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It's all about that scanner radio..

About my hobby

I've been a radiowave listener for a very long time. I might have tried a few things now and then to catch them waves so just maybe there might be some helpful stuff that I can share with you all. I created the Radiowave Connection back in 1997 for my CB Radio hobby that totally went global. So I decided to branch out and make the LC Valley Scanner Radio to help make my life easier. To do so, I did some hard research and collected frequencies straight from the FCC ULS Database with the most current data on active licenses. Then I search state county city interopability and then listen for them private channels. I created this for where I currently live plus a surrounding county radius. Soon to be branching out for everywhere I travel. If you live around the LC Valley (Lewiston Idaho, Clarkston Washington) or the greater surrounding area then this is my gift. I can always use more friends searching and listening so please click my call sign on top of this page to send a email or call out on the radio. I'm going to go play with my SDR dongel and search for radiowaves, so get connected and have a great day. 73 KJ7TNY

My Scanners

I personally like Uniden Scanners, I own two of them, for now, one is a simple but great analog scanner, the BC125AT and the other is the BCD325P2, the not so simple digital scanner. Both are handhelds and serve their purpose in my scanner world. I will have pages on how to get the most out of them. I just started using a SDR Dongle with my laptop to scan for frequencies so more about this coming real soon.

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The Information on the Information...

I just got a scanner radio...

Now what do I do?  Well, you can search the web to find known frequencies for your area. You can search the government databases if allowed kinda like what I did here. I guess if your new into scanner radio searching using the radio itself which was my only option back then, this link below will be very helpful. I started out with a little booklet that had the frequency allocations and I did searches upon searches scanning those little spectrums of bands and I got a hit, I was hooked on finding more. So I built a table from the FCC Frequency Allocation of the 25-1300 Mhz spectrum. I took a slice out of the 830 pages and made this just for scanner radios. Look at it and then look at it again.. Click on the footnotes to find more information about what services are using those frequencies.

Do I need a better antenna...?

Yes, Yes you do, or maybe you don't... confused, there is a solution and that is to learn about them and in this next link you will find info on many types of antenna applications with the pros and cons for each along with what cable to use for the mobile all the way up to the towering base, its all in here and its simple stuff.

Tips using the BC125AT

Here is the best little analog scanner money can buy. Everything you wanted to know from programming it to best fit your way of scanning from the inside tips not found in the manual. This is where you will find it.

Tips using the BCD325P2

Here is the best little digital scanner money can buy. Everything you wanted to know from programming it to best fit your way of scanning from the inside tips not found in the manual. This is where you will find it.

P25 Digital Codes

Qiuck simple guide to understanding the P25 Digital Codes (I mean the basics)

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