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According to a WTOV article, it is stated that the Army Corp of Engineers will be giving rare tours of the the Pike Island Locks & Dam “Sunday through Friday at 1 pm”. I have to presume that they mean Sunday the 23rd through Friday the 28th. Apparently people can just show up at 1 PM for the tour. full article (bottom of article talks about this) If this is fact, I’d encourage people to take a tour. The lock system along the Ohio River is extremely interesting. I decided to put the feeds back online, after reappropriating my netbook to the task. You’re welcome. I’m still working with audio levels. As of 3:50 PM ET the audio level on the Jefferson feed is too high and the audio level on the Brooke-Hancock feed is too low. Will work on levels throughout the day. The feed computer is in a remote location so I actually have to do some legwork. Keep in mind, that’s another $200 that went to bring the feeds back online. No, I’m not looking for money. I just want the listeners to realize that it does consume personal, computer and financial resources to provide feeds. The feeds are still down. To be honest, they could have been back up the same day if I really wanted to deal with the pain in the ass computer. Now I have a replacement motherboard, and I had the computer back up and running the same day it went down in a crippled state. The motherboard was partially fried and I could only run with one stick of memory. The ideal location for the feed is not the same place where I work on the computer. Had I put the feed back up while waiting for a new motherboard, it would have been a lower quality feed (at least for Brooke and Hancock). The bigger picture though… fatigue. I have other things I like to do besides babysitting computers to make sure people who never visit my site or never give a word of thanks can enjoy the feeds. That really sucks. Plus, I’ve gotten back into another hobby that is very dear to me, that being Amateur Radio. It is now taking a much higher precedence than scanner listening. I have the motherboard for the feed machine. I just haven’t found the time or ambition to replace it to restore the computer back to its previous state. And, I find myself wanting to dedicate that computer to my amateur radio hobby rather than to feeding scanners. So for now, I must admit I’m considering leaving my feeds down permanently. Nothing is final. If I do decide to take down the feeds permanently I’ll be sure and post here. My advice: go buy a 10 dollar piece of garbage basic scanner capable of trunking a simple Motorola system. It takes very little money to monitor the Jefferson Co activity, and it takes even less to monitor Brooke/Hancock. After power came back online, my feed computer didn’t start up. I’ve got some fried motherboard components. The computer is in a state of disrepair right now. I have a new motherboard ordered. It should be back online by next week. The Jefferson Co Ohio and Hancock Co / Brooke Co WV scanner feeds will be down Thursday, 4-29-2010 during daylight hours while AEP replaces a transformer in the subdivision. CantonRep.com staff report The state Office of Information Technology is on the verge of constructing a communications tower in the Alliance area that will serve public safety agencies plus help bring Internet services to Columbiana County’s Knox Township. The tower will be built on the Knox Township Hall property at 2895 Knox School Rd. The tower will be operated by Multi-Agency Radio Communication System, a state radio and data network providing wireless communication services to subscribers throughout Ohio. Read the full article here: http://www.cantonrep.com/stark/nestark/x998215801/New-communications-tower-to-enhance-wireless-service Lots of activity today for what I believe is a brush fire. I caught the incident on the scanner in progress, so I’m unsure how long it has been going on. Irondale, Stratton, Bergholz, Salineville and possibly other Jefferson Co agencies are assisting. In Columbiana I’ve heard West Point, Fox Township, Salineville, Wellsville, Highlandtown and possibly others. Jefferson Co units are on the Jeff Co 911 trunked system, and Columbiana Co radio traffic is on 151.22 (Highlandtown VFD repeater). 4:21 PM – Highlandtown reports fire contained, handling hot spots. Indicated rough terrain and large area affected. CADIZ – Local law enforcement have another level of communication with upgraded systems for interoperability. An estimated $43,000 grant from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency has helped equip cruisers with portable radios to stay in touch during emergencies. Sheriff Joe Myers said Ohio Multi-Agency Radio Communications Systems (MARCS) and Allied Information Solutions were on hand for the four-day project, which updated a total of 74 vehicles and portable units. Read the full article here: http://www.harrisonnewsherald.com/?p=305 WHEELING – The halls of Warwood School will soon be safer as Wheeling Police and school officials have teamed to purchase 28 radios to be used by teachers and staff. The radios will replace the existing method of communication, which Warwood School Principal Andy Garber said was actually three separate systems. Read the full article here: http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/535247.html EAST PALESTINE — City police have a new tool to better communicate with law enforcement agencies through a grant from a state anti-terrorism program. The department’s copies of iLincs computer software are now live. The software, which is loaded in laptop computers in the department’s cruisers, allows officers to communicate with other law enforcement agencies across the state, provided that those agencies also use the program. Read the full article here: http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/523001.html |
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