whysyn ([info]whysyn) wrote,
@ 2008-04-24 10:58:00
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Radio Shack PRO-84 Scanner for $30. This is a more recent version of the PRO-83 that I've mentioned extensively on this blog.

As the decline accelerates and the mass media becomes even more of an establishment mouthpiece, you will need alternative means of news collection. Police scanners are one of the more effective means of doing so.

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[info]ladytetsu
2008-04-24 03:06 pm UTC (link)
and they're just fun in general.

well, if you're a ham ;-)

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[info]whysyn
2008-04-24 04:51 pm UTC (link)
not a ham, but always wanted to get into it.

a lot of the public services in my area are analog, and make for some interesting listening. i also pick up a couple of ham repeaters, but they're usually not as juicy =)

i have a scanner antenna & cb antenna waiting to go on my newish car, but first the weather and now more pressing repairs have them both collecting dust.

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[info]ladytetsu
2008-04-24 09:53 pm UTC (link)
dude, become a ham! It's cheap ($14 for your ticket) and you can get gear cheap too if you're sneaky, which you are. ;) There's cool digital modes (my dad and I love PSK 31) and there's even a ham/'net linkup called Echolink which can pitch a radio call clear around the world!

check arrl.org.

I'm an elmer - I'm s'possed to do this. But seriously, I got my extra, if you DO wanna be a ham, lemme know - I gots allllll sorts of info!

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[info]whysyn
2008-04-24 11:56 pm UTC (link)
too bad you're not in cleveland any longer... part of the reason i haven't done it yet is a lack of friends who do, and i'm terribly socially phobic, which make it difficult to go to meetups or the like and have to deal with strangers.

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[info]ladytetsu
2008-04-25 04:32 pm UTC (link)
hmmmz, perhaps we should arrange something - or, can you travel down here?

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[info]whysyn
2008-04-25 06:53 pm UTC (link)
I'm not entirely sure where "down here" is for you nowadays =)

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