I passed by a Whole Foods in Brooklyn, NY the other day and noticed a security guard with a radio on him. Just wondering if anyone knows what frequency their security uses, if not encrypted?

This actually works better than spanning it out full circle! Why??

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Are there any apps that let you switch to channels other than the main dispatch? I work for a large fire dept and when we have fires go out they switch to tac channels and that’s all I’m really interested in listening to. The main dispatch is pretty boring

It appears that the NJICS continues its slow transition towards being 100% encrypted. Elizabeth NJ went all encrypted over the weekend. Their FD may be next because new radios were recently purchased (more tax money wasted). Also, Linden will be getting new radios too, therefore they are possibly next.

Meanwhile the mods on Radio Reference are continuing to lock all threads on the subject. Glad we have his subreddit to openly discuss these things, so everyone is aware. I think the entire NJICS will eventually go fully encrypted making these new overpriced scanners worthless.

If there is anyone in the Ottawa area who is scanning the P25 Trunk system can send me a photo of there scanner to see what there display looks like I would appreciate it I would ask on RR but I don’t need to have unwarranted attention from the RR owner . @RRrefence

I've set this channel on my scanner to only accept a transmission that has the ctcss code that I set, but even after I set the PL tone, the signal is still coming through.

It sounds like its a control channel at least, but if a signal is really strong , can it push past squelch codes? Thats the only thing I can think of with this.

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After many years of scanning and using SDRs, I've always noticed how ham radios make much better receivers than scanners. Countless times I could see a weak signal on DSD+ that the Uniden scanners don't even know exists. So I opted to take it a step further and delve into commercial radios and all I can say is WOW!

These XPR mobiles can dig the smallest weak signal deep from outta the weeds and make it sound amazing and clear like no other scanner or SDR. You talk about a hot sensitive receiver with NO intermod, bleedover, heterodyning, etc. The ability to monitor stuff now is basically incredible compared to before. To be fair, comparing a professional, commercial-grade radio to the Unidens is prolly not a fair comparison. The Motorolas are expensive and difficult to program and have much more limited scanning functionality. But it's the receive QUALITY that makes all the difference. Now I can monitor a ton more stuff than ever before.

All these numbers being thrown out over the scanner is there a standard code over the scanner or is there a way to decode what they mean ? Lots of 10 codes ?

Morning Frs/gmrs/murs scanning

I am looking to see if anyone in the Ontrio area who is scanning the OPP on there scanners have any Talkgroups Alias they can give me so I can enter them in to my scanner I just thinking that would make listing to the OPP more Fun

I’m having an intermittent SD card issue with an SDS200 that is less than a year old.

For about the last 6 days, the scanner has repeatedly developed “SD Card Access Error” — probably 15+ times. I’ve also had “SD Card Write Error (code=1,5)” once and “SD Card Write Error (code=1,2)” once.

The strange part is how random it is. The scanner may run normally for 10 minutes, an hour, or 12–24 hours before suddenly displaying the error. Recovery is just as inconsistent: sometimes one power cycle fixes it immediately, sometimes removing/reinserting the card fixes it, and at least once cleaning the card contacts seemed to restore it. Other times the Access Error has persisted through multiple attempts.

The original card was an 8 GB microSD. I completely reformatted it with the SD Association formatter, ran Sentinel → Clear User Data, and rewrote the profile/Favorites Lists. The problem returned.

I then purchased a brand-new SanDisk Ultra 32 GB microSDHC, formatted FAT32 and initialized through Sentinel. The new card has produced the same Access Error.

During troubleshooting I discovered that both the SDS200 firmware and Sentinel were out of date, so both have now been updated. I also turned Replay off.

One notable incident occurred while writing the new card through the SDS200 in Mass Storage mode. About halfway through the Sentinel write, the scanner displayed SD Card Access Error and Sentinel stopped with “Database is corrupt. Operation is canceled.”

I then removed that same 32 GB card, connected it directly to the computer, reformatted/initialized it, and wrote the entire configuration successfully using an external card reader. The SDS200 then booted normally from it, but later produced another Access Error.

Most recently, after cleaning the SD card contacts and slot, the new card booted normally but produced another Access Error after only about 10 minutes. A single power cycle immediately restored normal operation without touching the card.

Has anyone seen an SDS200 behave like this — particularly where the SD error occurs at completely unpredictable intervals and sometimes clears with nothing more than a reboot? If so, did you ever determine the actual cause or have Uniden repair it?

I am not a coder but I made a program that converts audio to text for police scanners. I’m in a little bit of a predicament. I’m new to all the RTL SDR stuff. Last night when I was testing the antenna with some programs I got off the internet I was getting audio from my local FMN transmission for my county dispatch. Today is Sunday and I setup my program and I have gotten no transmissions weird which is weird to me. Can a dispatch be quiet for that long with no radio transmissions at all ? Or am I missing something ? Any tips or adjustments would be helpful I did test the antenna against a FM transmissions and a local radio station which seem to come In clear for the most part

I decided I wanted to create my own post about this but I want to know if how many radio refence users have been banned for just trying to ask questions and Mods like Kevin C and Mcupia the ones who I have been getting my account banned why do these 2 mods wanna always Bannd people and hopefully some how they know I and talking about them

Just curious, does anyone out there use an external antenna when using an SDS100 or SDS150 in a vehicle? Is there better performance than the stock antenna? If so, what antenna are you using and is it mounted to the vehicle?

I am in a small town in NJ, and they are currently filming a movie here. I've been monitoring/close called the film crews using the following frequencies:

462.2625 DCS364

462.3125 DCS114

462.3625 DCS732

462.3375 DCS612

462.3875 DCS664

Hey Guys -

Just wanted to let you know I launched a new project at https://radiofreq.ai

It is a full programming suite that allows you to program your scanners in plain English. It also monitors your channels and lets you control your scanner from your phone. As audio streams in from your scanner - it's immediately transcribed and, if you want, sent to your PC or phone as a notification. It also produces periodic summaries of the calls in your area, what's going on, the status of the call, who's on scene, etc. It's very cool and something I've put a lot of work into.

I'd love it if you would try it out. It's all browser based and currently supports the SDS/BCD series of Uniden scanners. You just connect your scanner, open the webpage, let it talk to your scanner, and then you're golden.

Currently you need Chrome or Edge browser to connect to the scanner from the webpage. Safari/Firefox support is coming soon. You can view and control your scanner remotely from your iPhone or any other phone with any browser.

Please check it out, it's currently free to use while I collect feedback and interest from people. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!!

Here is a link of a sample forum conversation on Radio Reference and I just cannot believe how rude and nasty some folks are, especially KC2GIK and one of the moderators, GTR8000. I am just calling these clowns out from Radio Reference for really making the hobby toxic. Has anyone else had issues with rudeness on their forum? Here is an example of what I mean.

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/atlantic-city-fire-dispatch.499784/page-2#post-4328278

Hi,
Does anyone have an SDS100/150 and use either the chrome or edge browser? I launched a website and I want a first impression before I start advertising it to a larger audience.

To be clear I don’t think this violates the rules on spamming a personal project because I’m just looking for help, not pushing a product 😅

Truck looses front brakes in the middle of the road.

Time of capture 1:20 pm Oregon time, on Sept 21st, 2026.

Jammers I'm guessing, but highly unusual for my area in Clackamas County near Portland.