"Saboteur" wrote:

Just a question here, are you from the UK? Because
I'm not sure if I could hear Police round here...
Though I did once pick up a police frequency about
5 yrs ago using my radio!


Are you in the US? If so, it is still possible to listen in on police,
fire, ambulance, and other public service agencies. In most areas, you'll
need a trunk tracking scanner with 800MHz coverage to do so, but you can
still hear some police activity in smaller towns using a conventional
scanner (especially one with 800MHz coverage). In the largest cities, watch
for movement towards digital (requiring the very latest scanners with that
capability).

In addition to police, fire, and such, there are a wide range of other
radio activities to listen to - local sports events, businesses, airports
and aircraft (military or civilian), boats (marine), ham radio, baby
monitors, cordless phones, and so on. Once you get your scanner, you'll have
to scan around to see what you can find in your area.

By the way, may I recommend you drop the "Saboteur" from your sender line.
Saboteurs are not very popular in this country at the moment.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/