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Hi everyone, I am using signal stalker and I have picked up a CBS FM radio station out of nowhere. I haven't heard anything all night on signal stalker and all of a sudden this CBS radio station comes up? (450.35000) I'm wondering how this happened.. Does this mean maybe a neighbor turned on...

Hi, Im looking to get a new antenna that will imrpove my reception for my 396XT on all bands. Ive been looking at the watson 889 and 881. I like the 889 because it is telescopic however it is something I can live without. Are these two antennas compairable? Which is better? Thanks!

Does anyone have the Shelby County Sheriff Office Signal and 10 Codes?

In the last 4 days my scanner has almost completely lost the ability to pick up any channels. All of the repeaters I have stored can also no longer receive. I have checked all my settings and can't see any thing wrong. All of my channels the had a 5 bar signal are now two or one. that is...

A couple of quick questions... 1) While scanning a system if the "signal bars" are not displaying, am I not getting a signal? 2) Sometimes I cannot receive on a certain system, when this happens I have put it on hold and scrolled to a talkgroup and get the "Finding CtrlChan". Why can I not...

After seeing several here recommend it, I bought a new Diamond RH 77CA antenna for my PRO 164. It came a today and .. my goodness, I'm picking up signals in the northern part of my county, and everything is MUCH, MUCH stronger and louder. Way more powerful than the rubber duck that came with...

Hello all, I'm at a stand still on my scanner setup and I'm not sure what I need or should do to get things working at their peak again. I live in a crappy physical location (in a hole) about 7 miles from town, but I have a hill behind my house that I have erected a ~60' tower with a scantenna...

I have a question about the quality of receiving modes for scanners. When I am listening to my scanner (RadioShack Pro-164), I programmed 5 Motorola frequencies programmed (police) and about 5 FM frequencies (Fire/EMS/State Police) in the same bank. The Motorola frequencies seem to come in...

Hello all. Thanks for taking the timeto read this. Im very new to CB's but have a general knoweledge of how they work. I have a cobra29 wx nw st. I installed and calibrated the SWR per the instructions. I was wondering why some CB transmissions sound like they want to come in really strong but...