You were never supposed to listen to them in the old days of course.
But now the answer is, generally, no, as all Police and most other Emergency services have now migrated to using the secure digital TETRA AIRWAVE service.
You can listen to American ones as they still use analogue, just use the remote receivers on globaltuners then Google the emergency frequencies in that area
No, they are all Tetra (digital and encrypted).. the only thing you will get is aeroplanes, security firms and taxis, that sort of thing.
Even some of the Taxis are using digital equipment now to find out where their next job is. VHF Radio communications are very rare with some Taxi firms.
Even some of the Taxis are using digital equipment now to find out where their next job is. VHF Radio communications are very rare with some Taxi firms.
The taxi operators in this area and probably many others have a system where they just press a button and their next job is displayed on a screen. Haven't heard them near the FM band for a while now.
There used to be some strange tones around 87.4 in summer (from the continent) until a few years ago. Apparently it was a paging system called "eurosignal".
At the top of the screen in the left side just click on live scanner and there will be a drop down with all the Fire & EMS frequencies.
We use airwave here so don't think you can listen in any more.
Those few fire/ambulance regions that haven't switched to airwave will do so soon. The only emergency services you can still listen to are things like coastguard or mountain rescue.
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But now the answer is, generally, no, as all Police and most other Emergency services have now migrated to using the secure digital TETRA AIRWAVE service.
http://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/
Yes, but Raynet is the modern day equivalent of the home guard:p.
Don't tell them Petters.
just tuned across 166mhz and theres a lot of ambulances still using the old analogue system
Even some of the Taxis are using digital equipment now to find out where their next job is. VHF Radio communications are very rare with some Taxi firms.
What's wrong with Heart and Smooth:D
................You stupid boy......................!
The taxi operators in this area and probably many others have a system where they just press a button and their next job is displayed on a screen. Haven't heard them near the FM band for a while now.
There used to be some strange tones around 87.4 in summer (from the continent) until a few years ago. Apparently it was a paging system called "eurosignal".
http://www.thebravest.com/scan/scanfdny.html
At the top of the screen in the left side just click on live scanner and there will be a drop down with all the Fire & EMS frequencies.
We use airwave here so don't think you can listen in any more.