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I have recently purchased the Ha1g GMRS Radio from Ailunce (Retivis) and have been very pleased with the product, except one issue... I've noticed that you can not manually transmit DTMF tones via pressing the PTT and the corresponding DTMF number keys. I know that you can pre-program your own...

Hello, I am kinda new to this whole thing, I just bought a Uniden Bearcat BC125AT. After I bought it, I looked at the frequency I would use. Then i looked at the coverage map provided by RadioReference. I looked at the map and it showed the coverage area, that is when I noticed that I was barley...

Hello, I just came home from a funeral viewing to turn on my scanner to hear something about a death and the word suicide mentioned. I didn't hear the beginning or where this "happened" at. I was wondering if a premium member could give me a hand please and get me an archive from today so I...

I am wanting to purchase a handheld scanner to monitor York county sheriff as well as the fire departments and municipal police departments. I live within York county so range should not be an issue. I was hoping someone could give me some good suggestions on what type of scanner I need to look...

Hello all, We are working on a school project in which we were tasked to design an FM receiver antenna that receives signals at frequencies between 900 Mhz and 1000 Mhz. What are some potential antenna builds/dimensions we should research? Where should we start? Thanks in advance, Sean & Raven

Hi everyone, I own a bct15x, and have recently been having problems with the programing cable, it just stops working. Ive tried changing com ports and Ive tried several different programs. Once I buy a new cable there are no problems for a little while then it starts happening again where it...

I'm new to scanning. My little brother is in love with firetrucks, police etc. and has begged our family to get him a scanner, so I've bought this for him and I'm trying to get this thing figured out so he can hear stuff going on. I've read the "Factory" RadioShack .pdf manual...

Recently, anytime dispatch broadcasts on our EMS channel, there are dual beeps that are included every ~10 seconds over tones and voice, only when dispatch broadcasts, not other mobiles/portables. They only come on this channel (Motorola Centracom broadcasts on 6 channels total, all VHF except...

Hello I have a Pro-93 radio shack scanner i have had it for many years but just used it for regular scanning i was informed that Pawnee county,ks now uses some trunking. so i set one of my banks to trunking MOT but i am not hearing anything so not sure if i set it up correctly the closet place...

Does any ham in the Albany area want to help set a 220 MHz repeater in the area . I can apply for the frequency pair. We could use donations or repeater equipment . If anybody is interested in helping out putting up a 220 repeater in Albany ny area let me know . Would like to try and get it up...

Hi, I purchased a Uniden BC125AT just so I could monitor my local police, fire, etc. communications. This is the first time I have ever used a scanner. I went to this website to find the frequencies for programming my scanner. The first frequency for my PD is: 853.77500. When I try to...

I'm running a Uniden Bearcat BCD996XLT and downloaded the system from here, RR, and cannot hear anything. Anyone have any suggestions? Reasons? I pick up stuff on the old vhf frequencies, both sides of the conversation, but nothing on the new P25 Simulcast system, not a thing. Really interested...

Hello there! I am new to this site and relatively new to shortwave. I used to listen on an old handheld my dad had, but recently upgraded to a Grundig Satellit-750. I've tried using it before but have had a hard time picking up frequencies on SW, LW, and SSB (FM and AM are no problem at all)...