scanning

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...

Hello, I'm looking for a 144/440 that will pickup (RX) Motorola Type II SmartZone systems (IE: Law Enforcement) Would the Yaesu FT-60R or the Yaesu VX-7R receive on Motorola Type II SmartZone frequencies? 73's!! KC2VLC -Mike

I have been told at radio shack that there is no scanner capable of receiving Alachua County law enforcement, fire rescue or emergency services radio transmissions. I have been unsuccessful in trying to find a feed on the internet. Does anyone know if there is a scanner that will receive...

hello everyone. i recently downloaded a trunking system from radio reference by way of freescan. once you download the system to a window it displays the word primary on the left side of this window for san bernardino ca system 9 and simulcast for several other system from san bernardino. once i...

Well, it looks like we are on the verge of this happening EASILY. This happened to someone else on batlabs. It has now happened to me and I saved the codeplug. I already posted this on batlabs, so here is what I said so far: and this is the next post, but as of the posting of this topic, it...

Greetings All, Would use of a DSP filtering unit (such as a Timewave DSP-599zx or similar) greatly improve the attributes of a wideband receiver/scanner? (in my case an IC-R7100). Is there an added benefit of dsp when tuning into digital modes when using codes such as UniTrunker? Thanking all...

Hi, New here! I have 3 Scanners & don't know what to do with them. I used to listen to the police and Ambulances(EMS), as I was a Paramedic in the U.S. Army, but all this trunking stuff is still confusing to me. I did learn a little about it ,but that was about 10 years ago. Are there any...

Someone at a local ham radio store that the Unided BCD396T can do GPS location-based scanning. He said it requires aftermarket software and cable, and it can be done. I cannot find this on the web. Has anyone heard of this or know how to do it? If so, could you provide links, please. Thanks.

Can anyone please offer me easy step-by-step directions on how to program everything relating to Hanover County's Trunked Radio Systems? I'm so confused with how to even program this scanner. I've tried understanding the manual that I have for it but it doesn't make any sense. Any help would...