Direct mp3 download or play: Seattle Scanner Radio Ambience 3-13-2009
This is the sound of radio traffic in Seattle on an average day in 2009. The left side is all from my RadioShack Pro-97 receiving signal from the Seattle-King County Public Safety (3D1C) trunked system. This is mostly law enforcement and public safety, such as Seattle police and fire departments. The right side features my AOR communications receiver receiving other communications from aircraft (Sea-Tac Airport and Boeing Field), taxis and ride services, King County Metro and Sound Transit (city buses), pagers, towing services and other unidentified signals. Be sure to check out the RadioReference pages for more information on trunking scanners and Seattle-King County Public Safety. Recently, the city buses have switched to a new digital radio system, and at the moment I am unable to listen. Go here to hear the last call on the old radio system.
RadioShack Pro-97 scanner
AOR AR-3000 communications receiver
8 users commented on " Seattle Scanner Radio Ambience 3-13-2009 "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback“Man, there’s a band of…how should I put this delicately…Vegetation Harvesters.” I’m imagining this officer looks something like Sarge from HongKong Phooey.
silver starship, deliver me home,. we await you.
Can you please explain what “Triple Trunking” is? It sounds sort of nasty.
Just curious what antenna you have connected to the Pro 97 in that picture?
It doesn’t look like a set top antenna, do you feed the scanner from something bigger like a discone?
Hi weatherman! Long time caller, first time listener. I know this isn’t the time of the place, but I can’t figure out how else to ask. It would mean the world to me if you could record the following sentence:
“Now, isn’t that something!”
-Just some big dumb fan from the Dominican Republic
I miss my pro-97. I used to plug it straight into my Kaoss Pad for additional material during ambient/chill sets. Tulsa fuzz wasn’t on digital yet.
In response to ScannerHeaven, I think after the gold plated BNC to F adapter, there was a 90 degree adapter (male f to female f), followed by an f male to BNC female adapter with an attached RadioShack telescoping antenna (no loading coil) with BNC male connector. I know that’s complicated, but it’s all I had to be able set the radio on it’s backside and have a vertical antenna.
Yo Weatherman-
In the next couple of weeks or so I plan to do a recording of Vancouver and Portland scanner traffic in almost the same manner as this. Only using a PRO2004 for the miscellaneous traffic on the right channel instead of an AOR. Want to post on here, when I finish it?
Feel free to use any or all of it in your Negativland projects!