[Harrison Sand] just finished a guide on how to use SDR to listen in on Police and Fire radio bands. The project, which results in the crystal clear audio reception heard after the break ...

Police scanners are actually legal to own and operate in the United States, because the radio frequencies used by law enforcement, like all U.S. radio frequencies, belong to the public.

The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how ...

Frequency Range: 20MHz - 1300MHz; Compatible with: Public Radio Scanner, Ham Radio, Two Way Radio, Walkie Talkie, Mobile Radio; VSWR: < 2.0; Impedance: 50 ohm ...

But over the last week, since major fires began ravaging huge swaths of Los Angeles County, “scanners” on X — accounts who listen obsessively to police and fire radio chatter, then ...

On Jan. 5, the Palo Alto Police Department switched all police radio communications to an encrypted ... on information picked up from a police scanner. When you donate to keep journalism local ...