The higher PL tones are always fun.  My favorite is 103.5 since my local
police used to use that one and I guess it reminds me of the days I could
monitor them with a scanner.  Has anyone had any luck with listening to
DCS other then the rumble?





On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, John Miller wrote:

> I can hear the hum alright, I always have been able to, my favorite PL to
> hear is the 203.5  I don't know why,  if the signal is strong enough I can
> hear it.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: DCS list
>
>
> > Well, I found the frequency from searching, and one day when on a bus with
> > this old system I heard coms from the scanner, and then nothing from the
> > bus radio until the general call was put out.  About the only times they
> > would do a general call is early in the morning or late in the afternoon
> > as a curticy greeting, or of something important happened that all the
> > drivers needed to know about.  I could tell it was  a PL  because of the
> > hum, which while we are in a thread of DCS and PL uses, how many of you
> > can asctually hear a PL?  I know this may sound a little crazy, but if you
> > listen really carefully you can hear a hum that will be faint for obvious
> > reasons, but since getting my HT and playing with PL freqs and DCS I've
> > noticed that different frequencies will have different pitch hums.  DCS is
> > a bit of a challenge because it is more of a challenge.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Brett Winchester wrote:
> >
> > > Jeffery,
> > >
> > > did the bus in question have its DCS turned off  or were you listening
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> > > the scanner?  If the latter there should have been a code for all busses
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> > > would think too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > thank you!
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