ScannerHead

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:34 am

Thanks to Eddie on the scan_ky_wv Yahoo Group for the following.

You Might Be a ScannerHead if.....

...there's a car accident outside your house, and instead of rushing outside to offer assistance, you rush into the radio room to hear it being dispatched on the scanner.

...you know what fire station is being dispatched by listening to the pager tones.

...you start reading plates by the police phonetics.

...you quickly translate a vanity plate read in phonetics.

...you have a 'favorite' dispatcher.

...you curse the newspaper for not printing anything about what you heard last night.

...you know at least 15 vehicle/penal code sections.

...you yell at TV shows that use scanners in place of 2-way radios. (hello' Starskey & Hutch'?)

...you promise to sell your old scanner when you upgrade, do you find a convenient use for it SOMEWHERE?

...you can rattle off at least 10 local PD/Fire freqs by memory.

...you put off everything on Saturday night to see "COPS".

...you have twin spotlights on your car.

...you know exactly when you are leaving one 'beat' and entering another.

...you ever forgot to answer your telephone because you thought it's the scanner picking up on another phone call.

...you answer the scanner when the officer/fire/medic crew asks for the numeric on their call.

...you run out of room on your belt to carry your handhelds at the hamfest.

...you frequently chat with the little old ladies at the beauty shop to try to confirm gossip you hear from people's cordless phones.

...you've got more antennas on your car than the Command Post Van.

...Officers ask you to program their new trunk tracker.

...you have more than one scanner at home to hear multiple calls at the same time.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:11 am

I am about 15 out of 20.

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:27 am

13 out of 20.

Dr. Whiplash · Post by **Dr. Whiplash** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:40 am

Well, since we're coming out of the scanner closet this morning, about 13 of 20 here, too.

This makes us cool, right?

herdgirl72 · Post by **herdgirl72** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:34 am

I'm not THAT bad but I do reach for the scanner when I hear the sirens go past the house or if the weather is bad to hear the chaos!!

LOL!!
I love the scanner!!

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:36 pm

Scanners pick up RPU frequencies, too....it's really fun if you can catch your competitor talkin' crap about the listeners, the town, the boss, the company, other talent, the client........

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:28 pm

The best is when you can pick up phone conversations...

Not that I listen or anything.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:42 pm

If you did listen I'm sorry for the phone sex with Nunley's mother.

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:43 pm

Lee wrote:The best is when you can pick up phone conversations...

Not that I listen or anything.

That used to be an interesting catch, back when cordless phones and baby monitors transmitted in the 46 MHz VHF band. If you were close enough, you'd hear the phone conversation. Baby monitors were the best. Most people just left them on all the time. You could hear some juicy family fights and some occasional headboard banging ...

Everything is all digital now, and most stuff is in the 900 MHz band. Unlistenable.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:09 pm

True...however some people still use the old cordless phones.

The-Hammer · Post by **The-Hammer** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:32 pm

I remember when I was a kid we had some walkie-talkies that were on the same frequency as our cordless phone.

It was fun. Not only could you overhear someone else's conversation, but if you keyed the walkie-talkie, it caused the phone to hang up.