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can not hear LERN at all. 155.370 is this a low power transmission to where I have to be on scene to receive it? Any help??? I am using a Uniden BC245XLT. Do I need to use the trunking feature to receive it?


Thanks in advance

Greg

LERN is a conventional VHF simplex channel, and is used for short range mutual aid and interop stuff. The ability of you to receive mobiles and portables on this frequency depends a lot on the radio you use, the antenna you use, the location of the transmitting unit to you, and geography.

So, if they are using portable radios greater than a few miles away, you probably won't hear them. Conversely, if they are using mobile radios and you are nearby, you would probably hear them. It depends on a lot of factors.

It is a conventional VHF simplex channel, so you do not have to use a TrunkTracker to recieve it.

The Washington State Patrol has many transmitters on LERN around the state, and they are occasionally heard on it.

Some of the local Trunking Systems (King County, Snohomish County) do simulcast the LERN activity onto their trunking systems, and their transceiver for this purpose is usually on a higher hill or mountain. So, if you were to be monitoring one of those trunking systems, you could listen to the LERN traffic through the trunking systems.

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My Icom 1020 picks it up just fine in SW Wa, lots of agencies use LERN down here along with their c/c channels

LERN actually isn't used all that much in Thurston County. Very rarely does a pursuit go over to LERN like it does in Pierce County or even in King. With that said though, I dispatched a pursuit just last week on LERN that Thurston County SO was in the lead of. The only reason we did that is the troopers in the area are new to the area and don't have our main frequencies in their mobiles or scanners if they have those in their cars. Most of the time they woul just join in a few cars back from the lead car and just monitor. Or, they would notify their dispatch center who would then call us on our hotline we have with their Tacoma center. Longwinded response but that is why you don't here too much in Thurston county about Thurston county events. When I sit at a police radio position at work I ALWAYS have LERN turned up in the rare case that Pierce County comes south with a pursuit. You will sometimes here where a wildlife agent or other state police agency wants to meet for dinner though on LERN :-)

Any other questions about Thurston County let me know and I will try and help. Check out my homepage in the next few weeks for some stuff related to Thurston County CAPCOM.

Whew, I'm done, for now :-)

My Pro-95 wouldn't pick it up with stock nor telescopic antenna last time I heard LERN. My old non-triple conversion circuitry Pro-25 and Pro-46 picked it up fine. There are other benefits to having old scanners also (like not much trunking around here anyway), but this feature makes my old scanners worth listening to most of all. You probably won't hear much on LERN day-to-day, but late at night on the weekends you're likely to hear someone misbehaving and getting chased around once in a while. Captain S.?