I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies are
so I can program them into this old beast?

Lisa Simpson wrote:

I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies are
so I can program them into this old beast?

http://www.radioreference.com/

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Lisa Simpson wrote:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies are
so I can program them into this old beast?
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I can't seem to get rid of the image of an old tinkerer who worked
perfectly being programmed by Lisa. Must be some New World Order thing.
And she didn't need to call him a beast.

Anyone got any useful suggestions?

"ve3..." wrote in message
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Lisa Simpson wrote:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to
work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies
are
so I can program them into this old beast?

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I can't seem to get rid of the image of an old tinkerer who worked
perfectly being programmed by Lisa. Must be some New World Order thing.
And she didn't need to call him a beast.

Lisa Simpson wrote:

Anyone got any useful suggestions?

Yes! But you obviously have me blocked so you didn't get the very useful
suggestion I already gave you!

Here, let me give it to you again:

http://www.radioreference.com/

dxAce
Michigan
USA



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Lisa Simpson wrote:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to
work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies
are
so I can program them into this old beast?

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I can't seem to get rid of the image of an old tinkerer who worked
perfectly being programmed by Lisa. Must be some New World Order thing.
And she didn't need to call him a beast.

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in
:

I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to
work perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency
frequencies are so I can program them into this old beast?



Look here! http://www.w7fg.com/manuals.php?manu...egency&center=
However that would increase your investment 5.5 times.

If I found the right one, that looks like it only has 10 channels.
Depending on where you live you won't be able to hear enough emergeny
(police/fire/ambulance) to make any sense of it.

About 6 months ago I bought a Radio Shack Pro 2006 400 channel scanner and
can only hear the main channels because it does not trunk. There must be
at least 20 main channels they use in my area. I found those channels on
the radio reference website that dxace posted.

What you could probably hear easily are hams using repeaters. Fewer
channels and they don't jump from channel to channel during a single
conversation. I found these by just scanning ranges of frequencies then
googling the frequency with the name of my city and state. You will find
the websites of local clubs who own and operate the repeaters.

Kevin

Lisa Simpson wrote:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10....

old tinkerer which seems to work perfectly. ...

How does one find emergency frequencies...?

I liked the part about the old tinkerer too. My guess, based on some
information at Strongsignals, is that these date from the mid- to
late-80s.

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

Coverage is 30-50, 144-174, and 440-512 MHz. Unfortunately, that may be
a problem Around here (northern Virginia) most of the public service
(emergency) transmissions are in the 800-900 MHz range. Maybe, however,
they are not in that range where you are. If I had that scanner, I
could still hear the Virginia State Police as well as Arlington County
VA fire calls at 154.30 MHz. I could hear trains, NOAA weather
stations, 2 meter hams, 6 meter hams, and some other things.

So where are you?

"Lisa Simpson" ) writes:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies are
so I can program them into this old beast?


Does it even program?

If it's old enough, the only way to change frequency is to buy new
crystals.

IN the beginning, there were "public service band" receivers, which
were tuneable. Often these were just a band on a portable radio, but
there were some dedicated home and mobile units. Often they weren't
that great, rather broad selectivity and of course the variable tuning
meant one couldn't switch between frequencies fast or easily, and they'd
not stay on frequency.

SOme of those had besides the variable tuning a socket so you could
plug in a crystal to get one crystal controlled channel.

As the sixties turned into the seventies, better receivers came along.
The drift was towards crystal controlled, and you'd need a crystal for
each frequency you wanted to receive. Since the frequencies in use
varied from location to location, you'd get the empty unit and then
have to spend more money on crystals.

What seems now as a brief time later, scanning was added. Electronic
circuitry that would take the place of the channel selector. It would
cycle through the channels until the squelch opened (indicating a
transmission on that frequency) and the cycling would stop. When the
transmission ended, there would be a delay (in case the other side
transmitted, or in case the transmitter came on again) of ten seconds
or so, and then the cycling would begin again. THis worked well,
since most of those frequencies saw limited use in any given time period,
so the scanning meant you could check the ten or whatever frequencies
almost continuously.

But ICs came along, allowing for practical synthesis, and likely people
didn't like the limited number of channels (or the six bucks or so
they needed to spend on each crystal). So the move was to receivers
that had synthesized tuning, in effect giving crystal control but
on each and every channel in the band. Accurate and stable tuning,
but every channel (like in the old days of variable tuning). And
hence the scanning got better, since one likely wouldn't want to
bother with scanning all frequencies (because they weren't all
being used).

Now, if the thing only has ten channels as one message suggested,
that suggests a crystal controlled scanner. The only way to
"program" those is to buy new crystals for the frequencies you
want to receive. You'll have to uncover the equation for
getting the right frequency, and then order crystals from a
crystal manufacturer. Likely now that will cost you a fair
amount to fill all the slots.

Michael

Lisa Simpson wrote:
I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to work
perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency frequencies are
so I can program them into this old beast?
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You're in luck. It is a programmable scanner. Google "regency Z10
scanner" and you will find lots of information including owner's
manuals.

Excellent - thanx!

"Kevin Garrett" wrote in message
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"Lisa Simpson" wrote in
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I just obtained an old Regency Model Z10 scanner at a moving sale (ala
Cuhulin) for $2.00 which was owned by an old tinkerer which seems to
work perfectly. How does one find out what ones local emergency
frequencies are so I can program them into this old beast?



Look here! http://www.w7fg.com/manuals.php?manu...egency&center=
However that would increase your investment 5.5 times.

If I found the right one, that looks like it only has 10 channels.
Depending on where you live you won't be able to hear enough emergeny
(police/fire/ambulance) to make any sense of it.

About 6 months ago I bought a Radio Shack Pro 2006 400 channel scanner and
can only hear the main channels because it does not trunk. There must be
at least 20 main channels they use in my area. I found those channels on
the radio reference website that dxace posted.

What you could probably hear easily are hams using repeaters. Fewer
channels and they don't jump from channel to channel during a single
conversation. I found these by just scanning ranges of frequencies then
googling the frequency with the name of my city and state. You will find
the websites of local clubs who own and operate the repeaters.

Kevin