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a few years ago i found my old Uniden Pro538w in a box in the basement, a buddy of mine had given men 2 102" whips, so i made a vertical dipole with them with the center mounted about 15ft up (where the coax connects) on my chimney... meh, i don't hear much, i just assumed CB was dead... then i...

Hey all. First time posting in a forum… ever. Not sure if this is the best place, but maybe someone can plug me in to where I need to be? Looking to see if there are folks out there willing to remote program(via Ethernet) my SDS200. I generally have everything I want in there with the local...

First off, I'm completely new to radios. I have a Baofeng uv-9g GMRS radio. I have tested it via NOAA to confirm its work. I want to use it to monitor my local municipality radio frequencies near me. I'm trying to program my radio through CHIRP. the freq. in question uses DPL 026 for tone...

I have been listening to the local “Region” scanning using an ap called Police scanner. The Ap offers no control other than picking an area and hoping to hear what’s going on. The Ap has been great as I’ve heard all the action going on in my neighborhood and the entire Region live including a...

Hi all! I'm Kodiak85 a complete noob to the whole ham radio thing. I just got a cheap (although mighty ) Baofeng UV-5R off of amazon one thing I have discovered is that these can, in FACT, scan or as I like to say peek into police scanners and the like. I'm just using this for listening for now...

How can you tell if frequencies are trunked on the RR database?

I am new to the scanning world, and in the process of purchasing my new scanner (uniden sds100). I am very interested in radio communications and want to learn about it, where is a good place to learn the basics? Thank you

Hello! These questions might have been asked again here... But, 1st of all I can’t search all other 13K Q&A’s here and I want to have all my facts in one place. I’m interested in Emergency Services Public Safety monitoring. Starting: • I’m new to Scanners and Radios. I would like to learn...

I am new to this radio thing, I have a UV-5R and have played with that for awhile but i am interested in how I can listen to the Oklahoma City Police Department dispatch channels on a handheld radio. I know the UV-5R cannot do this but what is a radio that would allow me to listen? I think they...

All cars being called in today to install new radios. Any insight on this? Hope its not for the “e” option.