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• #1 by mike hickey on November 26, 2015 - 6:12 PM

  

  radioman 911is now:
  http://www.radioman911.com/pages/CAD/index.html

• #2 by Mike Mc on March 12, 2013 - 9:23 PM

  

  Thanks DMC77. Sounds like a good side job for a firefighter: purchasing, programing, and reselling scanners detailed to the customer’s request. I preferred Bearcat over Radioshack, so I’m hoping someone can answer my Uniden question. Thanks again.

• #3 by DMc77 on March 12, 2013 - 1:56 PM

  

  I went through ebay for both my home based scanner (Radio Shack PRO-197) and for my mobile needs – a used Motorola XTS1500. All told, the scanner cost me around $325. You can program it yourself by either following the directions that came with it, or go to YouTube and search for “programming Radio Shack PRO-197” as I did. I actually found the 2 minute YouTube clip easier to follow than the directions. I only really use it for basic scanning of CFD freqs, the unit has more capabilities than I could ever use. If you live outside of the city by more than a few miles, you may need to figure out an antenna solution.

  For mobile use, I went to ebay again and bought a used Motorola XTS1500 in the frequency range called UHF Range 2 (450-520 Mhz). This is important as the majority of the Motorola portables on ebay in UHF are for Range 1 which will NOT work for CFD. I already have an XTS portable that I used to use for CFD, now it is used for everybody else in the VHF range, so I already had a battery, charger, etc. We use XTS1500s at work so my guy there programmed it for free. You can get everything you need for the Motorola portable from ebay. The XTS has three frequency bands so I have all of the CFD fire, EMS and CPD frequencies on one radio. All told it cost me around $350-375, but the price goes up and down depending on the ebay market. I hope this helps!

• #4 by Mike McAuliffe on March 11, 2013 - 3:28 PM

  

  If I was to buy a Uniden Bearcat B3996XT digital scanner, can I simply input the new 400 mghz frequencies for Englewood and Main or is there more to it than that? Want to be sure before I spend about $500.

  Thank you very much anyone that responds.

  Tight fisted and cautious.

• #5 by chris r on February 5, 2013 - 8:18 AM

  

  The best place i know to get a cheap digital scanner is wwwscannermaster.com. They usually get it to you in three or four days after purchasing it from them by UPS. I bought like three scanners from them and been happy with them. To buy a digital scanner you usually have to mail order them because of the cost. If live by DOWNERS GROVE il try frys electronics on finley rd. I hope i helped you out.

• #6 by paul baker on February 4, 2013 - 9:01 PM

  

  where can i buy a proper digital scanner receiver for this??
  radio shack is a joke.. they looked at me like i was from mars, then tried to sell me a cell phone… it just aint the same any more..
  i used to frequent Erickson electronics years ago, they were the bomb.. i cant even find what we need on ebay everything is from china and analog…

• #7 by Radioman911 on November 18, 2012 - 9:03 PM

  

  Those who enjoy listening to the Chicago Fire Dept. who don’t own a digital scanner can receive their new P25 digital radio system over this link- http://www.justin.tv/radioman911 (Apple mobile devices require the Justin.tv app)

• #8 by Radioman911 on November 18, 2012 - 7:29 PM

  

  First Operational Chicago FD WPSG985 9AM Main and Englewood Digital Radio System Test
  http://www.justin.tv/radioman911/b/341213880

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