New Guy Here

[smdandb2]

Just dropping by to introduce myself. My name is Justin and I bought a scanner, LOL. I'm a computer/car guy by day, and I guess mostly the same at night.

I borrowed a friends Pro-96 a few years ago and had a blast listening on it. Just recently aother friend of mine was using his phone to listen to the few scanners broadcast online and it re-peaked my interest in all this.

When I was borrowing the Pro-96 it was all foreign to me completely. He had a few different banks programmed I could choose from, but I really did not understand it. So remembering that, when I bought a scanner I went for the most idiot friendly one I could find... the HP-1.

Sure I was up and listening pretty quick, but I wanted more. I remember my friends Pro-96 picking up the more interesting TGs (JCAT and so on) and I noticed those are not exactly in the RR database (for fairly obvious reasons actually). So I started reading, and reading more. The Uniden Sentinel software is cake to me now and I understand how all of this works. I am now scanning UCAN for TGs that are not in the database, and I have located the TGs I was looking for, at least some of them I am sure.

So I am already wanting to get another scanner that is not quite as user friendly. The programming aspect is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. It would also be nice to have another scanner going so I don't miss any action.

I know the tactical channels arent listed and I don't expect anyone to just spill the beans, but I would love if someone could assist me in labeling these properly. I have quite a few hours of audio recorded so I have a fairly good idea of what is what but a more official name would be nice.

Anyways, nice to be here. I plan on sticking around for a while.

Edit: Looks like I registered here back in 2008, so that would have been when I was borrowing the Pro-96.

[kf7yn]

Welcome Justin!

[bbrasmussen]

Welcome! Looks like you've gotten bitten by the bug like the rest of us.

[morrisr3nd]

Looks more like a Welcome BACK. I hope you have time to really enjoy it. There are many people on here who would be more than willing to help out if you need it. That HP-1 is suppose to be a good scanner. Make sure you do all the software and firmware updates so you can get the most out of it.

[smdandb2]

Thanks for the welcome guys. So far I've been having a lot of fun.

I finally had a chance to go thru all my recordings to find the 'fun' stuff and just got the new list of TGIDs loaded onto the HP-1.

I bought a RS 800mhz antenna for it, but the reception really didn't change on the trunked systems. So I plan on keeping the stocker on there for now as I feel its lighter weight is probably safer when I am toting this thing around.

I need to do a little more research, but it seems like the HP-1 isn't nearly as sensitive in the mid 900mhz range. It could be my antennas as well, but I figured being line of sight to Farnsworth Peak would allow me to pick up some local radio stations STL signals a bit better than I am.

Either way, this is fun.

[russellmaher]

Hello smdandb2 and welcome/welcome back to RR. Glad to have you aboard. Yes, this is an addiction and we DO love it!

Russell