[ScanIndiana] Police Tac Radios

[David L Norris]

On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 08:42, Andrew Everhart wrote:
> The only radios I've personally seen were 2M Mobiles that were installed in
> the MCSD cars.

The cheaper Yaesu and ADI mobiles I've seen advertised as "Tac" radios
by certian shops...  I've heard talk of them mail ordering others,
though.

> I'm sure the IPD guys were using HT's if they didn't have a
> take-home car.

I doubt this...  Maybe a few had a HT with a mag mount.  But, I doubt
it.  I'm guessing most had something rigged up so they could temp mount
a mobile.  I've heard many mention having a magnet mount.  And, all the
signals are very strong.

Just as a reference...  One night I heard a number of them using their
Tac radios on ILEEN (rather than waiting around for MECA to patch them
over) to coordinate a car chase.  (One of the few good uses, I think.
;-)  They started around the south side of Indy and by the time they hit
Rush Co most were still about S5...  A few dropped out outside Johnson
Co.

>  The Mobiles were running full power (50-60w depending on the
> model).

Definitely.

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