scanner - police / fire etc etc
- sven '2'
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scanner - police / fire etc etc
Know nothing about these...but the thought of listening in on Adelaide's seedy underworld at night (police / fire / ambos + airline traffic) when I cannot sleep is somewhat intriguing.
Anyone into this? Any suggestions for a good basic scanner to start with?
thanks in advance
Sleepless in Adelaide (aka Sven)
Anyone into this? Any suggestions for a good basic scanner to start with?
thanks in advance
Sleepless in Adelaide (aka Sven)
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- vincentvega
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I have a Uniden UBCT8
works well. I mostly use it at rallies to pick up the frequencies used by event management.
it picks up some of the coppers here, but brisbane police are all digital so you cant get any of that.
works well. I mostly use it at rallies to pick up the frequencies used by event management.
it picks up some of the coppers here, but brisbane police are all digital so you cant get any of that.
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- AlpineRaven
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Yeah my father used to use it all the time, normally scans on police & fire broadcast sometimes SES as well... whenever goes on and he'll listen to it, sometimes something has happened and we'll go and be sneaky beak... BUt that was like 4-5 yrs ago now.. I dunno if he still does that - i doubt it.
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1995 Liberty "Rallye" - 5MT AWD, LSD - *written off 25/8/06 in towing accident.
1996 Liberty Wagon - SkiFX AWD 5MT D/R, Lifted.. Outback Sway Bar, 1.59:1 Low Gearing see thread: 1.59:1 in EJ Box Page
Sold at 385,000kms in July 2011.
2007 Liberty BP Wagon, 2.5i automatic
The Police are going digital soon i belive... when they do all the scanners wont pick them up anymore. Be a bit of a waste buying one now.
If your dead keen though... you can get CB radios which have extra channel functions which allows you to program in police/emergancy channels. You can download the list of frequancies in your area and add them into the CB and save them.
I also find that the old police aint as active on the radio as i first thought... hell of a lot of silence going over the radio waves.
Dave
If your dead keen though... you can get CB radios which have extra channel functions which allows you to program in police/emergancy channels. You can download the list of frequancies in your area and add them into the CB and save them.
I also find that the old police aint as active on the radio as i first thought... hell of a lot of silence going over the radio waves.
Dave
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i found it very intruiging sitting in my work ute in kalgoorlie, listening to all the police conversations at night..... heard some prettty nifty things that go on in the criminal underworld...and by all means i stayed at home a bit scared some of the times:P
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- vincentvega
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only the coppers are digital. everyone else can still be received.
i get SES / fire / ambulance / taxis (hilarious) / trains / buses / airport etc on my UBCT8. i even get the local cops as its only brisbane city that has gone digital.
as mentioned you can get radio sets that have some extra RX ability.. I have an icom IC400PRO in my car. absolutely brilliant UHF CB + i receive on ambulance, SES, airport, wreckers hotline etc
i get SES / fire / ambulance / taxis (hilarious) / trains / buses / airport etc on my UBCT8. i even get the local cops as its only brisbane city that has gone digital.
as mentioned you can get radio sets that have some extra RX ability.. I have an icom IC400PRO in my car. absolutely brilliant UHF CB + i receive on ambulance, SES, airport, wreckers hotline etc
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- subybrumby
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If is was just that the coppers went digital , wouldn't be so bad, as you can buy receivers for that, but they have it encrypted as well.
Have a scanner and used to listen also, its quite informative of the pulse of whats happening in the suburbs, where the most "problem" areas are, and you get to hear how tough a job the cops have sometimes. For sensitive operations they used mobile phones anyway. So what was so wrong about being able to listen to that.....the police work for the community don't they??
But now,Arr its the secret police......
Heil Fuhrer!!
Have a scanner and used to listen also, its quite informative of the pulse of whats happening in the suburbs, where the most "problem" areas are, and you get to hear how tough a job the cops have sometimes. For sensitive operations they used mobile phones anyway. So what was so wrong about being able to listen to that.....the police work for the community don't they??
But now,Arr its the secret police......
Heil Fuhrer!!
- Thalass
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Dunno about the other stuff, but air traffic is still analogue (AM 118-136MHz, iirc). It's not illegal to listen in, but it is highly illegal to transmit without a legit purpose and license and all that.
Endangering lives and all that junk.
Endangering lives and all that junk.
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I'VE GOT AN OUTBACK AGAIN WOOT
tasmania police can still be herd in anologe and the local power company on the 860mhz trunk network
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As far as i'm aware almost all the NSW police are analogue. And my UHF has a built in scanner that has the police freqs already locked in, but that wont tell you where they are.
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Fedaral Poolice use encrypted digital and do not use mobile phones.
I'm not sure any of the police force uses mobile phones as they are not secure, nor are they recorded through their central control room, which is where all communications go so that they can be tracked.
I guess all Police forces will go encrypted digital if they haven't already.
I'm not sure any of the police force uses mobile phones as they are not secure, nor are they recorded through their central control room, which is where all communications go so that they can be tracked.
I guess all Police forces will go encrypted digital if they haven't already.
If it is encrypted digital you won't be able to pick up anything without having a receiver that has the encryption code. Which you won't have, nor can you get one. Even if you acquired a genuine police radio they are able to remotely deactivate them individually.spike wrote:im not toosure about that
the system uses an in built ummm thing
that switches the recieve and send signals
thus you can hear one of the singles but not the other