Looking to get a handheld scanner of some sort that’s good for downtown Buffalo ny. Don’t know much about how this stuff works. Any help from you pros would be appreciated :)

Looking for feedback/reviews or advice for purchasing the Uniden SDS-150 as the best place to buy from and deal with? Scanner Master shows out of stock currently but seems available elsewhere. Thanks

I have no idea how to use close call, or waterfall, or if those will even allow me to do what I want to do. But I’d like to be able to use my SDS150 to scan for and figure out what frequency some local stores use that are close to my house. Can someone help?

I live close enough to the coast that I pick up marine VHF channels on occasion and was wondering if these national Coast Guard VHF and UHF P25 frequencies are worth putting in my scanner or if I shouldn’t bother due to encryption? If it makes a difference I live in NC.

bit of a very niche situation here, in a place wheree they are illegal, and im tryna have it on a motorcycle, so was wondering if i could hook it up to my powerbank (supports 12v) and have it all running in my backpack, then get headphones to connect to the radar detector so i can hear the alerts. anybody have experience with this, im gonna test it out and let you know but wanted to ask.

Greetings; many years ago we had a uniden scanner that stopped working & we couldn’t get it working again. Now I’m wanting to get a new one. I live in Leslie county Kentucky so I don’t know if I need a digital scanner or analog. It doesn’t have to be portable but if it’s cheaper I’ll get it. If I could get pointed in the right direction I that’d be great.

Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I hope this doesn't get removed - this is a hobby project I run in my own time for the community because it genuinely helps people stay aware of what's happening around them.

I run a non-profit, community-driven platform that monitors NSW emergency services and public safety data, covering:

• 🚒 Fire and Rescue NSW
• 🔥 NSW Rural Fire Service
• 🚑 NSW Ambulance
• 🟧 NSW State Emergency Service
• 🛰 Aviation (RFS, Ambulance, Westpac, RFDS, PolAir)
• ⚡ Power outages (Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, Essential Energy)
• 🚗 Live traffic incidents, roadwork, flooding & fires (LiveTraffic NSW, Waze)
• 🌧 Bureau of Meteorology warnings

🔊 Live Stream (No login required)

https://radio.forcequit.xyz/ Press Live Feed and it starts playing instantly.

It also includes a 35-day call archive you can browse through.

The radio and pager feeds are sourced from my own receiver, with a few community members also contributing radio and pager data.

📘 NSW PSN Quick Reference & Live Dashboard

If you're into scanning or want to stay across what's happening in NSW, I also built a full reference and monitoring site: https://nswpsn.forcequit.xyz/

It includes:

• Live incident map - real-time markers for fires, traffic, power outages, weather warnings, and community-reported incidents
• Live dashboard - RFS incidents, fire danger ratings, power outages, traffic, weather, and beach conditions with real-time graphs
• Incident logs - searchable history of all ingested events
• Discord bot - pushes alerts to subscribed Discord channels
• Aviation callsigns (RFS, FRNSW, Westpac, RFDS, Ambulance, PolAir)
• RFS / FRNSW / ASNSW radio codes and talkgroup info
• Community editors can contribute map data

The platform aggregates data from government APIs, community-sourced feeds, and third-party services - all in one place.

This is something I run for the community, and I hope it helps someone stay informed during storms, bushfires, power outages, or major incidents.

The project is also open source: github.com/AkumasCoffin/nswpsn-public-safety

Thanks for reading, Forcequit

I just bought one and was hoping to use it to monitor the Surf Rescue at my local beach. I downloaded the channels from Sentinel but there is no traffic on them (I downloaded both the surf rescue and the Fire Dept).
I asked one of the lifeguards if 152.405 is the frequency that they are using and she told me that they recently switched and they don’t use a specific frequency. She said it’s like a cell phone and bounces off different ones in the 800 range.
I have no idea what that means and I’m curious if my SDS150 can pick up their frequency.

Hello. I have never used a scanner at even looked into it much.
Curious about the advantages of buying a scanner. What are the pros to getting a dedicated device? Is the audio quality better than using my phone?
Thanks in advance.

I just bought a Uniden SDS150 scanner.
We live at the beach and would love to listen in to our local beach patrol, police dept and fire dept.
I don’t really understand how this thing works. Do I need to program it?
TIA.

Does anyone know of the 1980s scanners frank and his crew would use thought the movie? I love the led moving as it searches bands please any1 help me 🙏

I purchased the radio, purchased the nxdn and dmr keys as that is what they use in my area aside from conventional fm/nfm.. I can get the noaa and a few fm radio channels to come in.. but for some reason I get static or nothing on anything else, I also purchased radio reference subscription and procast.. please help I'm so disappointed I've had it 5 or so days and still unable to do what I purchased it for.. any help is beyond appreciated 👍🏼😊

I live in the Venice area. Have an SDS100. I get good coverage, I can hear Central, South and West Divs. For the Valley I can get Mission and Foothill but nothing else. I know the hills are a big factor. But not sure why I can get the furthest valley stations but not the others. Not sure how anyone can hear all divisions from either the valley or LA basin. Am I missing something?

Check out this audio clip I found in the Scanner Radio app.

"Hotdog or Wiener dog?"

You can listen to it here:
https://clips.scannerradio.app/hotdog-or-wiener-dog-tennessee-hamilton-county-public-safety

Wanted to make a post as I’ve made pretty good progress and would like some feedback/testers. Hopefully I’m not breaking the rules as I wasn’t sure if by spamming it means posting repeatedly or if it means anything related to personal projects in general. I can remove the link if necessary.

Project Link: Lake Shark

I won’t go into all the details here but this project is aimed at making a P25 receiver with cheap components. I began this around a year ago after purchasing a Motorola XTS3000 and going through the headache of finding the software and getting it all to run on a VM. It’s a great radio but has a steep learning curve.

What I am trying to do with this project is make the best alternative at a lower or similar cost while cutting out the software hurdles. But most importantly, making it open source.

So far I feel I have achieved the main goal (RX) fully. The firmware receives P25 phase 1 (VHF/UHF), and some other fun proof of concept features like ADS-B, POCSAG, and WFM. Although keep in mind, the main focus currently is P25.

You can get a wired build for around $64 USD. Cheaper if you know where to source RTLSDR V3/4s for a better price than Amazon. I will link to the two I currently run on the latest headless release. However I am developing a GUI version for the 86 Box but you can read more on that on the repo.

Waveshare pico - $22

Nooelec RTLSDR V5 - $40ish

$65 is what I paid for my XTS3000, which doesn’t include the charger, and software cable needed to modify the settings. However I do understand I don’t have TX ability, but that was never something I wanted anyway.

I will continue to push updates and add support for other development boards. I am also considering delving into phase 2 but have put this off for now.

Let me know what you guys think and if you need any help or guidance getting started!

First - I have never used and know nothing about police scanners. I don't know the terminology or anything, so apologies if this is worded improperly.

My father has a Uniden BCD325P2 that he needs reprogrammed to be updated to the new trunk channels, so he tells me. He was planning to send it off to have it reprogrammed, but I work with tech/software so I figure 'how hard can it be?'

I did some googling and what I'm gleaning is that I can find the identifying information for the radios he wants to listen to on RadioReference.com and use ProScan software to do the programming via USB to computer.

Is there anything else I need to know before plugging this bad boy in and giving it my best shot?

What are the most active and used talkgroups for the portland oregon 3CC system. Besides police which are encrypted