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by jbella
17 Feb 2024 01:42
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: Analog on the SDS100
Replies: 2
Views: 288

Re: Analog on the SDS100

Analog trunking or conventional?

I would imagine it's at least as good as the BC125. The few times I've used it analog its been fine, but I tend to use Mother /\/\ products for conventional now. And the antenna matters also.
by jbella
31 Dec 2023 21:12
Forum: Scanning 101
Topic: Sentinel Software problem?
Replies: 10
Views: 2516

Re: Sentinel Software problem?

bcgrubin wrote: 31 Dec 2023 12:28 This was an embarrassing lesson.
Those scanners are so complicated it's nuts. It's real easy to overlook something obvious. I've done that a few times myself.
by jbella
22 Dec 2023 12:33
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: SDS100 Post Your SD CARD
Replies: 1
Views: 1454

Re: SDS100 Post Your SD CARD

You mean what systems, and/or how programmed?

Do you use Sentinel or a different program?
by jbella
22 Dec 2023 12:28
Forum: Scanning Equipment
Topic: Merry Christmas from Uniden
Replies: 7
Views: 103550

Re: Merry Christmas from Uniden

Available for the 100? I may just have to give that a go. Any new features to the software itself? I have to admit once I ascended the initial learning curve, Ive found Sentinel very easy to use. If I have a pop up road trip somewhere I can usually get the basics of a local trunked system programmed...
by jbella
05 Dec 2023 10:38
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: Army/Navy flyovers
Replies: 2
Views: 30492

Army/Navy flyovers

Keep an eye and ear out for milair activity all week in preparation for Army/Navy. The Chinooks already did low level flyovers during Thursday's HS Super Bowls ™ and then Sunday before the other amateur football team's game. There were motorcade practices in the parking lot and rumors were all aroun...
by jbella
28 Nov 2023 12:50
Forum: Website and Message Board Discussion
Topic: Quality discussions
Replies: 2
Views: 11761

Re: Quality discussions

Couldn't agree more. This place is more like the 'old' internet. That other place is almost unreadable. I think one reason is that in the Northeast and New England, radio listening and fire buffing have up until now been commonplace and for the most part accepted. And around here there's also a high...
by jbella
14 Nov 2023 07:13
Forum: New England Civil Aviation
Topic: Unfiltered ADS-B & the ADS-B Exchange sale
Replies: 15
Views: 50856

Re: Unfiltered ADS-B & the ADS-B Exchange sale

I just wish I understood any of the last 2 posts so I could get a feed up and running. Programming, and the types of gerbils needed to spin the wheels inside a computer always leave me baffled and walking weay.
by jbella
06 Nov 2023 15:22
Forum: Scanning Miscellaneous
Topic: Helicopters over Foxborough
Replies: 7
Views: 114616

Re: Helicopters over Foxborough

2 Chinooks went over GDM* late morning today originating from Norwood and landed at Ft Drum. They were light tan in color (USMC?) and low enough to shoot some cell phone video.

I've never had any luck with mil helo comnms.


*Gardner Mass beacon
by jbella
18 Oct 2023 10:55
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: TACO/SLAM non-IFE
Replies: 0
Views: 30228

TACO/SLAM non-IFE

One of the F-15s out of Barnes had a 'minor' issue with gear indicators this morning, (1000 local) which caused them to abort trianing and RTB after burning fuel. They declined an IFE and landed safely. Most A/A was on 259.9. A lot of good chit-chat between pilots. They were initially TACO then swit...
by jbella
10 Oct 2023 20:08
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: SK Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Replies: 5
Views: 10776

Re: SK Larry Van Horn, N5FPW

Grove Enterprises and Monitoring Times were among the bibles of the 80s and 90s along with Scanner Master.
by jbella
05 Jul 2023 11:00
Forum: Processed Submissions
Topic: Biddeford Lifeguards
Replies: 1
Views: 533

Biddeford Lifeguards

Had the Biddeford Maine P25 system on search and heard a roll call and info for Lifeguards on TG 502

I'll keep it on serach the rest of the day and see what else I can glean.
by jbella
30 Jun 2023 09:58
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: WARLOK 1
Replies: 10
Views: 6454

Re: WARLOK 1

Up again Friday morning as of 0930

[edit] Annnnd he's on a rather interesting track <ahem> LOL
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by jbella
27 Jun 2023 12:25
Forum: New England Civil Aviation
Topic: Unfiltered ADS-B & the ADS-B Exchange sale
Replies: 15
Views: 50856

Re: Unfiltered ADS-B & the ADS-B Exchange sale

Whelp, this is exactly the info I've been loking for. I'm planning on feeding sooner than later. I live a mile from GDM (the airport) and a few miles from the beacon and need to change the coax on my antennas anyway so while I'm up there I can set up whatever it is I need to set up. One thing I've f...
by jbella
31 May 2023 16:36
Forum: The DX Corner
Topic: 5/31 - AM
Replies: 7
Views: 11652

Re: 5/31 - AM

On Marine 16 I thought I just heard "Coast Guard Halifax..." on an XTS5000 from OOB Maine. Nova Scotia?
by jbella
10 May 2023 18:46
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: EAM 303.1
Replies: 0
Views: 4010

EAM 303.1

First EAM I've heard on UHF in a while.

About 1840 local on 303.1 ADS-B only shows KC-135s squawking in my listening area.
by jbella
24 Apr 2023 07:53
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Public Safety P25 v DMR
Replies: 34
Views: 35028

Re: Public Safety P25 v DMR

Command and Control from the national perspective is non existant around here. Using 'The C Word' on the fireground does not mean you are acually using ICS, yet 95% of fire departments do exactly that (I detest using ICS on 90% of fires but that wold be a whole 'nother thread). And police are even w...
by jbella
23 Apr 2023 14:01
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Public Safety P25 v DMR
Replies: 34
Views: 35028

Re: Public Safety P25 v DMR

All of which proves that an effective interop system needs neither to be trunked or even P25 for that matter. That's the most common sense point which is consistently ignored or advocated against by some manufacturers. The lower the tech, the easier interop becomes. A case in point would be Califor...
by jbella
23 Apr 2023 11:23
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Public Safety P25 v DMR
Replies: 34
Views: 35028

Re: Public Safety P25 v DMR

How long has Holyoke been using DMR? Before 2019? They've gotten SAFER grants in at least 2009, 2014 and 2019, and that's looking with just one quick Google search. It'd be a fun little research project to see how many departments that have worked against interoperability by using DMR et al and have...
by jbella
22 Apr 2023 07:27
Forum: Digital Radio Technology
Topic: Public Safety P25 v DMR
Replies: 34
Views: 35028

Re: Buxton Upgrading

P25 is -supposed- to be the public safety standard, It's literally why P25 was created. What was it VSLEP and ??? were 2 digital standards initially and common sense initially prevailed to have only 1 standard. Any community that uses DMR for public safety should not be allolwed to recieve federal ...
by jbella
19 Feb 2023 09:54
Forum: The DX Corner
Topic: 2/18 Low Band Skip
Replies: 3
Views: 2665

Re: 2/18 Low Band Skip

Sounds like it may be time to dig out my low band HT1250 and put some stuff in there without PL

(Now to find an old computer that still has the software in it.)
by jbella
13 Feb 2023 14:41
Forum: The DX Corner
Topic: 02/12 Cali Skip
Replies: 1
Views: 1054

Re: 02/12 Cali Skip

Probabaly reflecting off the balloons....... <runs>

Maybe I'll throw on the CHP shortly.
by jbella
23 Jan 2023 11:55
Forum: New England MILCOM
Topic: NASA426
Replies: 4
Views: 2981

NASA426

An odd track during the storm right now. And this didn't show up as military even though it's a P-3.
by jbella
16 Jan 2023 11:08
Forum: New England Civil Aviation
Topic: Ground Stop
Replies: 7
Views: 9313

Re: Ground Stop

I landed about 90 minutes before that. All seemed normal then. Runway had some snow, pilot didn't brake real hard and we had a much longer rollout than you usually do at the 3rd world Palace of Logan. Our approach seemed a lot lower than normal for quite a while, we turned in over Connecticut and ca...
by jbella
11 Jan 2023 10:59
Forum: New England Civil Aviation
Topic: Ground Stop
Replies: 7
Views: 9313

Re: Ground Stop

Ground stop ended at 0900.Flights resuming (what passes for) normal.

Hope it doesn't happen tomorrow.
by jbella
18 Dec 2022 20:06
Forum: Scanning 101
Topic: SDS 200 Scanner
Replies: 4
Views: 2267

Re: SDS 200 Scanner

I feel the SDS are a pretty good step up from the #36, I have a 436, 536 and SDS100. Performance on digital is much better.