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Hello to all. After alot of reading i ended up getting a pair of Baofeng UV-5R with the 3800 mah batteries. Got the Nagoya NA-771.
While studying up for my test I've listened in on local police department. Got NOAA also.
My main thing is other than NOAA what emergency frequencies that are used in bad times ?
After my test I will try and get in on some locals who are Ham'rs...

Anything I need to know that's not obvious ?
 

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Other than the analog VHF or UHF frequencies that you have heard, you will not find much. With a few exceptions, most law enforcement and emergency agencies have moved to P25 on the 700/800 bands. Some use NXDN or DMR, which are digital and also unable to be listened to on the UV-5R. Check your instruction manual for the frequency ranges for the exact numbers.
 

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If you're listening to the local PD, it's probably on their UHF channel but I notice the department has a "Tac" channel on VHF. That's unusual. Your radio should pick up both.

Go to the database and see what the surrounding towns are using. You might be too far away for Tallahassee bick the ones you want to listen to. Don't get your hopes up. That radio is generally marginal at best and it's an even worse scanner. If you enter any frequencies for the LE departments, don't program any transmit frequencies. You radio career could be short-lived even if you accidently hit one of them.
 
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Yeah I personally know most of the cops and one of the dispatchers.
The Sheriff's department is encrypted I think, I mainly got these for emergency warnings and short range coms and they should be fine for that.
 
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