What can I listen to? - Scanner Talk
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Published 2022-09-11
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All Comments (21)
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Hi, a PSAP is a Public Safety Answering Point, and used for emergency and non-emergency calls. I was in a profession for a long time in which we fielded calls from all over the country. When we received 911 calls they were automatically connected to a PSAP who then connected to the police/fire/EMS for the particular city/county/state. Thanks for another great and informative video. You’re making it easier for me to determine which scanner to purchase.
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This video was informative and so helpful in getting me started. Thank you!
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In Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), PA, almost every public safety system is good old non trunked UHF FM. You could get by with a Baofeng UV-5R as a (slow, but usable) scanner here. Also, the UV-5R is a pretty good "railfan" scanner.
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This was a really informative video. Thank you
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Thanks for that presentation, very informative. I live in Hillsborough County and there’s tons of activity I hear on an analog Communications Receiver. I may venture into digital some day.
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Excellent presentation -- thanks for that. It's been a couple decades since I was scanning and trunking has evolved quite a bit. I use a portable scanner for road trip (winter) travel since road works and police/fire are often useful along with NOAA wxr and ski resort operations
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I have the Uniden 536 and 436 and they work great. I’ve been hesitant to upgrade to the SDS100 and SDS200 because of the possibility of encryption in the future. Radio Reference is an excellent resource for the scanning hobby. Great video Ape, love your content.
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I remember getting all the crystals from Radio Shack for a handheld we got one year for Christmas. Simpler times, but it seemed really hi tech at the time.
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Great video, you answered my question, with the frequency I want to listen is encrypted. In that case I just need a regular scanner nothing fancy to listen to other frequencies around my area that’s not encrypted. Thank you
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Great video, thank you for sharing
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I live in the upstate NY, near Albany, and surprisingly there are MANY analog scanner freqs that still remain.
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Most services worth listening to in my area ARE encrypted, this has stopped me from wanting to listen with my uniden 436HP for over a year now It is good to see you keeping after it. Nice video Ape
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Ape…this is just what I needed…you nailed it…thx
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If you dont have a scanner anymore, there's a number of scanner apps you can use. A lot of cities are on it. Indianapolis has 3 districts feeding into one feed...crazy police action there! Listener count is like 1500! Wild! I wish we could hear police in BC, Canada...miss my scanner entertainment at night! Sob.....sniffle sniffle....
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Thank you for helping me understand the encryption.
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Thank you
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Great informative video Ape.
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Thanks, as always good information.
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yea check your local area for frequency's because none of our local stuff is encrypted 95% of it is VHF?UHF in the clear. so check first b4 deciding what kind of scanner you want to buy. now if you have a nice outdoor antenna your range will be much longer so you may come across encrypted but mostly larger citys have them my small town is all in the open. you can buy scnner that will pick up any signal you want but go ahead and chop off your arm or left nut..
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Thank you Mr Ape
