NYS Legislators pass law to open NYPD radio encryption to public

[Skyler Fire]

So is PD ever going to be open to the public?

They are shooting for press only

 

[80sQueensbuff]

I remember in the 70's and 80's going with my dad to Stuart Electronics on Parsons and Union Tpk. to buy crystals. That place always seemed to be packed with people buying scanners and crystals.

That's where I always went for mine as well. I think I also got a scanner there.

 

[Disp51]

For those who weren't around "back in the day", these are what crystals were.

 

[3511]

I remember that too.
I lived in Bridgeport, Ct then and I remember tuning in the Bridgeport Fire Department and Bridgeport Police Department.
The fire department was on 153.77 mhz., and the police department was on 154.725 mhz.
If I got it tuned in just right, I could hear them both.

"OldGoat" As you mentioned, I used the tape once it was tuned in exactly right.

Note: - "OldGoat", I guess we are both Old Goats because I did that same thing too.
Actually, we are not alone, "I know we have a lot of Old Goats among us here". (ha)

I was told by members of the Bridgeport Fire Department some years ago that their frequency (153.77) was the same as FDNY Queens Dispatch. Upon occasion, and depending upon the weather and wind directions, Bridgeport firefighters might be jolted from their beds to respond to an incident on Queens Boulevard.

 

[seniorofficer]

I remember in the 70's and 80's going with my dad to Stuart Electronics on Parsons and Union Tpk. to buy crystals. That place always seemed to be packed with people buying scanners and crystals.

I remember Sol Elbaum, a salty old FDNY dispatcher used to work in there. Answered a LOT of good questions on communications.

 

[Atlas]

I remember Sol Elbaum, a salty old FDNY dispatcher used to work in there. Answered a LOT of good questions on communications.

Sol Elbaum never worked there.

 

[seniorofficer]

Sol Elbaum never worked there

Ken, then who was that old skinny dispatcher, balding, white hair, glasses that worked behind Stuart's counter in the early 70?s?

 

[memorymaster]

I remember that too.
I lived in Bridgeport, Ct then and I remember tuning in the Bridgeport Fire Department and Bridgeport Police Department.
The fire department was on 153.77 mhz., and the police department was on 154.725 mhz.
If I got it tuned in just right, I could hear them both.

"OldGoat" As you mentioned, I used the tape once it was tuned in exactly right.

Note: - "OldGoat", I guess we are both Old Goats because I did that same thing too.
Actually, we are not alone, "I know we have a lot of Old Goats among us here". (ha)

I had a little black box, the size of a transistor radio that had a small antenna and on off switch. It was backed to a small transistor radio and secured with a rubber band. I forget if it were crystal or you specified what frequency you wanted upon purchase. Do any of you gents remember these or know what I'm talking about?

 

[68jk09]

How about the "Tunaverter" ? ........jacked inline with your vehicles radio & let you tune FDNY broadcasting thru the vehicle speaker.