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The Challenge: utilize TRBO, VHF simplex, across the vast distance of 650' (+- 25') in a heavily industrial area. Open-air environment, nearly line of sight, portable to portable (XPR6550).

The Result: Not even close to intelligible.

Basic encryption enabled, radios new out of the box.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
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What about a couple of soup cans with a long string? :P

...Might've had better results.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

:wink:

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

Seattle PD South put out a call for a suspicious male with a vehicle full of packages, looking in front yards with a flashlight, as reported by a UPS driver.

First unit enroute: I didn't catch the suspect description, was it a white male wearing all red?

ETA- second unit arriving in the area seems to happened upon a house fire.

ETAx2- Someone set off a bunch of fire extinguishers in their neighbor's garage, no fire. I would be PISSED.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

SPD North:

1B12: Can you have Charles Street (SDOT) respond to the bottom of Holman Road? The drains are all backed up with standing water across the road. I kicked junk out of a few of them but the water is coming up out of the- OH CRAP!

Dispatch: Boy-12 are you ok?

1B12: Uh yeah

1B32: Radio, B12 just discovered the water is about 3 feet deep.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

Is this what Wilrobnson was asking about a couple years ago? On 5th Ave just outside Columbia Center/Tower?
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/you- ... d=18143845

The idiot who wrote that article should be fired, then everybody who read and believed it should be institutionalized. Its truly amazing how far downhill the media and populace have gone in the past 30 or so years. No wonder people are running to the woods and building bunkers.

And further, Wilrobnson was inquiring after the small yagi antenna hidden in the shrubbery.

Re: the wifi network- the absolute, mind-numbing stupidity of the average Seattle resident and/or Stranger reader is once again immortalized in print.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

Speaking of... anyone see the Mick Dodge pilot on National Geographic? Now they're filming about a local Chimicum homicide on the peninsula right now...

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

Saw the news article about the show.

Kinda curious about his "running route" from Forks, through the Methow Valley and ending up in Bellingham.

Reeks of self-aggrandizing BS to me.

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

Just a bit eh?

Saw the guy in the kilt in Belfair a couple of times in the past so it was funny to see him up close.

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"A well regulated breakfast, being necessary to the healthy start of the day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed."

SPD South:

3R11: FYI there's a car going north from my traffic stop location at MLK South and Trenton with flat tires....and the car is on fire, if someone could catch up to it?

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives

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County puts out; 'traffic hazard, pick-up with its plow down, sparks flying..'. couple minutes later: 'fire responding to fully engulfed vehicle fire..', a little later road unit: 'one in custody dui'.

Yes, yes you can go to jail for being stupid. It's a round-about way, but quite possible.

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