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pwyoung

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Can anyone tell me where I can purchase Police scanners in the Ottawa area other than The source bt circuit city.
Regards,
Paul
 

LordJ

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I am not aware of any specific stores in the Ottawa area. (I live about 1 hour south of Ottawa) The last couple of radios I have purchased were from Durham, E-bay, and a special vacation pit-stop in Orlando. I would stay with the E-bay route, just be sure to check feedback. The source is overpriced.
 

DaveH

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Not only is the "Source" overpriced, anything they have in the way of
scanners is limited. Bytown Marine (BML) might have something, but I
don't know of their selection/prices (they're on Gladwyn Cres. off of St.
Laurent Blvd.). Mail order from Radioworld or Durham Radio in Ontario
is an option. If you want RS scanners, a quick trip to NYS might be in
order; or certain RS ones can be ordered from other U.S. sources
like Scanners Unlimited, Grove etc.

BTW you sound fairly new, which police would you hope to monitor?
Just FYI, Ottawa is out the question, and Gatineau just switched to a
digital system (which may involve encryption on top).

Dave
 

pwyoung

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Police Scanner

I am looking to pick-up OPP and Perth Town Police if possible.
Thx
 

DaveH

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pwyoung said:
I am looking to pick-up OPP and Perth Town Police if possible.
Thx

OPP main activity requires a digital scanner such as: Uniden BC250/785/296/796/
396/996 or RadioShack PRO-96/2096. You can listen to analog simplex or vehicle
repeaters if in range with almost any regular scanner.

Perth PD is analog with voice-inversion scrambling. No scanner that I know of
(except expensive Yupiteru or AOR (forgot) with optional module) will hear them
directly. There are cheaper PC software solutions.

Dave
 

pwyoung

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PC Software

I am not what sure what you mean by PC software solutions/
 

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pwyoung said:
Can anyone tell me where I can purchase Police scanners in the Ottawa area other than The source bt circuit city.
Regards,
Paul

I buy my gears from radioworld
very good service.
 
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