Hi Scott, as you were just saying about CODES....
SM>  Cleveland just went to a Digital Trunked 800mhz Radio dispatch
SM> system
SM>  for all 6 districts to prevent unwanted persons from gaining
SM>  information they shouldn't have (mainly TV stations), S.W.A.T. and
SM>  special operations units also have their own frequencies.
SM> 
SM>  A trunked system essentially means that you have "example" 5 different
SM>  frequencies which are controlled via a central computer that rotates
SM>  them when they are not in use, thereby deterring listening by persons
SM>  whom may have equipment that could pick them up, and some departments
SM>  have a birdie (electronic tone) which rotates on the channels not in
SM>  use, making it impossible to scan the frequencies with radio traffic.
No, it isn't.  I can listen to my local county sheriff's office with
no birdie tones even thought they are on an Ericsson system.  There are
also a couple of scanner commercially available that track the Motorola
trunking system.  Uniden has one as does radio shack.  
RD 
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