Getting back to it

General questions on scanning from 30 to 3000Mhz. Not sure what you can receive in your area? Here's the place to ask!

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Sprocket
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Getting back to it

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Hey everyone,

I use to use my scanner years ago, an now i'd like to get back to it.

Now this things fairly old, and im not sure if its still good to pick stuff up, ive not been able to so far.

Here are some pics

http://members.iinet.net.au/~northcitynews/scanner

Its a 16 channle uniden one.

What yas think? Should i go buy a new one from dick smiths? <_<
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Re: Getting back to it

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Sprocket wrote:Hey everyone,

I use to use my scanner years ago, an now i'd like to get back to it.

Now this things fairly old, and im not sure if its still good to pick stuff up, ive not been able to so far.
HI Sprocket.

Welcome! That scanner sure is an oldie :-)

It'll work fine but you might run into problems receiving some frequencies as that scanner probably only supports 25Khz channel spacing (the difference between each channel). i.e. 468.025, 468.050, 468.075, 468.100 instead of the increasingly common 12.5Khz channel spacing - i.e. 78.100, 78.1125, 78.1250, 78.1375.
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Post by doogues71 »

Hey Sprocket,Your not kidding when you say it's old!I have one just the same as that and is still working.Mostly listen to the firies on it.78.125.It's my back up when the batteries go flat on my portables.I'd up grade but kept it as a spare.Cheers.Doogues71
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