GadgetGeek
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Bedside radios: HP-1, SDS100, SDS200, IC-R30
Is there a Scanner's Anonymous?
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Lucky yes but the reason I work 2 jobs is so my wife does not have to work.
tvengr
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Can't afford a wife!
Off topic but my wife is well taken care of now lets get back on topic.
ok. So, are you running all 7 scanners in your vehicle when your on the road?
tvengr
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How many cupholders do you have? I find my SDS100 with the REM-820S antenna works great sitting in a cupholder. I also have a Stridsberg MCA204M 4-output multicoupler in the vehicle. It works great off of the vehicle battery. If you pass through a state where scanners are illegal, is there a separate charge for each scanner?
8 port Stridsberg 2 cup holders 3 llaying in seat 1 RailRoad 1 Aviation 1 Special Event
captaincab
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I have been going to bed with a scanner on for 30 years as well as until 2013 a Minitor 2 in an amplified charger. Once I started having health issues I moved into a nursing facility I now use an app on my phone can’t really afford another scanner right now even an analog one so the app works. I can actually wake up listen to the fire dispatch and go right back to sleep in seconds.
I am retired and have been into radio since I was 9 years of age. Currently, I possess 38 scanners of which 32 are located in three rooms of my home The main radio room is the dining area of a great room that features 19 scanners along with 2m, 220, 440, 900 and HF equipment for ham radio activities. The secondary radio room, the number two bedroom, has nine scanners and a tunable HF radio receiver. The third radio room is the bedroom that has three radios on the night table and one other scanner near the window. I sleep with the four radios on tuned to frequencies with very little activity late at night unless something major happens. Close call RF detection is enabled on one of the radios should something happen nearby. The remaining scanners are handhelds that can be used elsewhere in the home or should they be needed to enhance monitoring capability in one of the radio rooms. I believe that I have 66 radios in total. I must be a hard core radio addict beyond help. I'm single. This past two week period I acquired three more scanners, all of them the BCD996P2 which gives me nine of that model.
I also multi-task. Normally, if I am in a given radio room, all scanners in that room are on as I listen for key words in a speaker's voice, alerting tones, and stress in a speaker's voice. This competes with televisions and some internet streaming of scanner audio as well. It will never end until my life is down with.
I also multi-task. Normally, if I am in a given radio room, all scanners in that room are on as I listen for key words in a speaker's voice, alerting tones, and stress in a speaker's voice. This competes with televisions and some internet streaming of scanner audio as well. It will never end until my life is down with.
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Wow, 66 scanners. I’d be single to if I had that many provided the wife doesn’t clean my closet in court. Enjoy.
I'd love to see photos of his power strips and cord management techniques. I might learn something.
Probably a mini nuclear plant in back yard to power all those radios.
chrismol1
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I have a slight issue falling alseep with a handheld in bed. It turns into an issue of wild dreams. Last night I had a fire company in my room for some reason, not doing anything but they existed. Turns out there was a large incident while I slept so that explains that specific company. Crashes or fires are dispatched and suddenly I'm outside my house with a car crashed into trees or the neighbors house is on fire. I guess it makes for an interesting sleep
Now I don't feel so bad. I currently have 12 scanners (base & portable) in the house, 3 handheld ham radios, 2 portable scanners in the car and a retired FD pager. That doesn't count the crystal monsters I have in storage in my building, which acount for about 6 or 8 more.
I started scanning all the way back in 1986 when I bought my first 4 channel crystal scanner a Realistic Pro-26, I still use it today. I keep 2 portables, a ham radio, and a base scanner on 24/7 and have battery backups ready to be switched over to if the power goes out.
I started scanning all the way back in 1986 when I bought my first 4 channel crystal scanner a Realistic Pro-26, I still use it today. I keep 2 portables, a ham radio, and a base scanner on 24/7 and have battery backups ready to be switched over to if the power goes out.
GadgetGeek
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I found a new Icom IC-R30 the other day. I already own one but absolutely needed a backup. Now I wait. Do I have a problem?
Akuriko
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I only have 9 but my family keeps sending me more handheld and base stations on birthdays, Christmas, and easter now, I love to scan.
Back to the scanners anonymous part, how would you FEEL if suddenly everything went encrypted?
Do your palms start to sweat.?
Do you hide any radios in different places so that you always have one available (just in case)?
Thanks
Joel
