unixdude
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- Aug 13, 2004
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Greetings, all.
Over the last few days I have reprogrammed my Pro-96, and ... wow! The main reason I did it was to get Raleigh PD again, but I had never programmed it with fire/EMS tac channels, so listening to fire/EMS was boring since all I ever got was the initial call. Now there's so much to listen to, I can't hardly track it all anymore.
Anyway, it appears that there isn't much anymore in the way of conventional scanning in Wake County. And, it appears that much of the trunked scanning is digital now - much more than used to be. But, then, the last time I programmed my scanner was 3 years ago this month.
A while back, there was a "post your scanner files here" thread, but it appears that this thread hasn't been used in a year or so. I was wondering how people lay out the scanning in their Pro-96 units, so I thought I'd look at that thread. Oh well.
For me, I mostly listen to Cary/Apex/Holly Springs PD, and now Raleigh PD (couldn't get it where I live, when it was on VHF, but now that it's on VIPER I can get it). I'll probably listen to fire/EMS more now that I have tac channels programmed in.
I have RDU airport (AM/FM conventional, and trunking) programmed in, but I rarely listen to those. Ditto the local amateur radio frequencies. I have some other VIPER stuff programmed in as well (WSO, and other local things) but I rarely listen to those as well.
And, as a real bummer, once upon a time, a year or more ago, I switched back from the Radio Shack 800 MHz antenna to the stock antenna, just to test the differences, and ever since then I can no longer find the 800 MHz antenna. BUMMER! I need to buy another one sometime...
Over the last few days I have reprogrammed my Pro-96, and ... wow! The main reason I did it was to get Raleigh PD again, but I had never programmed it with fire/EMS tac channels, so listening to fire/EMS was boring since all I ever got was the initial call. Now there's so much to listen to, I can't hardly track it all anymore.
Anyway, it appears that there isn't much anymore in the way of conventional scanning in Wake County. And, it appears that much of the trunked scanning is digital now - much more than used to be. But, then, the last time I programmed my scanner was 3 years ago this month.
A while back, there was a "post your scanner files here" thread, but it appears that this thread hasn't been used in a year or so. I was wondering how people lay out the scanning in their Pro-96 units, so I thought I'd look at that thread. Oh well.
For me, I mostly listen to Cary/Apex/Holly Springs PD, and now Raleigh PD (couldn't get it where I live, when it was on VHF, but now that it's on VIPER I can get it). I'll probably listen to fire/EMS more now that I have tac channels programmed in.
I have RDU airport (AM/FM conventional, and trunking) programmed in, but I rarely listen to those. Ditto the local amateur radio frequencies. I have some other VIPER stuff programmed in as well (WSO, and other local things) but I rarely listen to those as well.
And, as a real bummer, once upon a time, a year or more ago, I switched back from the Radio Shack 800 MHz antenna to the stock antenna, just to test the differences, and ever since then I can no longer find the 800 MHz antenna. BUMMER! I need to buy another one sometime...