I'll second that sentiment.
im 17 and i like radios everyone else my age has a cellphone
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My name is Paul and I am a scanner addict.
My first real taste of radios came when I was a year 12 (17 years old) student at college I decided to undertake as part of my studies an electronics stage two course, one of the areas we covered as well as soldering and electronics theory was an introduction to radio.
As part of our course our teacher brought in a simple 10 channel radio scanner one day to show us what they do.
I was hooked, while most of the class were happy to listen to the teacher explain how and why they work and then forget it, I was totally hooked again.
When the rest of my class went to lunch, I stayed back and spent my lunch time talking to my teacher about it.
I then spent most of my lunch times sitting in the electronics room for the rest of the year listening to whatever I could hear and that was mostly air band and fire service transmissions.
This lasted until I could save up enough to afford a radio of my own.
This happened in October 1999 when I brought a Tandy brand 100 channel handheld scanner that cover from 66 MHz to 956 MHz, I used this almost nonstop from the day I had it, after getting some good frequencies from my electronics teacher.
After using this radio for about 6 months I had saved up enough with a bit extra money from my 18th birthday to buy a brand new scanner, I got a Uniden ubc9000xlt base scanner in March 2000.
I totally feel in love with scanner at this point and have never looked back since.
I then got an external aerial installed and that greatly improved the number of frequencies I could hear and the quality of the signal.
During March 2002 my beloved Tandy handheld got damaged by an accident at my work place while it was sitting on a bench.
This meant I had to buy a new handheld scanner; I got a Uniden ubc3000xlt handheld.
This was constantly with me whenever I was away from home and I have spent many nights listening to my scanners as major events have unfolded and spent many hours listening to what's going on around my city.
Around October 2002 I got interested in being able to listen to the statewide EDACS based radio system that the police and our power company use.
After searching the internet I came across the Uniden UBC245xlt trunk tracker ii scanner.
I put one on lay by hoping to be able to pay it off as a Christmas present for myself.
As it happened 2 days before I was to pick it up, my car got broken in to at work (I left a door unlocked for 2 minutes while loading boxes) and my 3000xlt handheld got stolen.
I pick up my new 245xlt in 2 days time and after a shaky start programming it for the EDACS system; I was rewarded by getting it to work.
The way that it allows me to follow transmissions as they move frequencies is amazing and a real benefit after having to use a "normal" scanner to try and listen to it.
Over the time I have had my scanners, my interest groups have changed many times, starting off with the Air band and emergency services, moving in to the business users, and now today, I like listening to the EDACS system and a few of the 000 and air band channels, I especially like searching out new channels and I find this one of the most rewarding parts of the hobby.
Here’s a list of my scanners over the last 9 years, I am sure I have missed some:
Tandy Pro 32
Uniden 9000
Uniden 120
Uniden 3000
Uniden 245
Uniden 780
Icom R5
Uniden 245
Alinco DJ x10
Icom R20
Uniden 3300
Yaesu 120D
Icom R20
Uniden UBCT-8
Uniden 92xlt
Uniden 760
AOR 8600mk2
Icom R5
Uniden 396T (US Model)
Icom R8500
Uniden 780
Uniden UBCT-8
Icom P7A
DTS 96
Uniden 396T (AUS Model)
Uniden 996T
DTS96
Uniden 245
DTS96
AOR8200mk3
Uniden 396T
Uniden BR330T
Uniden 396T
Yaesu VR500
Icom R1500
Uniden UBC93XLT
DTS-96
Uniden UBCT9
At the moment I am running the DTS-96 as my main rig and love it, I also use my UBCT9 mainly when am at my desk working and the UBC93XLT as a back up hand held.
So how did you get in to the scanning hobby and what are some of the things you like listening to most?
Paul
My first real taste of radios came when I was a year 12 (17 years old) student at college I decided to undertake as part of my studies an electronics stage two course, one of the areas we covered as well as soldering and electronics theory was an introduction to radio.
As part of our course our teacher brought in a simple 10 channel radio scanner one day to show us what they do.
I was hooked, while most of the class were happy to listen to the teacher explain how and why they work and then forget it, I was totally hooked again.
When the rest of my class went to lunch, I stayed back and spent my lunch time talking to my teacher about it.
I then spent most of my lunch times sitting in the electronics room for the rest of the year listening to whatever I could hear and that was mostly air band and fire service transmissions.
This lasted until I could save up enough to afford a radio of my own.
This happened in October 1999 when I brought a Tandy brand 100 channel handheld scanner that cover from 66 MHz to 956 MHz, I used this almost nonstop from the day I had it, after getting some good frequencies from my electronics teacher.
After using this radio for about 6 months I had saved up enough with a bit extra money from my 18th birthday to buy a brand new scanner, I got a Uniden ubc9000xlt base scanner in March 2000.
I totally feel in love with scanner at this point and have never looked back since.
I then got an external aerial installed and that greatly improved the number of frequencies I could hear and the quality of the signal.
During March 2002 my beloved Tandy handheld got damaged by an accident at my work place while it was sitting on a bench.
This meant I had to buy a new handheld scanner; I got a Uniden ubc3000xlt handheld.
This was constantly with me whenever I was away from home and I have spent many nights listening to my scanners as major events have unfolded and spent many hours listening to what's going on around my city.
Around October 2002 I got interested in being able to listen to the statewide EDACS based radio system that the police and our power company use.
After searching the internet I came across the Uniden UBC245xlt trunk tracker ii scanner.
I put one on lay by hoping to be able to pay it off as a Christmas present for myself.
As it happened 2 days before I was to pick it up, my car got broken in to at work (I left a door unlocked for 2 minutes while loading boxes) and my 3000xlt handheld got stolen.
I pick up my new 245xlt in 2 days time and after a shaky start programming it for the EDACS system; I was rewarded by getting it to work.
The way that it allows me to follow transmissions as they move frequencies is amazing and a real benefit after having to use a "normal" scanner to try and listen to it.
Over the time I have had my scanners, my interest groups have changed many times, starting off with the Air band and emergency services, moving in to the business users, and now today, I like listening to the EDACS system and a few of the 000 and air band channels, I especially like searching out new channels and I find this one of the most rewarding parts of the hobby.
Here’s a list of my scanners over the last 9 years, I am sure I have missed some:
Tandy Pro 32
Uniden 9000
Uniden 120
Uniden 3000
Uniden 245
Uniden 780
Icom R5
Uniden 245
Alinco DJ x10
Icom R20
Uniden 3300
Yaesu 120D
Icom R20
Uniden UBCT-8
Uniden 92xlt
Uniden 760
AOR 8600mk2
Icom R5
Uniden 396T (US Model)
Icom R8500
Uniden 780
Uniden UBCT-8
Icom P7A
DTS 96
Uniden 396T (AUS Model)
Uniden 996T
DTS96
Uniden 245
DTS96
AOR8200mk3
Uniden 396T
Uniden BR330T
Uniden 396T
Yaesu VR500
Icom R1500
Uniden UBC93XLT
DTS-96
Uniden UBCT9
At the moment I am running the DTS-96 as my main rig and love it, I also use my UBCT9 mainly when am at my desk working and the UBC93XLT as a back up hand held.
So how did you get in to the scanning hobby and what are some of the things you like listening to most?
Paul
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i was bitten by the radio bug when i was very young(listening to skipatrol radios while riding the lifts with SP members), been a while but i was probably under 12. CB was the first, then i discovered ham radio on a field day, where i heard hams from all over the world. in '93(age 15) i got my ham ticket and started listening to the RCMP, and BC Ambulance Service (both on Vhf) as well as Aircraft. i have had the opprotunity to be elmered by some great hams that also worked in the commercial radio industry. although i survey now and love it i really wish i had gone to school to work in the radio industry. i guess you could say that i am a radio geek (my GF complaines that i am on RR way too much) but i dont care, and besides my GF and i use MiKE phones to keep in touch(i work out of town alot and for the next while my GF is living /working in a city 3 hours away from where we live). and one of these days i will finally get myself a TT digital scanner and be able to listen to the EDACS system where i live.
nobody that i know is nearly as interested in radios or any of this stuff like i am but atleast i have RR and all these other people that like this stuff as much as i do
cheers folks
K
nobody that i know is nearly as interested in radios or any of this stuff like i am but atleast i have RR and all these other people that like this stuff as much as i do
cheers folks
K
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