help a newbie

Hello all, I'm really new to all of this. My family had a scanner from the 80s that we used everyday until a few months ago. I got my dad a Uniden BCD996P2 for Christmas. I just got the premium membership so I can easily find the frequencies and everything for my area. I uploaded them to the...

Hello RR, my buddy and I have a sailboat we are getting ready for trips along the California coast. Currently it's docked in the LA harbor and we have it tied up in a dock while we work on it. Among many projects, the one I'm currently working on is setting up the radio for marine VHF usage. I...

I put a mag antenna on to of an umbrella stand. Then grounded the thing to the roof. This is probably a stupid build, I have 0% spending money and had to use what I had around the house. I haven't tested the SWR yet (can't find the meter) and haven't transmitted yet (don't want to risk...

I'm fairly new to the scanner world and recently got a BCT15x. I manually programmed it to my area and was stumbled why it kept saying "Finding Control Channel.." After weeks of research and many videos watched, I find out that Orlando broadcasts on an ACPO 25 system, which my scanner doesn't...

Hello all, ive been wanting to buy an SDR for a good wile, now looking in to them im seeing a lot of the ones on Ebay do not say there for US countries. Im trying to find a decent radio for around 10 -20 bucks. can someone help me for choosing one i could use ? Im in the East US in PA. i found...

Hey all, I recently purchased 2 VX-800s (vhf and uhf), as well as a programming cable, and am looking to program each. Both radios are already programmed from the previous owner, but I am have a lot of difficulties programming it myself. I have the latest CE-31 software and the Prolific driver...

I just bought a Whistler WS1040 and am having programming issues. I am trying to get law police and fire for Cleveland Ohio southwest suburbs esp. Berea. I have created a p25 network using the 4 control frequencies on RR and entered all the talk group code I can find but I rarely hear both ends...