[Scan-DC] Re: Dept of Homeland Security activity

[al]

  I've spent the last few hours having a look at scanner/computer software.
Not sure why,I mean it makes sense,but I'm amazed how some pgm's will,if 
needed,take almost total control & do alot of work.
One big problem with the mil air band,225 -> 400 megs & what I mostly 
listen to after local pd/fd stuff,is it's so enormous & sometime's long 
periods of nothing.

These type pgm's can go a long way in helping with those problems 
&,obviously,other band plans.

  Al


>Yesterday, Al and Mike wrote:
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> >The number just before the word 'Department' is the number of >hits 
> Radiomax counted. As you can see, 162.25 was very busy today.
>
>That's pretty neat how the pgm counts the freq hits.A great bit of info 
>when unattended to see what's hot & not.
>
>Maybe that's normal for radio/p-c use? I don't ever use the p/c for 
>scanner use exept to make a recording now & then.
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>   Yes, it allows me to check the active freqs and see who might be or was 
> using them.  If memory serves, 162.25 is a Capitol Police freq, so it 
> makes great sense that DHS would have it in their bandplan.
>   Al, I see in your sig that you are using the PCR1000. There are several 
> programs that could accumulate this kind of info, and yes, this is a very 
> normal function when tying a PC and scanner together, as I did yesterday. 
> I think the acknowledged champ for this scanner (freeware, anyway) is 
> TalkPCR which can be found here - and there's even a Yahoo group for it:
>
>   http://www.mahy.demon.co.uk/talkpcr/talkpcr.htm
>
>   The software page at Strong Signals has a great many others (hmm, looks 
> like my TalkPCR links need some work). There's even a Yahoo group for the 
> PCR1000 so you can find out what others are using.  It can be found at:
>
>   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR1000/
>
>   73s  Mike