fire department and town on this radio
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I was never able to program the radio, so I purchased RT systems cd and program cable and then I was able to program the freq.'s that I wanted.
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2 parts to this answer......the radio is not Part 90 FCC Certified, so technically it's illegal to use on those frequencies. Will the radio key up VHF/UHF Commercial/Public Service Repeaters, yes it will with the right pl or ctcss tones. It's difficult to program by hand, but takes 15 seconds with the usb programming cable and CHIRP software which is free to download.
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You can pick up Fire Departments, Police Departments, and more by programming their frequencies into the radio. Go here to look up your local frequencies:http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/
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You can pick up Fire Departments, Police Departments, and more by programming their frequencies into the radio. Go here to look up your local frequencies: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/
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This radio is a twin band Ham Radio ( amateur radio ) two meter and 440 band, so it can receive and transmit on these bands. If you have an amateur radio license, you can use the radio on 144.0 to 148.0 mhz,,,also from 420.0 to 450.0 mhz. I don't know the frequency of the fire dept. in your town, for sure it is not on the ham bands. Hope this helps
849684
The radio reception is excellent. Crisp, clear words and music. Several FM Stations to choose from in my area (upstate NY). The battery in mine has lasted since I bought it, which was many months ago...I have had to recharge after prolonged use, but never change a battery out. It is a great little unit...I recommend it highly. I am very satisfied with it.
1865887
The feature you are mentioning for mayday and location is not something I am aware of. I did not know that this radio had such a feature. Did I miss something?
1466611
The only way to hear emergency response is if they are using citizens band.they usually operate on an fm band while the hand held Cobra and all cb is am.
726323
Yes. I always get a distinctive loud tone prior to a fire or EMS call. It definitely gets your attention!
1015971
We are extremely please with our radio. Give warnings to take shelter when tornado is in the surrounding area. Much better than the sirens in our town. Not certain why the other reviewer stated it does not turn on, ours does, maybe ours is a different model or newer. I have had ours turn on during late hours and was loud enough to wake me out of a sound sleep.
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I'm not sure if that's even possible... Either stick it on one station that is pure static or have it on the highest speed on either AM or FM depending on how much it picks up. Or be in a truly desolate place with out any radio connection. Hard to pick up actual ghost voices when the DJ hosts are talking ;)
1389134
es, you can manually switch to WB from AM/FM. But you only get tuning when there is an emergency.
882037
You don't have one good radio source in you town? Its better to use an FM station that has a Lil static the sound quality will come out really good.
2156022
I'mSorry I can't answer your question........ I have never used this feature on the radio.
2065097
We don't have many weak stations with this radio. We live quite a ways out of town and we love it. I am very glad we got it as we listen to several stations we couldn't get before. Henry listens to music more then I do and he says it is good
660923
Red looks good works great. It is a little hard to program but once you get the right program online its a breeze. If using it as ham and dialing in frequency you wont have any trouble. We use it in the fire dept now. It works better than our 500.00 radios
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Dear Lectuer,With the internet radio tuner you can receive any radio station local or non-local.Eric C
1709839
Police calls are not in the SW band, not even close. Virtually all Police/Fire/Emergency radio is UHF trunked, and very difficult to scan in the sense of following a conversation, as the frequencies/channels can change every transmission. In addition, as was pointed out, many police departments are going to encrypted systems, which means you won't hear anything. If you have an Android phone, there are apps that let you listen to scanner outputs close to you, and you can listen on the web as well (like radioreference dot com).
9297
We didn't keep the radio. There were some stations it couldn't receive in our area.
1068698
Radio Ref is always OFFLINE in our area. For some reason they cant seem to keep anyone to broadcast it
140872
I'm not entirely sure but I believe that they are hardwired to each other and all will sound if one does. If your still not sure, call your local fire department and ask some one there.