scanning

i happen to have an older bc860xlt and i have an issue with the antenna/squelch. the issue is that any antenna i hook up to the unit make the squelch not useable at times for the 800mhz and 900mhz frequencies. the automatic setting does nothing at times. i have tried different antennas and wire...

Ok i want to program my motorola advisor to recieve my fire departments pages i know the frequency our county pages on but do not know the cap code if i just enter this frequency and no cap code will i recieve all the fire departments in the county pages and the pager will just not go off or...

Hello all, I would like to scan as many HAM frequencies as possible. Are HAM freqs the same all over the US? (I'm not talking about call signs, just a range of freqs) Does anyone have a list or point me in the direction of a list of each individual frequency? I don't see any list in RR...

I live in Florida and have had a request to program a scanner (Pro-97) for someone in Yuma. While I could do it, I believe that someone local could do better job! Please PM me if you are interested and I will forward your info to the guy who needs help. He works for one of the local TV...

I can use the basic functions however I can't get it to work with smartzone II. Can anyone help me this scanner? I will even pay you.

Hello! Ok, so i bought a used ht1000 and it has an issue. I had the first 8 channels programmed to gmrs and the other 8 programmed to local police frequencies to scan. Well, whenever the radio is receiving conversation there is an annoying clicking noise that occurs whenever the red led light on...

I would like to see a listing of scanning/receiver clubs by state with contact information provided (e.g. E-mail address, web-address, etc.). Is this something that would fit within the scope and guidelines of RR.com ?? I hope so. Reading about the hobby by reading posts, etc. and obtaining...

Does the red cross still use the low band frequencies. If so, I'm thinking on days when six meters opens, if it opens during this Irene mess, I will try to receive some propagation, and that seems like something to listen for.

Just picked up the 800, and I'm quite impressed so far. However, there is one major issue I've noticed when scanning, especially with the local trunked 800mhz system here in Madison, WI (moto II). The issue is that when the scanner picks up a transmission, I hear the first second of audio...

I've been messing around with my new scanner and have figured out how to program and scan the Motorola II system which controls all of the county (Pinellas, FL) fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies. However, the city of Clearwater is on a separate, EDACS standard system. I added the...

I am going on the Monarch of the Seas in April going to Coco Cay, and Nassau. Looking for fire, ems, and ship frequencies. Hope to load the scanner for interesting listening. Any help would be appreciated.

BCD996XT Whenever I do not have system hold on, it scans through HAM Frequencies, CB Frequencies, and then the selected systems that I have programmed (If their system key is enabled). How do I stop my scanner from looping into the HAM Freqs and the CB Radio and just scanning my systems listed...

Just got this radio as part of a trade/sale. Will this handheld work for scanning Detroit precincts? If not, I'd appreciate any suggestions from the forum on what it will take to start listening to the Detroit cops again. Thanks in advance, Jeff

I found out I was getting a scanner for Christmas and signed up for this website. I've been reading some of the past questions that folks have posted but I havn't really found anything thatdescribes what I've gotten myself into. So here goes. Equipment: Radio Shack Pro-106 scanner Radio Shack...

I was wondering.....My local FD just switched to a NFM band rather than the conventional FM....i have the new frequency and it works fine. However, i cannot pick up their Tones only their Speech!!! I have inputted the DPL the database has listed but next to the Frequency Description it has...

I am a newbie to this trunking/P25 stuff... I live in Bruce County,ON,CANADA Can someone help me for a few minutes of your time.... I got a lot of information here but can't seem to put it all together.... Computer equipment.... LOTS.... I run servers.... LOTS! Scanner Uniden Bearcat...

Hi all. My father lives in an assisted living home. He's a retired firefighter and scanner buff. With his scanner(s), he's found the frequencies that are in use by the staff at the home and has been listening in to the local chatter. Managment has learned of this and has now issued a memo to...

I have a Uniden BC780XLT hooked up to my server using a Antennacraft ST2. When the scanner is scanning, I and others hear like thumping noise or sounds like someone going down a hallway with high heels at a constant rate. I have moved all my cables around away from any other cables or power...

Hello- I am a new user of a VX-924 portable. Coming from using strickly Motorola (ht1250 and mt2000), I am pretty pleased with the radio. The one thing I can't figure out is scanning. Using the Motorola radios, I would set it up so my selected channel is the prioity channel. I wouldn't have...

So, I am trying to program one city in bank 2, and another in bank 1. The problem is that one city used a trunked system for the police and conventional for fire district. I have read that you can program conventional channels in the same bank as trunked channels as long as the bank is set to...