--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00000 Date: 09/14/97 From: MATT SMITH Time: 10:54pm \/To: JOHN MUDD (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: new laws JM> Where is everybody?? JM> All I have been getting for the last few weeks is maybe 1,2 or 3 JM> messages a day! JM> You would think that anyone or all who would be concerned with saving JM> a JM> hobby would take advantage of a medium such as this echo to rally! JM> As we should all be aware, there are SEVERAL bills in Washington to JM> severely curtail and even eliminate scanning and swl'ing as a legal JM> pastime. One calls for making it illegal to listen to "...any signal JM> not JM> specifically intended for public broadcast...." Tons of bills are introduced every year. Few ever see the light of day, for the best of reasons. Remember Daniel Moynihan's bill to tax handgun ammo 10,000%? Remember Major Owens' bill to repeal the Second Amendment? Remember some Illinois congressman (now in jail) who introduced a bill to tax handguns out of existence? Remember Clinton's "economic stimulus package" that he couldn't get through congress at the start of his first term and was never heard of again? Remember Hillarycare and its various national healthcare competitors? Remember single-payer health care? --- Simplex BBS (v1.07.00Beta [DOS]) * Origin: The Spirit of '76 (1:3644/8) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00001 Date: 09/10/97 From: JOE NICHOLSON Time: 12:04am \/To: CHARLES HUNTER (Read 2 times) Subj: Top Ten -=> Quoting Charles Hunter to Joe Nicholson <=- CH> The Police call YOU to pick up their messages. Hell, they used to stop at my home to ask where a street was. I had been monitoring about 20 years and knew the location of just about lane, street, avenue, blvd., court, camino, caminito in town. ... fire.chief@warpgate.com ___ 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: EDM00002 Date: 09/10/97 From: TOM SUTHERLAND Time: 05:46pm \/To: CHARLES HUNTER (Read 2 times) Subj: Top Ten CH>The Police call YOU to pick up their messages. Do you have experience here? CH> * 1st 2.00 ~ OS/2 was written on a Monday ^^^^^^^^ I just noticed you are using 1st Reader, I think it's the best. I use to put together little scanner frequency booklets, for friends, prior to moving from Nashville to San Diego. Haven't gotten into scanning since arriving. This is generating my interest. Happy Scanning, tomsut@juno.com * 1st 2.00 #8229 * This is Elvis. Any messages for me? --- 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: EDM00003 Date: 09/10/97 From: TOM SUTHERLAND Time: 09:32pm \/To: JOE NICHOLSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Top Ten JN> Hell, they used to stop at my home to ask where a > street was. I had been monitoring about 20 years > and knew the location of just about lane, street, > avenue, blvd., court, camino, caminito in town. Once upon a time, in a land far away, I had a job sending me all over the place. An old veteran told me to stop at the Fire Department for the best directions when arriving in unknown towns. He said basically it was the their job to know where EVERYTHING was. He was right - they never failed me... tomsut@juno.com * 1st 2.00 #8229 * Ways to skin a cat #27: Use an electric belt sander. --- 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: EDM00004 Date: 09/16/97 From: JOHN MUDD Time: 09:16pm \/To: MATT SMITH (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: new laws Brady Bill?? Not a chance! Restrict cellular freqs? They can't do that! Anything that falls into my yard can be monitored, so says a 60+ year old law. Chip,,,,chip,,,,chip 73 de KC5GMM John --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Politically Incorrect! [OS/2, V34+] (1:106/1010) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00005 Date: 09/17/97 From: LES WILSON Time: 11:34am \/To: JOHN MUDD (Read 2 times) Subj: new laws JM> Where is everybody?? JM> All I have been getting for the last few weeks is maybe 1,2 or 3 JM> messages a day! JM> You would think that anyone or all who would be JM> concerned with saving a hobby would take advantage JM> of a medium such as this echo to rally! They're all on the internet in the newsgroups. Dunno about the rest of the country... but the local BBS's here in Rochester are dropping like flies. I just logged in here for the first time in over a year - there's not much in terms of messages. --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: The Shack TOO * Mike Ward - Sysop * (716)288-5848 (1:2613/150) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00006 Date: 09/17/97 From: BUD JAMISON Time: 01:28pm \/To: JOHN MUDD (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: new laws -> Brady Bill?? Not a chance! -> Restrict cellular freqs? They can't do that! Anything that falls into -> can be monitored, so says a 60+ year old law. Let's see, OLD law says you can't drink alcohol. You want ALL old laws to stay the same? Sorry, it don't work that way. New laws come along, and are JUST as valid as the old laws the supercede. --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: FidoNet International Coordinator Emeritus, for life (1:202/746) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00007 Date: 09/17/97 From: JOE KERR Time: 10:02pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Frequencies Dear fellow scanners, I have purchased a 800meg scanner. I was wondering if there is a list of police frequencies. I am interested in becoming a police officer and would like to listen in on some frequencies. The most important frequencies are Dearborn Hts and Livonia. I do appreicate it, Joe (The Bandit) Kerr --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The College Board, Livonia, MI, USA (1:2410/146.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00008 Date: 09/18/97 From: TOM WALKER Time: 06:13am \/To: BUD JAMISON (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: new laws -> -> Brady Bill?? Not a chance! -> -> Restrict cellular freqs? They can't do that! Anything that falls i -> -> can be monitored, so says a 60+ year old law. -> -> Let's see, OLD law says you can't drink alcohol. You want ALL old -> laws to stay the same? Sorry, it don't work that way. New laws -> come along, and are JUST as valid as the old laws the supercede. Then just how do You feel about the Proposed "Radio" use Law that Would put YOU out of business? --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: FidoNet International Coordinator Emeritus, for life (1:202/746) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 154 SCANNERS Ref: EDM00009 Date: 09/09/97 From: MATT SMITH Time: 10:12pm \/To: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN (Read 2 times) Subj: RE: key pads SC> RW> On the old remotes I've taken a part there seems to be a little SC> RW> piece of carbon over a open circuit and when you press SC> RW> the button the carbon completes the circuit. SC> SC> It's actually carbon impregnated rubber. There is so much carbon SC> that the SC> rubber conducts electricity. But the surface will wear and you are SC> left SC> with less conductive material. At that point the rubber often starts SC> tearing around the keys too. I wonder if he has some _environmental_-type problem where he has the scanner (dust, fumes, etc.): most scanner users rarely use the keypad often enough to wear it that much. --- Simplex BBS (v1.07.00Beta [DOS]) * Origin: The Spirit of '76 (1:3644/8)