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[shyykatt]

got one here @ the house (someone gave us a while back)- nice to have w/all the BS goin' on around here; anyway, its either just me (most likely! ) or it doesn't work good- all I get is static; help! I have no idea how to use the dern thang thnx

[Jackrabbit379]

Police scanner? Yeah, you program it. For an example, go to Radio Shack, and ask them for some police frequencies. You program those frequencies into the scanner.

[shyykatt]

yes; well no wonder it's not workin'- thnx!

(DUH me!)

[PackRatTDI]

Or order one of those "Betty Bearcat" manuals that list all the frequencies.

I used to have a Uniden Beartracker that was already pre-programmed and that was a niftly little gadget.

[shyykatt]

this ones' a Uniden Bearcat- dunno how old it is.

[jorlee]

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR

Nice place to lookup any freqency you want.

[PackRatTDI]

this ones' a Uniden Bearcat- dunno how old it is.

The older ones are pretty much obsolete now that they're going to digital and trunking signals, but that's mostly with city police. I think most state troopers are sticking with the old conventional frequencies.

[flood]

i've got a uniden bc-8, it has the preprogram city/country/state police. dot"road workers-salt shakers" air, weather, cb, but what i like is it can hook up to my laptop so i can run it on the laptop also i went to radio shack and got a book of channels "with it also on cd" so if i want to reprogram it i can use the cd and cut and paste it to the scanner.

[coastie]

Scanners are nice, I use to listen all the time back home. It very interesting when a Storm hits such as a Tornado and such.

Had a Tornado go about a mile from my house and listening to the Sheriff Deputies was very enjoyable. The Twister missed my place by a mile. I had gone to my parents place since I do live in a Moble Home and you know how they are in a Tornado. It only touch and go through the county, mostly trees down. One House was destroyed, though. That was 2 years ago.

At the time my Dad had it and listening to it. I was watching the storm come in via the weatherChannel.com and had a Gut feeling so I grabbed my Cat and took off to my parents. I met the Sherriffs going the other way.

[Jackrabbit379]

I've got a Bearcat handheld. I can even hear the cell phones. :P I dont turn it on that much anymore. I can pick up Wichita County, and the area towns/counties, but not our city police, or the fire dept. Last year, our city went to the digital radios. A friend of mine is a SWAT officer. I talked to him about it, and he told me that they dont put out a frequency. It's like they run scramblers, or something.

[Windwalker]

I've got a Bearcat handheld. I can even hear the cell phones. :P I dont turn it on that much anymore. I can pick up Wichita County, and the area towns/counties, but not our city police, or the fire dept. Last year, our city went to the digital radios. A friend of mine is a SWAT officer. I talked to him about it, and he told me that they dont put out a frequency. It's like they run scramblers, or something.

All radios have frequencies, no matter if they are digital or analog. However, they can use something called "sub-carriers" that are sort of piggy-back onto the main carrier. You can be listenning to the most boring elevator-music on the main carrier while the most top secret information is going thru on half a dozen sub-carriers and all you'll get is the music unless you have the special receivers that detect the sub-carriers. It's technology that's been around for some time, and may have been considerably improved since I've been out of that business.

[Jackrabbit379]

Kinda like running scramblers...