Police scanner recommendation

[techiegirl]

Sorry, either the scanner has quit or you're out of range. I can think of no other reasons. After sitting and not used it's hard to say. It's also possible they made changes in their system somehow as far as radiation patterns and you'll just need more antenna to get them, perhaps something outside.

I did it!!!!!! The antennas I posted came in and I connected to the scanner and it works on the pro 405. Will test on the ws1010

 

[K9KLC]

I did it!!!!!! The antennas I posted came in and I connected to the scanner and it works on the pro 405. Will test on the ws1010

That's great! Bad antenna= out of range since the scanner can't pick up what it needs to. I hope your 1010 works also. Thanks for reporting back in. Personally I think it's great to live somewhere you can still get stuff on scanners of that vintage, not nearly that lucky here. As long as the Sheriff doesn't go encrypted now, you're in there.

 

[techiegirl]

That's great! Bad antenna= out of range since the scanner can't pick up what it needs to. I hope your 1010 works also. Thanks for reporting back in. Personally I think it's great to live somewhere you can still get stuff on scanners of that vintage, not nearly that lucky here. As long as the Sheriff doesn't go encrypted now, you're in there.

AH HA it works on the 1010 too...yippeee Thank you so much for your patience and help

 

[K9KLC]

AH HA it works on the 1010 too...yippeee Thank you so much for your patience and help

Sometimes patience and perseverance pays off, glad it did in this case! Hope you keep receiving it there. IF I were you, I'd make sure you have all the frequencies that are listed on that Broadcastify feed, maybe you'll even pick up more than you used to. Good Luck!

 

[techiegirl]

Sometimes patience and perseverance pays off, glad it did in this case! Hope you keep receiving it there. IF I were you, I'd make sure you have all the frequencies that are listed on that Broadcastify feed, maybe you'll even pick up more than you used to. Good Luck!

Thanks, the only problem I see is when I program in a frequency, and then another one after ent they don't stay. I wish they would go back and forth.

 

[K9KLC]

Thanks, the only problem I see is when I program in a frequency, and then another one after ent they don't stay. I wish they would go back and forth.

I think you need to double check the manual. Sounds like it's maybe not storing the frequency properly. I'll give the manual a glance tomorrow and see if I can see anything tricky.

 

[RMason]

Thanks, the only problem I see is when I program in a frequency, and then another one after ent they don't stay. I wish they would go back and forth.

Is this the sequence you are using to program frequencies using the keyboard on the ws1010?
From: https://rigreference.com/storage/ma...Manual_05A14.pdf--5a9b093e7cd833.95452517.pdf

1. Press PGM. PGM appears.​

2. Enter the channel number (1–200) where you want to store a frequency,​

3. Press PGM again.​

4. Use the number keys to enter the frequency,​

5. Press ENT.​

6. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 4 and 5.​

 

[K9KLC]

Is this the sequence you are using to program frequencies using the keyboard on the ws1010?
From: https://rigreference.com/storage/ma...Manual_05A14.pdf--5a9b093e7cd833.95452517.pdf

1. Press PGM. PGM appears.​

2. Enter the channel number (1–200) where you want to store a frequency,​

3. Press PGM again.​

4. Use the number keys to enter the frequency,​

5. Press ENT.​

6. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 4 and 5.​

Oddly enough that's the same sequence she needs to follow on her Pro-405.

 

[techiegirl]

ok seems I didn't hit the pgm again?... I just did pgm, entered frequency, and hit ent. I'll try and hit the pgm after ent ?? however I did use the pgm to enter the 2nd freq and used ent but it didn't stick.

 

[techiegirl]

ok did the pgm again and it gave me error

 

[K9KLC]

ok did the pgm again and it gave me error

What did you enter after hitting "pgm" the first time? You need to assign it a channel number like "1" then hit program and enter the frequency, then hit enter... (at least according to the manual). The next one would be pgm, "2" , pgm, then enter that frequency then enter...

 

[techiegirl]

What did you enter after hitting "pgm" the first time? You need to assign it a channel number like "1" then hit program and enter the frequency, then hit enter... (at least according to the manual). The next one would be pgm, "2" , pgm, then enter that frequency then enter...

I had to do 0 1 yes to clear everything. Then I did the up arrow to go to channel 2, then pgm entered 155.670 ent. after that I tried entering the pgm again and it did err. So I have to clear everything and when I do the process again trying to enter a different frequency it will take but I lose the 155.670

 

[K9KLC]

no you don't hit PGM after you enter the frequency. PGM 1 for channel one, then PGM 155.670, then enter, (Next channel) PGM 2 (or up arrow, not sure how that works) then PGM "next frequency", then enter. you do not use PGM after you enter the frequency.

So basically the first PGM puts it in a state to assign the channel, then the second PGM lets you enter the frequency, after the frequency you simply hit enter. That stores that frequency in a given channel. you do not need to hit PGM after you enter the frequency a 3rd time, only enter.

 

[techiegirl]

no you don't hit PGM after you enter the frequency. PGM 1 for channel one, then PGM 155.670, then enter, (Next channel) PGM 2 (or up arrow, not sure how that works) then PGM "next frequency", then enter. you do not use PGM after you enter the frequency.

So basically the first PGM puts it in a state to assign the channel, then the second PGM lets you enter the frequency, after the frequency you simply hit enter. That stores that frequency in a given channel. you do not need to hit PGM after you enter the frequency a 3rd time, only enter.

then how does it find all the frequencies I've entered. Do I just hit the up and down arrow to find them? I was going on that that RMason said above, maybe I misunderstood.

 

[K9KLC]

then how does it find all the frequencies I've entered. Do I just hit the up and down arrow to find them? I was going on that that RMason said above, maybe I misunderstood.

No he's correct, the scanner "scans"...once you have them correctly in memory it will scan the memory channels. You have to enter them correctly first then, once that's done it will scan all those frequencies and stop on the one that has traffic on it.

 

[K9KLC]

then how does it find all the frequencies I've entered. Do I just hit the up and down arrow to find them? I was going on that that RMason said above, maybe I misunderstood.

Follow the directions above to put the frequencies in a "Memory" after that you can make the scanner scan those memories.

 

[K9KLC]

Is this the base scanner you have?

RigPix Database - RadioShack/Realistic - Pro-405 (20-405)

 

[techiegirl]

No he's correct, the scanner "scans"...once you have them correctly in memory it will scan the memory channels. You have to enter them correctly first then, once that's done it will scan all those frequencies and stop on the one that has traffic on it.

Well mine doesn't scan. there is not activity until I hit the man and then scan then it blinks and scans but doesn't get any other san, just the last current I did it stays on that.

 

[K9KLC]

Well mine doesn't scan. there is not activity until I hit the man and then scan then it blinks and scans but doesn't get any other san, just the last current I did it stays on that.

Likely because the scanner isn't programmed correctly. Click In he link and see if that is the scanner you have

 

[techiegirl]

Radio Shack Pro 405 and ws1010 both same type programming