[ScanIndiana] Talk Groups for Ind Dept of Highways

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:22:36 -0800 (PST)

Unfortunately, there's more and more people that only
want to listen and not think about anything that goes
into programming. Usually, those people want all the
info handed to them, sometimes even have it programmed
for them. For me, there's great satisfaction in
finally figuring out what I've been listening to. But
not everyone is that way, so when I have info, I'm
more than happy to share it. Isn't the whole point of
IndyScan the same? To share info with people that
don't want to figure it out themselves? Not everyone
has the time to figure things out. The vast majority
of scanner users today don't sit at several radios and
a computer. They might have it sitting on a table, or
in the workshop and casually listen to it...

Matt Roberts
Formerly of Kendallville

--- Andrew Everhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have a problem with people asking for help
> every once in a while...
> There are a LOT of new systems coming on-line thanks
> to the Safe-T project &
> I hope we have a lot of people listening to these
> new systems.  
> 
> If everyone only asks for the info & never tries to
> listen & figure things
> out, you're going to have a lot of people wanting
> info & no one providing
> it...
> 
> If people take the time to listen to these new talk
> groups they may be able
> to figure out the users & the channel names.  I
> don't think knowing the
> EXACT name of the channel as it's listed in the
> radio is going to make the
> scanning any better.  
> 
> In the last 15 minutes I've heard several examples
> of how to identify a talk
> group.
> 
> Example:
> 	313 to 315, go to Tac2
> 	Pause 10 seconds
> 	315 on Tac2, go ahead...
> 
> Now, the conversation started on Tac1 (let's just
> assume we already knew
> what Tac1 was)...  The first unit asked the second
> unit to go to Tac2.  10
> seconds later unit 2 announced he was on Tac2... 
> Bingo, Tac2 identified.
> 
> So in this case we can say 3xx units are County
> Sheriff units.  We can
> safely assume that we have identified Sheriff Tac1 &
> Tac2...  It might be
> SD-T1 & SD-T2 on the radio, but it really doesn't
> make that much difference
> how you list it.
> 
> These conversations take place ALL THE TIME on EVERY
> system I've ever
> listened to! 
> 
> A lot of these systems have been on-line for less
> than a month.  It's going
> to take time to get them figured out.  I'm willing
> to bet that the new talk
> groups are going to be the SAME NAME as the old
> ones.  A lot of the users
> could care less about the new system.  All they know
> is:
> 
> Channel A = Dispatch
> Channel B = Garage
> Channel C = Chit-Chat
> 
> Maybe I just don't understand the hobby anymore. 
> When I started, it was fun
> to not only listen to the scanner/radio, it was also
> fun to try & figure out
> how things worked...
> 
> As the IndyScan webmaster, I'm grateful when people
> submit info for us to
> put on the page for all to benefit from.  Any more
> it seems like I get 15
> questions for one info submission...  It sure isn't
> as much "fun" as it used
> to be...
> 
> Andrew
> [email protected] 
> 
> 
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