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Our team has been scrolling through both RadioReference and Google for a little over a week trying to locate the control frequencies for Quinte West/Prince Edward County east to the Frontenac region. We have located both the tower numbers we expect to be using which are 014 DEMOVL...

Im having trouble getting a SLRS 5700 to connect to the RDAC pc. I can ping the repeaters address from cmd and its connected to the Master wich is on the same lan. Have honestly no clue why it wont show up.

I'm very new to the world of SDR, and I am using a nooelec sesdr smart, but the problem I'm having is that every time I start the channel, it will play perfectly for about 30 seconds, and then it will stop and the only channel in the now playing will be the control. The only way to fix it is by...

Hey tribe I’m In my first 7 months into amateur radio WSGZ372. & I just got my license.. What really turned me on to the whole community and culture. Well is the fact that one day cell phones Internet and every method of communication that modern day people use will be rendered useless at some...

Hello! I am new to learning the language and the community to be completely transparent. I was recently gifted a Uniden BC365CRS and I have unfortunately found out that my local agencies only have one analog channel still in use. I will attach a picture below from what I have found out that the...

Hi guys, I am new to scanners and ham radios. My daughter got me a Baofeng 5HR, I know it’s not a scanner, the only thing I was able to hear was the weather and Oshawa Airport weather on recording. I’ve scanned through all the frequencies and nada, nothing. Is it the unit I am using, or am I...

Hello to the entire community, I am new to using dsdplus fastlane 2p509. I have followed forum guides and YT videos. I find myself stuck on a part of the decoding. I do not hear audio despite seeing that the software is doing its job. I am using VB Cable and other default settings. I think that...

I recently bought a UV5RP and a UV5R and noticed they have different frequency ranges on them, but I’m wondering if I can pick an empty frequency and communicate with a friend on it. I looked it up and supposedly it’s illegal, some videos say yes it’s illegal and you get fined, some say you...

I'm replacing old/expensive walkies at work (Kenwood ProTalkXLS and Kenwood PKT-23) with Midland BR180. Both use the same set of frequencies, and codes and I feel like I'm so close to getting them to work together, but I've hit a wall. When I press the talk button on the Midland, the light...

Hello, I am interested in setting up a home garage CB radio base station in an outer ring suburb of Minneapolis. I currently have a Cobra 29 LTD and a firestik antenna. I can hear all kinds of skip but zero local traffic. After a bit of research I have found that a radio called the Anytone...

Just got a BC200xlt scanner. I’m having trouble searching for active channels. I’ve read the instructions and I think I’m following them, but it just says error every time. Could someone help?

Hey there, Hopefully I am posting this in the right place - I have just discovered this forum tonight and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. My family and I have bought a Uniden BCD996P2 for my grandmother because her old police scanner became irrelevant after the local...

Hello, I recently bought an SDS 100 and almost immediately started looking for a replacement antenna. I ended up going with the Remtronix 842-S. It works ok, but I am looking to cut out some of the static. I have little experience with antennas and would like to ask for help in choosing the...

Good morning all, I am new here and I have a Whistler 1065 Digital Trunking Scanner that I am trying to program. I am a RR premium subscriber and using the ARC500 software to program the scanner. The instruction manual seems vague and isn't helping me with my issue. I can hear Randolph Co Fire...

Is there anybody out there that knows how to reprogram MCS 2000 Motorola Radios? A few friends and I just got a handful of these radios and we would like to program them to a different frequency. I have the RIB cables, The CPS software was given to me by the same guy that programed the radios...

I recently purchases an sds100, I even paid extra for the county programming option, the only problem is my town and most of the towns near me adapted to a digital system and the programming that I paid 50$ for is the old system so nothing local comes through. I'm trying to add new jersey towns...

Hi there! I have been doing a lot of research, trying to understand, on how to exactly get the most of my Uniden SDS 200. It has certainly been an experience as this is all a foreign language to me. Not to bore, but, after my fathers passing I picked it us as I have listened to scanners with...

First time posting on the forum hello all im having a little trouble i hope someone can point me in the right direction im trying to connect my vertex vxr-9000u repeater to a trident raider ii extreme controller with a db25 cable with breakout board connectors on each end. This is my first time...

Hi folks! New to the digital scanners. Very familiar with the conventional stuff but this digital stuff is over my head. I received a Uniden BCD996P2 for Christmas. I am trying to listen to the Monroe/Ontario County P25 System. I live in Ontario County, NY. I have the scanner, the...

Hi all, Recently, my father passed. We always stayed up late listing to the various scanners in surrounding cities of the local activity. So... This has been my mission... I can't figure out how he had IL (Starcom21) all on there and able to hear everything. I was wanting to program in...