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It depends on the system the police are using. Typically you can visit a site like cityfreq.com (http://cityfreq.com) and find the local police frequency. Then it's simply a matter of acquiring a scanner, whether that be through a regular retail outlet or eBay or a web-based outlet. Then you set your scanner to that frequency.

However, I might note that many police organizations are moving toward trunked systems, which require a more sophisticated scanner to listen in. Trunked systems jump from frequency to frequency and so are very hard to listen in on without a scanner that jumps with the system. Trunking scanners are normally quite a bit more expensive than a standard scanner, but using one is the only really effective method of listening in on police organizations that use them.

Most scanners will have a pretty broad range, somewhere from around 50MHz up to 1000 or 1200MHz. Most police organizations (at least in the US) use frequencies in the 150MHz business/government band, so you ought to be well covered by just about any scanner you get.

Brand-wise, it probably won't matter much who you go with, but obviously you get what you pay for. Uniden's Bearcat scanner line is pretty decent, and Radio Shack makes some good equipment, but you can find good deals anywhere if you're willing to go outside the main name brands.

Uniden: Dynamic Memory/not THAT good on 3600 Baud MOT Systems/

GRE: More intense programming is involved usually, comparing the PRO-96 to the BCD396.

At the moment GRE is the king of digital trunking. Minus 700mhz.

can anyone provide a link to a scanner that would cover all bases with the trunking? ignor the price, i just want to see what it is that can listen in perfectly.

PRO-96 made by Radioshack (GRE)

and

Unidens:

BCD396T
+700MHz trunking.

Both have pros and cons. Visit RadioReference.com (forums) to compare the two. One difference between the two is the PRO-96 cant track LTR systems, and the 396 can. Nor the PRO-96 can trunk on 700MHz.

PRO-96 is the standard size of the scanners you would look at while the 396 could fit in your pocket. But like I said before research the systems you want to track and the scanner itself. Good Luck.

yeah a Uniden 6000 will, and it does trunked radios to. to bad it is 1 grand.

Uniden 396: 512.00 US

PRO-96 :
500.00 US

Of course you can get them for lower if you know where to look.

It depends on the system the police are using. Typically you can visit a site like cityfreq.com (http://cityfreq.com) and find the local police frequency. Then it's simply a matter of acquiring a scanner, whether that be through a regular retail outlet or eBay or a web-based outlet. Then you set your scanner to that frequency.

However, I might note that many police organizations are moving toward trunked systems, which require a more sophisticated scanner to listen in. Trunked systems jump from frequency to frequency and so are very hard to listen in on without a scanner that jumps with the system. Trunking scanners are normally quite a bit more expensive than a standard scanner, but using one is the only really effective method of listening in on police organizations that use them.

i think your missing "have" gone towards trunkated systems in big cities..... most cities over half a million people are using trunkated systems, possibly encrypted. many cops use sms also, if you wanna listen to cops look at the uniden 92 i think (90 something, its been a while since i researched stuff)- radio shack. if you wanna hear anything, go to the website this guy said, and check out a neighbouring small city. like around vancouver here, its all trunkated and encrypted. but in delta (kinda like a mini suburb) or langley, you can listen in on them. also learn police codes, like what an arrest means in numbers, etc/

In the US most smaller towns have conventional while bigger citys have Trunked Systems and conventional frequencys.

For up to date frequencys go to :

www.radioreference.com


EDIT: GRE is coming out with their own line of scanners 700MHz+, possible MPT1327 Trunking! Price Range: 400-500$ Similiar designs to RadioShack's scanners, different colors etc..

When ever my friend and I used to go party at night, my friends mom would listen in on the police scanner and call us to warn us. It saved my ass from about 7 minor in posession charges.

If i get a Uniden Bearcat BC246T scanner, is it easy to find police frequencies? Or should i just get the company i buy it from to do it?

On cityfreq, when it says {city name}, city of does this mean that is the frequency the police use?

Sometimes, but usually as the city and the police are separate organizations, that would be a frequency used by city services and utilities, not police. The police frequencies will normally be listed under their department's name.

I remember a site that had Canadian frequencies but i cannot find it at the moment; it would be appreciated if anyone can find it , until then i shall embark on a google quest to find what i search for...

over here in australia,
they're going digital.
how would i go about listening on them?

i just want to know what goes around my area. (lots of breaking and entering going on)

Didn't feel like making a new thread...

I got the BCD396T around a week ago:D... loving it. Only around 10 days worth of tips from work...

Using it now hooked up to my computer and controlled with the BuTeL ARC396 free software. Plugged into the wall wort too so that it charges the batteries and i can leave it on all night to scan and find new frequencies. (Or monitor and record transmissions if i got the software for that too.)

APCO-25 capable FTW.

I found this, if you are lucky enough to find one near your city:

http://www.police-scanner.info/live-police-scanners.htm

Besides that, Short Wave can pick up a lot of police frequencies outside of large cities, but in a larger city you need a more sophisticated scanner.

How the fuck does this thread stay in hot topics?:mad: