AboutChris Bushman Expertise I have been an amateur radio operator for about 36 years.
Experience In real life I manage a small motion picture film lab in Hollywood. I've been a fireman, a teacher of English in Okinawa, a personal computer tutor.
I am an Advanced Class Ham radio operator using my originally issued callsign WB6EEQ. I have operated for extended periods of time from Okinawa (KR6FX & KR6OP), Texas (K5VXG), and Mississippi (K5TYP).
While in the Air Force, I was a Manual Morse Radio Intercept Operator.
BS Zoology, UC Davis
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Expert: Chris Bushman Date: 4/29/2008 Subject: cb radio and police radio
Question QUESTION: i just installed a CB radio in my celica and i wanted to know if i could listen to cop activity on it... any advice would be great...
ANSWER: Sorry, Scott, that would be a big NO good buddy.
Police use different frequencies, usually in the VHF band. If you had a scanner capable of listening on those frequencies, then you probably could listen to local police activity.
CB radio uses frequencies in the 27Mhz region and AM (Amplitude Modulation) or SSB (Single Sideband) signals. Police often use frequencies around 150Mhz and FM (Frequency Modulation) signals.
Chris Bushman
North Hollywood, California
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QUESTION: So what could i get to use to listen to their activity? is there anything? and would it be legal?
Answer There are lots of scanner options. Check out...
Yes, it is perfectly legal, but what you'll hear mostly is routine stuff. Anything that is sensitive is handled with landline or cell phone. Sometimes you'll only be able to hear one side of the conversation.
Besides police and fire, you may be able to hear other services too, like aircraft communications.
Only you can fully answer your question though. Different police and fire services use different frequencies in different areas. You need to find a frequency allocation list for your area and see what services are using what frequencies. Then you can match your scanner choice to what you want to listen to.
