I'm looking at maybe getting a scanner for Christmas (finally) and I'm starting to do some research on what frequencies I want to be able to include on the scanner, which is a 300 channel Uniden Bearcat handheld w/ antenna. These include:
Kalamazoo City DPS/Kalamazoo County Sheriff
Amtrak (Road)
CN (Road for South Bend Sub)
NS (Road)
Grand Elk (Road)
I found the Kalamazoo City DPS radio frequencies on RadioReference, however I am unsure of what's what. Can someone help with "decoding" what these all mean, specifically the DEC, HEX, mode, and Alpha Tag, and what I need to put into said scanner?
Also, how would I program the scanner? Is there a computer program I need to get? How long does it take?
Thanks,
-NS
Kalamazoo County (39) Kalamazoo City D.P.S. Talkgroups
DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag
3471 d8f E 499KDPSAD1 DPS - Admin 1 Multi-Talk
3472 d90 E 499KDPSAD2 DPS - Admin 2 Multi-Talk
3473 d91 E 499KDPSBMB1 Police - Bomb Squad 1 Law Tac
3474 d92 E 499KDPSBMB2 Police - Bomb Squad 2 Law Tac
3475 d93 E 499KDPSBMB3 Police - Bomb Squad 3 Law Tac
3476 d94 E 499KDPSCID1 Police - Detectives 1 Law Tac
3477 d95 E 499KDPSCID2 Police - Detectives 2 Law Tac
3478 d96 E 499KDPSCID3 Police - Detectives 3 Law Tac
3480 d98 E 499KDPS Police - Dispatch Law Dispatch
3481 d99 D 499KDPSFIRE1 Fire - Dispatch (Dispatch in Clear) Fire Dispatch
3482 d9a D 499KDPSFIRE2 Fire - Secondary (Dispatch in Clear) Fire-Talk
3483 d9b E 499KDPSKVET1 Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team 1 Law Tac
3484 d9c E 499KDPSKVET2 Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team 2 Law Tac
3485 d9d E 499KDPSLEIN Police - LEIN Law Tac
3486 d9e E 499KDPSSW1 Police - SWAT 1 Law Tac
3487 d9f E 499KDPSSW2 Police - SWAT 2 Law Tac
3488 da0 E 499KDPSSW3 Police - SWAT 3 Law Tac
3489 da1 E 499KDPSTAC1 Tactical - 1 Multi-Tac
3490 da2 E 499KDPSTAC2 Tactical - 2 Multi-Tac
3491 da3 E 499KDPSTAC3 Tactical - 3 Multi-Tac
3492 da4 E 499KDPSTAC4 Tactical - 4 Multi-Tac
3493 da5 E 499KDPSTAC5 Tactical - 5 Multi-Tac
3494 da6 E 499KDPSTAC6 Tactical - 6 Multi-Tac
3495 da7 E 499KDPSTRU1 Tactical Response Unit 1 Law Tac
3496 da8 E 499KDPSTRU2 Tactical Response Unit 2