Scanners

[Tachyon]

I think I'll buy a scanner tomorrow, and the only place around is Circuit City, which has replaced Rat Shack in my town (possibly all of Canadia?). They have two handheld scanners, one of which is a lot more expensive that the other.

http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/category.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=FreqScanners&pagenum=1&sort=1

Is 100 channels enough to have some fun with rent-a-cop frequencies, restaurants, fire department, railroad, and that sort of thing, or should I stop being cheap and spring for the uber-expensive one?

I basically want something I can carry around and listen to in malls and things when I'm bored, and possibly to prank with and amuse my friends.

[bumkiller64]

Funny im wanting a police scanner to but dont know which one to get.Instead of circuit city though im thinking of buying from radio shack and getting a uber expensive one, at radio shack they got a bigger selection online that can be picked up at the store but im not sure which one to get because i dont know much about scanners.I had a scanner that i bought  only it was like 20 something years old, but my friend said that the old ones could pick up frequencies that the new kind couldnt find.Unfortunately that broke and now i am lookiingfor a new one.From what i could tell there are trunk,nascar and regular scanners so which type do i get and how many channels is good.Money isnt a problem cause i want a good one

[bumkiller64]

Hey i says the episode of pla were they were hijacking the fast food restraunts frequency and talking to the people going through the drive through i say they used a police scanner but what else would i need to pull off that prank.I was also searching for that kind of stuff and found some websites that said you could modify a radio or something and use the police frequencies, like talk on them and stuff some one tell me how to do that and what i need that would be awsome.I wouldnt do that  of couse but it would be neat to know how

[Lestan Gregor]

Agggh! Don't buy from Rat Shack! They haven't carried anything worth buying in 7 years.

[bumkiller64]

give me a good site to order from then and give me a model number or something for the best one that i should get

[murd0c]

give me a good site to order from then and give me a model number or something for the best one that i should get

How about a clue, BA-ZING!

[ataxicwolf]

Hey i says the episode of pla were they were hijacking the fast food restraunts frequency and talking to the people going through the drive through i say they used a police scanner but what else would i need to pull off that prank.I was also searching for that kind of stuff and found some websites that said you could modify a radio or something and use the police frequencies, like talk on them and stuff some one tell me how to do that and what i need that would be awsome.I wouldnt do that  of couse but it would be neat to know how

They used a modified CB Radio to do those.

[murd0c]

Hey i says the episode of pla were they were hijacking the fast food restraunts frequency and talking to the people going through the drive through i say they used a police scanner but what else would i need to pull off that prank.I was also searching for that kind of stuff and found some websites that said you could modify a radio or something and use the police frequencies, like talk on them and stuff some one tell me how to do that and what i need that would be awsome.I wouldnt do that  of couse but it would be neat to know how

They used a modified CB Radio to do those.

You need a clue as well. They were using a modified HAM radio, a Yaseu VX7r, to be exact.

[mr_doc]

This movie sucked.

[bumkiller64]

how much is the yaesu like 300 bucks and weres a site that shows how to modify it to get all frequencies.i dont want to try to do it myself and end up breaking the thing

[mr_doc]

 

[Nod]

WTF doc? I tried to call you on your meatphone but it said that your number was no longer available in Salami.

[mr_doc]

Right now this guys parents are really pissed off over all the 1995 dollars they could have had from aborting him and selling the fetus' stem cells.

[Nod]

They could have had like five new cars but instead they had that little bastard. I bet they're slitting their wrists right now.

[RijilV]

how much is the yaesu like 300 bucks and weres a site that shows how to modify it to get all frequencies.i dont want to try to do it myself and end up breaking the thing

Could you like, maybe, uh, go somewhere else to post?  I think AOL has a wide range of forums with people you might get along with better.