Chicago, IL: New outlet for scanner buffs

blantonl · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 11:03 AM

"Anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch can listen to Chicago Police Department scanner traffic on their Apple device, from anywhere in the world. It's a technological upgrade to a decades-old hobby."

New outlet for scanner buffs -- chicagotribune.com

rdale · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 11:17 AM

$5 but you can't sit on a frequency? What does this offer (other than the lighting-up) that .99 cent streaming apps currently there don't?

ScannerDude244 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 11:17 AM

Good read! By any chance were their be a android app?

hoser147 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 01:04 PM

Good Job on gettin your plug in and separating the bad apple out of the world of hobbyists, Lindsay.

Astro25 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 01:10 PM

I've tried it out. The audio sounds really good anyways, and it even lists the 10-codes (or signal codes) to the applicable beat/district that you've selected, if available. Pretty neat app if you ask me.