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First post here, so hopefully I've picked the correct section. I picked up a Uniden BCD436HP a while back and absolutely love it. I've been using it with the factory rubber ducky antenna with little issues. Works perfectly when I go to racing events, works great when I'm in the city. The issue...

Good evening where is a good resource to download compiled images for chirp for my boafeng. i am specifically looking for one for canada. thanks

Hello everyone, If you are interested to know Québec-Gatineau Railway frequencies, I'm giving it to you. Here it is. 161.265 160.605 163.980 160.815 161.265

I'm looking for any info on any recent updates or rumours or anything that someone had heard regarding the post June 2014 Industry Canada reversal of its decision to implement MURS in Canada. Any new info would be great to hear!

I've purchased a batch of Icom transceivers and I am having problems with them. I have emailed and web formed Icom several times and Icom have yet to respond. Is this common for Icom to ignore buyers?

I'm not sure about other provinces, but here in PEI the RCMP use the 420 MHz frequencies for special use and for interop with neighbouring provinces New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. All use is P25 and encrypted. Even though RCMP are moving to the P25 trunk system in NS and PEI, I've heard from...

Hi all, I'm seriously interested in buying the BCD436HP for my scanner needs, but i'm not sure how useful it will be for me since i do not actually live in US/Canada (I'm moving between locations in Asia / Europe). >>>Does anyone have feedback on how the BCD436HP operates when there are no...

Hi all I don't want to start a debate on this I just wondering if someone can give me better understanding of this law . Now in the canadian Radiocommunication Act section 9 (2) it states that : (2) Except as prescribed, no person shall intercept and make use of, or intercept and divulge, any...

The Toronto Fire feed are Broadcastify is only for the south side. Do they have separate lists of frequencies for each part of Toronto? From where the feeder is, which I don't know where, is it possible to get all the Toronto Fire Frequencies? Can someone fill me in as to what I am missing...

I live in Ontario, Canada near Georgian Bay, out in the country. I am comparing the GRE PSR-800 against the Uniden BCD-396XT. Anybody have experience with both, and a preference? Would the base model in each have any advantages i.e. power, range, options?

I've been working on programming the UV5R to be legal GMRS ready for Canada. It needs to be 2 W radiated power. I have a CHIRP image here Index of /radio features: weather channel in RX mode Emergency use of Marine CH16 (do not misuse this channel) scanning of MURS (not yet legal in Canada...

Hello, I am from Temiscaming, Quebec. The Temiscaming right by the Ontario border about 45 minutes away from North Bay. I am curious to know how I can listen to the Suréte Du Québec in Temiscaming. 166.80000 BM 186.2 PL 1M Temiscamingue Auxiliaire (Temiscaming) FM Law Dispatch I...

I picked up a new PSR-700 in the US on vacation this Summer. Having hunted around the web to try and resolve the conflicting information about whether or not it would work in Canada, I'm here to say it will. When I got the scanner it came with CPU version 1.3 which only allowed access to the...

Hi All, I'm studying to get my Canadian Basic license. I have a question regarding what equipment I can buy and use utill then. I found the following Q/A at the RAC site. Unfortunately it's not very clear Here is the question and answer: Q - I want to be a ham and I found the perfect radio at...