"PhattyMo" wrote in message
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radiosrfun wrote:
"David" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), "
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Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated
after a young man
attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New
Yorks Finest.

I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden
BC 95 Scanner;

( Truck stuck under the toll booth )

Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable.


Go a rat shack Center loaded whip,


am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax

http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291

so I can mount the whole thing in a window . .


Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ?


BarnegateDx





During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were
receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band.

If the conditions are right, I can receive the Fire and Police Services
from the Santa Monica and Orange County area of California - and I live
in PA. A school friend of mine - went out there once to work and told me
he heard our neighboring county out there - on their radio system. We're
talking close to 3000 miles. It doesn't happen often, but it has a few
times. Jupiter Florida is another we can hear on occasion - over 1000
miles away.
That one comes in fairly often during storms. Otherwise, we have freqs in
our scanner that do routinely pick up - at least 100 miles away.Using an
"indoor" antenna. BUT - the strange part is - if you're ready for this -
"I" know "why" it happens; we can't pick up the city 40 miles from us -
at all. WHY? We live behind a hill blocking them completely off. If we go
3 miles down the road - we can pick all of their stuff up on a portable
scanner.

FM can be very interesting.........


A friend who is a dispatcher for a local 911 center says that they will
randomly pick up Emergency-Comm signals from other centers in different
states. Seems to happen fairly frequently.

Considering where most "Comms centers" have their towers and so on - not
surprising! But for scanners not always at that advantage - it is pretty
neat to hear "Skip" on it. I enjoy it every time I hear it.