Our area police and fire freqs use 152.200 - 159.200. Does this scanner cover that range.
2009670
Yes it does, you just have to tell it (program) the frequencies you want to scan. Great unit.
2009671
Yes, It does cover those Freqs., and it is somewhat easy to program into the unit. Unless you mess up like I did, and hten when I called Uniden there Customer Service was Awesome in helping me clear the unit and start over again, and then helped me program in a few Freqs. in to get the hang iof it. You will like this unit, it's loud and clear when listening to it. Have Fun.....
2009672
Yes it does. My area police and fire use the same frequencies and I have no problem with picking them up.
2009673
Yes it does. You just need to be sure they are analog and not digital. This scanner will only receive analog broadcasts. You can find out by checking at radioreference.com in their database.
2009674
All police and fire are now digital. This is not a digital scanner. IT'S TOTALLY USELESS ! the only things that you will pick up is weather and small planes. DON'T BUY IT !
969470
no not with this radio, freq. are not the same. this is around 27 mhz. most police freq. now are around 800-900 mhz or some smaller towns are still on 150 mhz or 450 mhz
732794
It does have a scan feature, but the frequencies would have to be in the radio's frequency range, and that would depend on each gov't department and what frequencies they use. It is not designed for, nor would it work well as a dedicated portable scanner.
1153844
The book that came with mine has a chart and one of the freq under VHF High Band is 154.65000--157.44750 so it should cover it. Also it gives www.radioreference.com that will list freq in your area. As far as setting up on a Mac....I'm not sure. Couldn't find anything in the book. Hope this helps
2178615
yes, yes, very easy to use, just put in your zip code and tell it how far you want to listen, then tell it what you want to listen to ex. police, fire etc, and then it downloads your database to the scanner and you start to listen, neat thing is you can replay the last 2 mins of any transmission,,,hope this helps, doug
1471901
No. It's pretty much frequency specific to the VHF radio spectrum. 150.000 MHz to aprox 166.000 mhz.
1709841
Many police signals/broadcasts are now digital, so the analog scanners will do no good for that type signal. Some local PDs still might run some broadcasting on analog, bit most state police, atf, etc are digital. Google "radio reference", get to their different forums for the state you live in.I'm thinking about getting the 750 myself. Did you wind up keeping it? It seems to be good for Ham radio listening.
1818640
I'm not sure. I know it works very well in the City. The stations are about 28 miles from my house.
511688
I was told by a City Officer in my area to buy a digital scanner instead I bought the Pro-164.Its picking up fine for me!
313297
Yes, if you have the frequencies through somewhere such as radio reference, this scanner will receive them. It is a digital scanner and I use it to listen to my local police and county who recently transitioned from analog to digital. It has a learning curve but if you use programming software it is pretty easy.
1006132
most police, etc, are on UHF or vhf not covered by these kinds of receivers. you need to research the broadcasts you are interested in (there are books and web sites for that) and then buy a radio made for those bands, more than likely a scanner. good luck. there are lots of interesting things on the bands this radio covers.
2089395
It would all depend on what radar is used. This one will detect KA, K, and laser which is what is used in the United States. If your police force use these same radar frequencies it should work.
706168
No, but it helps. Most agencies of every type use multiple frequencies now. Either assigned for different uses (dispatch calls, information, SWAT, detectives, etc.) or in a trunking scheme (multiple frequencies that change via computer control). By using the search feature, you can pick these up, but it may take you a while to decipher who is who and why. You can search on the internet for frequencies in your area, or become acquainted with a ham operator, or even call your local news radio station. All of these sources could probably help you out with local freq's.
806421
Sorry.. no.. it will not scan the state police digital trunking frequencies
833207
I bought the base unit. Didn't use a scanner. Not sure what frequency it uses. Might call the manufacture.
1707508
Look up your city on https://www.radioreference.com/. That will tell you the freq to program into the radio. For example Clark County, Wisconsin uses a mix of P25, FMN and FM modes. I'm sure it will work once you program it using Freescan Software.
868614
I don't know. We are using the scanner as a POS for retail sales and for inventory. We will try it on a QR bar code and let you know soon