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Posted: 2/13/2020 10:29:13 AM EDT
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Probably the best bet would be to get your Ham license. Most Ham operators have ties to LE and will get the word out before the .Gov know whats going on.
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Posted: 2/13/2020 2:41:43 PM EDT
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I've had my ham radio license since about 1970, as for ties to LE, I was a full time Deputy for 5 yrs, and used to have some ties, but everybody I knew is either retired or dead. I listened to my local PD and SO on a scanner for several years and loved listening to it, but the technology they are using now makes it almost impossible to listen in, so I'm SOL as are others who like to listen in.
I still have a couple of radios that I used, one car radio and one talkie, but they won't work with the current system. |
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Posted: 2/13/2020 6:11:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/13/2020 11:14:42 PM EDT
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I already use a broadcastify app that I can listen to the trunked frequencies on. It works well enough but in a major emergency it's pretty common to lose internet access and there goes the access. Without the extra equipment there's nothing I can do about it.
For now I'm just looking for accessible frequencies that folks around here find useful. I've considered the ham thing, I'm just not sure it's worth it. I need to do more reading on the subject. |
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Posted: 2/13/2020 11:55:08 PM EDT
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You may want to look at picking up one of the unlocked Chinese handhelds. That’s what I use; a Wouxun actually.
Anyhow, easy to program with a pc. Can scan freq’s with it. Set it up for GMRS/FRS. I occasionally pick up EMSA and the Sheriffs Dept on it in the open. Routinely listen to the Tulsa Area Repeater Network - this is a great resource during severe weather, and if a disaster were to occur. Anyhow, I’m not a licensed ham either. So I never transmit. |
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Posted: 2/14/2020 1:52:29 PM EDT
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Nevermind, I just saw the same answer I was going to suggest.
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Posted: 2/14/2020 11:18:45 PM EDT
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You may want to look at picking up one of the unlocked Chinese handhelds. That’s what I use; a Wouxun actually. Anyhow, easy to program with a pc. Can scan freq’s with it. Set it up for GMRS/FRS. I occasionally pick up EMSA and the Sheriffs Dept on it in the open. Routinely listen to the Tulsa Area Repeater Network - this is a great resource during severe weather, and if a disaster were to occur. Anyhow, I’m not a licensed ham either. So I never transmit. |
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Posted: 2/14/2020 11:43:38 PM EDT
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Ah, gotchya
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