Ohio State Highway Patrol District 5
A brief 15-30 sec ad will play at
the start of this feed.
No ads for Premium Subscribers
This feed provides the dispatch communications for Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) District 5, which is 5,339 square miles in size and includes the west-central Ohio counties of Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby and Union.
District 5 utilizes the statewide Ohio MARCS-IP System, a P25 Phase 1 system which is APCO-25 Common Air Interface exclusive.
Voices sometimes sound somewhat "robotic" when a digital system such as MARCS-IP is monitored by a consumer grade scanning receiver. Further, constraints inherent in the scanner firmware and/or simulcast digital distortion may sometimes cause voices to be markedly distorted, broken and/or garbled.
In the absence of an incident directly affecting life and/or property, it is not unusual for little or no communications to be heard for extended periods of time. OSHP broadcasts, due in part to their traffic enforcement emphasis, tend to be brief and more concise in comparison to that of the local county sheriff and city police, fire and emergency agencies.
The feed origin latency (the time elapsed between when the scanner audio is heard at the feed location and when that same audio is heard via the feed) is typically about 60 to 70 seconds.
The talkgroups monitored are:
51506 Post 6 (Wapakoneta) Dispatch
51745 Post 12 (Springfield) Dispatch
51555 Post 55 (Piqua) District 5 HQ Dispatch
51557 Post 57 (Dayton) Dispatch
51723 Post 57 (Dayton) 1
51730 Post 57 (Dayton) 2
51738 Post 57 (Dayton) 3
51580 Post 80 (Marysville) Dispatch
Signal Codes of particular interest (red codes are used frequently):
1 - Out of service
2 - In service
3 - Out of service, subject to call
5 - Rush
6 - Reference previous traffic
7 - At your convenience
30 - Fatal traffic crash
31 - Non-injury traffic crash
31A - Injury traffic crash
32 - Traffic jam/road blocked
33 - Drowning
34 - Motor vehicle fire
36 - Other fire
37 - Disabled vehicle
38 - Eating
39 - Location
40 - Emergency
41 - Immediately
45 - Resume regular patrol
51 - Plane crash
55 - Explosion
56 - Train crash
57 - Bomb scare
61 - Subject has weapon
62 - Concealed Carry Permit Holder
63 - Sex Offender
64 - Suicidal Subject
65 - Domestic violence incident/alert entry
66 - Violent offender alert(s)
73 - Prisoner
75 - Wanted person/property (felony)
76 - Wanted person/property (misdemeanor)
77 - Wants/warrants check
79 - Mentally disturbed person
86 - Drug courier alert
87 - Backup officer needed
88 - Officer in trouble
100 - Wrong way driver
The above list was adapted from a larger one found on this page, which also includes other useful information for those monitoring the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The feed hardware/software is composed of:
CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR GXiVR8020A2 Desktop Gaming PC (Intel i5-7400 3.0GHz, AMD RX 480 4GB, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB 7200RPM SATA III HDD, 802.11AC WIFI USB Adapter, Win 10 Home), Black
Wilson Electronics 800MHz Yagi Antenna
Stridsberg MCA204M Receiver Multicoupler
Times Microwave Systems LMR-400 Coaxial Cable, or Equivalent
+++Photograph of Interior Hardware
+++Photograph of Interior Hardware (Prior to Airspy R2)
+++Photograph of Exterior Hardware
OSHP driver safety film (1963):
Wheels of Tragedy - GRAPHIC CONTENT!
Feed location:
Southwest of Tipp City, Ohio, USA