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I need 1st. hand knowledge of which reciever is going to work best tracking our very own APCO 25 system. Important things to consider: 1. My shack is ground...
coump2000
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Apr 10, 2008
3:48 pm
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... The 396 works much better than the Pro-96. Not much you can do if the signal is poor. Can you put up a yagi antenna and point it towards the 800 Mhz tower?...
walt991
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Apr 10, 2008
8:05 pm
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The 396 works much better than the Pro-96. Not much you can do if the signal is poor. Can you put up a yagi antenna and point it towards the 800 Mhz tower? By...
Walt C
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Apr 10, 2008
8:09 pm
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I'm an Allegheny County ham that often travels to my mom's house in Greensburg. Last weekend, I was home with my scanner and was surprised at how little I...
John Davies
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Aug 21, 2008
7:50 pm
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... Hi John, You need a digital scanner such as the Uniden BCD396T, or the GRE PSR500 in order to track the Greensburg/Westmoreland county system. Either one...
walt991
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Aug 21, 2008
9:04 pm
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That's what I was afraid of. Oh well, now I have time to save up for a BCD396XT (or get the previous model cheaper when it comes out)....
John Davies
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Aug 22, 2008
3:28 am
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Hello, I came upon this site and I am hoping that someone can help me. I recently purchased a BCD996T and had it programed. I got all of 911 fire and...
llnicely
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Aug 23, 2008
10:02 am
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[http://k3sam.com/Turkey_Time.gif] Holiday Greetings to the group ! I noticed that the membership here has grown but the reflector is getting very little usage...
k3sam
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Nov 26, 2008
2:39 pm
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Hi Sam &group I was at home yesterday when the Snow started to fall, not much snow but enough that MVAs started coming in back to back to back. I think at one...
Scotty Jacobs
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Dec 7, 2008
3:56 pm
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Hi Scotty.. good to hear from you and hope all is well..! I was in the radio room here yesterday when that winter clipper blew through causing all those MVAs,...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Dec 7, 2008
4:35 pm
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It was quite an interesting few hours; very dramatic! At one point, one of the North Huntingdon fire departments could not raise county dispatch via the...
Brian Morris
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Dec 9, 2008
3:57 am
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Scotty and the group: The issue of Dec. 6th is CLASSIC of this type of a "polling regulated software controlled telephone technology and computer assisted ...
k3sam
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Dec 16, 2008
1:53 pm
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Hi..a good example of a successful repeater system is right here in..Latrobe Fire on VHF, never a problem with communications or activating sirens/pagers..when...
Scotty Jacobs
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Dec 16, 2008
3:10 pm
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The live scanner broadcast of the Westmoreland County 800 TRS that has been streaming steadily on the IBN TeamSpeak server since 2005 (visit...
GMan
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Dec 24, 2008
9:16 pm
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Just another note on this new service for listening to the TRS via Media Player... An automatic player has been built into the main page at GMANS.net, so that...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Dec 28, 2008
2:49 pm
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Hi GMan, I'm on your site with my laptop and it is "quiet", no streaming audio.  I will go back to the old method until I hear from you. Thanks,   ...
Sam
k3sam
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Dec 28, 2008
3:49 pm
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Maybe just a slow day in WestmoCo..? ; ^) The Media Player stream like its TeamSpeak sister feed is 24/7/365/Live!, and would only be down briefly at times...
GMan
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Jan 1, 2009
1:14 am
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Same to you Gman, may you have a very happy 2009.  In fact, I do have one quick suggestion.  It would be my vote to have the ambulance to hospital channels...
Sam
k3sam
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Jan 1, 2009
8:12 am
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Thanks for the well wishes and the suggestion Sam.. Good timing, and you're not alone... see this post: ...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Jan 1, 2009
1:58 pm
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In the Local Sunday Tribune today. Scotty To: PA-800MHZ@yahoogroups.com; SCAN-PA@yahoogroups.com; PhillyScanner@...: Sendem39@...;...
Scotty Jacobs
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Jan 18, 2009
5:35 pm
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Hmmm... where have I heard all that before ?   ________________________________ From: Scotty Jacobs <weather_911@...> To: wc911@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Sam
k3sam
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Jan 18, 2009
5:58 pm
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The Westmoreland County 800Mhz system is completely tanked right now due to the amount of activity from the storms. They need more channels to handle all this...
walt991
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Feb 12, 2009
1:57 am
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Sad but true... listening to the scanner while watching Pro96Com light up like a Christmas tree. All 9 active voice frequencies (Tower T0102) are in constant...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Feb 12, 2009
2:04 am
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For anyone that would like to try out this test feed, my new experimental live scanner stream for the WestmoCo 800 TRS. This new feed has the same audio that's...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Feb 13, 2009
2:16 am
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Quick update for anyone interested - A new page has been added to my web site for this feed that displays the stream, along with additional information...
GMan
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Feb 14, 2009
5:35 pm
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I was writing about this back In 2005 when on July 4, 2005 the entire system failed. This was then to be repeated several times after that. WC911 gets a few...
Sam
k3sam
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Feb 14, 2009
9:33 pm
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Hi, I wasn't sure if anybody in the group was a volunteer NWS SKYWARN member, but the National Weather service Office from Pittsburgh will have a training...
Scotty Jacobs
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Mar 19, 2009
5:46 pm
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Well Scott, I would love to go to a SKYWARN meeting however the trip would cost me $$$ as I no longer like to drive at night, plus I have no place to stay...
Sam
k3sam
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Mar 20, 2009
6:26 am
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Just an fyi about two (digital) scanners I have for sale in case you or someone you know might have any interest. Get in touch via the 'CONTACT US' link...
GMan
nknoc2003
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Mar 23, 2009
12:20 pm
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Just a quick update that I still have one digi-scanner (#2 below, the PRO-96) left for sale if anyone has an interest. GMan...
GMan
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Apr 27, 2009
8:58 am
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