Would you classify this guy as "out there"?

[WPXS472]

It won't work with mine (Costco KS10s). It shows connected but no audio.

It should work. I have the Phonak equivalent, and it is a piece of cake. I usually use the dedicated Phonak TV Connector, or Roger On, because of latency with bluetooth. But, if you were streaming scanner audio, it wouldn't matter.

 

[vagrant]

I forgot that my Icom R30 receiver has BT as well. I also paired that up with a single BT earbud.

 

[Omega-TI]

I forgot that my Icom R30 receiver has BT as well. I also paired that up with a single BT earbud.

That's cool, but if I remember correctly the R30 is not a small radio like the R2, R5 or R6.

 

[6079smithw]

So many people wearing earphones/buds/headsets you probably won't
attract much attention no matter what you carry most places anyhow...

 

[Omega-TI]

So many people wearing earphones/buds/headsets you probably won't
attract much attention no matter what you carry most places anyhow...

HA! Yeah, I remember when I was younger anyone walking around talking to no one in particular, (usually themselves) was a certifiably crazy person, now days we just assume they are a normal person talking on a cellphone with a Bluetooth earpiece.

 

[a417]

oh, the irony.

 

[dcr_inc]

Bluetail Technologies P25RXII will do that..

 

[Tobydog]

Apx and Phonak hearing aids work well together if programmed correctly by a M tech. Use it traveling, but eats up battery charge

 

[Ronnierozier2]

I have a stealth Flux Capicator

 

[mikegilbert]

My friend at /\/\ gave these to me over a decade ago. The BT pod pairs with my APX and goes in my pocket. The earbud looks like an iphone headset, so nobody gives me a second look. The car keyfob is BT as well. It can PTT, change channel, adjust volume, nuisance delete, etc. I never use it, but it's cool to have. These were designed for the APX3000, but work with any APX product.

When I'm out taking photos, I'll throw the APX in my camera bag, and pop the BT pod in my pocket.

You'll need three components to have this setup:

• NTN2571 (BT Pod)
• NNTN8296 (wired earpieces)
• PMLN6233A (BT Keyfob)

I've also got the wireless induction neck loop for the APX and corresponding Phonak Phonito earpiece, but its pointless for me.

Part numbers for that:

• NNTN8385 (neck loop)
• RLN4922 (Phonak Phonito earpiece)

https://shop.motorolasolutions.com....control-key-fob-apmln6233#compatible_products

motorola PMLN6233 Mission Critical Wireless Instructions

 

[ladn]

The guy may very well have left his tin foil hat at home and was off the rails...BUT, maybe not.

Hypothetically, a modern scanner (say a Uniden BC-325P2) paired with a BT adapter and a quality* stubby antenna might be passable in close call mode. Skip the BT adapter and use either a wired or "Secret Service" acoustic tube earpiece for simplicity.

* I know it's a Unicorn, but this is a hypothetical.

 

[trentbob]

The guy may very well have left his tin foil hat at home and was off the rails...BUT, maybe not.

Hypothetically, a modern scanner (say a Uniden BC-325P2) paired with a BT adapter and a quality* stubby antenna might be passable in close call mode. Skip the BT adapter and use either a wired or "Secret Service" acoustic tube earpiece for simplicity.

* I know it's a Unicorn, but this is a hypothetical.

As I was reading your post Roger, at my desk, I looked down and to my right and there was my secret service type acoustic tube earpiece and it is much simpler than BT.

 

[RadioJonD]

Fast food shirt (hat optional) with what looks like a drive thru headset plugged into a scanner (no one will look that closely) and walk/loiter around like you are on a much needed break. Stealth in plain sight.

 

[chrismol1]

not just a drive thru headset even better, wear a trucker hat and trucker shirt and everyone will think you're a trucker. They wear those headsets too. They're literally sold as bluetooth Truckers Headset

 

[ur20v]

Point fingers at me and call me names, but, don't any of you worry about a small portable scanner being desensitized by a built-in bluetooth transmitter? Think back to all the issues the BCDx36 and SDSx00 models had/have and tell me with a straight face you believe Uniden could get it right right out of the box...

 

[AM909]

Point fingers at me and call me names, but, don't any of you worry about a small portable scanner being desensitized by a built-in bluetooth transmitter?

Nah. 2.4 GHz and very low power. From Wikipedia:

Maximum power output from a Bluetooth radio is 100 mW for class 1, 2.5 mW for class 2, and 1 mW for class 3 devices. Even the maximum power output of class 1 is a lower level than the lowest-powered mobile phones. UMTS and W-CDMA output 250 mW, GSM1800/1900 outputs 1000 mW, and GSM850/900 outputs 2000 mW.

Lots of other sources of interference closer in freq (or actually on-freq) and higher in power to worry about.

 

[mmckenna]

Point fingers at me and call me names, but, don't any of you worry about a small portable scanner being desensitized by a built-in bluetooth transmitter? Think back to all the issues the BCDx36 and SDSx00 models had/have and tell me with a straight face you believe Uniden could get it right right out of the box...

There are a lot of radios that have much more sensitive receivers in them that not only run Bluetooth, but also WiFi and LTE. They all work just fine.

 

[ur20v]

There are a lot of radios that have much more sensitive receivers in them that not only run Bluetooth, but also WiFi and LTE. They all work just fine.

I believe that to be the case when you are dealing with one specific range of frequencies in a high quality, over-engineered public safety radio, but I'd be a little more concerned with a wide coverage receiver built to much looser tolerances. I've had 12v USB adapters wreak havoc on my 436 from 3-4 feet away, and cellphone interference as well...

 

[mmckenna]

I believe that to be the case when you are dealing with one specific range of frequencies in a high quality, over-engineered public safety radio, but I'd be a little more concerned with a wide coverage receiver built to much looser tolerances. I've had 12v USB adapters wreak havoc on my 436 from 3-4 feet away, and cellphone interference as well...

Likely, but a lot of those commercial radios will cover VHF Low, VHF High, UHF, 700MHz, 800MHz and 900MHz all in the same radio. About the same as most scanners.
But the filtering is much better on the commercial stuff.

Used to be the old cell phones would interfere with any nearby electronics.

 

[AM909]

I've had 12v USB adapters wreak havoc on my 436 from 3-4 feet away, and cellphone interference as well...

Exactly what I meant by "on-freq" radiators – cheap switching power-supplies are producing RF energy directly on channels to which you are listening and the receiver is just doing its job by receiving it. Cellphones can be putting out hundreds of milliwatts in the bands immediately adjacent to 800 MHz land-mobile repeater outputs.