anyone use cb or scanners ??
Aug 26, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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anyone use cb or scanners ??
does anyone know if this
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...32156&doy=26m8 will pick up the new police radios ? or is it just airplanes and airports ?
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Aug 26, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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From: barry-south wales
it wont, as now they are digital
Aug 26, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Not a chance, police use digital now and it sounds garbled shite on an analogue receiver
Aug 26, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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o not good, someone somewhere must be able to get a new digital radio lol
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Aug 26, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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try the likes of AOR or Icom
you pay top money but you get top scanners
Aug 26, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Graceland
try the likes of AOR or Icom
you pay top money but you get top scanners
cool so do you recon that will then pick it up ?
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Aug 26, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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From: Huddersfield Drives: Trains ;)
The latest AOR and Icom receivers will pick anything up - expect to pay LOTS tho
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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From: Chechnya
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Originally Posted by Graceland
The latest AOR and Icom receivers will pick anything up - expect to pay LOTS tho
Got any model numbers?
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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From: barry-south wales
remember it will be encoded aswell, so its not just a case of getting a digital receiver!
if your that desperate to listen to them, there must be only one reason! your up to no good
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by skeg
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Originally Posted by Graceland
The latest AOR and Icom receivers will pick anything up - expect to pay LOTS tho
Got any model numbers?
go onto their websites
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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Just take one off a CSO
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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IMO the only people who use a scanner are the people so deluded that they think they can beat the police. Where the truth is they can't
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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From: Surrey UK
I believe the police use tetra band radio now
Aug 26, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by teamfatboy
IMO the only people who use a scanner are the people so deluded that they think they can beat the police. Where the truth is they can't
You can pick up a lot more on a scanner than just the local plod - whats so deluded about listening to other stuff?
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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From: North Korea
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Just take one off a CSO
good point
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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From: Scunthorpe
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Originally Posted by Graceland
Quote:
Originally Posted by teamfatboy
IMO the only people who use a scanner are the people so deluded that they think they can beat the police. Where the truth is they can't
You can pick up a lot more on a scanner than just the local plod - whats so deluded about listening to other stuff?
Deluded about using it to beat the police for their gain
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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From: England
Quote:
Originally Posted by Graceland
You can pick up a lot more on a scanner than just the local plod - whats so deluded about listening to other stuff?
What like Phone sex?
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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From: HAMPSHIRE
still got my old one i remember back int he days could listen to mobiles between 917,000 and 95000 mhz fookin great fun that was listening to ppl arguin or luvy duvy convos pmsl
those were the days
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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From: Scunthorpe
they used to be good, could get cordless phones but now most are digital its pointless
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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i got the london police helicopter about 5 min from me its always going up and would be interesting to listen to its doings etc not sure how far you can scan but sometimes when in the garden would be interesting
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Aug 26, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Stavros
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Just take one off a CSO
good point
whats CSO
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Community support officer
Aug 26, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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blue shirt wearing bum lickers your mean
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