Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but even if you could demodulate it... It is 100% illegal to listen or record cellphones and cordless phones. Period... HUGE no no

No idea about California, but in Colorado, the larger metro areas are going 100% encrypted. The news gathering/reporting stations can buy receivers from the agency's that allow them to monitor only ro

Agree... I was referring to law enforcement not fire. In some places, ambulances are also encrypted for patient privacy. Not a lot yet, but it seems to be a growing concern. Don

No they won't, it's illegal to decrypt an encrypted signal. Besides which, you need the encryption key which is either 128 bytes long or 256 bytes long. Decoding a digitally encoded key is legal as lo

You all seem to forget... That unencrypted police radio means it is unencrypted for YOU and the criminals in town too. 26 years as a police officer in Denver, CO and while not frequent, there were man

You don't like it, get your city/county/state/federal lawmakers to enact a law prohibiting encryption. If enough voters think like you, should be a piece of cake. Until then, you will have live with i

Of course there are bad cops, and I guarantee you won't catch them by listening to dispatch. There's bad people in every group. I would bet as a percentage, the police are way towards the bottom compa

And that's the whole point of getting enough people to agree with you and vote for people/laws that you all agree with. If it's an important issue for you, write letters to the editor of a local paper

A big thumbs up. Ed! Said very well. Don

Let's agree to disagree. You won't change my mind, I won't change yours (or anyone's). Anyway... I have had my say. Don

Having been in the profession for 26 years, mine is an educated guess. I am talking criminal conduct bad... doubt there is even close to 10,000 of them.

Chicago or Camden, NJ... Or perhaps Washington DC

Actually, I shouldn't have said that, in those cities, the political leaders are corrupt and have been for a long time and the the police chief and commissioners are political appointees. The large ma

I have used a Larsen TriBand NMO mount for years. A bit pricey but a superb antenna. Here's an example on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/i/372555516598 Or just Google Larson TriBand mobile antenna Don

Try telling your airbags the velcro is good enough.

Homeland Security no less.

I must admit, I find your use of a PA system very obnoxious.

I have used one of the tri band Larsen NMO mount (via a NMO 3/4" hole mount) for years for scanning and it is fantastic. Very happy with its quality and performance.

Go to Uniden's website and look it up!

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