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| Thread ID: 67788 | 2006-04-05 22:47:00 | police scanner | rawkus1020 (9720) | PC World Chat |
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| 444273 | 2006-04-06 03:14:00 | I think I saw it in a newspaper. ;) Try "alcatel nz police" to Google. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 444274 | 2006-04-06 07:38:00 | 95 percent of the time you'll be bored out of your tree. Most of the rest occurs when sensible people should be asleep. Friend in Christchurch had one some years ago and we occasionally sat around it with a beer. I can't recollect anything of note ever occurring while we were on watch. Not at all like the American TV stuff. The local Press boys occasionally fluked an early heads-up on stuff as it was called, but ...... | Scouse (83) | ||
| 444275 | 2006-04-06 08:28:00 | My understanding is that "Send & Receive" are on different frequencies. So you would onl hear one side of a conversation. Would this be correct? PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 444276 | 2006-04-06 08:34:00 | My understanding is that "Send & Receive" are on different frequencies. So you would only hear one side of a conversation. Would this be correct? PJ But you do not want to listen to the car transmission PJ, as they are indeed duplex as you say and usually out of range for a localised receiver. They all use repeaters though, on hill locations. The repeater outputs give both sides of the conversation, but as above it's about as interesting as listening to paint drying. You would need to be desperate for entertainment. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 444277 | 2006-04-06 08:58:00 | You would need to be desperate for entertainment. listen to it quite often when on the fluids, even get a sober driver to take us for a ride where the action is |
plod (107) | ||
| 444278 | 2006-04-06 10:14:00 | Hi Plod. Quote: Originally Posted by godfather "You would need to be desperate for entertainment." listen to it quite often when on the fluids, even get a sober driver to take us for a ride where the action is There's got to be a great response to that but for the life of me I can't think of one. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 444279 | 2006-04-06 19:38:00 | I can think of several, Scouse. But this is a family forum, after all. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 444280 | 2006-04-07 01:05:00 | My understanding is that "Send & Receive" are on different frequencies . So you would onl hear one side of a conversation . Would this be correct? PJ Some US systems are duplex, other older ones are still simplex (one send and receive frequency) . Living in the Palm Springs area, I can hear the LA cops quite well and a lot of the San Diego cops too . That's a good 200 miles to LA, and (as the crow flies), about 175 to San Diego . The real problem is the new digital encoded systems . They require some sophisticated receivers (I have one) and they are also going to gigahertz from the old 650 meg and 800 meg systems . I run a multi-band scanner in all my vehicles just to listen to road conditions and tow truck operators . As a real throwback to days of old, I also run CB (26 . 0-27 . 5 mhz) radios to keep in contact with the truckers and other drivers on the road . We have many miles of desolate roads in California and other states where cell phones don't work because of out-of-range problems . I also keep an analog "brick" phone from a yard sale in the vehicles all the time . Digital poos out easily; analog will talk and receive over more distance and with some break-up, which digital will not tolerate . I have a seeker system to capture cell phone calls . . . they roam or change freq's constantly . . . many times I can keep the conversation rolling . I think the scanner uses a formula to figger the next frequency by itself . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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