Scanners

[HPNFlyGirl]

I was wondering if any of you knew of a nice police/fire/aviation scanner to purchase. My old one just went kaput.

 

[kevin47881]

Brooke, I have been using a BearCat for about 10 years. I use it for listening to ATC and at Nascar races where it takes a beating. Haven't had a problem with it at all.
Unfortunately local police has gone digital which means I can't listen to what's going on in town
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[KennyFlys]

I believe Bearcat was bought out by Uniden. A year ago, I bought a Uniden BC350 for just over $70. I've used it mainly for aviation monitoring but it seems like a pretty decent box. I still see a bunch of them on eBay.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=BC350C+Scanner

You can go from there if you're looking for a handheld.

Bargain-88 was the seller I bought from.

 

[cherokeeflyboy]

Brook, here is what i have,
http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...1&origkw=scanner&kw=scanner&parentPage=search

 

[HPNFlyGirl]

Skipp...do you get the freqs. at RDU off of that one?

 

[cherokeeflyboy]

Skipp...do you get the freqs. at RDU off of that one?

29-30, 30-50, 50-54, 108-136.9875, 137-144, 144-148, 148-174, 380-450, 450-470, 470-512 MHz

 

[kevin47881]

29-30, 30-50, 50-54, 108-136.9875, 137-144, 144-148, 148-174, 380-450, 450-470, 470-512 MHz

Yea, but my ratty old Bearcat gets the 900 MHz band. As much as I hate to admit it, it's interesting what you can hear on that band

 

[Richard O]

I have the Radio Shack hand held and it's complicated to operate. It could be just me though.

 

[bkreager]

I also have the Uniden Bearcat 350, I bought it refurb'd more then ten years ago and it's still going strong.

 

[ScottM]

I have the Radio Shack hand held and it's complicated to operate. It could be just me though.

Weren't most of the Rat Shack scanners OEM'ed by Uniden aka Bearcat?

 

[ScottM]

Yea, but my ratty old Bearcat gets the 900 MHz band. As much as I hate to admit it, it's interesting what you can hear on that band

What is there other than police and fire?

Cellular is at 800 and mostly all digital now so that is no longer any fun to try and listen to. There is some ham stuff on 900 but not much.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

What is there other than police and fire?

Cellular is at 800 and mostly all digital now so that is no longer any fun to try and listen to. There is some ham stuff on 900 but not much.

Scott,

900MHz is one of the "garbage bands" and most likely still has a lot of analog cordless (not cellular) phones on it.

 

[ScottM]

Scott,

900MHz is one of the "garbage bands" and most likely still has a lot of analog cordless (not cellular) phones on it.

Oh yeah forgot about that as most of the unlicensed stuff has been moving up to 2.5 and 5.3 GHz