Paco-Jerte
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33 years for me, since 1992. First scanner was a Pro-42 (new) to listen to analog LAPD, sold it and got the Pro-34 (used) and Pro-2006 (new) thereafter.
Very cool! In those days, there were still some public safety departments that operated just above the top of the AM broadcast band. The migration to VHF-low started in the late 40's and into the 50's.Since 1954 before scanners existed. A single crystal mounted on a piece of wood and a single ear plug allowed me to monitor my fireman dad's calls on 33.???
Lol.....Sounds pretty darn similar to my scanner history over the years.I started scanning in 1972 when I was in high school. My Uncle bought me a Robyn Hi Lo 8+8 scanner. A couple of years later I got a Regency Monitorradio scanner. Then in 1977 I bought my first programmable scanner the Bearcat BC210. With everyone adding more and new channels to their systems I bought a Regency MX3000 thirty channel radio I thought I was in Heaven. In 1991 an adjacent county went to 800 mhz and I got a Realistic Pro2006. 1996 the State was starting to build a 800 mhz system and I got a Realistic Pro2042. The Statewide 800 mhz went from analog to digital in 2003 and I got my first Trunk Tracking Scanner Uniden BCD796. 2006 came along and I purchased a Uniden BCD996T, then 2009 I got a Uniden BCD996XT. In 2007 I decided to get a GRE PSR as our local Sheriff's Department was using a 800 mhz analog LTR system so I could trunk tracker it as well alot of businesses in my county was using 400 mhz and 800 mhz LTR systems. Then on 2014 I bought my last scanner Uniden BCD536 HP with the DMR and NXDN upgrades. I still have all of my scanners dating back to my first 800 mhz I purchased on 1991.
Listening to scanners made me decide I wanted to get involved in Public Safety. During my career I was a Reserve Police Officer, 911 Dispatcher, volunteer ambulance driver, volunteer partial paid fire fighter. Then the last of my Public Safety career i got very involved with Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
In 2001 I received my technician class amateur radio license. And all of this began from a fifteen year old who started listening to the scanner.
Amateur radios I have everything from HF to UHF on my ham shack.
Yep, me too!Bought my first scanner (BC-210) in 1978 and been buying ever since.![]()