Ham Radio as Scanner?

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workinwifdakids
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Ham Radio as Scanner?

Post by workinwifdakids »

Good afternoon! Thank you for making this forum available.

I'm a recently-licensed HAM, and my first gear is en route: a Yaesu VX5R. Of course, I recently got addicted to listening to the sheriff's department on the online feed.

So, can anyone tell me: will my new transceiver let me monitor dispatch? That's not why I bought the radio, but it would be a neat addition in the evenings while I'm reading.
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sp1989
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Re: Ham Radio as Scanner?

Post by sp1989 »

If you are referring to RSO, the answer is, not really. You could program in the trunked freqs, but it is like listening to them with an old, non-trunking scanner. It's almost impossible to follow a conversation, and you have to listen to a bunch of electronic sounds in between. Just get a trunking scanner, they're cheap enough these days.
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