--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00027 Date: 09/11/96 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 07:07pm \/To: ANDY ULRICH (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: pro-2042 Concerning _pro-2042_, Andy Ulrich said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO: AU> Also very interested in any info on the 2042. From what I gather so far, it's pretty much the same hardware as the 2035, just with better firmware. All the info I've been able to gather on the 2035 so far is that it's pretty much the same hardware as the 2004/5/6, minus the cellular, with a neat control knob and better firmware. Gee, I'm really helpful today, aren't I? AU> I was very disapointed that the cellular freq's were not available in Supposedly, you can order the same scanner from Radio Shacks outside the US that are not cellular disabled. If this is true, it might be possible to just order a replacement CPU from Canada or somewhere and have it shipped in, or maybe not. I haven't cared enough to try. Unlike 800 MHz trunked systems or the "used only one day every two weeks" VHF channels around here, cellular is pretty easy to follow even without the 2035's firmware. ... Amazing how much you learn after thinking you know it all. --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00028 Date: 09/14/96 From: MATTHEW SADLER Time: 05:53pm \/To: MATT SMITH (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: Tennessee Scanner Law -> MS> In Chattanooga, you are required to have a permit, -> -> For car use only, or even at home? Sorry. Just in-vehicle use. No other requirements apply. Matthew --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Coma Scale BBS 423-899-5070 (1:362/304.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00029 Date: 09/14/96 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 03:08pm \/To: RICHARD DALE (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: Weather or not to mon Concerning _Weather or not to mon_, Richard Dale said to Randy Schumann in SCANRADIO: RD> keep track of police and fire calls while I'm on the road so I can RD> rush immediately to the scene and get in the way. Heh heh. No, RD> actually I use it to stay OUT OF THE WAY. There have been numerous RD> occasions when I've had five or six blocks advance notice of a RD> fire run and could make alternate route plans. Just today, I'm pulling out of the mall parking lot and turn on the scanner. First thing I hear is a couple of police cars being dispatched to work an accident and such-and-such location. I think "that can't be right. That's where I am!" Then I lean my head out the window to see what the holdup is a few cars in front of me... :-) ... Anaheim Mighty Ducks? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah....hahahahaha... --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00030 Date: 09/14/96 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 03:16pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: 1100 MHz Concerning _1100 MHz_, Tom Walker said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO: TC>> Anybody know what kind of signals I should be getting in the 1100- TC>> 1110 MHz range in southeast Tennessee? The manual says this is TW> TW> The 33 CM Ham band is 902-921 MHZ and the 23 CM Ham band is 1240- TW> 1300 MHZ. Doubt the hams are that far off so their signal must be TW> beating with some transmitter in yuor area to place it in the 1100- TW> 1110 range. That's probably the best explanation I've heard so far. The two or three phone-type signals I've been able to match up (find the same broadcast as the one near 1100 MHz) have been in the cellular range, about 230-235 MHz below where the 2035 is finding them. Haven't matched up any of the two-way-radio-type signals yet. ... "An ancient medical technique, known as a suture." --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00031 Date: 09/14/96 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 03:27pm \/To: BOBBIE BEERS (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: Pro-2042 Concerning _Pro-2005_, Bobbie Beers said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO: BB> everything, and all right on top of one another! Never tried any of BB> the scanners in that area, but I am sure it's the same. Around here BB> with the country being so flat, it's easy to pick up things, although BB> tall buildings do hamper some reception. Nothing but mountains around here. Radically different reception just by moving the antenna a few feet. I live between a couple of mountains that I guess act as some kind of wave guide, as I can sometimes pick up transmissions from 100 miles to the south better than I can pick them up from 20 miles to the west. BB> I've never regreted purchasing any of them, and also the 2035. BB> Haven't tried the 2042, yet! I'm about to try the 2042. The local Radio Shack didn't have any in stock (they say there are only 4 in the entire district) but did order me one, which should be here Thursday. I'm trading in my 2035 for it. That's the secret, you know. Never keep a scanner more than 30 days. :-) BB> When I purchased my first programmable RS scanner, the 2001, (16 BB> channel) I promised my husband I wouldn't want another scanner as long BB> as I lived! My girlfriend has complained of being a computer widow, a videogame widow, and here lately, a scanner widow. Just the other day, she said it was good that I hit middle-age crazy so early so I could get it out of my system... BB> I saw the specs for the 2042, and it does have a few new tricks that BB> would be nice to have on a scanner. That's what I thought. I had to run the rationalization machine full power for a couple of weeks, but finally decided to check it out. BB> Since I have a birthday coming up, maybe, just maybe? I have a feeling BB> whatever the gift, it's already been bought. Al seems to be putting in BB> alot of overtime lately. As long as Al remembers to wrap the sales slip with it... :-) ... Anarchy! Anarchy! Hahahahaha! - Crow T. Robot --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00032 Date: 09/14/96 From: TROY H. CHEEK Time: 03:35pm \/To: CHARLES GEORGE (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: Pro-2042 Concerning _Pro-2035_, Charles George said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO: CG> I am not real sure about the software/hardware, but I saw an CG> article about it in Monitoring Times, but I decided the price was to CG> high for me, so I did not read any further. Well, if you ever run across anything like that again, please snag a copy for me. I'll probably end up going with the 2042, so I'll also be interested in any mods you run across for it. CG> I am a casual scanner user, I mainly use mine to monitor the CG> Airplanes, Trains, Local Transportation, and Police. I also like to CG> use it to monitor the VHF/UHF ham bands when talking on a frequency CG> but wanting to make use of another frequency at times. I originally got into scanners to keep up with local happenings while at work (I'm security at the county hospital). 20 channels will comfortably hold all the common police/emergency frequencies in the area. Unfortunately, I then developed a habit of listening to the scanner on the road, and needed more channels and banks so I wouldn't have to keep reprogramming the scanner every time I went out of town. As I started to spend more time looking for new frequencies, I looked to scanners with better and better search capabilities, more and more channels, etc. Somewhere along the line, I realized that I'd just blown completely out of the water any plans I had about buying a more modern computer this year. CG> I have only about 200 frequencies stored. I use to have the PRO- CG> 2006; however; I did not like it as much as the PRO-2035, since I CG> could not get in between channels being listened to the way I can CG> with the PRO-2035 using the Tune feature. That is neat, isn't it? CG> Itraded the PRO-2006 for some ham gear I wanted at the time. One guy I know just traded another a 10 channel scanner for a haldheld CB radio. I found out about it because both came to me asking for advice. ... "An armed society is a polite society." --- JetMail 0.99beta22 * Origin: When Starlings Mate - Benton, TN (1:362/708.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00033 Date: 09/10/96 From: ROBERT MARTIN Time: 07:28pm \/To: ROLAND STINER (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: 1997 RS catalog (Canada) -=> Quoting Roland Stiner to Guy Houle <=- RS> I remember that scandal. Well, Radio Shack is hurting itself since RS> there are a few dealers mentioned in Monitoring Times that will ship RS> unblocked scanners south of the border. If I were to get a scanner RS> today, that's the path I'd take. Where do I find Monitoring Times and is the only way I can get all the frequencies, buying from Canada Bob ... This tagline is SHAREWARE! To register, send me $10 --- PB 2.15/FE 1.45a/DB 1.58 * Origin: Stimpy's Sandbox | Lemoyne, Pa | 717.730.8504 (1:270/722) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDJ00034 Date: 09/12/96 From: ROBERT MARTIN Time: 04:00pm \/To: MARTIN NIEMEYER (Read 13 times) Subj: Re: Winradio Will Win Radio work on a 386 with 4 megs of ram I have one sitting around not being used since I upgraded to my Pentium Where can I investigate the details Thanks this was the easiest message for me to reply too Bob ... RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure! --- PB 2.15/FE 1.45a/DB 1.58 * Origin: Stimpy's Sandbox | Lemoyne, Pa | 717.730.8504 (1:270/722) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDK00000 Date: 09/14/96 From: JOE NICHOLSON Time: 11:52pm \/To: BILL CHEEK (Read 13 times) Subj: Pro-2042 -=> Quoting Bill Cheek to Troy H. Cheek <=- BC> That's the odd thing. Employees don't know beans about things like BC> that, and are admonished and sometimes fired for prying too deeply. BC> They are not supposed to know. The employee's job is to SELL, SELL, BC> SELL......... RS is not alone in that respect. MonkeyWard and Sears have/had a policy of not hiring anyone in sales if they so much as knew Ohms Law. Didn't want employees able to conduct an intelligent conversaton with customers and perhaps point out design flaws in radios/TVs/phonographs/etc. I suspose Pennys, MayCo, Bullocks and all the other retailers have a similar policy. ... Ham on rye: a drunk radio operator. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: 9-1-1 FF's LEO's OSHA COMMS (619) 669-0385 (1:202/911) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: DDK00001 Date: 09/14/96 From: JOE NICHOLSON Time: 11:52pm \/To: BILL CHEEK (Read 13 times) Subj: AOR Scanners -=> Quoting Bill Cheek to Gary Westfall <=- BC> -=quality=- service manual. This may be of no consequence to Joe BC> Schmuck, the bus driver. It is an issue to me, where time is BC> valuable and where I won't mess with a scanner unless I have a BC> decent roadmap and technical backing. If a company doesn't BC> document its products all that well, then it might be up to quick BC> kills and fast sales. Why are you spending so much time with WinRadio when there is absolutely no documentation? No roadmap? ... 9-1-1, press 1 for murder, 2 for rape, 3 for............... ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: 9-1-1 FF's LEO's OSHA COMMS (619) 669-0385 (1:202/911)