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Unless otherwise
indicated the information presented here has been personally verified by
myself, or is from publicly-available government documents, or has been
received from other listeners on whose information I feel I can rely.
This information, including frequencies and talk group ID's, This
information is readily available on the public airwaves to any listener
willing and able to spend time listening and analyzing, and is merely
compiled here. It is not my intent to publish any information that is
actually confidential or that is likely to jeopardize the conduct of any
public service operations. |
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PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT: If you are looking
strictly for lists, this may not be the place for you. Sure I
have lists but I combine them with descriptive articles. I like to
write and I like to know about things, not just obtain a list and program my
scanner. This site is for the most part a source of information,
explanations, links, and historical musings, with occasional updates.
While there are lists provided here, they are not intended to take the place
of those you can download in scanner format from such sites as Radio
Reference. It is suggested that you use it as a starting place
for understanding any of the radio aspects that are covered and go on from
there. For example, for scanning in the Maritimes, there is a
great deal of background information and lists provided here, but you should
use these in conjunction with the ScanMaritimes forum
site: www.scanmaritimes.ca
where you will find up to the minute happenings and discoveries being
discussed, and questions being asked and answered, and you can take part in
this yourself. I am not part of the administration of
ScanMaritimes but I am a big fan and I go there every day! For PEI
you should go to ScanPEI.
Other forum and reference sites that you will find interesting, but do not
specifically cover this region are: Hepburn’s
Radio & TV DX Info Centre , http://radioreference.com and www.strongsignals.net . |
To those who say that parts of this site are out of date or incomplete, I readily agree that this is true. This site must be seen as a sharing by me of information that in many cases was shared originally by others and it is a huge undertaking and subject to my whims and shifts in interests over time. I choose to keep sections up that I do not often update as they are still of interest to myself and perhaps to you. Always check the update date on the pages, and as stated above also check other sites mentioned. Currently in 2010 my main interests are the NS TMR, NS fire, aeronautical and FM broadcast and therefore they are the sections I am most likely to keep updated.
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What
is scanning?
It is the hobby reception of communications in the VHF and UHF range of
frequencies. Scanning refers to the fact that scanners,
receivers for such communications, continually scan dozens or hundreds of
channels. Scanning may be associated with amateur radio but not
necessarily, and most enthusiasts are interested in radio communications and
public service agencies, but are not "ambulance chasers" or
criminals..
They are you and I!! Scanning is legal in Canada though there are
restrictions on the divulging of information heard. The freedom
to listen to what is on the airwaves on your regular radio or on your scanner
is one of the most important liberties in a democracy such as ours, and not
only is a source of broadcast entertainment and news, but also enables the
citizenry of a country to have a knowledge of what their public safety
agencies are doing, and to appreciate their services. |
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Nova Scotia Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMR) for a description including frequencies, structure, non-digital ID List (updated Dec 7/09), How to Listen, and a link to the official site. Specific information on individual user agencies is available through the provincial links below. If you are not in the first place familiar with trunking in general, click here. |
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Colchester East & West
Hants Fire page
Feb. 14
NS Integrated Mobile Radio System NS MAPS SHOWING TMR SITES, ETC (under construction, but partly usable now)
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RCMP |
Prince Edward Island Police (RCMP and other) PICS PEI Integrated Communications
System
Please visit ScanPEI, a Radio Reference member site, for the most recent frequency and tg lists for Prince Edward Island |
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Maritimes-wide and nearby areas, and miscellaneous commercial systems: Aeronautical (check the revised descriptive page for air traffic in and out of Halifax, Feb. 14/10) Link to Nav Canada's Airport Diagram site. See a chart of practically any significant airport in Canada. Link to LiveATC.net (aero) live streaming many areas of the world Drivethrough (Takeout) Bus (School, etc) [needs work!] Newfoundland not recently updated |
A page on Q codes, Ten codes, phonetic alphabet, Morse, words used in radio, etc. Weatheradio Canada
Cdn vhf band plan Mobile Phones: Before Cellular |
Broadcast
and Historical Pages
Current list of FM broadcast stations in the
Maritimes and
Bill's Radio
Historical Pages, centering on call letters but also touching on the history of marine
and military radio in Bill’s Other Hobbies Intro & Links Page (mostly re aircraft, airnav, railroads) under construction External Links not contained in pages above: WTFDA Home Page (This is the club for those interested in TV, FM and related DX'ing...including up to the minute forums on ducting and other skip phenomena) Northwest Broadcasters (AM, FM, TV developments and Lists from the Seattle/Vancouver area) Northeast Radio Watch. Similar to the above but for NE USA and Eastern Canada Recent Broadcast Decisions from the CRTC Website re BCB DX'ing |
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Search Canadian
government frequency records [TAFL], visit http://sd.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.jsp. |
SATCOLT Link to Motorola’s MOTOTRBO page. A conventional system using digital technology not listenable on scanners, on 400 MHz |
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Link
to Halifax Regional Search & Rescue's
site (not a
source of communications information, but a good example of a comms-oriented volunteer
organizations that you might want to help out) |
Forum
from Calculating bearings & distances from your QTH or
anywhere.
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