Baton Rouge Area Scanning
(including the Louisiana State System)
The home of  ID Tracker / ID Tracker II
ID Tracker / ID Tracker II Mirror
Area Weather

By: David M. Hitchner - K5DMH
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All frequency and ID information is now linked to the Radio Reference web site.
You are not required to register to view the information.

In order to avoid duplication of effort, system information will link to the Radio Reference web page to which I have in the past and will continue to contribute information from the Baton Rouge area.    I have administrator rights for the State of Louisiana and will contribute all new information that I acquire.  Radio Reference links are indicated by this icon .

East Baton Rouge Parish

City of Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish
Map of Baton Rouge Police Districts	City of Baton Rouge 10 Codes
Baton Rouge/EBR Parish Home Page	EBR Parish EMS Home Page
Baton Rouge City Police Home Page	EBR Parish Sheriff Home Page
Ryan Airfield (BTR)	Mutual Aid Frequencies

State of Louisiana

State of Louisiana	Louisiana Wireless Information Network (LWIN) (formerly LATIE)
Map of Louisiana 800 MHz Sites	Map of Louisiana State Police Troops
State of Louisiana 10 Codes	Louisiana State Police Home Page
Map of Wildlife & Fisheries Regions	Department of Transportation and Development Regions

Miscellaneous Links and Information

• Radio Reference - Excellent source for information on Trunked Systems.
• The Strong Signals Resource Page - News and Information on the Scanning Hobby.  Not as current as it use to be but still contains a lot of useful information.
• Scan Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge area Yahoo Club run by Steve Raacke (KC5SAS).

• The Radio Room - This is where the work is done.
• Common Frequencies - Like it says.
• Scanning Links - Where to go for more information.

Projects / Software

These are things that I have built or programs that I have written in my spare time which may or may not be useful or of interest to others.

• ID Tracker / ID Tracker II - Freeware (written by me) to assist in finding and identifying new trunk IDs.
• Trunker Setup - Details on how I set up Trunker.
• MC-60 to ICOM 746 Connection - This is how to connect a Kenwood MC-60 mike to and ICOM 746.
• Radio Interface - Versatile interface used for scanning and amateur radio applications.
• Optolinx to TM-G707 Cable - Use your Optolinx and Kenwood's free software to program the TM-G707.
• Kenwood TM-G707 / TM-V7A PC Interface - A 2 transistor interface powered by the serial port.
• 2 Meter Handheld Beam - Used as line noise sniffer and portable 2M beam.
• GPS Remote Antenna Mount - Garmin GPS-V remote antenna mount.
• Visual Basic Serial Port Routines - Example source code.
• Realistic Tape Control Schematic - Radio Shack Part # 42-2105 (PDF)

Amateur Radio

• If you are interested in becoming an Amateur Radio operator or upgrading your current license, you may inquire about VE testing by contacting Karl Sandstrom.

Notes and Policies

Policies

NOTICE !! This site does not advocate the use of scanners to receive cordless, cellular, scrambled or any other frequencies that are illegal to monitor.

Policy on Links to Other Sites

Contributors

Many thanks to those who have helped contribute to the collection of frequencies and IDs. You know who you are.  With everyone's help this page will grow bigger and more complete.

Miscellaneous

Area Trunked Systems: Click on the site ID for the system (Area Trunked Systems) to see a map of the tower site.

Mutual Aid Frequencies - Non-Trunked Frequencies on Trunked System: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Docket 87-112, Sec. IV.C.50-52, released Dec. 18, 1987, mandated the use of a single, conventional, common-calling channel and four (4) tactical channels on a nationwide basis in the new 800 MHz Public Safety allocations. The FCC also strongly recommended the use of CTCSS tone squelch nationally on a frequency of 156.7 Hz. These "Mutual Aid" frequencies are as follows:

State Of Louisiana: Some of the state information was gathered from other web pages and contributions. I cannot verify all IDs outside of my area.

Last Updated: 01 Feb 2009 - See Individual Pages for Specific Updates.

All information on this page is Copyrighted © 2006 by David M. Hitchner. No information may be copied, reprinted, or included in any publication or web site without the expressed written consent from David M. Hitchner (K5DMH).