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From: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: VHF Hi Skip
Date: 18 Dec 92 19:04:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 

.KS> To recap, I'm in San Luis Obispo, California, using a Pro-2004 with a  .
.KS> simple indoor antenna.  Nothing with gain, no amplifier.               .
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Saw your note. I am up here in Jolon/Fort Hunter Liggett, CA.
Haven't heard any skip with my 2006 using about 3 different
antennas. Picking up probably Camp Roberts. I didn't think we would
get much skip since we have all of these mountains around.

How is it you are living in SLO and calling Chapel Hill? Heck of
long distance phone bills.<g> There is an Internet feed in Montery
if you are interested.
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From: PLAWS@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: new canadian scanner laws
Date: 16 Dec 1992 11:34:15 -0600
Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

On Sun, 13 Dec 92 21:09:07 EST you said:
>"dan mckinnon" <dan.mckinnon@canrem.com> writes:
>
>> individuals could be up to $25,000,  corporations 75,000$. And $5,000
>> possible to person whose call was intercepted. The changes ".. for the
>
>Heeee.... that is a good one!  Fining the VICTIM!   Gawd, and I thought US
>laws were bad.  That one takes the cake!

That's nothing, John.  My parents live in the suburbs of Montreal.  They
recently got a ticket (a *ticket*) for having <gasp> *firewood* stacked on
their front porch.  Heinous crime.  I'm *so* ashamed.

Of course Quebec *is* the place where you can go to jail for having a sign on
your business that is not in french....

Peter Laws              |"The '90s are gonna make the '60s|   pcl@engr.uark.edu
n5uwy@ka5bml.ar.usa.noam| look like the '50s"--D. Hopper  |plaws@uafsysb.bitnet
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From: laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde)
Subject: Re: RCMA People!<--More info...
Keywords: RCMA
Organization: Reliability Engineering Section, JPL
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 05:48:43 GMT
Expires: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:00:00 GMT

Let me add my $0.02 and say that I consider the RCMA Journal to be the most
valuable resource contributing to my scanning pleasure.

-grl.
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From: s14109jo@UMASSD.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: RESPONSES FOR PRO 37 MODS
Date: 16 Dec 92 21:13:50 GMT
Reply-To: s14109jo@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.


    THANKS to all those who responded and sent me E-MAIL on restoring the 
800 frequencies for the PRO 37. Much Appreciation..

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From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Crystal mod probs with the 2007-Help!
Date: 12 Dec 92 15:19:46 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
> cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
> : I just retried the crystal mod for my 2006, and it locked up the display. 
> : Turning the unit off and on yields no success.  How do reset the machine so I
> : can get back to scannin'?
> : 
> : BTW: The original 12Mhz crystal was replaced by a 16.257Mhz crystal a couple of
> : months ago. Today I tried to replace the 16.257Mhz crystal with a 18Mhz
> : crystal.  It scanned for awhile, then the display locked up after a key (the 3
> : key) was pressed.  Replacement of the 16.257Mhz yielded no suceess either.
> : 
> : Please respond ASAP!
> 
> You may have cooked the processor. As the CPU runs faster, it consumes more
> power. That means that it also has to dissipate more. If it gets too hot, it
> dies.
> 
> Or, you might have wiped out a trace with the repeated soldering and
> unsoldering.
> 
> Bill

Well, the unit did work for a little bit, and I did notice that the unit was
faster (no actual measurements, the 'beep' was at a higher pitch) and then it
locked up!  No remedies worked after that (16.257Mhz reinstalled, unit powered
down then on again).  But it DID work until the '3' key was pressed, and then
that was it.

Only the Scan indicator and the "ch" indicator come on now.  Please tell me the
CPU isn't blown....  I can't afford a new 2006 now.....


Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Request for Rutgers Univ. Frequencies
Date: 17 Dec 92 18:31:19 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

ledzian@remus.rutgers.edu (LEDZIAN) writes:
> If anyone knows of any Frequencies for Rutgers University Police Department I 
> would appreciate it if you post them or send them to me.  From What I
> understand RUPD officers are regisered state troopers but the must have
> their own set of frequencies.  I couldn't find any listing in the standard
> manuals.  So if any one has them or knows where to get them please post
> them or send them to ledzian@remus.rutgers.edu.  Thanx.

Same situation, here at U of Toledo.  The UT Police here are not using Police
or Local Gov't channels, so they can't be found in a publication such as
Police Call.  Instead they use Business channels in the 461Mhz band.

Good luck...

Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Crystal mod probs with the 2007-Help!
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:51:42 GMT

cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
: I just retried the crystal mod for my 2006, and it locked up the display. 
: Turning the unit off and on yields no success.  How do reset the machine so I
: can get back to scannin'?
: 
: BTW: The original 12Mhz crystal was replaced by a 16.257Mhz crystal a couple of
: months ago. Today I tried to replace the 16.257Mhz crystal with a 18Mhz
: crystal.  It scanned for awhile, then the display locked up after a key (the 3
: key) was pressed.  Replacement of the 16.257Mhz yielded no suceess either.
: 
: Please respond ASAP!

You may have cooked the processor. As the CPU runs faster, it consumes more
power. That means that it also has to dissipate more. If it gets too hot, it
dies.

Or, you might have wiped out a trace with the repeated soldering and
unsoldering.

Bill
From: mikep@pro-berks.cts.com (Mike Palamar)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: HELP! FCC and Cordless Phones.
Date: 19 Dec 92 18:15:30 GMT
Organization: Pro-Berks Inc.-Reading,Pa..The EMS Specialists.BBS.(215)929-4315

cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:

>horak@convex.com (David Horak) writes:
>> shibumi@joes.garage.com (Kenton A. Hoover) writes:
>> 
>>>Motorola's cordless phone uses frequency inversion as its 'encryption'
>>>technique.  Frequency inversion is not only barely 'encryuption', its
>>>trivial to break.  
>> 
>> Everyone says it's trivial to break, easy to break, whatever.....but no
>> one ever seems to KNOW how. I've never seen it posted.  Poeple say it
>> only takes $5 to $15 bucks worth of parts, but no one ever says WHAT 
>> parts.  Would someone care to post  a schematic/parts list or at least
>> say where a cheap kit is available, complete with address?

>In the latest issue of MT, there is column that declared December as
>cordless phone monitoring month.  In the article, the author gives the address
>for a company that sells freq inversion scramble/descramble kits.  I don't have
>mine with me, but maybe somebody else does...

Here is a company that sells the kit.  I ordered mine several weeks ago but
haven't had time to put it together.

Ramsey Electronics, Inc.
793 Canning Parkway
Victor, NY  14564
Voice order number: 716-924-4560
Fax order number: 716-924-4555

Speech Scrambler Kit SS-7, $29.95
Matching case and knob set CSS, $12.95



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Internet: mikep@pro-berks.cts.com 
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From: wsmiddel@rodan.acs.syr.edu ()
Subject: New Uniden Product?
Summary: Bear Tracker!?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 23:44:16 EST


   FORTH WORTH-- Uniden  America Corp. has introduced a highway patrol alert
system that is said to inform drivers of the presence of highway patrol units
within a 3-mile radius--even when they are not using radar.

    Uniden  said the device is not a radar detector, but a sophisticated
programmed mobile  scanner/ receiver that responds to radio waves emitted from
special secondary transmitters, which have been installed in most highway
patrol vehicles recently.

   The Bear Tracker scans state police and highway patrol frequencies from
 local and county police channels.

   The unit can be installed in a car and features a programmed memory
containing all frequencies of highway patrol, Department of Transportation,
local police and weather.

   Bear Tracker retails for $ 266.95 and will be available this week.


I got the copy off of Lexis/Nexis tonight, so the source is fairly reliable.

The date given was sometime in October.   Maybe I missed the boat, but I
don't remember this thing passing over the net.

Will Middelaer
N2KNU
1L at SU Law
From: ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: new canadian scanner laws
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:02:51 GMT

From: "dan mckinnon" <dan.mckinnon@canrem.com>
>   I posted the following on "The Listening Post" BBS in Toronto,
>thoughht others might be interested.
>
>   In case you missed it, inside the first section of Sat. Dec.
>12/92 Toronto Star: Headline - "Ottawa unveils weapons in phone -
>snooping war"
>
>   " People who intercept and make use of cellular phone conversations -
>or even disclose the existence of an intercepted call - could face up to
>two years in jail under laws proposed yesterday." It says fines for
>individuals could be up to $25,000,  corporations 75,000$. And $5,000
>possible to person whose call was intercepted. The changes ".. for the
>first ime classify radio-based telephone communications as private
>communications in the Criminal Code"
>    And conclusion "Under the proposed law, scanners would be legal, but
>people wouldn't be able to intercept cellular calls maliciously or for
>profit."
>

Other than beefing up the penalties, wasn't that basicly the old law?
"Listen, but don't tell anyone the contents."
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From: eravin@panix.com (Ed Ravin)
Subject: Re: "Code Words" on police frequencies
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 03:07:09 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Not Just Another Pretty Face

In article <1992Dec10.044228.15964@panix.com> oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:
>... most scanner books (such as you will find at Radio Shack or your 
>local amateur radio store) have a list of "10-codes" which are more
>or less followed by many police departments.

But code usages varies with each police dept.  The Scanner Master frequency
guide ($30 for the NYC metro area edition, I'm sure there are versions for
other localities) includes 10-code listings for individual police departments,
as well as every other interesting radio service in the area (subway, EMS,
etc).  They've got other good info like org charts and history.

The ones in Radio Shack "Police Call" didn't have good 10-code info the last
time I looked.
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: MaryMac
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:56:25 GMT

laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde) writes:
: In article <1992Dec17.195116.15484@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
: >
: >According to the invoice I just received, they are not a Radio Shack store.
: >Apparently they have managed to become a Radio Shack, amoung others, retailer.
: >I expect that RS products are what they sell the most of.
: >
: >Bill
: 
: The invoice I received with my 2006 was a standard Radio Shack invoice.

Hm. I will have to check it again. I just received the radio a couple of 
days ago.

Bill
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From: johnb@uwovax.uwo.ca
Subject: AMERICAN AIR FREQUENCIES WANTED???
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:04:23 GMT

   
Will be flying American Airlines this Sunday from Toronto to 
Chicago to L.A.

Does anybody have some Airline frequencies that would be used?

Please email me at JOHNB@UWOVAX.UWO.CA
.
From: arny@vesta.unm.edu (L Alan Dye)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Are there any?
Date: 18 Dec 92 21:33:48 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

I've been searching high and low for mods for a Pro-36, with no success.
It seems very similar to the '37 '38 and '43, but I'm not sure. (I have yet
to go buy the tech manual for it...).

Any comments/suggestions/ideas/MODS much appreciated.

Arny

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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: new canadian scanner laws
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:49:04 GMT

: From: "dan mckinnon" <dan.mckinnon@canrem.com>
: >   I posted the following on "The Listening Post" BBS in Toronto,
: >thoughht others might be interested.
: >
: >   In case you missed it, inside the first section of Sat. Dec.
: >12/92 Toronto Star: Headline - "Ottawa unveils weapons in phone -
: >snooping war"
: >
: >   " People who intercept and make use of cellular phone conversations -
: >or even disclose the existence of an intercepted call - could face up to
: >two years in jail under laws proposed yesterday." It says fines for
: >individuals could be up to $25,000,  corporations 75,000$. And $5,000
: >possible to person whose call was intercepted. The changes ".. for the
: >first ime classify radio-based telephone communications as private
: >communications in the Criminal Code"
: >    And conclusion "Under the proposed law, scanners would be legal, but
: >people wouldn't be able to intercept cellular calls maliciously or for
: >profit."

That, basically, has been the law in the US for quite a few decades. Only
the penalties are different.  I thought that this was also true in Canada.
Didn't all they do was increase the penalties?

Bill
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From: wvogel@MtHolyoke.edu (keeper of the tone)
Subject: Re: L.A. Police Dispatch
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:39:29 GMT

check with your lacol radio shack store. they sell a frequency book
that covers all licensed business and city/state radio service in your
area. it is listed by city and relisted by frequency for easy cross references
From: rrichman@access.digex.com (Ray Richman)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: groves freq list
Date: 14 Dec 1992 18:52:29 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

Ditto xcept I'd like to know the cost of MD/OHIO...
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From: Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith)
Subject: VHF Hi Skip
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 04:16:34 GMT

I posted a message a few days ago looking for information on some VHF-Hi
skip that I received a week or so ago.

To recap, I'm in San Luis Obispo, California, using a Pro-2004 with a 
simple indoor antenna.  Nothing with gain, no amplifier.

Traffic received was "Bradford City Fire Department paging Derrick City
First Responders with BRE, respond to the old Pop's Store".  Heard the
page repeated twice (no alert tones or paging tones, just the voice),
and didn't hear any units respond or any further traffic.

Frequency was either 154.160, 151.355 or 151.265, I don't recall exactly
which, but I'm fairly sure it was 154.160.

I did a little investigation of my own as follows (might be helpful to
other scanner "DXers"):
  Telnet to the ham radio call server, requested amateur licenses by city,
  using Bradford.  Wrote down the names of the states with a Bradford
  in them.  Tried Derick, Derek, and a few other spellings (not Derrick)
  with no results.

  Checked out a US Road Atlas, and started looking for Bradfords with
  a Derrick City near them.

SCORE:  Bradford Pennsylvania!  Does anyone have a Police Call or 
        equivelent that can determine fire frequencies for Bradford PA
        and Derrick City PA to see if I'm close?  I wonder what BRE
        is.  Perhaps an ambulance service?

If this is right, it means I managed to get high band skip from over 2000
miles away.  Pretty impressive, eh?

-ks

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From: jnorberg@jaguar.csc.wsu.edu
Subject: Re: Mods for BC855XLT
Organization: Washington State University
Date: 15 Dec 92 08:07:49 -0800

In article <Bz9o1q.8sJ@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, rfweber@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert F. Weber) writes:
> Does anyone know how to modify a BC855XLT to receive cellular freqs?


I just picked one up too and also would like to know how to modify it.  Plus
I've heard that it's possible to modify the 855XLT to store 100 channels.
Any info on either or preferably both these mods would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks in advance!
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From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Crystal mod probs with the 2006-Help!
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:21:04 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

-- 


Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
From: BIGCU@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: XLT200....huh?
Date: 20 Dec 92 03:46:40 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

In article <craigc.2cua@hotcity.COM>, craigc@hotcity.COM (Craig Cutright) says:
>I am looking to buy a XLT200 and am looking for the best price.  Someone
>mentioned that they saw one advertised by a business called "Tower" for $209.
>Does anyone have the number or address for this business or know of a supplier
>who can compete with this price??

Communications Electronics also has it for 209.95.  Catch is they want $15
for shipping/handling.  That price is from page 43 of 12/92 Popular
Communications Magazine. Ad says they take credit cards. 1-800-USA-SCAN or
1-313-996-8888.
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From: emmerthal@bluezz.enet.dec.com (Roy Emmerthal)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Signal heard on many freqs - Problem ?
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:59:18 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

I live in CT and we recently had a large winter storm.  Right after the storm I 
started to pick up electric utility repair transmissions from both Northampton 
and Monson MA.  Both towns are about 25 miles from my location.  The strange 
thing is I was picking up the transmissions on ALL the frequencies I monitor 
between 45 and 51MHz.  The signal came in very clear.  I've only been scanning 
for about six months, so I don't have a lot of experience to draw from but is 
this a possible problem with the scanner, or is this a case of a very strong
signal overloading the scanner.  I've heard a number of people in this
conference talk about similiar things. This has never happened before with any 
of the signals I normally monitor and only seems to be a problem with this 
specific signal.

By the way the equipment I'm using is a PRO-2006 connected to a
Channel Master 5094A antenna mounted on my roof at 35 
feet.  Recently I've been trying to figure out what the ICOM R7100 gives you 
over the 2006 that justifies the additional $900.  If what I've described 
isn't a problem with my scanner, but a limitation with the 2006, would the 7100 
do much better at rejecting strong signals ?

For the folks who live in the MA area, I'd be interested to know what the 
actual frequency(s) are that the utilities were transmitting at.  Both 
dispatchers always preceded their transmissions with Northampton #### to...
and Monson #### to...

Thanks,

Roy
From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Pro-43 mods
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:33:05 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

I uploaded the PRO-43 mods to garfield.catt.ncsu.edu in compressed format. 
Unfortunately, the my Vax system I use doesn't utilize the same filename format
as garfield.  When the 'operator' for Garfield does his/her file maintenance,
they'll move it to the MODS directory and give it the proper name.

Then the file can be uncompressed before it is FTPed out to you. Use:

get pro43.mod      for the file to be decompressed BEFORE transmitted.

Omitting the .Z extension is the key....

And make sure you set type to ascii, if you do it this way...

Sorry for the confusion.

Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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From: bbs.sira@tsoft.net (Sira Vista)
Subject: Re: Media Freq's: San Francisco Bay Area
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 08:49:24 GMT

robertg@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Robert Gallagher) writes:

> 
> Has anyone developed a list of media frequencies for the San Francisco
> Bay Area in the 450 to 451 MHz range?  I have logged several active
> frequencies, but in some instances I cannot determine who I am listening
> to (seems some frequencies are shared).
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bob Gallagher
> robertg@hpcc01.hp.com

how about posting the ones you have so far?

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