Will this pick up police scanner frequencies?
191628
No, Will scan Weather Only. Police Scanner start around $200 could be recharged from the battery pack or separate solar panel.
191629
i don't know. Never tryed. But there's many options for radio bands. Probably you can scan for many bands and get what you're looking for.
822918
I bought a adapter at radio shack for $7.00 & use a CB antennae. it works better at pulling in weak or distant frequencies. if you take the indoor antennae that came with the scanner, radio shack can match it right up.
1654638
Yes. Just turn up the squelch to drown out the static and hit scan. It can pick up signal from quite far out.
427943
Based on my experience with the product I doubt it would. The radar needs a clean line of site, and you basically have to come close to hitting it to get a reading.
251122
It will. If a signal is in the area, it will pick it up . Just follow directions in the manual. Try WiFi calling if your mobile allows it.its a plus for me.
1709836
most police, etc, are on UHF or vhf not covered by these kinds of receivers. you need to research the broadcasts youare interested in (there are books and web sites for that) and then buy a radio made for those bands, more thanlikely a scanner. good luck. there are lots of interesting things on the bands this radio covers.
169944
This Radio Shack police scanner is not digital .. is a trucking police scanner you should be able to hear your 9-11 emergency police dispatcher and the police officers responding back to the 9. 11 dispatcher with No problem .. this police scanner is it easy to program all you have to do is search your state and then search your city or county directly on your police scanner and and save the search after that you are done.. in order to listen all you have to do is scan the police scanner ..
1661529
It can be used in any State. Problem is that many Police Departments have switched to Digital Radio. Like Vegas where I live. Scanners will not pick up theses signals so it is useless if this is your intention. Mine is just a Paper Weight for me now being Vegas Police went to Digital. Check if your Police went to Digital Radio. If so then this is useless...like mine now!
491841
police, fire/emergency, marine, air and more. which makes it a radio scanner not a police scanner(although it will monitor some police frequencies)
1709839
Police calls are not in the SW band, not even close. Virtually all Police/Fire/Emergency radio is UHF trunked, and very difficult to scan in the sense of following a conversation, as the frequencies/channels can change every transmission. In addition, as was pointed out, many police departments are going to encrypted systems, which means you won't hear anything. If you have an Android phone, there are apps that let you listen to scanner outputs close to you, and you can listen on the web as well (like radioreference dot com).
1501245
It scans through stations so unless you are in an area with little/no transmission you will get interference.
2049934
In a word....NO. This scanner is analog only, so can't pick up any broadcast in digital.
344612
NO, it will not. If agencies in your area use digital radio systems, you will need a digital scanner. Also be aware that some agencies--mainly law enforcement--are not only digital but encrypted as well, meaning that even with a digital scanner, the transmissions would not be understandable.
1807245
Yes it does. Radio frequencies can either be downloaded from HomePatrol onto your PC or directly to your unit. If you download to your PC there is a usb port through which you can sync your unit. In any event, the Home Patrol will automatically determine the kind of system it is, e,g. trunking, and voila, you start listening.
2282149
This can pick up any fm station coming in the set range.the clarity depends on signal strength.in the city you may have more stations but in remote area you may not get all stations.
1741600
It will have to be programmed to their frequency, and I was fortunate enough to know someone in my local police department that programmed mine for me. It will only work on an analog system, not a digital signal so you need to make sure the police department is NOT on a digital system. As far as the programming, it is difficult, but I have programmed air traffic control, local fire department, and other things myself.
1399213
I have not realized much success with SSB on this radio. I have a police scanner connected to the same antenna that is capable of monitoring many ham operators. I use the Kato for SW although BBC and Moscow have discontinued broadcasting to North America; China, Cuba, Austrailia, Romania are available. Most of the ham that I receive on the police scanner is local. You would have to conduct an experiment notwithstanding your antenna, etc. I do a complete scan periodically of the SW bands as well as what I have in the memory.