Thread: Police Scanners

Anyone else use them?

spiderman?

Originally Posted by ZR1Vette09

spiderman?

What?

I got a uniden bct-7 I havent used in awhile. I just use the scanner app on my phone now.

honestly i wish there were an app that could track each and every police car by satelite...like a hack to tell everyone car positions. would be way better then using radar detectors. but other then that i geuss scanners are nice to listen to wen ur 50 and retired.

Originally Posted by tazyboy28

honestly i wish there were an app that could track each and every police car by satelite...like a hack to tell everyone car positions. would be way better then using radar detectors. but other then that i geuss scanners are nice to listen to wen ur 50 and retired.

Also nice when you are cruising..

I used mine alot when I was in high school when we were doing illegal activities.. however our PD went to a "trunking" setup...so it rendered the scanner useless. They do have trunking scanners now, however... most PD's encrypt their communication now.

Here is a weblink... i recommend Los Angeles, CA ... cause Cali is freaking nuts.
Live Police Scanners Online for Many U.S. Cities!

@Lawngoose-wanna sell your bearcat?

But you can listen to scanners from all jurisdictions using radiorefernce.com

Yea sure man... shoot me a price in PM. I can get you pics as well.

Originally Posted by michaelbm

I use them, interesting to know whats going on when you hear sirens around...I have a uniden bct15x in my 06 and works good, I have the antenna inside the car hidden behind the windshield pillar molding, reduces signal a little but worth it to have inside.

took me awhile to figure out why your temps were reading so low

Originally Posted by tazyboy28

honestly i wish there were an app that could track each and every police car by satelite...like a hack to tell everyone car positions. would be way better then using radar detectors. but other then that i geuss scanners are nice to listen to wen ur 50 and retired.

The last police ridealong I did was in the late 90s. At that point, the locals were considering a system that would track all patrol vehicles to allow HQ to know where everyone was at any time.
Like a lowjack or a GPS tracking bug. Don't know if they ever did it. It makes a lot of sense for tactical and management reasons.

During one big chase, when we pulled up to the scene (guy already cuffed), there were at least 30 cars there.
It looked like something out of the Blues Brothers. But the remainder of the city had about zero police protection.

Any city that has this system can have this system hacked.

My scanner had a function that would alarm whenever it detected a cop's repeater within a couple of miles. Unfortunately it was always sounding off, very irritating and not very useful.

obviousley... but you got what you wanted, opinions. They work here and there until you hit an under detective without a radar turned on. Try going 95 in a 30 with a scanner that fails.

I love my scanner and micheal I love your set up.