What does the morse code on a police radio mean?

Question

Sometimes when I'm listening to my scanner, I'll hear something that sounds like morse code, that will play for about 10 seconds, then shut off. Nobody says anything afterwards, and it'll play the sound about once or twice an hour. What does it mean?

Answer 1

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What does the morse code on a police radio mean?

Sometimes when I'm listening to my scanner, I'll hear something that sounds like morse code, that will play for about 10 seconds, then shut off. Nobody says anything afterwards, and it'll play the sound about once or twice an hour. What does it mean?

Answer 2

if it is Morse Code

then most likely its simply

a automatic ID



saves the police dispatcher

from having to remember to say the call letters

every hour



Morse Code is still being used

in lots of applications as automatic ID

in operations

that do not otherwise use

Morse Code



by the way lots of younger hams

are learning Morse Code

they find it interesting

Answer 3

It is required by the FCC that police radio "stations" identify themselves every hour. A long time ago we used to announce our department and station call designation over the radio. Sometimes when we were busy and radio traffic was heavy, we would occasionally forget to do it or even that small amount of air time could hinder radio communications. So now it is done in Morse code in between radio transmissions by a computer program..

Answer 4

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I don't know about police radio calls with AR, since I never heard it used when I was on the job. Waaaaay back when I was a navy communicator, AR in morse code ( ._ ._. ) was used to signify the end of a transmission. Now, who knows??

Answer 5

Morse code is interesting because back in the day it was based on dots and dashes then transferred on to paper and decoded, The military used it in the war but it is mot used on your scanner like other posters said. I'd have to agree with Sal*UK.

Answer 6

Its not morse - its the feedback from their mobile devices. The radio picks up when the mobile sends out its signal to the nearest cell if it is close enough to it.



The only people that use Morse now are radio hams - and only the older ones, at that

Answer 7

Morse is no longer used ,.. probably just a carrier noise

Answer 8

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