Archive for the ‘Scanner Listening’ Category

As the massive thunderstorm came in, I flipped on the scanner to listen to local public safety, as there are often interesting things going on. I don’t know the background, but here’s what I heard: “Engines 2 and 3, you can cancel… The caller stated that he thought he had been struck by lightning, but [...]

I recently came across our digital scanner, which I updated with a newer DSP firmware, and I dug up some good batteries. I’ve been keeping it on fairly often, and have to say that I’m glad I have. I think I kind of got accustomed to the Waltham/Boston scene, where it wasn’t that uncommon to [...]


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