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Hey there, Hopefully I am posting this in the right place - I have just discovered this forum tonight and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. My family and I have bought a Uniden BCD996P2 for my grandmother because her old police scanner became irrelevant after the local...

Has anyone in the capital district area received transmissions from the capital district 800 inter-county talkgroup in Albany County? I am monitoring the Albany County P25 system county cell daily and hear no traffic at all on the CDERN TG. I also noticed that neighboring county P25 systems also...

Hello, is it possible to determine the call sign or department/bureau of an NYPD vehicle based on its license plate?

Hi folks! New to the digital scanners. Very familiar with the conventional stuff but this digital stuff is over my head. I received a Uniden BCD996P2 for Christmas. I am trying to listen to the Monroe/Ontario County P25 System. I live in Ontario County, NY. I have the scanner, the...

I have a Whistler WS 1040 scanner and my antenna that came with it doesn’t work very well. I’ve been looking for a good antenna but I’m having trouble since I don’t know anything about antennas or frequencies. I live in NYC and I would like to listen to the FDNY and NYPD. Do you have any good...

Open carrier on Med-10 for over a week now 462.9750 with a PL of 146.2. I'm posting this here cause I live in Bergen County, however it could be originating from NY or CT. A check of the database shows no user with that PL. Any Ideas?

I programmed all my New York Allegany County frequency’s and I’m not getting any feedback from the scanner. It’s up to date and I’ve went through the manual troubleshooting everything. My biggest complaint is that I’ve had it working once and now it’s not working at all. What do I do? I also...

Hi, I am a freelance for Dutchess county and am always on top of the latest events, I see this board is dead and that's a shame, I would like to post constantly to this to keep everyone updated but would it hold value? would anyone care for that or is it dead for a reason?

Hello, I'm new here and this is my first thread so please bear with me. I am an engineering college student going to school in upstate NY. I have a cb radio and a scanner radio in my car, each with their own antennas connected to the trunk of the car. I live in New Hampshire where the car is...

To celebrate the NY Giants Win in Sunday's "Big Game", I will attempt to stream some audio from the parade route. The Live Feed will be carried on the W2LIE.net Special Feed. Scroll to the bottom of the Live Feed page to access the link. No Membership is required. Best guess would be...

As many of you have no doubt already noticed, I'm in the middle of a rather massive update to the entirety of NYS. I'm reorganizing all state agencies and counties so they are consistent statewide, as well as meet the up-to-date standards and guidelines of the Database Handbook. I'm also...

does anyone know how to obtain a mobile scanner permit. i am a mmember os Skywark and go from county to county, and am wondering how to obtain a state wide permit. ive tried finding websites and other literature, but with no avail. i currently have a Uniden BCT 15X installed in my truck, i just...

Does any body know the frequencies that the ambulance use to communicate with the hospitals in Westchester NY. Such as Hudson Valley Hosp, Northern westchester, westchester medical center. ect.

First, here is my original thread in the new members section, which gives a little background into what's shaking. With the recent weather we're having, I tried plugging in all of the signals on the Erie County reference page here (many of which were already in the memory but a few new/slightly...

Just a Heads up for people in Monroe County, the date they are looking at for the Fire Narrowband switchover is October 17th, as of Monday night that was still on-track. I Do not know what channels, if any, will change, maybe someone could shed some more light on it.

Hey guys, a quick question for Dutchess County listeners on the NYCOMCO EDACS system. I've got sites 1, 4, and 5 programmed in my PSR, and I get all the nice stuff that's only on there (Poughkeepsie Town and City, Kingston City, Hyde Park, etc), but I haven't heard anything on TGIDs 447, 453...

Orange county executives have issued a state of emergency . In effect from 6pm - 7am All vehicular traffic is prohibited within these times. Exceptions: Snow removal equipment Volunteer firefighters Dire Emergencies...

I have a Uniden Bearcat BC95XLT and I am trying to pick up local fire and emergency calls so that I can photograph the scenes. Using the RadioReference.com site I came up with 154.13000 as the Camden NY Fire frequency however when I tried to enter it into my scanner it came up with error. I...

Just wanted to post a quick note about CNN using recordings from a scanner hobbyist's website of air traffic control audio in the Buffalo area plane crash. I thought that was kind of neat that a hobbyist got some valuable audio for CNN instead of CNN having to wait for the NTSB/FAA to "release"...

I have recently activated a live scanner feed for emergency communications in Oneida County, NY. The following is a link: http://wma1.viastreaming.net/scanneraddict21 It is currently monitoring: Utica Police Utica Fire New Hartford Police Oneida County MRD (Police dispatch for OCS, NYSP, Town...