-POCAHONTAS 77-POLK 78-POTTAWATTAMIE 79-POWESHIEK
80-RINGGOLD 81-SAC 82-SCOTT 83-SHELBY 84-SIOUX
85-STORY 86-TAMA 87-TAYLOR 88-UNION 89-VAN BUREN
90-WAPELLO 91-WARREN 92-WASHINGTON 93-WAYNE 94-WEBSTER
95-WINNEBAGO 96-WINNESHIEK 97-WOODBURY 98-WORTH 99-WRIGHT

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)

FCC Search

Old Version - http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/index.hts
Universal Licensing System Search - http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp
To find frequencies and item uses, parts list, manual, etc.
If Grantee Code and Product Code search does not return a match try searching with Grantee Code only.

WX

Radio Shack