Update! Live Police Audio (Marion County)

[bluewraith]

I feel the same way. I used that "safetown" link a few posts up and changed the setting to show all "recent" alerts and my browser about froze trying to load it. Then it was a sea of blue across all of Indianapolis. Just reinforces my choice to carry at all times.

Holy

 

[MadMan66]

^^ Yep! That's exactly what I saw. Not using that setting ever again.

 

[findingZzero]

I listened on & off all day.

The are so professional with each other. We, of course, seem to be the enemy. 10-4.

 

[tbhausen]

I seldom listen to my own feed this time of day, but MY GOD is it always like this in the early evenings? Holdups, shootings, child abuse, hit and runs--what's going on in Indy these days???

 

[tbhausen]

Holy cow a car just got shot up and there's a baby or young child shot in the head... stop the world I want to get off

 

[thompal]

Holy cow a car just got shot up and there's a baby or young child shot in the head... stop the world I want to get off

Where did that happen? East side, I assume?

 

[tbhausen]

21st and somewhere out east, I think.

EDIT: 2126 Amerherst Dr

 

[tbhausen]

Wow, SafeTown has an Android app... very cool paired with Scanner Radio Pro.

 

[MadMan66]

21st and somewhere out east, I think.

EDIT: 2126 Amerherst Dr

My wife was just leaving work right in that area when it happened... a few blocks north at St. Vincent.

 

[VUPDblue]

child was not shot in the head and is in stable condition.

 

[Indyhd]

Thanks for that update Nick.

 

[MadMan66]

child was not shot in the head and is in stable condition.

Glad to hear that!

 

[tbhausen]

I installed a new radio (Uniden BCD536HP) on my feed tonight. The improvement is massive. Audio had been terrible with my Pro 197 (which worked well in Brownsburg) since we moved two months ago. Thanks to Jeff at the Hamstation in Evansville for getting the radio to us and their years of support to the amateur radio hobby!

I'll be doing advanced tuning to further improve it and also will work to resolve the present low audio level.

Enjoy!

 

[tbhausen]

Another heads-up here, as I just made the single most significant improvement since I started this feed five years ago... Recent hardware (a Wi-Fi "dongle" connected to the radio) and software (the ability to stream audio and metadata via URL) advances have really improved the listening experience. In particular:

Audio is now 100% digital until it reaches your speaker. Gone is that "nails on the chalkboard, listener's fatigue" that was always present.

Background noise and the "pops" and "blips" at the beginning and end of transmissions have been nearly eliminated.

Text tags are more descriptive and are synchronized much more closely with the audio.

I still have some tweaking and fine-tuning to do, since the radio's new firmware has a bit different (and improved) P25 decoding characteristics, but that's a never-ending cat-and-mouse game, and half the fun of this hobby. Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy the feed and please remain mindful of the points made in the OP.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Thank you providing the excellent listening experience.

I thought I read that municipal workers in a .gov vehicle can listen to public safety radio transmission's. Is this one of the exceptions in the law?

 

[tbhausen]

I don't recall, but there's a link earlier in the thread IIRC.

Feed is kicking butt now; much nicer to listen to.

 

[Lectric102002]

So which SDR dongle are you using ? I have a NooElec that I'm using to feed ADS-B to FlightAware.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Just seen a chase on Holt rd. and turned on this excellent app.

A black male bailed with a gun in hand. Sounds like the pursuit came from a robbery. They switched channels.

 

[tbhausen]

Hey everybody, first, thanks for the support! My Marion Co. live police audio feed is averaging over 400 listeners every evening (I suspect many are INGO'ers!) and is usually second in the world only to Chicago. I'm really proud of how far the feed has come in terms of audio quality, uptime, and my ability to solve problems quickly wherever I am. If you haven't listened for awhile, please give it another try--I think you'll be impressed. The link is in my signature, and the feed notes explain the equipment I'm using and the improvements I've invested in to make the feed better for everyone. Happy listening!

 

[tbhausen]

So which SDR dongle are you using ? I have a NooElec that I'm using to feed ADS-B to FlightAware.

I'm using the proprietary one that comes with the Uniden BCD536HP.