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Other Stuff That Has Little To Do With PLA => General Discussions => Topic started by: alext9 on August 27, 2008, 06:01:41 AM
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I've been thinking about getting a scanner and have leaned towards the hand held ones, however it seems like there is so much to deal with when looking for one, I cant even start. I want something that can listen into cordless phone and drive through frequencies. After looking for a while (on PLA and other sites) I'm slightly confused. The scanner pages on here say that there is a range of 40-50 ish on the cordless phones, but if the current phones are operating at 1.3 some Ghz, how does the scanner receive it (aren't the 40-50 numbers in Mhz?). I'm looking for a sub $130 scanner.
The one scanner that seems to have a good price range for me is this :
http://www.amazon.com/Uniden-BC92XLT-Bearcat-Handheld-Scanner/dp/B0002QIBP8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219817398&sr=1-7 (http://www.amazon.com/Uniden-BC92XLT-Bearcat-Handheld-Scanner/dp/B0002QIBP8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219817398&sr=1-7)
its refurbished for only about $70.
I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me out, I just cant seem to find a place to start when purchasing a scanner.
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Yes
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There are 4 billion people on earth.
237 are scanners.
They have the most terrifying powers ever created .........and they are winning.
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Okay...okay. I'll try being helpful. If you want something that will listen to cordless phones and drive thru's than a basic scanner like the one you posted a link to, will work. If, however, you want to listen to local emergency calls and whatnot, you will need a trunking scanner. As for the 1.3 and 2.5 ghz phones...you cant listen in on them as they tend to frequency hop. :( Old cordless phones that operate in the 49 mhz range are still audible though.
Check out www.universal-radio.com for a decent selection of scanners.
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Okay...okay. I'll try being helpful. If you want something that will listen to cordless phones and drive thru's than a basic scanner like the one you posted a link to, will work. If, however, you want to listen to local emergency calls and whatnot, you will need a trunking scanner. As for the 1.3 and 2.5 ghz phones...you cant listen in on them as they tend to frequency hop. :( Old cordless phones that operate in the 49 mhz range are still audible though.
Check out http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners.html for a decent selection of scanners.
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okay, thanks for the help.
as for transmitting on those freqs, I'm guessing that the price increases significantly?
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If you want to transmit on the drive thru's you will need a vx-7r or similar which will run you 300 or so.
To transmit on the cordless phone frequencies, your cost goes up to about 900 bucks.
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Wow, $900. I'll just have to save up some money to mess with the drive thru. $900 is SLIGHTLY out of my price range :-[
possibly I could rip open an old CB radio ;)
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???
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If, however, you want to listen to local emergency calls and whatnot, you will need a trunking scanner.
Check if this is actually true in your area. Where I live the cops just use plain ol' radios with no trunking or anything.
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If, however, you want to listen to local emergency calls and whatnot, you will need a trunking scanner.
Check if this is actually true in your area. Where I live the cops just use plain ol' radios with no trunking or anything.
in bumfuck idaho...yes.
Zazen is mostly right...there are always divisions of police/fire/hopital/REMSA that dont use trunking. We have both here in Reno.