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Filter Eliminates Scanner Intermod Interference
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This video shows how I used an SDRplay receiver and spectrum analyzer software to find the source of intermodulation problems that were interfering with my scanner radios. Then I used a filter from PAR Electronics to cure the problem. PAR Filter: www.parelectronics.com/index.php SDRplay: www.sdrplay.com/ Stridsberg Active Multicouplers: www.stridsbergeng.com/
LATE Ride Chicago 2015 Part 1 REVISED
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Part 1 REVISED because UA-cam and Universal Music Group do not acknowledge the concept of "Fair Use" audio and so they blocked the original version of this video and denied my appeal. The original version was 2 minutes longer and included scenes from the pre-ride festival at Buckingham Fountain. At the festival, various music was played through a PA system and this music was captured on my vide...
Paul R Tregurtha at Port Huron - Blue Water Bridge 20140722
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The largest vessel on the Great Lakes "upbound" from the Black River call-in point, through two turns in the St. Clair River, under the Blue Water Bridge, and out into Lake Huron.
LATE Ride Chicago 2015 Part 4 of 4
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This video: - Starts at 4 AM, eastbound on Lawrence at Ravenswood - Lakefront Trail south from Lawrence all the way to Randolph - Neighborhoods: Uptown, Argyle Park, Truman Square, Margate Park, Lakeside, Lakefront Trail, Navy Pier, Millenium Park - Beautiful pre-dawn and sunrise! - Riders demonstrating "How Not to Ride" - Bonus: 5 minute ride through new Maggie Daley Park - Ends at 5:30 at Mil...
LATE Ride Chicago 2015 Part 3 of 4
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This video: - Starts at 3 AM at Humboldt & Armitage - Neighborhoods: Logan Square, Palmer Square, Avondale, North Center, Lincoln Park, Lake View, Lincoln Square - Sightseeing: Murals in underpasses, Lincoln Avenue, Giddings Plaza fountain, Lombard Lamp - Riders demonstrating "How Not to Ride" - Ends at 4 AM, eastbound on Lawrence Ave at Ravenswood "El"
LATE Ride Chicago 2015 Part 2 of 4
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This video: - Starts at 2 AM northbound on Halsted at Roosevelt - Neighborhoods: University Village, Greektown, West Loop, Noble Square, East Ukranian Village, Wicker Park, Humboldt Park - Sightseeing: Greektown, Nelson Algren fountain in Polonia Triangle, late night revelers, Paseo Boricua, Humboldt Park, rest stop, the 606 Trail overhead - Includes riding with a group and some quiet miles by ...
LATE Ride Chicago 2015 Part 1 of 4
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2015 Chicago L.A.T.E. Ride This video: - Starts before 1 AM near Buckingham Fountain - Includes the pre-ride scene at the starting line and waves of riders lining up - Shows all riders missing the second turn on the route, and riding a better route as a result! - Includes only one near-death encounter with a car, not bad for hours on a bike in the city! - Includes riding with a group, and some ...
Chicago Police & Fire Memorials on the Lakefront Trail
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Biking on the Lakefront Trail - Chicago Police memorial east of Soldier Field (Gold Star Families Memorial & Park) and the Chicago Firefighter / Paramedic memorial south of McCormick Place. August 31, 2014
Mandy Z & Rural Route 1 - Turn on the Radio - Firewater Saloon
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Mandy sings a love song. LOL. At the Firewater Saloon, Chicago, IL 5/29/2014
Mandy Z & Rural Route 1 - Johnny B Goode - Firewater Saloon
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Look out, Nashville! Mandy Z & Rural Route 1 are headed to CMA fest bringing this rendition of Johnny B. Goode (with a little Dick Dale thrown in). Video from Firewater Saloon, Chicago, IL 5/29/2014
Chicago Fire Dept 1970s Boat Yard 4-11.wmv
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4-11 alarm fire in storage buildings at a boat yard on 138th Street just west of Cottage Grove Avenue on the Chicago - Riverdale border. A Riverdale engine and crew appears in the film along with a complete 4-11 alarm assignment from Chicago. Hot, dry, windy day; fire in old wooden buildings, it was over in a hurry, and nothing was saved.
Chicago Fire Dept 1970s McCormick Inn.wmv
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From the mid-1970s: A smoky 2-11 alarm fire at the (long gone) McComick Inn Hotel on Cermak Road in Chicago. Includes the Flxible bus converted into 4-2-4, the "new" SS-1 and SS-1A, the smoke ejector truck 9-2-2, Air Mask Service 7-8-2, Dry Chem 6-2-5 plus a 2-11 alarm worth of engines, trucks, and chiefs, and Flying Squad 4 special-called to the scene.
Chicago Fire Dept circa 1975 Still & Box Alarm.wmv
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Fire in an abandoned turn-of-the-century freight house in railroad yards on the "Near South Side." Still & Box alarm brought 4 engines, 2 trucks, Snorkel 5, SS-1 (with a spare rig in place of the snorkel), Batt.1. Division 1 and other Battalion Chief had picked up by the time I arrived. Also includes footage of Truck 1 with their 135' rear-mount aerial backing into quarters.
Wow i didn't think that someone has footage of Classic Chicago Fire Department Apparatus, Awesome video.im a big fan of Fire Trucks especially old 60's and 70's Apparatus,and Chicago doesn't disappoint back then they had a vast amount of different makes and models that Hendrickson Pierce 137' ladder truck is Iconic. I love it.👍👍👍👍👍
@firemann57 are you still monitoring this channel? I'm very interested in licensing your footage
I sent you a note on your website.
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPECT TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN.👍👍👍👍👍✌✌🗨🤟🤟🤟🤟🤝🤝🤝🚒🚒🚒🚒
Those Hendrickson 1871 cab made for a tough - looking apparatus...888s up front scream Chicagoland 👍👍
Miss The Old CFD Trucks😭
Better safe than sorry because a lot of people had burned out their front end receivers on the radios and made expensive paperweights that costs thousands of dollars to replace all the radios once destroyed because of RF interference like those damn pagers and other things especially cheap TVs that they're making nowadays are really notorious for sporadic interference
Looks like they can use a hose stick. I used one once at a fire…I was a lieutenant on Engine82
The ambulance at 0:13 kind of reminds me of the one from that "mother, jugs and speed" movie...
Thanks for the comment. That's no ambulance; it's an old city bus converted to the incident command & communications unit. Its radio signature was "4-2-4".
"About half the usual crowd," was a statement that was denied by the ATA people afterwards, but it was obvious. A beautiful weather day though. What video device did you use here. GoPro? Smartphone? Looks good.
I used to live in Cleveland and I used to watch "Lakers" such as these enter Cleveland and Fairport Harbors. They look like buildings laying on there side pulling in ....!!!! Neat video, thanks for sharing.
What is the piece at the 1:00 mark with the big “4” on it? Can’t make out the text on the side. Looks like a modern day heavy rescue but I know Chicago runs the 2 piece squad company concept.
That is "Flying Manpower Squad 4" The Flying Squads, of which there were 7 at the time, were somewhat like FDNY's Rescue companies - they brought a full crew of more experienced people to the scene to do whatever had to be done. They did not stick around for overhaul and picking-up because they were off to the next run as soon as available.
@@firemann57 Interesting. So what type equipment did they carry in their inventory? That’s a lot of compartments for the time. Did they carry rescue equipment or did the squads carry that or did both units? Thanks for the info.
@@donnie017 They carried all the typical rescue equipment of the day, acetylene and oxygen bottles on back step, winch, rudimentary chemical protective suits, saws, come-alongs, generator and some lights, maybe a fan. Maybe they had a Hurst tool (or maybe only SS-1 had it, don't recall). There was one of these in each of the 7 divisions at the time. The only other heavy squad or rescue unit in the city was SS-1 which was the premier citywide "do everything" company (also seen in the video), and there was a separate, dedicated scuba unit.
Which paved the way for Aerial Tower 1
There weren't any bike lanes in Chicago when I left in the 90s.
So everybody went the wrong way?
95% of everybody went the wrong way. There was a changing of the guard in the organization that sponsored the ride which led to some miscommunication with the PD. The coppers at Roosevelt & State sent the riders west instead of south, and none of the ride marshals did anything about it!
Thanks for the video. I just wanted to relive some of the ride. I did several of them in the '90s.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, hundreds of miles of bike lanes now in Chicago - big change from 20+ years ago. One of the world's great bicycle towns now!
@@firemann57 It was a great place for bicycling. :) But the winters were too long for me. Now I'm further south (not in Seattle anymore).
It looks so good thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks, Devon.
Put a FM broadcast filter in there as well, if you do not already use one. The Stridsberg multicoupler sometimes create intermod if the input signals are to strong to it. Stridsberg does some modifications to their multicoupler that decrease the gain, it's a bit too high, and improve its intermod rejection. I removed my multicoupler and replaced it with an $30 amplifier that have bigger dynamics and then a standard $10 CATV splitter and the improvement where noticable. Better low noise, could hear more, and didn't overload and got into a non-liniar mode that creates intermod. If you can borrow a signal generator then insert a weak signal to the coax from the antenna thru a 20-40dB attenuator, or listen to a constant weak signal in analog mode, and then have a variable attenuator before a multicoupler, or at each receiver for test, and adjust the attenuation level for best sensitivity. Too big signal and you start to de-sense a receiver and loose coverage that you might not be aware off until you do some tests. Even bigger signals than that and you start getting intermod.
Great shack, great approach to the problem and great solution! Thanks for sharing
What an impressive video. Thanks for taking the time to set that up so nicely!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice setup and a good video, worth saving for a similar occasion :-) [g8knf]
Very well done! BTW, impressive set-up.
Very well done! BTW, impressive set-up.
Thanks, Paul.
Great video. We at SDRplay are very grateful to Steve Andrew, based in Australia, who has developed the SDRplay spectrum analyser software that you use: www.sdrplay.com/spectrum-analyser/
We users are grateful, too, and enjoy using your device!
Have you tried the Kenwood radios that are on eBay I have had great luck with them. You have to have a PC an older one that will program them though. Easy to get the software excellent I mean excellent reception
I use Kenwood mobile’s for the VHF outside antenna of course. And for everything else digital I use SDS 100 Uniden Works pretty good I am unable to get the Sacramento County sheriffs 800 frequencies can’t find them. I have found their fire frequenciesNice video. Retired firefighter
Thank you for the ride. Just finished your 2015 L.A.T.E. ride. Did it last in 2009. Doing it now was a perfect distraction for life right now.
Thanks for your comment! Every year I enjoyed the LATE Ride more than Christmas, and I really hope we can bring it back some year soon.
@@firemann57 I was unaware that it had stopped. I always planned to ride again. Since I am in Ohio I only rode twice when my friend Tom Sanberg was still around. Judging from your #13 you must be on the board of The Friends of the Park.
@@AHKent-kd5rk I am a member of FOTP, but not on the board. FOTP said that the ride was supposed to be a fundraiser for their cause, but they were actually losing money on it - the opposite of the intended purpose. I believe participation had dropped by about 50% from the peak years due to: worries about overnight violence, a couple of years in a row of sub-optimal weather on ride night, shortage of volunteers, and a collapse of ride organization as evidenced in this video.
Wish this had sound so we could hear those engine purr.
Captain Donald Rimgale was there.
nice video
New or old,still put water on the fire.
Im from phila but it doent matter 70's& 80 trucks & engine qere really kool looking.
0:59 i told you there is I really did
What kind of traffic control was that?!?!
Great video. I still remember those days in the city. Guys who are on the job now really have no idea what it was like back in the 70's. I was thinking how back in the days there were no enclosed cabs for the guys in the back f the rig to ride in. Plus when the weather was decent you could ride the tailboard. I sure miss those days. Thanks for posting.
I can't remember if I ever saw that in my lifetime but it's interesting that was common. What took FD's so long to change that?
@@MIKECNW Traditionally it takes years for the Fire Service to adapt to any kind of change. It’s mostly “we’ve always done it this way” kind of attitude.it was getting to the point that too many injuries and deaths were occurring with ff’s riding on the tailboard “backstep” and jump seats. Once insurance companies got involved the writing was on the wall and changes happened very rapidly. There is no doubt that the culture of safety over the past several decades has decreased the amount of injuries substantially and the fire service is better for it. Of course it creates nostalgia for the “good old days” and looking back some things were “fun” but moving forward it was inevitable that things needed to change. I know your question was asked 4 years ago, it I hope this answers it.
it didn't take all FDs that long. If you watch Emergency, they were riding sitting down in 1972. CFD was last big city to go to full turnout gear...late 2006... and probably the last to mandate wearing tanks.
Too dangerous. I will skip. I did the LATE ride once in 2006 or something.
Norell this had to have been after 1972 because the Sears Tower was under construction and was finished in 1973 or 74.
The structure of Sears Tower was topped out in 1973. We can see in the video this is after that event happened. The acquisition and disposition dates of the rigs in the video also help to set the date.
I recognize my blue spoke lights (13:32 mark, looks like 3 lines forming letter Y per wheel), left side of your video - and also hear my whistle horn/ car alarm horns. We knew right away we were going in the wrong direction as we have have done many late rides but decided to just follow the crowd of riders. LOL! I was able to see your blinking front light in my gopro video but only for a sec. Thanks for posting!
goretro77 Great - I see you over there. At what point did you turn north?
before the days of two-way radio fire alarm boxes had a telegraph key along with the pull hook inside. you pull the hook to send the alarm. if the officer in charge of the fire requests additional alarms then the key would be used. eg. 2-11 would be 2-with 11straight blows the chief lets say is 2-1-11 he would send 11-1-11 or one two-one-one one with the two-way radios still used the traditional terms.
Wow! The ladder on Truck 1 looks like a Beast!
That snorkel was a "Snorkel." Snorkel was the brand name. The Snorkel brand at that time (1975) was being made in Missouri by ATO, Inc., which later became Figgie Int'l. ATO had purchased the Snorkel Fire Equipment Company in 1971. Recently, the Snorkel name was resurrected by a company in Missouri that manufactures scissor lifts and hi-lifts; but, the Snorkel name for fire apparatus is owned now by American LaFrance. KME was not making new fire apparatus at that time.
there was 3 squads for squad 1 back then flying squad 1 snorkel squad 1 and squad 1A
I dont think I know we have better rigs than FDNY lol
JUST NVME fdny has better rigs than I've ever seen
THANKS
Snorkel Squad 1 ran as a two-piece company. The Snorkel itself ran as "SS-1" and the Ford with the tool body was SS-1A. Normally, if SS-1 was dispatched on a call, then SS-1A automatically followed with no further communication needed. A "2-11" is Chicago lingo meaning a two-alarm fire. This dates back over 100 years when dispatching was done by telegraph. An internet search will show you how many rigs Chicago sends on a Still alarm, Box alarm, 2-11, 3-11, 4-11, and 5-11.
OK WHAT DO TRUCK 1A DO AND WHAT HAPPEN WHATS A 2-11 I NEVER HARD OF THAT IAM FROM NEWARK NJ CAN UEXPLAIN WHATS A 2-11 THANKS
from 1974 0r 1975
It sucks that few amateur video cameras had audio capability back then. It sucks SO BAD!
Thankfully they at least had video capability, otherwise we wouldn’t even be able to see it at all. 🤷♂️
Thanks for confirming that for me!
Yes, that is an old FWD pumper behind SS-1A. SS-1 itself was using that as a spare rig on this day - the Snorkel Squad itself was in the Shops.
great stuff! especially like Engine 1 & Ladder 4, American LaFrances, & Engine 8, a Ward LaFrance. and the old snorkel squsd 1a and is that an old FWD behind it?
this may have been 1972 you take a look at the chgo squad car in the background