police scanner

I just got a RTL-SDR V3 dongle and I would like the use it to monitor the Alabama AIRS system which is p25 phase 2. I set it up in SDR trunk with the playlists and after it runs, i cannot hear anything. The waterfall is horrible and it constantly shows idle. Very frustrating. I do not know where...

Hi I have a question I'm looking to get a new scanner I live in Wisconsin and my county is using analog but there are rumors of then switching to P25 mu budget is under 300 if possible

I want to replace the old speaker that came with it and I wondered If I could replace it with a 1 watt speaker instead. My question is, would it be harmful to an over 20 year old scanner?

This is just the weirdest thing. So, as you know in the states of, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, and New York; Having a police scanner that is active in your car is illegal, because it will make it easy to circumvent speed traps...which is literally the same exact thing radar detectors...

So this may be dumb and I’m sorry but I am new to this and need help. I looked up the radio frequency needed for my areas. I know some are still analog but some department went to digital. So I need to know what kinda digital police scanner I need also does it need to be phase I or phase II? I...

Hello, I am currently about to buy a police scanner sds100 uniden and what i am looking for exactly is to detect the presence of law enforcement officials nearby by only picking the signal (such between 1 and 5 mile away) but i am not 100 percent sure if this device can only pick cell tower...

I have a pro 197 scanner. I noticed it stopped receiving. So i unscrewed the antenna and radio shut off. Which told me I had a ground issue. Sure enough my ground was disconnected. Fixed the wire and scanner is still not scanning. What component could have been affected by this?

Three Uniden Scanners in custom mount 2 BCD 996P2 1 BCT 15X (Note the 3 switches control the midland external speakers for quick cut when the phone rings!

Here lately, I've noticed that they aren't using the 460 frequencies anymore. I was listening to the South and North dispatch, plus the car to car frequency and in the past few weeks, I haven't been hearing any traffic at all. Did the GCSO move to new frequencies or....? If so, could someone...

I just wanted to make a quick initial review of the SDS100. @KR7CQ Did a fantastic write up regarding the SDS100 and it is certainly more in-depth than mine will be. I picked this scanner up from HRO on Friday 12/21/2018 and I was admittedly a bit apprehensive. My current scanner is a BCD996P2...

It's becoming more and more popular. Is this a good thing or a bad thing overall? Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhJQkJxRWf8&feature=youtu.be

Hey Everyone, I have Uniden Bearcat BCT15X Police Scanner, I use it only in the garage as background noise. I moved to a new county and not excited about reprogramming it manually for all the local analog freq's . I researched this forum and didn't find a thread/post on this, please share if...

Hello I was wondering what live feed would be the best for my city.( West Linn) Would it be Washington County Fire and rescue because it includes west linn in the details feed on broadcastify website, clackamas county fire and rescue, because west linn is located in clackamas county, or lake...

Hello I was wondering what the best type of scanner is for my area. I live in West Linn Oregon and I want to be able to have a scanner that can listen to my cities police department. But i'm not sure what you call the type of scanner that can listen to what I think are called talk groups. From...

Can anyone point me in the right direction, I've been looking to update my RS Pro-163 but it seems since radio shack redid their website the archives/support has been lost or something. Tried Internet searches and no luck. if anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

hello i have a uniden SC150B police scanner with a standard rubber ducky antenna and i want to buy a better anteena first off what kind of conector does my antenna have and second are there any reputable sites on the net where i can buy an antenna for my scanner

I want to buy a police scanner as a Christmas present but I don't really know which one is the right one. I live in Eastern Ohio and I was informed that the police frequencies here are transferring over to digital. My budget is 150, 200 max. Is there any scanner that may fit this criteria?

I am currently trying to monitor Terror drills being held here in the us, so if anybody hears of local terror drills happening please share those stories, and or a link to the police scanner for that area, im currently trying to compile a list so that when terror drills happen people can listen...

I wanted to know if there are more websites which broadcast police radio feeds? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have a 1980 Regency Touch ACT-K100 scanner that my dad used to use when he lived in PA.He has since passed and now I have it. I want to sell it but I want to be sure it works first. I don't know anything about police scanners and it's only an interest when I hear a siren driving by. It has an...