edwinmcarter
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too funny squire.. .
Why do you (we) listen to scanners?
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JamesPrine
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I was 'into' radios for years as a kid...mostly short wave listening on an ancient Zenith Trans Oceanic and listening to the HF nets with a neighbor, WD5ANU.
After I left the USAF in the mid-70's I became an Emergency Medical Technician in New Orleans and bought my first scanner...a Realistic PRO-4 crystal hand-held to stay abreast of happenings...the only "real" radio we had was in the ambulance.
I got my Citizen's Band license when they cost $20 and was KMW5227...unfortunately, the "CB Craze" soon exploded onto the world. I owned a modest base station and an assortment of mobile rigs and portables over the years...I haven't owned a CB radio since Katrina and in truth, never really participated in the action once the screwballs and wackos took over <g>.
Later I became a Deputy Sheriff/EMT for the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office and my interest in monitoring the action *really* got energized...I was amazed at all the 24-7 action in and around New Orleans.
During this time I also became an amateur radio operator, Novice KA5EBJ.
When I was a student pilot out at Lakefront Airport in the early 80's I was exposed to the fascinating world of aviation radio and it has become a keen interest of mine...as I write this, I have a PRO-433 scanning the local aviation freqs.
I also worked several years for the Orleans Levee District Police Department as a police officer and Aircraft Crash-Fire-Rescue technician and was a member of the police dive team. Radio was essential to our work.
I eventually became a New Orleans policeman which meant I could afford decent scanners <g> and my enthusiasm for monitoring the action bands has grown ever stronger.
My collection of scanners was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in '05, but I managed to save my pawnshop-bought PRO-76 and my PRO-92 which I bought when they first came on the market.
I've added to my collection: a PRO-433, a PRO-57, a PRO-137 (LOVE IT!), a PRO-163, and my latest beast, a Bearcat BCD-396XT to monitor LWIN here in southern Louisiana.
It's been a lot of fun over the years...from crystal-controlled scanners to punched cards and metal combs, to my first "programmable"... a notorious Tennelec MCP-1 <g>...
Thanks guys for the stroll down memory lane!
After I left the USAF in the mid-70's I became an Emergency Medical Technician in New Orleans and bought my first scanner...a Realistic PRO-4 crystal hand-held to stay abreast of happenings...the only "real" radio we had was in the ambulance.
I got my Citizen's Band license when they cost $20 and was KMW5227...unfortunately, the "CB Craze" soon exploded onto the world. I owned a modest base station and an assortment of mobile rigs and portables over the years...I haven't owned a CB radio since Katrina and in truth, never really participated in the action once the screwballs and wackos took over <g>.
Later I became a Deputy Sheriff/EMT for the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office and my interest in monitoring the action *really* got energized...I was amazed at all the 24-7 action in and around New Orleans.
During this time I also became an amateur radio operator, Novice KA5EBJ.
When I was a student pilot out at Lakefront Airport in the early 80's I was exposed to the fascinating world of aviation radio and it has become a keen interest of mine...as I write this, I have a PRO-433 scanning the local aviation freqs.
I also worked several years for the Orleans Levee District Police Department as a police officer and Aircraft Crash-Fire-Rescue technician and was a member of the police dive team. Radio was essential to our work.
I eventually became a New Orleans policeman which meant I could afford decent scanners <g> and my enthusiasm for monitoring the action bands has grown ever stronger.
My collection of scanners was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in '05, but I managed to save my pawnshop-bought PRO-76 and my PRO-92 which I bought when they first came on the market.
I've added to my collection: a PRO-433, a PRO-57, a PRO-137 (LOVE IT!), a PRO-163, and my latest beast, a Bearcat BCD-396XT to monitor LWIN here in southern Louisiana.
It's been a lot of fun over the years...from crystal-controlled scanners to punched cards and metal combs, to my first "programmable"... a notorious Tennelec MCP-1 <g>...
Thanks guys for the stroll down memory lane!
Warthog1
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Because uninformed = unprepared.
Nightjock
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I love the fishing analogy above. (And I hate fishing!)
My grandparents had an old 4 channel crystal scanner when I was a kid. I thought it was so neat to hear the police and fire dispatchers. It was a small town, so 4 channels covered everything back then.
They also had a radio with weather band, SW and Air. That thing kept me occupied all summer when my parents would send me to live with them for a few weeks at a time. It all came from there.
Later in life, someone threw away a Bearcat 210XLT and I grabbed it. I've had that old scanner most of my life, constantly switching out the 40 presets it would hold. (It's still running in my kitchen right now) A local county system just went digital, so I finally had a really good excuse to spend some money on the hobby. I have used my Uniden 396XT EVERY day since the UPS truck pulled away.
Or the short answer...I like it.
My grandparents had an old 4 channel crystal scanner when I was a kid. I thought it was so neat to hear the police and fire dispatchers. It was a small town, so 4 channels covered everything back then.
They also had a radio with weather band, SW and Air. That thing kept me occupied all summer when my parents would send me to live with them for a few weeks at a time. It all came from there.
Later in life, someone threw away a Bearcat 210XLT and I grabbed it. I've had that old scanner most of my life, constantly switching out the 40 presets it would hold. (It's still running in my kitchen right now) A local county system just went digital, so I finally had a really good excuse to spend some money on the hobby. I have used my Uniden 396XT EVERY day since the UPS truck pulled away.
Or the short answer...I like it.
If I wasn't in fire/EMS/PD I doubt I'd ever listen to anything. A lot seem to be fascinated by lights and sirens so I guess that helps keep a market for it. But it creates a lot of issues in my opinion too. Locally I've seen more and more citizens running around with scanners in their vehicles and they seem to gravitate towards the closest emergency to look, and usually end up making traffic worse, and adding additional hazards to the personnel responding or on scene.
Which is why I believe digital is a nice direction. You have to seriously want to listen to get a scanner at that point.
Which is why I believe digital is a nice direction. You have to seriously want to listen to get a scanner at that point.
Situational awareness.
I commute 50 miles (2 cities, 3 counties, 1 state) each way.
I know what the snowplows are doing, where the crashes are and look for the road ragers being called in.
I knew it was a felony stop at the intersection I was waiting at as the units closed in on the bad guy who was 2 cars ahead of me.
I commute 50 miles (2 cities, 3 counties, 1 state) each way.
I know what the snowplows are doing, where the crashes are and look for the road ragers being called in.
I knew it was a felony stop at the intersection I was waiting at as the units closed in on the bad guy who was 2 cars ahead of me.
Scandxer
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I disagree completely.. Citizens with scanners don't "run around endangering personnel" or make traffic worse.
That is nonsense.
If anything Citizens with scanners are more aware and therefore more respectful then the person without a scanner.
Do you think only Fire/EMS/PD or people that pay a lot should be allowed to listen to scanners ?
kd8jhc
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Because I NEED to know what's going on in my community... awareness, awareness, awareness.
Situational awareness mostly.
I've been listening since I was 15 with a four channel crystal scanner. Since then I always had a scanner nearby, in the car, at work, next to the bed while I slept. Once I got married the bedroom scanner got turned down to a very low volume and a few years later it was banished. I still have one in the kitchen, living room, and of course about five of them in my office where I spend most of my "off time" when not doing family stuff or at work. I also provide a stream here for the county I live in.
A few times the scanner has saved me from harm like the time I was returning home from work at 3AM and listening to a high speed chase of a stolen pickup. The chase was approaching me from behind so I pulled way off the road into the grass and one minute later saw it go by with speeds exceeding 120MPH. The driver was intoxicated and high on drugs, probably would have hit me at those speeds. The engine caught fire and the chase ended three miles down the road from where I pulled off.
I also like to know where the accidents are and I can't even guess at how much time knowing this has saved me. I just route around them, or if I can't reroute, at least I know which lane to be in to slowly caterpillar my way around the accident scene.
One time I was on my way to Lowe's to get some lumber and heard a call about a fire alarm there. Moved that store to bottom of my shopping list. Once the incident was cleared (false alarm) I went there and made my purchase in an almost empty store.
In my previous neighborhood I started hearing more and more calls about young kids hanging out near our community facility, with a lot a vehicle traffic suggesting drug sales. I simply started parking in middle of the parking lot with all of my antennas. I just sat there and browsed the web on my laptop. Once or twice I stepped out with a camera and they all jumped into their cars and left. The teens stopped hanging out there and the bad news went to another neighborhood. Since I moved out I've heard their back, I hope someone else in the community steps up.
I'm in my 40's now and I listen less than I would like too. I still maintain the scanner in my car, and I use my iPhone to listen when driving the wifes minivan.
I *ALWAYS* tune in during inclement weather like the recent snowpocalypse that hit DC/Maryland/Virginia recently. Careful listening is usually an indicator if you are going to lose power, if you can traverse the road out of your area, and the general status of the area. I learned about more building collapses from the snow than our local paper actually reported. The local paper only focused on the large buildings, so in total they reported four building collapses. In reality we had much more from sheds, to porches, to entire businesses. A lot of small businesses have been ruined but the local papers don’t report on this.
A few years back a construction company hit a major natural gas line two miles from a school that I had three children in. Word was spreading fast throughout the community and panic was ensuing. I simply listened to the scanner and made the decision to not stampede to the school and take my children out simply because I heard the fire departments readings of the gas buildup at the school (zero), but the local radio station never stated that in their reports so parents freaked out and drove their potential spark inducing SUVs to the school to “save” their precious children from an explosion they could have caused themselves.
Oh well.
TL;DR
I like scanners.
I've been listening since I was 15 with a four channel crystal scanner. Since then I always had a scanner nearby, in the car, at work, next to the bed while I slept. Once I got married the bedroom scanner got turned down to a very low volume and a few years later it was banished. I still have one in the kitchen, living room, and of course about five of them in my office where I spend most of my "off time" when not doing family stuff or at work. I also provide a stream here for the county I live in.
A few times the scanner has saved me from harm like the time I was returning home from work at 3AM and listening to a high speed chase of a stolen pickup. The chase was approaching me from behind so I pulled way off the road into the grass and one minute later saw it go by with speeds exceeding 120MPH. The driver was intoxicated and high on drugs, probably would have hit me at those speeds. The engine caught fire and the chase ended three miles down the road from where I pulled off.
I also like to know where the accidents are and I can't even guess at how much time knowing this has saved me. I just route around them, or if I can't reroute, at least I know which lane to be in to slowly caterpillar my way around the accident scene.
One time I was on my way to Lowe's to get some lumber and heard a call about a fire alarm there. Moved that store to bottom of my shopping list. Once the incident was cleared (false alarm) I went there and made my purchase in an almost empty store.
In my previous neighborhood I started hearing more and more calls about young kids hanging out near our community facility, with a lot a vehicle traffic suggesting drug sales. I simply started parking in middle of the parking lot with all of my antennas. I just sat there and browsed the web on my laptop. Once or twice I stepped out with a camera and they all jumped into their cars and left. The teens stopped hanging out there and the bad news went to another neighborhood. Since I moved out I've heard their back, I hope someone else in the community steps up.
I'm in my 40's now and I listen less than I would like too. I still maintain the scanner in my car, and I use my iPhone to listen when driving the wifes minivan.
I *ALWAYS* tune in during inclement weather like the recent snowpocalypse that hit DC/Maryland/Virginia recently. Careful listening is usually an indicator if you are going to lose power, if you can traverse the road out of your area, and the general status of the area. I learned about more building collapses from the snow than our local paper actually reported. The local paper only focused on the large buildings, so in total they reported four building collapses. In reality we had much more from sheds, to porches, to entire businesses. A lot of small businesses have been ruined but the local papers don’t report on this.
A few years back a construction company hit a major natural gas line two miles from a school that I had three children in. Word was spreading fast throughout the community and panic was ensuing. I simply listened to the scanner and made the decision to not stampede to the school and take my children out simply because I heard the fire departments readings of the gas buildup at the school (zero), but the local radio station never stated that in their reports so parents freaked out and drove their potential spark inducing SUVs to the school to “save” their precious children from an explosion they could have caused themselves.
Oh well.
TL;DR
I like scanners.
Halfpint
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I started listening before there were `scanners' when I got my first `police' radio, a Regency `MonitRadio' (Actually it was 3 Regency radios and a couple 2 - 3 boxes of crystals.), as a `donation' (Probably because he knew that I was `into' SWLing, had several old and somewhat new SW radios, and he figured I'd like them?) from the owner of the shop that sold, installed, and maintained the local and county PD, FD, and PW department's radios. At first I listened mainly just out of curiosity. However, as time went by I discovered that it was *a lot better* than reading the `blotter' section of the local papers. Not only did I learn about things that never made it into the `blotter' section but, I also learned a lot about what really happened, or didn't happen, behind the things that had made it onto said `blotter' section. (AKA, the `rumors' *behind* the `rumors'. {GRIN!}) It helped `put a face' upon what was happening in and around our small town. Pretty `heady' stuff for a youngster.
Later on, after many assorted crystal and tuneable radios, I discovered actual `scanner' radios, abeit it they were just crystal controlled at the time. Suddenly I was able to both expand my `listening' and reduce the size of the `stack' / `pile' of radios I had to have. (I probably also greatly reduced our power bill at that time, too! {CHUCKLE!}) I also started installing mounts for some of my radios at that time and quickly discovered that there was another benefit of `scanning'. The `Ah Ha!' moment was the day I was driving back home from a weekly shopping trip and heard a call about a serious accident that had occured on the route I usually took home. Since it was during the summer and I had a fair amount of frozen stuff with me and I knew that the accident had happened at a `choke point' on my route I did a quick change of route and bypassed the accident and was able to get back home with only about 5 or so minutes added to my usual drive time. When my father got home, later than usual, that night I related what I'd done to him and he told me that because of all the people who hadn't been able to route around the accident and had clogged things up they had lost 2 of the people that had been involved in the accident because they had had trouble getting the ambulances in and out of the accident scene. He figured that if they had been able to get them out and to the hospital quicker they would have had a much better chance of saving them. After that incident I have, as best as possible, tried to always have some sort of scanner radio with me when I am `traveling'. One `funny?' thing is now I actually have probably more assorted radios in my `shack' and around the house than I did when I got started. I guess that it is really true that the difference between men and boy *is* mainly the *price* of their toys?
Now, as I alluded to in the beginning, my listening isn't always a `serious' as that. I *do* also like to just basically be `informed' of what is going on around me just to be `informed'. When I was living and listening in `the big city' there was the `neat factor' of knowing what those sirens off in the `distance' were about. There was the `neat factor' of being able to know what the occasional sighting of a police car in one's neighborhood was all about, ETC.. Then, when I was finally able to move out of `the big city' and back into the country there came the desire to basically just keep track of all that one could keep track of because one couldn't expect a Sheriff Officer to `just show up' after one called, one couldn't expect the fire trucks to show up right after one called, and *if* it *might* actually be possible one *might* be able to do something to help a neighbor who *had* called whether between the call *or* afterwards.
I guess, to basically sum up, *I* listen because it is a `neat' thing to do, it can help both various agencies and I in various ways (Avoiding places and situations, spotting suspicious situations and *maybe* people, as an adjunct to our `security system', ETC..) and it's a `neighborly' thing to do. IE: All the `usual' `excuses?'!?
Just an `Olde Fart's 2¢ worth. {VB GRIN!}
Later on, after many assorted crystal and tuneable radios, I discovered actual `scanner' radios, abeit it they were just crystal controlled at the time. Suddenly I was able to both expand my `listening' and reduce the size of the `stack' / `pile' of radios I had to have. (I probably also greatly reduced our power bill at that time, too! {CHUCKLE!}) I also started installing mounts for some of my radios at that time and quickly discovered that there was another benefit of `scanning'. The `Ah Ha!' moment was the day I was driving back home from a weekly shopping trip and heard a call about a serious accident that had occured on the route I usually took home. Since it was during the summer and I had a fair amount of frozen stuff with me and I knew that the accident had happened at a `choke point' on my route I did a quick change of route and bypassed the accident and was able to get back home with only about 5 or so minutes added to my usual drive time. When my father got home, later than usual, that night I related what I'd done to him and he told me that because of all the people who hadn't been able to route around the accident and had clogged things up they had lost 2 of the people that had been involved in the accident because they had had trouble getting the ambulances in and out of the accident scene. He figured that if they had been able to get them out and to the hospital quicker they would have had a much better chance of saving them. After that incident I have, as best as possible, tried to always have some sort of scanner radio with me when I am `traveling'. One `funny?' thing is now I actually have probably more assorted radios in my `shack' and around the house than I did when I got started. I guess that it is really true that the difference between men and boy *is* mainly the *price* of their toys?
Now, as I alluded to in the beginning, my listening isn't always a `serious' as that. I *do* also like to just basically be `informed' of what is going on around me just to be `informed'. When I was living and listening in `the big city' there was the `neat factor' of knowing what those sirens off in the `distance' were about. There was the `neat factor' of being able to know what the occasional sighting of a police car in one's neighborhood was all about, ETC.. Then, when I was finally able to move out of `the big city' and back into the country there came the desire to basically just keep track of all that one could keep track of because one couldn't expect a Sheriff Officer to `just show up' after one called, one couldn't expect the fire trucks to show up right after one called, and *if* it *might* actually be possible one *might* be able to do something to help a neighbor who *had* called whether between the call *or* afterwards.
I guess, to basically sum up, *I* listen because it is a `neat' thing to do, it can help both various agencies and I in various ways (Avoiding places and situations, spotting suspicious situations and *maybe* people, as an adjunct to our `security system', ETC..) and it's a `neighborly' thing to do. IE: All the `usual' `excuses?'!?
Just an `Olde Fart's 2¢ worth. {VB GRIN!}
N0IU
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I am sure my attitude towards scanning comes from the fact the we moved from "the big city" to "the country" almost 11 years ago and we haven't looked back! For me, scanning is "info-tainment". We live in a town of about 8,000 and honestly, listening to our local PD isn't all that exciting. Lots of traffic related stuff, a few domestic violence reports, the occasional business alarm response and stuff like that.
Yes, I do shoot firearms (but I don't have a CCW permit) and I get the whole "situational awareness" thing, but I guess I don't get how scanners relate to being more prepared or making my family feel safer and more secure by virtue of having a scanner. I am amazed by the number of people who say that they NEED to have a scanner (and I don't mean the people who are in LE or Fire/EMT) Honestly, you could take some of these posts and replace scanner with handgun and they would fit right in on most handgun forums.
I know there are lots of folks who carry a weapon from the time they wake up to the time they go to sleep because they want their family to be safe, but do you guys really feel that your scanner gives you a feeling of real security?
Maybe its a big city thing, but when I felt that things were getting "uncomfortable" where we were living, we moved! I know that is not an option for a lot of people, but when things get to the point where I feel I have to be armed and know where the LE people are 24/7/365 in order to feel safe, there are other issues going on that a scanner won't resolve!
Of course, YMMV!
Yes, I do shoot firearms (but I don't have a CCW permit) and I get the whole "situational awareness" thing, but I guess I don't get how scanners relate to being more prepared or making my family feel safer and more secure by virtue of having a scanner. I am amazed by the number of people who say that they NEED to have a scanner (and I don't mean the people who are in LE or Fire/EMT) Honestly, you could take some of these posts and replace scanner with handgun and they would fit right in on most handgun forums.
I know there are lots of folks who carry a weapon from the time they wake up to the time they go to sleep because they want their family to be safe, but do you guys really feel that your scanner gives you a feeling of real security?
Maybe its a big city thing, but when I felt that things were getting "uncomfortable" where we were living, we moved! I know that is not an option for a lot of people, but when things get to the point where I feel I have to be armed and know where the LE people are 24/7/365 in order to feel safe, there are other issues going on that a scanner won't resolve!
Of course, YMMV!
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a29zuk
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It's reality radio and is a lot better than the reality TV crap. It's also great to have in the vehicle during bad weather conditions to avoid accidents and traffic snarls when driving to and from work. Anytime we have snow, before I leave for work, the scanner and the FM transmitter get hooked up in the car and I listen over the car stereo speakers!
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Cbear429
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I disagree too! I had been a volunteer & private ambulance member for 5 years along with 20 years working professionally in the 911 emergency response fields. Being retired on disability I mostly listen because I’ve miss the work and now find it interesting being on the “other side” of things. I have moved on and I’ve always love scanning and CB’ing. Not once has any scanner monitoring person gotten in my way, either responding to a scene or at one. I have had some come up to me while working an emergency, being patient until they saw a moment after the incident has wind down to speak with me. They like to ask questions about what happened and I in turn, if the moment was right, would answer.
I didn’t put myself above anyone who just wants info on something going, just too totally ignore them as I’ve seen many “professionals” do. They put them down and give them bad looks, just for asking a question. At no time did they interfere with my work. I even had a photo journalist who would show up at most of my calls over and over and it became second nature to just speak and exchang info. I sometimes would see the same person, who asked me a question, actually has joined the department or is working as a volunteer because of their interests.
I’ve also learned from the 911 scanner calls, the dispatchers and responding officers of the bad guys MO while committing crimes in my area, i.e.: Ringing front door bell then going around to the rear of a house to break in, all the while the other one is at the front door creating a distraction. So protection of family and friends is an essential part of my scanning hobby.
Northerner71
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I am a fire fighter and I think that people with scanners are an asset. Sure there are some who use it to gawk at a victim or want to be noisy and know whats what about the locals, but I know from experience that most listeners do exactly that, listen. That is nice because 1) They listen to all of the services. 2) they are usually pretty calm because they aren't truely involved in the action 3) some actually call our services and give info if they hear that there is a problem. i.e. Is that fire truck in route? dispatcher says yes but scanner guy knows that the fire truck is stuck in a huge traffic jam. Nice to have that info passed on. Also where I come from we cover a lot of ground and sometimes our highway calls can be a long distance away, on one call a scanner guy who lives 20 mins outside of town heard our tones and went out because he was only 5 mins out. He brought blankets, had flares out and had blocked his lane of traffic with his truck. Most times I would not like this sort of interference but that day, being so far away, and the weather being -20 I thought that was awesome, patients are always first. So in closing I give cudoos to scanner people. 99.9% are awesome.
Scandxer
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How does knowing the potential surrounding dangers not make a person safer?
Don't you want to know when some maniac is running around your neighborhood with a gun?
Which could happen in the Country just as easily as it does in the Big City.
How about if your neighbors house is being broken into? Wouldn't you want to know as it's happening?
Don't get me wrong I love guns. And It's your right to own them but they don't make you any safer if you have no idea what's going on.
Lol are you serious? Guns kill people, scanners don't. There is a big difference. I'm not using my scanner as a weapon.
IMO guns don't always make people safer.
Hell, I could just as easily hit you over the head with a frying pan by surprise.
I don't need guns.. My swords and Bows work just fine as weapons.
Umm YES! I am much safer with a scanner.
Unless you would you rather wait for Tomorrows Newspaper to tell you that you are in danger right now.
Sure, one could "Just Move to the Country".. But with todays economy and with so many out of work, Crime is up.. Theft is way up..
And in that regard my scanner and home surveillance system (Situation Awareness) beats your handgun by a long shot.
Just my opinion.
emd001
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i cant give a real answer. A long time ago my uncle came to visit and brought a radio shack scanner that ran on punch cards.....ive been hooked to scanners every since. I now have scanners, radio for use with my VFD, and my ham radios (ke5yot) and the collection grows right along with my passion for the hobby.
-Eric
-Eric
Cbear429
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This is exactly why I would like to expand my hobby to HAM. But it’s a very expensive one and I have to start out slow, probably with reading materials to see if it’s for me. Just as you said Eric, I also didn’t remember how I started. But, you jogged my memory. In 1974-75, after H.S., I joined a volunteer ambulance corps and got my 1st car and my 1st CB with a handle of “Green machine”. Named after my 1st car, a green Chrysler Newport custom made of METAL. Joined a REACT unit and monitored channels 9 & 19. My hobby then expanded to scanners. Of course I’ve changed the handle since then. LOL…
N0IU
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Well then I must be a real anomaly. We moved to "the country" almost 11 years ago, but I only bought a scanner a little less than a year ago and I gotta tell ya, I honestly don't feel one bit different now than I did before I knew what my local PD and sheriff's department were doing 24/7/365.
You can keep your swords and bows and scanners and surveillance system. I will keep my 5 dogs and 12ga shotgun!
Scandxer
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Hey to each his own..
I feel that knowing what my local police/fire are doing 24/7 makes me safer and more aware. Just my opinion though.
5 dogs !? Nice.
I have enough shedded fur on my clothes with just my one little dog and cat lol.
Funny thing is a couple years ago someone broke into my house and so first thing I did was go done to the Humane Society to find a big guard dog but once I seen this little doggie in the cage waging her tail I couldn't resist.
I love my dog but she isn't much of a guard dog lol.. Just an old Jack Russell/Beagle mix that never barks.
Although I should buy a shotgun while they are still buyable at Walmart without a permit in my state.
Stay Safe.
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