new york city

So I am new to the hobby, having just invested in a beautiful 996P2, I have it programmed with all the available frequencies and have been getting okay results. Local police (NYPD) comes in clear as a bell, as do the MTA bus operators and a few other services. Other than that, it's been pretty...

Idk WTF is wrong with my scanner! Yes i have a P25 Phase 1&2 capable scanner. I can't seem to get a goddamn PEEP out of it from the NYS Metro-25 system. Not even from the MTA PD talkgroups or NYC Sheriffs. I've tried many combos of setup in the EZScan programmig software (i have a PSR-800)...

Hi, I'm a journalist based in Brooklyn, and I want to make a video and an audio piece about ham radios. I need a volunteer who will tell me the basics of radio, what draws him/her to it, and show me their set-up, including their antenna--all on film. Anybody in the city willing to help out? If...

So today (12/16/14), I was listening to School Safety Citywide 1 and I heard 5 10-13s/10-85s come over at different schools in different boroughs. Most of the 13s/85s were in regards to multiple 10-52s or 10-34s going on at that location. The worst one that I heard was at Leadership H.S. in...

Hi, Just wanted to let y'all know about two new NYPD feeds I started streaming today: NYPD Brooklyn - 72nd, 76th, and 78th Pcts Live Scanner Audio Feed and NYPD Brooklyn - 66th and 70th Pcts Live Scanner Audio Feed These five precincts cover a sizable chunk of west and southwest Brooklyn...

NOSE FOR NEWS James Crockman of the Breaking News Network. A Human Antenna of Breaking News Scanner Radio story from NY Times Published 5/18/2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/nyregion/james-crockman-the-human-antenna-of-the-breaking-news-network.html I came across a cool story on NYTimes...

Hello one and all! I have been on this for the past few months and learned some valuable information. I just recently graduated college and have taken a job at Eastern Communications Ltd. which is located in Long Island City, New York! This is a awesome opportunity to take part in something...