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Started by alocker, June 07, 2012, 10:04:26 PM

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alocker

Anyone use a scanner at CCS events?  I barely hear the calls let alone understand them, it might be a valuable device.  It doesn't help that I pit in spot where my kids don't become road hazards. 

It would also be nice to hear about track condition, spills, riders down, schedule changes, ect.  This would be for Midwest events.  Not sure if that matters but I assume they all use a similar RF frequency. 

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Woofentino Pugrossi

Is a good idea. BHF has a different frequency than RA though.
Rob

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alocker

Thanks for the info.  Is it hard to find the correct frequency at the track.  I have never used one before.
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truckstop

BHF should hire whomever installed the PA system at CMP.

That's the only track I've been to where I wanted to say "OMG! Can you turn that thing down??" It was kind of awesome.

Burt Munro

If you check with the guy working Control you can find out the frequency the Corner Workers are on. After the last bike gets the Checker the Corner Workers will call the bike around from Corner Station to Corner Station so you'll know when the 5 board will be going up.

FYI.... The Starter and Grid guys are on a different frequency than the Corner Workers to keep the amount of radio traffic to a manageable level.

Scanners are easy to use. Once you know a specific frequency you want to monitor you can lock it in rather than scan dozens of frequencies.
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Burt Munro

One other thing..... You don't need the real sophisticated scanners that allow you to monitor Police and Fire Departments. A simple, basic handheld unit works great at the track. I think I got mine on eBay for about $80 a few years back. Mine is a Uniden and works great.

If you want to monitor Police/Fire calls you need a unit that will scan "trunk" calls. More money to lock in on the scrambled codes the Police/Fire Department frequencies use.
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alocker

Great info.  I could care less about the emergency frequencies. 

I was looking at the Uniden handheld from Radio Shack. 
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SVbadguy

I have 171.045 as the BHF P.A. frequency.  They're also licensed for some other frequencies in the 150-160 range. 

Seems like they really ought to a low-power FM system so people can tune in with a regular FM radio.  That's what most tracks have.

Most tracks uses freqs in the 450-470 Mhz range for ops.

Most scanners cover both of these bands.

alocker

The lead flag guy there said each org provides their own transmitter for the FM broadcast.  It looks like CCS does not have one.
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ramoszx12r

Can you also listen  to it on FM radio station. I know NJMP is 105 what about summit.
Tony
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Woofentino Pugrossi

Corner worker frequency at BHF is 152.315

Rob

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