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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:49:00 -0600, "Michael F."
disturbed the phosphur particles on my screen
with the following:

I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.

Why in the world would you want to?

THEY DONT WANT U TO HEAR THEM

Super secret digital hush hush inverted encryption....

or could it be that they have been interfered with by some juvenile punk
using dads Yaesu VX-7R and they actually did something about it like range
tested their transmitters?

Hummm.


"Michael F." wrote in message
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have
put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.

"Michael F." wrote:
I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic
within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
have put in the correct frequencies.
Why can't I here them? Thanks in
advance.


Since they use very low-powered equipment, you're probably too far away at
a half mile. If it's portable, try taking your scanner to the actual
location and listen there. Don't advertise what you're doing but no need to
hide it either (listening is not illegal but why draw unnecessary attention
to yourself). If you still don't hear them, you have the wrong frequencies.
Try scanning around the possible frequencies to see if you can find them. If
you do hear them, but still don't hear them at home, try increasing the
antenna at home to improve reception. If you're using a handheld with rubber
antenna, almost any other type of antenna will be an improvement.

Listening can be fun depending on how confortable the employees are with
the equipment. At some locations, the communications is all business
(boring). At other locations, you'll hear them talking about the customers,
dates, boyfriends, girlfriends, the manager, the food, other employees,
vehicles driving through, work schedules, what they plan to do after work,
and just about anything else.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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

"Michael F." wrote in
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
have put in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in
advance.



Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and Sonic is
now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to monitor
them now.

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:02:01 GMT, Jesse disturbed the
phosphur particles on my screen with the following:


Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and Sonic is
now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to monitor
them now.

It was a part of the Homeland Security directives.

That was a directive from the Burger Meister or was it Meister Burger?
Burger Builder? Ohh heck it was that super secret hush hush burger security
stuff!


"Greasy Rider" wrote in message
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:02:01 GMT, Jesse disturbed the
phosphur particles on my screen with the following:


Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and Sonic is
now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to monitor
them now.

It was a part of the Homeland Security directives.

Greasy Rider wrote in
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:02:01 GMT, Jesse disturbed the
phosphur particles on my screen with the following:


Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and Sonic
is now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to
monitor them now.

It was a part of the Homeland Security directives.

You guessed it.
All it took was a little inuendo about a 'dirty cone' - Then when word of
hot dog shaped miniaturized warheads filtered back to our intellegence,they
ordered them to tighten up security.

WHY BIG DEAL FAST FOOD PLACE I LISTEN TO MC DANALDS ITS FUN SOMETIMES
BETTER THEN THE COPS

Mike,

Here are several reasons we listen to fast food outlets and a suggestion to do
so discreetly!

1) To us a phrase coined and copywriter by the folks at Monitoring Times
Its monitoring every thing that's “DC to Daylight” to get an entry for your
radio log, its the fun of the chase, especially if the frequency found isnot
in any known data base!

2) The accidental or with out a choice, monitoring of the fast food head
sets!

Because they share frequencies, with other users, that are already programmed
in the radio scanner!

When the head sets are on the VHF High band and us itinerant frequencies around
154.000 MHZ you're going to hear them inadvertently when driving by the outlet!
If your monitoring the itinerant frequencies with the scanner. .Like roadwork
traffic flag persons, who are switching to FRS handy talkies. You can find the
itinerants here

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/content/faf.html

This is a great use for tone coded squelch. If your favorite business band
VHF frequencies that are shared with the fast food industry uses tone squelch
and if your radio has this feature you will not have to listen to the head
sets.

With the Uniden tone code feature on some scanners, a tone can be locked out.
When you find a fast food frequency do a tone search with your scanner radio,
then lock out that freq.'s tone in order to here other business on the VHF
itinerant frequency. Or tag the freq. /channel in the scanner with that
tone code so you will only hear the order window headsets.
A check of http://www.cityfreq.com for your area may show fast food
frequencies along with many other business. If the fast food outlet is onVHF
the license may be outdated.

They may also have headsets on the non licensed 900 MHz band 902-929 MHz
Using wide band FM (WFM) you can sill hear them with a regular scanner
In narrow FM (nFM) it will just sound tinny and distorted.

Do a frequency search with the radio scanner, concentrate on
920 MHZ to 928 MHz. I haven't herd the order boards here, just WFM headsets.
The range at 900 MHz is ½ mile or just around the parking lot. 460-470MHz
range under a mile, VHF at 154 MHz will get out several miles.
Also search around 461.00-462.500, 463.700-465.00 MHz and 467.730 to 470.00 MHz
also on VHF around 154.500 to 155.00 MHz. and the order board may be downon
the VHF-low band .

The Uniden BC250D preprogrammed SPECIAL service search works well. On a highway
with lots of fast food outlets, watch for cars in the drive up then listen for
the head sets. Take the antenna off your scanner and if you still hear that
head set freq. then it's probably the correct one. In a rural setting a signal
is enough to narrow it down. If your lucky they may greet the folks withthe
name of the outlet!

When posting frequencies please include the TONE CODE along with the operator
and location so all of us can use them!
It really helps even, if a radio can do a tone code search, it's much more
simple
to have them available. This helps identify stations who don't give out call
signs much, with out having to do a tone search! This is something to look for
in frequency
directories.

In several states and foreign countries its illegal to monitor in a vehicle or
even own a
radio (other than broadcast band receivers) let a lone a ‘police scanner’
capable of receiving government signals!
Check this web site for more information and the states where its outlawed

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/content/new_user.html

http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/
Jim

"Michael F." wrote:

I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I haveput
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.

Encrypted? Sure....

My local Dairy Queen uses one of the two 154.XXXMHz MURS frequencies...
Forget which one exactly... Try checking those out. You might get lucky...

PH


"Jesse" wrote in message
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"Michael F." wrote in
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
have put in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in
advance.



Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and Sonic is
now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to monitor
them now.

I was at a McDonald's that had two windows, one where you paid, the other
where you picked up your "food". There was a girl at each window

The McDonald's in my area has three windows in the drive-through.

I forget what the third one is for, though. the other two are as you said.

"Michael F." wrote in message
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have
put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.


They may be using other frequencies than what you programmed in.

Tom

Also, they may be hard-wired, so all the searching in the world isn't going
to help.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc

You also must realise that they only need to transmit a few feet. So
you may not hear them unless your in there parking lot.....

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:38:12 -0800, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:


"Michael F." wrote in message
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have
put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.


They may be using other frequencies than what you programmed in.

Tom

"PowerHouse CB & Scanner" wrote
in :

Encrypted? Sure....

My local Dairy Queen uses one of the two 154.XXXMHz MURS
frequencies... Forget which one exactly... Try checking those out.
You might get lucky...

PH

Oh sure PH - You fell for the oldest trick in the books.
They want you to THINK that your hearing them,with all the talk of sugar
cones and such,while they enjoy complete security with the really juicy
comms.
The Japs tried the same thing in 41,making fake transmissions from the
homeland seas,and all the while their carriers were heading where ... ?
Pearl Harbor - Thats where.
So don't be lulled into a false sense of security just because you hear
some minimum wage bozo yacking - They hire clowns like that just to fool
the public.
Rest assured,you'd need connections in the NSA to monitor DQ comms.



"Jesse" wrote in message
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"Michael F." wrote in
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
have put in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks
in advance.



Sorry to be the one to tell you - DQ went encrypted long ago,and
Sonic is now on SatCom.
You would nned to invest in approx. $27,000 worth of equipment to
monitor them now.

I have a feeling the 900 Mhz head sets may be hard wired form the order board

mike to a speaker back inside, at the window. The headset would only be for
the clerk to
talk to the order board and the antenna for this may be inside at the order
window also.
Jim
Tom Sevart wrote:

"Michael F." wrote in message
...
I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I have
put
in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in advance.


They may be using other frequencies than what you programmed in.

Tom

THE 900 MHZ SYSTEMS IVE HEARD HAVE THE ORDER BOARD AUDIO..... THE SYSTEMS ARE
USUALLY WFM

So I will not be able to hear these resturaunts?

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:16:40 -0600, "Michael F."
disturbed the phosphur particles on my screen
with the following:

So I will not be able to hear these resturaunts?

WTF are you responding to?

JER1538A ...

^ THE 900 MHZ SYSTEMS ... ARE USUALLY WFM


Are you sure they're wide FM? I thought public broadcast stations were the
only ones using wide FM. Other than wide FM there is standard FM and narrow
FM.

Frank

"Greasy Rider" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:16:40 -0600, "Michael F."
disturbed the phosphur particles on my screen
with the following:

So I will not be able to hear these resturaunts?

WTF are you responding to?

"WTF" is your problem? I'm responding to the collective answer from all
these people that seem to be in agreement that I cannot tune in these
restaraunts.

So shut up and mind your own business.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:53:24 -0600, a disturbed the phosphur
particles on my screen with the following:


"WTF" is your problem? I'm responding to the collective answer from all
these people that seem to be in agreement that I cannot tune in these
restaraunts.

You or someone responded out of the blue with no quoting of the
context.

So shut up and mind your own business.

Stop flexing your keyboard little one.

YES WFM I THINK THEY ARE GM HEADSETS

"Michael F." wrote in
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I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
have put in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in
advance.


Dairy Queen 30.8400 154.5700
460.8875 465.8875
461.0875 466.0875
461.5375 466.5375
462.1625 467.1625
920.2625 WFM 903.2625 WFM

Sonic 33.1600 154.5150

1/2 mile MAY be too far away. It all depends on how much power they are
running. I used to be able to hear a McDonalds three cities away .. yet
there is a Dunkin Donuts shop I can only hear in my car when I'm within 1
block of the store. ... and of course you might not have the right freq.

Richard in Boston, MA, USA

silver wrote:
: "Michael F." wrote in
: :

: I have a Dairy Queen and a Sonic within 1/2 mile from me. I know I
: have put in the correct frequencies. Why can't I here them? Thanks in
: advance.
:

: Dairy Queen 30.8400 154.5700
: 460.8875 465.8875
: 461.0875 466.0875
: 461.5375 466.5375
: 462.1625 467.1625
: 920.2625 WFM 903.2625 WFM

: Sonic 33.1600 154.5150

1/2 mile MAY be too far away. It all depends on how much power they are
running. I used to be able to hear a McDonalds three cities away .. yet
there is a Dunkin Donuts shop I can only hear in my car when I'm within 1
block of the store. ...

that is all true. In one spot, there was a McDonald's that I could hear for
several blocks away while in my car, but the Taco Bell near there I could only
hear while in Taco Bell's parking lot.