Carrying a hand held scanner

[antman157]

Do any of you guys carry hand held scanners around? Im going on a mini vacation where there is a mile of road and there are shops up and down each side ... This town has a Police Department and such...

Im wondering if carrying a hand held scanner with ear buds would be worth it ....

 

[ScanWI]

Conceal and Carry

I go for a walk after I get home from work and I take a HT and ear-buds with me just to listen. It is pretty active at 1-2am but this is a town of 24,000. So I have done it but it may not be that active depending on the size of the town.

 

[randyf]

i sit in our local coffee shop, scanner is clipped on my belt with ear buds have had cops come in and sit at the table across from me, none the wiser just dont broadcast it for everyone to hear and all will be well

 

[canav844]

I generally carry my HAM HT (Yaesu Ft270) with a handful of key frequencies (State Police, Sheriff and city) that take advantage of the wideband receive. If I've got to wait around for something for a while it's a nice way to pass the time, but I've actually found it distracting if I'm doing something.

 

[cpsTN]

I generally carry my HAM HT (Yaesu Ft270) with a handful of key frequencies (State Police, Sheriff and city) that take advantage of the wideband receive. If I've got to wait around for something for a while it's a nice way to pass the time, but I've actually found it distracting if I'm doing something.

I have mine on me most of the time, whether walking or driving. I try to keep it out of site when Officers come by. They are legal to have, but I don't want to draw attention to it in case some of them wouldn't appreciate me having it. I was stopped by the locals one time and he saw in in the seat next to me and mentioned if I was riding around listening to what was going on. I said yes. I DID notice he called in my tags on his cell though. He gave me absolutely NO trouble though.

As far as carrying it here and there on vacation, I don't get much out of listening if I am not familier with the area of which they are talking.

 

[midnightcaller]

I take mine everyware I can almost anything to listen to I take it to the malls,fairs,airshows carnivals school events like football games, with close call on most of the scanner's it only takes a few minutes to find a frequency that they are using

comming up in Seattle is the Seafair Hydro Race thats a radio nightmare so much to listen to almost need 6-10 scanners

 

[ElliotGillum]

I carry my Pro-106 everywhere and even have an antenna installed on my car and a charger and cable to play it through the car stereo. I've walked by cops on the street and they didn't say anything and one time I pulled over to call the cops about a child wandering the streets unattended and the cops noticed my antenna and were looking in my car and stuff asking what I had it plugged into lol. I answered honestly and told them a police scanner and they just kinda laughed and shook their heads. It is illegal to carry around here, but they really don't care.