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From: rusty@krishna.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: PRO-43 Low Battery Indicator?
Date: 22 Nov 92 19:18:26 GMT
Organization: 1/entropy
In-reply-to: roode@hydra.acs.uci.edu's message of 20 Nov 92 20:21:44 GMT

In article <2B0D48D8.10823@news.service.uci.edu> roode@hydra.acs.uci.edu (Dana Roode) writes:
   >I got a new PRO-43 and like it very much.  The low-battery indication
   >is obnoxious - wasnt there a discussion of it on this newsgroup a
   >while back?  Can it be disabled or improved?

There is a modification floating around here somewhere that will disable the
beeper (keybeep & everything).  This will, in effect, disable the low
battery indicator as well.  I'm not always looking at my Pro-43; it's
usually running in the background.  I, personally, prefer to keep that
obnoxious little beeper around for when my batteries get low so I know when
to plug in the charger.

	-Rusty-

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In alt.radio.scanner, john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore) writes:

> In article <LINNIG.92Nov11133434@m2000.dseg.ti.com> linnig@m2000.dseg.ti.com (Mike Linnig) writes:
> ]How do you folks think "easily modified" will be defined by the FCC?
> ]
> ]Will the existing Radio Shack models be banned? 
> ] (cutting a diode is pretty easy)
> I suspect so.
> ]
> ]Do you think Radio Shack will modify their design so that it fits the new FCC
> ]rules and can still be used to pick up cellular?  For example, they reprogram
> ]the microprocessor to lock out cellular, but a black market in clone (modified)
> ]microprocessors develops.
> They won't do it on purpose, but this is a likely outcome. Perhaps the FCC
> could require that the synthesize board be coated in epoxy or something,
> but that would be pretty extreme. I suspect black market uprocessors
> will spring up.

This'd be an interesting market.  Maybe we could finally get a uP
for the PRO 200[456] with a COMPUTER INTERFACE - I seem to dimly remember
the uP used has unconnected serial I/O pins...  Another interesting
market may be custom-tailored scanning software.  I can see it now - a
ZIF socket on every scanner for custom eproms :-)

	-Paul Bame N0KCL
From: 49ers@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM (Renie Maycon)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Can't listen to mobile CHP units
Date: 18 Nov 92 06:13:01 GMT
Reply-To: 49ers@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM (Renie Maycon)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: eb5ts4.ebay.sun.com

Does any body in the Bay Area have a hard time finding mobile CHP units on-
42-42.99, I have never heard no mobile units, the only transmissions I here
hear is from Dispatch. Does any one have that problem?.


Why do I have that problem, all the scanner freqency guides list 42.20, 42.40 etc.  Is it true you have to be within 1-2 miles away from the Mobile Unit?





Does any have any Under Cover Frequencies for Oakland,Frisco,San Jose?

How many people have ever been to Scanners Unlimited ?

Bart Police 453.1500
Union City Police 482.3625
Milpitas Police 482.8625
Oakland Police 155.7900,156.0600,155.8500


What Police Departments use 800MHZ?

Does any one know any secret freqencies they want to share with us ?


Does any body know any Under Cover freqencies in Oakland,Frisco, 
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From: johnw@bluemoon.use.com (John L. Wilkerson Jr.)
Subject: Re: Radio Shack's Scrambling Cordless Phone
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:38:50 EST

hsieh1@carson.u.washington.edu (Darrell Kirk) writes:

> Excuse me if I'm a little behind on the cordless phone situation but, did
> you know Radio Shack sells a voice-scrambling cordless telephone?   It's
> quite inexpensive also, only $159.00, not bad considering Radio Shack's
> reputation for high pricing.  
> 
> It seems odd that America's leading scanning radio supplier is one of the
> first stores to feature such a telephone.

 
It uses frequency inversion.... which cam be easily circumvented
 

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From: as629@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Larry Schillig, Jr.)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: To tattle, or not to tattle
Date: 22 Nov 1992 01:51:12 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


My Opinion on this goes something like THE PRIME DIRECTIVE on 
Star Trek. It's O.K. to study alien life forms, but not O.K.
to interfere with the progress of there society.
      Listen and Enjoy But that's all.
               Larry Schillig
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From: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: SIGNAL ACQUISITION USING
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:03:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 

.ME> Optoelectronics frequency counters for getting the frequency of close  .
.ME> transmitters.  I am curious to know if it actually works, and what sort.
.ME> of real-world distances I should expect. I already have an AOR1000XLT s.
.ME> such a device would make a nice add-on.                                .
.ME>                                                                        .
.ME> I tried one of the Startek counters and had miserable results. Perhaps .
.ME> had a defective unit...                                                .
.............................................................................

Have you compared the Startek to the Opto? I also have an Opto and
maybe I am expecting too much from it?
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From: mtb30@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Mark Ball)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Can't listen to mobile CHP units
Date: 21 Nov 92 05:22:03 GMT
Reply-To: mtb30@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Mark Ball)
Followup-To: ca.driving
Distribution: ba
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <drw-201192140511@129.193.144.161> drw@esl.com (Dave Waters) writes:
>
>to listen to? Better doublecheck the mobile frequency. Also, you want to
>disable the scan delay for both base and mobile frequencies since you want
>the radio to immediately scan for the other side of the transmission. By
>the way, did you know that the base and mobile transmit on different
>frequencies? You also might try the extender frequency of 154.905.

I hear SJCHP on 42.500 ("brown").  What frequency would the mobiles be
on--42.820, something else?  I've yet to hear anything from/about those
motor cops on Central@Sunnyvale--I assume they're CHP but I'm not
anxious to confirm that.

>> Does any one know any secret freqencies they want to share with us ?
>153.845

blue? [do i win a prize? :-)]

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From: cheangk@staff.tc.umn.edu (Pitt Cheang)
Subject: Novice question...BC560XLT
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 12:57:43 GMT


I recently purchase a BC560XLT from Target Store, would like to know is this scanner a good buy? Any way to receive 800MHz from this scanner?
Inside there is a list of frequency allocations range from 29MHz - 512MHz Band, I am interested in Police talking frequency, however, searching through from the P.D. or St.P.D. frequency listed between 29MHz to 174MHz, still unable to hear any police talk....This scanner has no search function so I have to key in the frequency manually.
I am living in Minneapolis/St.Paul of Minnesota, I think I should able to listen at least some interesting police talking, like the radio version of COPs or CODE 3.
 
Regards.
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From: ehorne@zeus.calpoly.edu (Eric T Horne)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Back to best radio transmissions
Date: 17 Nov 92 02:55:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

In article <1e0n2kINN4e5@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> tipping@phys.ksu.edu (Tracy N. Tipping) writes:
>In article <1992Nov13.011605.7235@mixcom.com> kevin.jessup <kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
>>Any favorite slang used by the police in your area?
>>
>

 Cops in Ventura Country use "Adam Henry" to describe an uncooperative
 person. (guess what Adam Henry stands for!)

>
>Tracy

-Eric
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From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: Re: PRO-2006 SCANNER FORF
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:59:14 GMT

In article <66.282.uupcb@nitelog.com> james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty)  writes:
   Hopefully you will get this. This is my first entry on this net!

   The company to call is MaryMac located in Kady, TX. We ordered a
   2006 and it was about $239 delivered. This price includes shipping
   and you don't have to pay taxes. It is an excellent way to get
   Radio Shack equipment. Their number is 1-800-231-3680.


Before anyone shoots themselves for paying too much..... I *called*
these folks after I read this post and asked. The price is $325
DELIVERED. Not quite the bargain the quoted post made it out to
be, but still a good deal.

MJ
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From: lloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Koenig Lloyd)
Subject: Hmmmm......
Keywords: Regency, R4020, Uniden, 2023, Mods
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:29:04 GMT

I'm looking for a listing of the cellular frequencies (not to listen too, of
course).  I don't know anything about this FAQ stuff, so if they're in that
form if someone would send me E-mail about how to access it I'd appreciate it.
Alternately, someone could just send me the frequencies.  I'm also looking
for a reprint of the Stanford police frequencies.  I got 'em from here about
2 weeks ago but I accidently hit 'enter' on my scanner and programmed over the
most active one (I was having a bad day...).

At any rate, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

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From: harry@timesink.chi.il.us (Harold Platypus)
Subject: Cell phone usable as cellular receiver?
Organization: Big Bulging Buffalo Bladders -R- Us
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:26:18 GMT

I remember seeing some discussion about using normal cellular
equipment in diagnostic mode to monitor cellular channels. Does
anyone know whether this is true or BS? Further, I have a Motorola
handheld brick phone, Model number F09LFD8459DG (!). If this isn't
BS and you know the code sequence that works on this phone, please
send it e-mail... Thanks...
- Harry
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id <m0mqzSK-0000rJC@crash.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 21: 57 PST
	id <kf78270@pro-amber.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 21: 44 PST
	id <kf85686@pro-berks.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 23: 48 EST
From: kenlager@pro-berks.cts.com (Kenneth P. Lager Jr.)
Subject: Re: What's CTCSS?
Organization: Pro-Berks Inc.-Reading,Pa..The EMS Specialists..BBS..(215)929-4315
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:21:51 EST

You were right on the definition of the board.  On the Bearcat models, the
board will filter out the unwanted transmissions (non-encoded) by you
entering the CTCSS frequency.  
        This is just to set the recor straight.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

In order to save on message numbers:

        Does anyone know if there ever was/is a ni-cad pack made for the
Bearc50 handheld?  I cannot afford to shell out the money for duracells
anymore.

Thanks,
Ken Lager


ProLine:  kenlager@pro-berks
Internet: kenlager@pro-berks.cts.com
UUCP:     crash!pro-berks!kenlager

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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: What's your tattle level?
Date: 17 Nov 92 21:37:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA

john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore) writes:
: >: ]Child taken by non-custodial parent - N
: >: ]
: >: ]More importantly, how do you define the line between what you would
: >: ]report and what you would not?
: >: 
: >: In general, if what is planned is theft or related to violence -
: >: ie something which violates individual rights.
: >
: >So, how do the first two violate individual rights, theft or violence?
: It's simple. In today's drug prohibition world (which, by the way, I
: disagree with), a neighbor involved in a large drug buy/sell is involved
: in organized crime, and probably violent. I don't want such a neighbor.
: It has nothing to do with the moral rightness of prohibitting such drugs.
: 
: >Why does the third not violate individual rights - such as the rights
: >of the child or the custodial parent? 
: 
: It would be very hard to determine that from a scanner. That's why I
: wouldn't call it in.
: >
: >Bill
: >
: >:  - - Support ALL of the bill of rights, INCLUDING the 2nd amendment! - -
: >
: >Don't be a hypocrite, John.
: >
: >Support ALL the bill of rights, including the right to be secure in your
: >life and property - unless removed by due course of law. Fight civil
: >forfeiture - which violates this right. Support the right to use drugs
: >and to have an abortion. 
: 
: Get a clue. You have decided I am a hypocrit after asking why I
: would call certain things in, but without waiting for my answer. Very
: presumptuous of you, I would say. Do you think I am in favor of
: civil forfeiture? How could you from my post? I do not believe that
: the right to use drugs is in the constitution but I do believe it is
: a natural right. I don't hold that there is an inalieable right to
: have an abortion because I am willing to at least consider the possibility
: that a fetus might also have rights!
: 
: [Please, let's not get into an abortion fight here]
: 
: I really resent how you take a simple statement of mine and decide that
: you know the logic behind it and that therefore I am a hypocrit.
: 
: With an attitude like yours, I would be afraid to have you scanning my calls,
: because you would hear something innocent, assume something bad, and do
: something about it. Get a life!
: 
: ]Most of all, work towards requiring people to take responsibility for
: ]their own actions, instead of the government deciding what is morally
: ]right or wrong for you. Support the right of people to decide how they
: ]run their own lives, as long as they do not endanger others in the
: ]process.
: 
: What the hell did you think I said up there, Bill?
: 
: 
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From: drw@esl.com (Dave Waters)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Can't listen to mobile CHP units
Date: 20 Nov 92 22:13:53 GMT
Followup-To: alt.radio.scanner
Distribution: ba
Organization: ESL Inc.

In article <1ecmtdINNohq@male.EBay.Sun.COM>, 49ers@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM
(Renie Maycon) wrote:
> 
> Does any body in the Bay Area have a hard time finding mobile CHP units on-
> 42-42.99, I have never heard no mobile units, the only transmissions I here
> hear is from Dispatch. Does any one have that problem?.

It, as always, depends on whether you are close to the transmission. From
Sunnyvale, on an outside antenna, I have no problem with CHP units
throughout San Jose, up to Redwood City, and east to Hayward. The key to
low band is having a good antenna. A good wideband antenna will do wonders
for your reception.
> 
> 
> Why do I have that problem, all the scanner freqency guides list 42.20, 42.40 etc.  Is it true you have to be within 1-2 miles away from the Mobile Unit?

42.20 and 42.40 aren't familiar to me. Which dispatch area are you trying
to listen to? Better doublecheck the mobile frequency. Also, you want to
disable the scan delay for both base and mobile frequencies since you want
the radio to immediately scan for the other side of the transmission. By
the way, did you know that the base and mobile transmit on different
frequencies? You also might try the extender frequency of 154.905.
> 
> 
> 
> Does any have any Under Cover Frequencies for Oakland,Frisco,San Jose?

If we gave them out, we'd have to shoot you afterwards. You must not be
from around here - San Franciscans have killed for calling it "Frisco".

> 
> How many people have ever been to Scanners Unlimited ?
Hard to say, the store has been open since the late 70's I believe.
> 
> Bart Police 453.1500
> Union City Police 482.3625
> Milpitas Police 482.8625
> Oakland Police 155.7900,156.0600,155.8500
Hmmmmmmm.
> 
> 
> What Police Departments use 800MHZ?
Not many, although some of the mobile data terminals are showing up there.
> 
> Does any one know any secret freqencies they want to share with us ?
153.845
> 
> 
> Does any body know any Under Cover freqencies in Oakland,Frisco, 
?

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From: lee@tosspot.sv.com (Lee Reynolds)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: FCC Nationwide Frequency Fiche
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:26:12 GMT
Organization: Ludus Associates, Incorporated.

So, my set is getting a bit outdated.  How many out there would like
to go in on a purchase and copy deal?  I buy, copy, distribute.

                                     Lee
From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: ** THE FUTURE OF SCANNING? **
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:38:38 GMT
Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

randall@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Michael Randall) writes:
> In article <1992Nov10.184010.224@hsh.com>, paul@hsh.com writes:
> > It's already happening.  In my town -- a relatively small town, in north NJ -
> > - the police scramble their conversations on what they cryptically (get it?)

> I know one of the reasons, they want to be able to talk insultingly about
> the people they stop/apprehend/watch/whatever without the worry of a
> lawsuit. 

Some of the police vehicles around here have cellular phones in them.  
I picked up a conversation one night which made it obvious that the regular
channels were expected to be "public" but the cellular call wasn't!
                         - tom
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From: tim@ais.org (Tim Tyler)
Subject: Re: Tactical Callsigns (Military) Question.
Organization: UMCC
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:30:57 GMT

>>1) I was wondering if anybody know of the callsign, ICE07.   I heard it on
>>   8997 kHz, a frequency that seems to be used by the USN in Antarctica.
   An educated guess would be that this is a new callsign for the
LC-130F aircraft.  The aircraft are owned & flown by the USN, but are
actually controlled by the National Science Foundation.  Simple traffic
analysis ought to tell you whether ICE 07 was an aircraft.

>>2) Has anybody noticed the repeated use of the callsign FOXTROT TANGO on
>>   USN frequencies--11191kHz, 4735kHz, etc.? I have heard it used with other
>>   3 character call signs (letter-number-letter and also one char. call signs
>>   (letter) Does anyone know what this is?  Or what is the PLAYGROUND?
>>
      FT is associated with USN airborne early warning & anti-submarine
warfare operations in the Atlantic.  FT seems to be a static callsign, &
they've been heard on some of the well-known AEW/ASW freqs, as well as some
discrete ones.
   "Playground" is actually a reference to a comms circuit -- either voice
coordination, or also their JTIDS RF circuit.

>>3) does anyone know the some of the following callsigns--LONGHAND,MANGNOLIA,
>>   BRONSON,BLUESTAR,PINSTRIPE.
  
        At least some of them are also associated with AEW/ASW ops in the
Atlantic.  I imagine you heard them on 8972?  PINSTRIPE units are aircraft
-- probably S-3B Viking ASW platforms.   Some of the other callsigns you
mentioned are land-based operations centers.

>>4) Is there any good references on these military callsigns so I don't have
>>   to waste bandwidth asking questions like this.
>>
       I don't know of any (UNCLAS, of course!) publications that would have
listed ANY of the callsigns you asked about.   The best thing to do is
familiarize yourself with military ops, & do a lot of listening & traffic
analysis.  The USN is the most challenging service in this regard, because
they absolutely have the best communications security discipline, but are
also the largest U.S. user of HF spectrum.

>>Once again, I am sorry for the HF intrusion on this newsgroup.
     
   Can you post/read rec.radio.shortwave??

>I don't have the information with me right now but can get it for you.
>I am going on vacation for a couple of weeks and will try to email it to
>you then.  I believe there is a book that lists many of the call signs
>that you are hearing and I will try to find out what it is. 
>
  Perhaps you mean Van Horn's 'International Callsign Handbook'?  It is
decent & I'm glad I bought it, but it didn't have any of the callsigns he
was asking about, & there are some pretty silly errors in the book, too.

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From: peter@nikow.demon.co.uk ("Peter A. Forkes")
Distribution: world
Subject: Santa Cruz frequencies
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.14 $
Organization: Nikow
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:24:41 +0000

I'll be visiting Santa Cruz, California, for three weeks over Christmas and 
the new year.  Can anyone give me any interesting frequencies to tune in 
on?
Thanks,

Peter

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