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    Scott County Iowa

    patmcc24 If I pull the trigger on that scanner and have trouble programming I would take you up on the help. It may be a month before I buy it though as im still paying off my Christmas bills !
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    Scott County Iowa

    Thank you so much for your posts hiegtx!! From what I have read about and learned from reading on here and other places your post was very very helpful! Thanks so much for looking into it.
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    Scott County Iowa

    Patmcc24, could you reply to my post #11, Can you answer those questions? Would the Whistler 1040 pick up what I want to listen to in the quad cities?
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    Scott County Iowa

    As I have continued to read and learn and chatted with someone at zipscanners I have a better understanding and still more questions. The person from zipscanners said that by looking at the mode section on the database here I will be able to tell if what I am looking at scanning is phase 1 or...
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    Scott County Iowa

    Thanks patmcc24, I see that you are a newbie on here as well. Can I ask what scanner you are using. Really leaning toward the whistler 1040 at this point because it is cheaper, do you enough about that scanner to tell me if I would be able to pick up most things in the quad cities with that...
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    Medical Helicopter Risk Levels

    mws72 is there a way for me to contact you directly so I can ask you some questions regarding scanning in the quad cities? I owned a radio shack scanner as a kid and recently have become interested in listening in again. I don't want to jump in and buy something that won't work but at the same...
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    Scott County Iowa

    I also see now that I may be able to use the whistler ws1040. If im figuring things out correctly I think I wold be good with that but am unclear what it would mean if the area went to a P25 system. How long does something like that take to create? Sorry I keep adding on questions but I keep...
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    Scott County Iowa

    Sorry, I titled my thread scott county iowa, thought that was what was needed. Im specifically looking at the quad cities area and thats why i pasted that other post in my post. Bettendorf, Davenport Iowa, and Moline, Rock Island Illinois is my area. Looking to monitor police and fire...
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    Scott County Iowa

    The more I look the more I think that my local area is not encrypted but I did run across this post (below) is that good news or bad news? mws72 Member Premium Subscriber JoinedMar 30, 2002Messages485LocationQuad-Cities (Iowa-Illinois) USA Oct 2, 2018 #1 RACOM has announced that the Public...
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    Scott County Iowa

    New member here looking for some help. Grew up with a scanner and recently thought it would be neat to listen in again. some 30 years have passed and wow haven things changed. I did a lot of digging on here and have learned a lot but still am having trouble pinning down if my local area's...
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