New to this forum and have just been looking around but thought I’d share this with all of you.
Back in the mid 80’s, when I was in the US Air Force I purchased, for $20, a vintage Signal Corps Radio Receiver that covers 1.5 - 18 MHz. The radio has the numbers BC-312-N, with some more information on it to be 12-14 Volts DC and the numbers/letters 363:CFN and N18993-PHILA-44.
Back when I first got it, I just simply connected some wire to it for an antenna and really had fun listening to broadcast from all over the world. I remember one time listening to a certain broadcast in a foreign language, it sounded like a news broadcast and I couldn’t understand a word that was being said until they said the name Ronald Regan. So at least then I knew they were talking about US.
I’ve been looking into either getting my GMRS and/or Amateur license and was on another site when I found a link to this one. Back when I was a Police Officer I was scanner buff and recently pulled out my two old scanners, a Uniden Bearcat BC 2500 XLT and a Uniden Bearcat 350A. I have been monitoring the GMRS and Amateur frequencies just to see what’s happening around here. It seems that scanning has changed quite a bit since I used to sit for hours listening to all the action. There isn’t much local Police traffic from the 2 city municipalities that I live in/near but the county’s SO and some distance PD’s/FD’s, etc. can still be monitored. Looks like I may just have to look into get some of the newer, better scanners out there, although the two I have work great. When I saw a topic, http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28585, on another forum on this site I wanted to share my other old toy.
Back in the mid 80’s, when I was in the US Air Force I purchased, for $20, a vintage Signal Corps Radio Receiver that covers 1.5 - 18 MHz. The radio has the numbers BC-312-N, with some more information on it to be 12-14 Volts DC and the numbers/letters 363:CFN and N18993-PHILA-44.
Back when I first got it, I just simply connected some wire to it for an antenna and really had fun listening to broadcast from all over the world. I remember one time listening to a certain broadcast in a foreign language, it sounded like a news broadcast and I couldn’t understand a word that was being said until they said the name Ronald Regan. So at least then I knew they were talking about US.
I’ve been looking into either getting my GMRS and/or Amateur license and was on another site when I found a link to this one. Back when I was a Police Officer I was scanner buff and recently pulled out my two old scanners, a Uniden Bearcat BC 2500 XLT and a Uniden Bearcat 350A. I have been monitoring the GMRS and Amateur frequencies just to see what’s happening around here. It seems that scanning has changed quite a bit since I used to sit for hours listening to all the action. There isn’t much local Police traffic from the 2 city municipalities that I live in/near but the county’s SO and some distance PD’s/FD’s, etc. can still be monitored. Looks like I may just have to look into get some of the newer, better scanners out there, although the two I have work great. When I saw a topic, http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28585, on another forum on this site I wanted to share my other old toy.
