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    Default Police scanners?

    Who rocks a scanner in their car? I've always had one since i could legally drive, just wondering who uses one? Did you install a base unit or just use a portable/handheld?

    How about a list of police frequencies? I used to have one I made of nearly every department from Metro Atlanta up to Tenn. & N. Carolina...I've since lost the file and have only been able to find a few cities/counties.

    I'll post up my pics and fequencies with 10-code(s) & Signal lists later...

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    haha my friend dusty had one and his dad would listen to it at night for shits. One night his dad hears red 240z "sliding" in flowery branch. lol busted!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1439/2000
    haha my friend dusty had one and his dad would listen to it at night for shits. One night his dad hears red 240z "sliding" in flowery branch. lol busted!

    I miss high school.
    lol, my old roommate or friends used to call me when they'd hear my car or bikes description on it or if a cop would randomly run my plate (they used to sit and hide and call peoples plates in, normally when they couldn't catch anyone doing anything wrong...yep, it's illegal but they do it anyways)...good times

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    one of my Ex Girlfriends roomates boyfriend had one.... it was a Trunking scanner, we would listen to the KSU police channel when we through parties in her dorm room. One night we accually heard a call sent in that we were being to loud and was able to get everyone out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris04EX
    one of my Ex Girlfriends roomates boyfriend had one.... it was a Trunking scanner, we would listen to the KSU police channel when we through parties in her dorm room. One night we accually heard a call sent in that we were being to loud and was able to get everyone out.
    lol, i got called in for firing an automatic weapon once, wish i had it recorded. It was just a 10-22 with a 50rd. clip i modified the trigger on a lil to make it easier to fire That was my squirrel hunting gun, sited the scope in for 40 yards using high velocity bullets and used to sniper them with a perfect head shot every time.

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    Scanner in the DIN slot and antenna on the camera mount...




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    thats bad ass! have you gotten all the channels programmed??? back when i worked for radioshack we had a computer program, all we did was plug them up to the computer and transfer all the data over and in a matter of seconds you have any channel you wanted

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    Hey Speedminded where did u get your scanner from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ©hris
    thats bad ass! have you gotten all the channels programmed??? back when i worked for radioshack we had a computer program, all we did was plug them up to the computer and transfer all the data over and in a matter of seconds you have any channel you wanted
    I had all city and county major police frequencies programmed from metro atlanta up to Tenn. and NC. for mtn. runs (alot of the northern counties operate off the same frequency). I'm now running nearly all Gwinnett Co. frequencies but about to upgrade to a better base model so i can put all of them in and have a few more features.

    Quote Originally Posted by lazyboi444
    Hey Speedminded where did u get your scanner from?
    Picked that one up from a pawn shop...they wanted $45 and got it for $25. One important rule in pawn shops...always ask how much they need out of an item (you know they didn't pay crap for it to begin with) then still offer them even less. It's all about bargaining with them.

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    I may have to pick one up pretty soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1439/2000
    I may have to pick one up pretty soon.
    useful tool, lots of fun to hear the shit going down plus gives you a heads up if you happen to be the one causing the disturbance

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    I might have to get one also! But i don't know much about them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lazyboi444
    I might have to get one also! But i don't know much about them!
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    scannnoep police rock the waves. i listee. no scaner. bneed to listen to eon lt maokes orue no get iroughl.e.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flipture
    scannnoep police rock the waves. i listee. no scaner. bneed to listen to eon lt maokes orue no get iroughl.e.

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    i wouldnt mind having one but I have no idea wtf they are talking about when their like "code this, signal that, etc."--they just need to speak normal.

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    you can print out all the codes and what they mean if thats your problem. i was thinking about getting a handheld bc i wasn't sure how to go about wiring one up in a car.... does it just play on the stereo speakers?

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    scangwinnett has a pretty good list of all the codes for those interested.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PEST
    scangwinnett has a pretty good list of all the codes for those interested.
    Alot are using multiple frequencies for send and receive so unless you have a crazy fast scanner you won't hear both the dispatch and officer.

    Georgia State Patrol 10-codes page I made like 6 years ago (most departments are similiar but Athens is completely differant)
    http://www.speedminded.com/10-codes.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    Alot are using multiple frequencies for send and receive so unless you have a crazy fast scanner you won't hear both the dispatch and officer.
    or you could have two scanners

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    i need to get a scanner

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    Quote Originally Posted by MKIV VR6
    or you could have two scanners
    done it, got a portable and a base

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    done it, got a portable and a base
    nice. i used to have a nice portable and i had a lot of the frequencies programmed...but then when i was broke i sold it on ebay. i need to get another.


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    I might need to check on one

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    i need to get one asap
    You know better; next time will be a ban.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TTaz02
    scangwinnett.com and scanatlanta.com are your friends...
    scananycountyingeorgia.com but not everyone has internet access in their car

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    I had one in my car for a while, but donated it to my dad's car about a year ago...The next one will have digital trunking...not much use in the older ones without it.

    Pic of the old setup:

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    I didnt know they actually worked I guess they do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GSRteg
    I didnt know they actually worked I guess they do.
    lolol! See, not everything in F&F is fake

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    I bought mine at radio shack, it's called Weather Alert. It looks like a big walki-talki, and it's very portable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psycho
    I bought mine at radio shack, it's called Weather Alert. It looks like a big walki-talki, and it's very portable.
    Does it pick up more than just NOAA weather frequencies?

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    I know right lol.



    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    lolol! See, not everything in F&F is fake

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    yup imma do a setup similar to speedmindeds
    You know better; next time will be a ban.

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    yeah, i work at RadioShack currently and i sell them all the time.. scan_____.com is what i tell people to use since we dont program them anymore... when we're slow we listen to hear about people getting busted lol. very useful if you have an extra DIN spot in your dash...


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    Quote Originally Posted by TTaz02
    ummm okay?
    It's a website therefore it doesn't work in everyone's car, that's the point of this forum...Car Audio & Video

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    Im pretty sure you can get the frequecy's online

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