What Radio do you use

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(26 June 2012, 15:20)bigpaul Wrote: a number of years ago i had an ordinary radio that could pick up the Police frequency, but since that went digital i havent heard of any radio that would do the same.

I used to have an old scanner when I was 14. Could pick up the old bill, local RAF bases etc. But also mobile phones (901mhz an up if I remember correctly?)

My uncle had a brilliant home based scanner. He was quite often the first person on the scene for any accidents that happened locally (we used to get a lot round our way) - so much so that the old bill warned him that they knew exactly what he was up to, and should stay away!

Now it's all gone digital and encrypted you've got no chance of listening in to the old bill. I found a supplier of the tetra (i think that's what it's called, only stumbled across it accidentally) radio systems that the police use. They're restrictively expensive, and you can't rock up an get one, they have to be sent to an official police address, and have a proper purchase order. Would be easy enough to fake, but is it worth the effort to listen in? Probably be easier to pinch one straight from the car. Although I presume that there's a way to locate any missing radios...