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    Not Ham but related. Can anybody recommend a good scanner to listen in on local LEO and other activity? Just had two patrol cars with lights a flash'in and a fire truck racing down my quiet block and I'm curious to what's going on, lol...

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    I've got a free app on my android phone called Scanner Radio. Works great, and since I always have my phone with me, it's always there!
    "I ask, Sir, what is dinner? It is the whole chicken. To pluck the chicken is the best and most effectual way to prepare them."
    Colonel Sanders

    That is a NICE looking bunch of meat!

    I can still find a use for my thumb, even though it no longer has a hole to finger.

    I could have been enjoying his nuts.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Pissed Off Patriot View Post
      I've got a free app on my android phone called Scanner Radio. Works great, and since I always have my phone with me, it's always there!
      Yeah but I want something more geek like so I can hang with Chicken and USMC!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Cgrutt View Post

        Yeah but I want something more geek like so I can hang with Chicken and USMC!
        Go to the town hall or the library where they have those boxes to drop off your old glasses go through them until you find these!

        "I ask, Sir, what is dinner? It is the whole chicken. To pluck the chicken is the best and most effectual way to prepare them."
        Colonel Sanders

        That is a NICE looking bunch of meat!

        I can still find a use for my thumb, even though it no longer has a hole to finger.

        I could have been enjoying his nuts.

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        • #5
          A lot of emergency services are moving to digital radios so the old school (affordable) scanners don't work so well any more. Use the cell phone app like PoP recommended.
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          • #6
            Most Leo & ems frequencies are truncated now, its not easy to listen like it used to be.

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            • #7
              What about something like this?

              http://www.thefirestore.com/store/pr...h-GPS-Support/

              or handheld?

              http://www.thefirestore.com/store/pr...dheld-Scanner/

              Digital (and pricey, lol)

              http://www.thefirestore.com/store/pr...s-GPS-Support/

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              • #8
                Gettin the NYSG crew onboard with Scanning, and where will the future of the forum disapper to?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Cgrutt View Post
                  What about something like this?


                  Digital (and pricey, lol)

                  http://www.thefirestore.com/store/pr...s-GPS-Support/

                  Same digital scanner by Uniden for only $348.

                  http://www.amazon.com/Uniden-Digital.../dp/B002IT30LM

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by masterswimmer View Post


                    Same digital scanner by Uniden for only $348.

                    http://www.amazon.com/Uniden-Digital.../dp/B002IT30LM
                    Holey moley.

                    I think I'll stick to my free phone app.
                    "I ask, Sir, what is dinner? It is the whole chicken. To pluck the chicken is the best and most effectual way to prepare them."
                    Colonel Sanders

                    That is a NICE looking bunch of meat!

                    I can still find a use for my thumb, even though it no longer has a hole to finger.

                    I could have been enjoying his nuts.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Pissed Off Patriot View Post

                      Holey moley.

                      I think I'll stick to my free phone app.
                      Same scanner is $544 in CG's link

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                      • #12
                        A standard cheap Baofeng UV-5R can be had for less than $27.00, and be programmed to listen like a scanner. USMC or myself can program it for you and fill up all 128 memories with scanner channels, as well as FRS/GMRS if wanted. Yes it won't work on Trunk-Tracking Systems to hear 'all' communications, but it should work fine for hearing the 'dispatch' frequency that the agency uses.

                        Good enough for the application you want it to fill! As a bonus it can be used on the Amatuer Radio bands after you study and get your Technician License!
                        NRA Life Member

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