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Oh, and before you start calling the PD know what you're listening to on 173.075. Every 10 minutes or so Lo-Jack sends out short "blurps" from their mountaintop transmitters to activate any Lo-Jacks that need to be activated. These short "blurps" are not stolen cars so don't call...

Rumor has it CHP El Cajon is going back to 39.600 in a few months. Only a rumor though.

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Hey Truckingwife, Well, SDPD is no longer on those frequencies, they are now on an 800 MHz trunked system along with most other PDs and fire depts in the county. I think the city trash trucks and the street sweepers are using a couple of the old PD channels now, so you might hear something. I think ...

It might actually be a benefit to the PD if several of us were simply monitoring the Lo-Jack channel and just notifying them when we hear a signal. Only a few PD, SO and CHP cars are Lo-Jack equipped. So if they get a "tip" from one of us they can move a Lo-Jack car into the area and possi...

Hey Bravo-1, If it were illegal to have a scanner in a car in California Batman would not be here to post replys. :lol: :lol: :lol: Kentucky and Tennessee have very restrictive laws against scanners, contrary to federal law, but nobody there can afford to take those states to court on it. :evil: Mic...

Well hay, If you're BAT-MAN you have to have all the most expensive hi-tech gear whether you need it or not. My Ramsey Electronics doppler DF unit looks so cool installed in the Batmobile, along with the 1973 Midland crystal scanner with the blinking red incandescent lamps. Just like something out o...

Well, I would join the PD, but I'd never pass the psyche evaluation. :twisted: You would have to practice "Safe Lo-Jacking". Just narrow it down to within a couple blocks and call in the 10-20 to the PD or SO or whoever's looking for it. Not worth gettin' your head blown off just to recove...

Anybody want to form a Lo-Jack chasers group? Lo-Jack operates on 173.075 MHz. The units can be tracked with any doppler direction finder or even simple directional antennas. Batman loves to chase Lo-Jacks. Think how exciting it would be to find a Lo-Jack car before the police with the suspect or su...

If I had followed the links Wolfie posted first I'd had all my EPIRB questions answered.

I don't know much about EPIRBs, but I'll share what I do know. The original "Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons" operated on 156.8 MHz (maritime emergency VHF channel 16) but became such a false alarm nussiance they were moved to 406.0 MHz which is monitored by a satellite system....