Well Since the last newsletter, we've
found new frequencies...
Here's a sample of what's new....
| Frequency |
Tone |
Name |
State |
County |
| 151.3850 |
97.4 |
Grayson
Co SO - Fries, VA Repeater |
VA |
Grayson |
| 154.6800 |
141.3 |
WV State
Police BCI Division Bolt Mtn |
WV |
Raleigh |
Check out the Radio PhoneBook (link at bottom) for more.
Glade Spring Tornado
In the early hours of
April 28th, a devastating tornado tore through Washington
County, VA with catastrophic damage in several
locations along its path. One of the hardest hit areas of
the county was Glade Spring, with numerous homes and
buildings completely
destroyed at Exit 29. Washington County dispatchers went
into disaster mode and activated a formal incident
command once the sheriff's
command post had been setup. Many fire department
vehicles were caught between this storm and the following
storm that spawned the tornado.
That night 3 separate cells passed, producing more damage
with each pass. As result the responders were trapped
between downed trees and
their response was delayed. Mutual aid from many counties
and Bristol, VA was fast to act and respond.
When the storm hit, around 75 listeners of the Wide Area
feed lost connectivity; it was most likely due to them
loosing internet/cell or power.
Both feeds were live the duration of the event and will
contain valuable disaster training success and failure
examples.
Recorded Audio will be posted once processed, our
thoughts and prayers remain with the victims.
Comcast's Glade Spring
Headend
See
November 2010 Newsletter
While CATV was down for many, internet connectivity was
still available for most of their serving market.
Photo Credit: Derek
Anderson
Wide Area
Feed Move
Wide Area Feed is
at its new home!
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A short Diamond X50 is in place till a new X510 antenna
arrives the first week of May. The old (15 years+)
antenna
had some lightning damage from several strikes which lead
to water damage. Amazingly, the extensive grounding
protected the antenna and structures from further damage.
And it still worked!
We plan to refurbish and use for expeditions.
Media Section Update
The media section at
scannerfood.com contains 2 newly extracted / spliced
recordings.
The first, a shooting in Bristol has been time
compressed.
The second, is a collage of the Severe Weather on 4/9
covering several hours in about ten minutes.
Chronological time order is maintained in both.
| Pace Drive Shooting (4/7/11) |
Bristol, VA |
| Severe Weather (4/9/11) |
Washington Co, VA |
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Radio Shack Discounts
Keeping
tabs with our twitter account?
Through a deal with our local Radio Shack they
are now able to occasionally offer discounts when
you tell them
"Scannerfood sent me"
These discounts are usually limited to one day
and may vary in nature, most recently they have
been 10% off weather radios.
Follow, Shop, Save!
Frequencies are no good without a nice shiny new
scanner!
Check em out, in the meantime...be sure to follow
@scannerfood and be alerted when we're able to be
used a referral for a discount.
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ELECTRONICS RS DEALER
#22-N069
406 CUMMINGS STREET
ABINGDON, VA 24210
Phone: (276) 619-9656 |
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