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Letter Re: Advice on Communications Scanners
Dear James,
I was talking to my neighbor today and he showed me his Uniden Bear Tracker
800 scanner, a now discontinued model. That got me to thinking that I probably
should get one for emergencies. But the thing is I don't know what you should
look for in a police scanner. Also I'm on a budget and I'm not willing to spend
more than $100 on a scanner, but most cost quite a bit. That's why I'm looking
for a reasonably priced scanner, though I'm having problems finding one. Any
recommendations or help would be gladly accepted.
Regards, - MG Mikael
Mikael:
Since you are on a budget, your best bet is to find a used scanner
on eBay, hopefully for $80 to $120. (This may take a few diligent weeks of
putting
low bids on successive
auction, to have a winning low bid.)
From the SurvivalBlog archives, here are a couple of useful references with scanner
model
recommendations:
General
advice on communications monitoring.
and,
A "trunked traffic" capable scanner.
