Loading up the VX-7R with emergency freqs for Tampa area - any opinions on
the best local AM emergency broadcast station? FM? I have all SkyWarn and
amateur freqs, police and emergency and most of the major ones, but curious
as to the best local AM emergency broadcast freqs for things such as road
closings, traffic congestions, etc. The Yaesu VX-7R has become my fav radio
for emergency situations - the only thing it won't do is trunk track. As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad band
amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Thanks -

ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad band
amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

-D
--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Loading up the VX-7R with emergency freqs for Tampa area - any opinions on
the best local AM emergency broadcast station?

WFLA / 970 did a good job with hurricane coverage last week, before Charley
came ashore. I can't tell you how good they are with traffic, news and weather
on a normal basis, though.

Interestingly, Clear Channel apparently fed WFLA's audio to some of the other
AM and FM Clear Channel stations in the Tampa area during last Friday.

WFLA uses different directional antenna patterns day and night, but I can't
advise of how well their signal covers the Tampa region or state.

They also webcast, which is what I was listening to last Friday, and the server
connection was very solid throughout the day and evening. The audio level
varied alot, though, and they transitioned between the studio personalities,
location reports and commercials.


Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

Hey thanks very much - will add that one to my list


"Jeff Multer" wrote in message
...
Loading up the VX-7R with emergency freqs for Tampa area - any
opinions on
the best local AM emergency broadcast station?

WFLA / 970 did a good job with hurricane coverage last week, before
Charley
came ashore. I can't tell you how good they are with traffic, news and
weather
on a normal basis, though.

Interestingly, Clear Channel apparently fed WFLA's audio to some of the
other
AM and FM Clear Channel stations in the Tampa area during last Friday.

WFLA uses different directional antenna patterns day and night, but I
can't
advise of how well their signal covers the Tampa region or state.

They also webcast, which is what I was listening to last Friday, and the
server
connection was very solid throughout the day and evening. The audio level
varied alot, though, and they transitioned between the studio
personalities,
location reports and commercials.


Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams I know
are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your observation would be the
fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly on HF. Haven't heard
too many of them discuss trunking on their nets or elsewhere. Good point
there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad band
amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

-D
--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Um,

Can you define what you mean by "trunking?" Do you mean listening to
monitoring systems that are trunked, or do you mean using trunked ham
radio systems? (I which case I've got a WHOLE BUNCH more questions to
ask...)

I am unaware of any hams using trunking for ham systems. Thus there is
little drive to include trunking features into ham HTs.

-D

ScanMan wrote:

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams I
know are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your observation
would be the fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly on
HF. Haven't heard too many of them discuss trunking on their nets or
elsewhere. Good point there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad
band amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No, no, no - sorry, let me clarify - talking scanner vhf/uhf trunk tracking
here. Didn't mean to confuse - sorry bout that!

Most vhf/uhf hams I know are into trunk-tracking scanners as well.



"Donald K" wrote in message
...
Um,

Can you define what you mean by "trunking?" Do you mean listening to
monitoring systems that are trunked, or do you mean using trunked ham
radio systems? (I which case I've got a WHOLE BUNCH more questions to
ask...)

I am unaware of any hams using trunking for ham systems. Thus there is
little drive to include trunking features into ham HTs.

-D

ScanMan wrote:

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams I
know are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your observation
would be the fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly on
HF. Haven't heard too many of them discuss trunking on their nets or
elsewhere. Good point there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad
band amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hey scan man... contact me direct... Got a ? for ya... remove the No Spam to
reply. I THINK you're the same one I'm looking for. We'll soon find out.
Someone named Scan man was looking for something a while back... I have that
item.

E-mail me.

L.

"ScanMan" wrote in message
...
No, no, no - sorry, let me clarify - talking scanner vhf/uhf trunk
tracking
here. Didn't mean to confuse - sorry bout that!

Most vhf/uhf hams I know are into trunk-tracking scanners as well.



"Donald K" wrote in message
...
Um,

Can you define what you mean by "trunking?" Do you mean listening to
monitoring systems that are trunked, or do you mean using trunked ham
radio systems? (I which case I've got a WHOLE BUNCH more questions to
ask...)

I am unaware of any hams using trunking for ham systems. Thus there is
little drive to include trunking features into ham HTs.

-D

ScanMan wrote:

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams I
know are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your observation
would be the fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly on
HF. Haven't heard too many of them discuss trunking on their nets or
elsewhere. Good point there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad
band amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Newp wrong ScanMan guy. I don't look for anything on Usenet, stick mostly to
buying new or ebay, that's about it. Nothing I need at the moment, but
thanks anyway!


"L." wrote in message
.net...
Hey scan man... contact me direct... Got a ? for ya... remove the No Spam
to
reply. I THINK you're the same one I'm looking for. We'll soon find out.
Someone named Scan man was looking for something a while back... I have
that
item.

E-mail me.

L.

"ScanMan" wrote in message
...
No, no, no - sorry, let me clarify - talking scanner vhf/uhf trunk
tracking
here. Didn't mean to confuse - sorry bout that!

Most vhf/uhf hams I know are into trunk-tracking scanners as well.



"Donald K" wrote in message
...
Um,

Can you define what you mean by "trunking?" Do you mean listening to
monitoring systems that are trunked, or do you mean using trunked ham
radio systems? (I which case I've got a WHOLE BUNCH more questions to
ask...)

I am unaware of any hams using trunking for ham systems. Thus there is
little drive to include trunking features into ham HTs.

-D

ScanMan wrote:

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams I
know are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your observation
would be the fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly
on
HF. Haven't heard too many of them discuss trunking on their nets or
elsewhere. Good point there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive quad
band amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good
poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few
reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You weren't looking for a manual back some time ago within the past year for
a Canadian Radio? I was going to hook you up if it was you. Oh well. Wrong
scan man I guess! Sorry!
L.

"ScanMan" wrote in message
...
Newp wrong ScanMan guy. I don't look for anything on Usenet, stick mostly
to
buying new or ebay, that's about it. Nothing I need at the moment, but
thanks anyway!


"L." wrote in message
.net...
Hey scan man... contact me direct... Got a ? for ya... remove the No
Spam
to
reply. I THINK you're the same one I'm looking for. We'll soon find out.
Someone named Scan man was looking for something a while back... I have
that
item.

E-mail me.

L.

"ScanMan" wrote in message
...
No, no, no - sorry, let me clarify - talking scanner vhf/uhf trunk
tracking
here. Didn't mean to confuse - sorry bout that!

Most vhf/uhf hams I know are into trunk-tracking scanners as well.



"Donald K" wrote in message
...
Um,

Can you define what you mean by "trunking?" Do you mean listening to
monitoring systems that are trunked, or do you mean using trunked
ham
radio systems? (I which case I've got a WHOLE BUNCH more questions
to
ask...)

I am unaware of any hams using trunking for ham systems. Thus there
is
little drive to include trunking features into ham HTs.

-D

ScanMan wrote:

Funny, most hams I know are into trunking big time. But, most hams
I
know are only into vhf/uhf comms as well. I suppose your
observation
would be the fact for most gen/extra class hams who operate mostly
on
HF. Haven't heard too many of them discuss trunking on their nets
or
elsewhere. Good point there.

"Donald K" wrote in message
...
ScanMan wrote:

As
soon as they come out with a trunk-tracking extended receive
quad
band amateur transceiver I am SOLD heh

Don't hold your breath. Trunking is an anathema to most hams.

--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good
poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few
reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe