police scanners

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #1
    are they illeagle
    like the one in the fast and furious when he says sorry pizza boy find another way home?
    dont know why really want one

    anyone know
  2. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11423
    #2
    illegal to listen to police radio's
  3. Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP
    #3
    you on about the snooper or road angels???
  4. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11423
    #4
    Na Pred, you know the radio scanners like the old CB's? He means these.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2007 Darlington Posts: 8766 Icelandic Grey Citroen Saxo VTS
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MF_Domingo View Post
    are they illeagle
    like the one in the fast and furious when he says sorry pizza boy find another way home?
    dont know why really want one

    anyone know
    'i live my life a quarter mile at a time'....

    Why would you want them? dont speed...
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2005 Manchester United Kingdom (England) Posts: 4229 Saxo VTR '98
    #6
    you used to be able to pick up the police on long wave radio in the 80s...me and our kid used to tune in.
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11423
    #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hellonpluto View Post
    you used to be able to pick up the police on long wave radio in the 80s...me and our kid used to tune in.
    I got love for you....
  8. Established Member Joined: May 2008 Leeds Posts: 1515 Saxo VTR. Suzuki Swift GLX, Pug 206.
    #8
    There not ilegal but its ilegal to listen into any freqancy that you are not licenced to do so.
    Why do you want one as all police radios are on microwave now and the scanners dont work for the police now.
  9. Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP
    #9
    well in that case my dad has one in the garage he never uses it
  10. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #10
    just really want one there mint
    anyone know were to buy one?
  11. Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP
    #11
    ebay is your friend
  12. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 crieff perthshire Posts: 158 saxo vtr 51
    #12
    all the police forces in the uk are moving to the tetra system soon most have already.means you cant pick them up with any radio/scanner now.tetra is digital and scrambled.
  13. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #13
    Lol ill check on there now mate
  14. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2007 Liverpool Posts: 8780 Seat Leon
    #14
    You can listen in on some American/Australian police, fire, air traffic control scanners on the Internet, there's loads of websites just google it
  15. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #15
    Thats gay its ment to be blue
  16. Established Member Joined: Feb 2008 bedfordshire Posts: 1681 audi a3
    #16
    i could do wth a road angel though , notthis lol
  17. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #17
    Got a thing called cyborg which does the same but just wanted to listen for things to drive to when board like drunken asault at the pub etc
  18. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 Spennymoor, United Kingdom (England) Posts: 3742 Saxo MK2 VTS
    #18
    Cant do it now, all gone digital etc with the new tetra systems. Would imagine it would be very difficult to listen in as the radios are all encrypted etc etc....... although i would not have thought it was impossible
  19. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2007 Maidstone, Kent Posts: 4928 Clio 197 Cup
    #19
    If the Police found out you're using one ... They will rape you into next week.

    Real life isn't The Fast and the Furious IMO ...
  20. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 Spennymoor, United Kingdom (England) Posts: 3742 Saxo MK2 VTS
    #20
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by fergie127 View Post
    If the Police found out you're using one ... They will rape you into next week.

    Real life isn't The Fast and the Furious IMO ...
    Lol well said fella
  21. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #21
    i wasnt saying i wanted to reanact the fast and the furious other wise i wouldnt drive a saxo id be in a orange supra lol
    just was an example so u knew what i was talkin about
  22. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5
    #22
    how old are you ? and how old is your brain ? lol *peace out*, fast and furious = film, real life it wouldnt happen like that,dramatised etc imo
  23. Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2006 Frome, down deepest, darkest zummerset Posts: 12971 VTRallye
    #23
    its no illegal to own one.......

    but its illegal to listen in on the po po.......
  24. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5
    #24
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
  25. Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Doncaster Posts: 459 mk2 gold vts
    #25
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    so he can call all his homies to "split" from the road block they have made when 5-0 start coming because they've found illegal street racing action in progress..
  26. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Durham Posts: 2094 Mk1 Vtr
    #26
    iv got serveral scanners /cbs you cant listen to them now there squelshed all you pic up is people tlaking on cbs and taxi/bus people
  27. Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2006 Dalget Bay, Fife United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 648 MAZDA 6: Slammed, 18's, Tints, Smoothed
    #27
    i had one before they went digital. was actually really intresting to listen on a friday-saturday night. used to take it out in the car and see if i could get to the call befor them (legally tho lol) they all went digital before the g8 summit so kinda spoiled the fun, can listen to boats and planes, air traffic control etc.

    they sell them in maplin
  28. Established Member Joined: May 2007 Newcastle Posts: 1131 106 Gti
    #28
    Knowing where the police are and what there saying would come in handy some times.
  29. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857
    #29
    Where on earth did you get a terrestrial trunk radio? There are big legal issue alone in having one of them. Your not talking just a normal scanner. If you some how legally did have one I do not believe there is any specific law against listening or at least there was not several years ago. But it is against the law to act on the police ratio or use it for any illegal purposes. It was like the way it was legal to have a police speed radar detector but it was just illegal to use it to allow you to speed undetected. I don't know if this is still how it is but that is the way it was.
  30. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #30
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    why so negative
    when someone says i want to make my saxo faster you wouldnt just say sell it and buy a faster car
  31. Established Member Joined: May 2005 newport United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 1820 saxo vtr an furio
    #31
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MF_Domingo View Post
    why so negative
    when someone says i want to make my saxo faster you wouldnt just say sell it and buy a faster car
    well actually......
  32. Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2007 dublin Posts: 768 saxo vts- r5 raider
    #32
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mymintsaxo View Post
    and why do you want to listen in anyway, join the police force tbh
    maybe he wants a tester before he buys the cake
  33. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #33
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by eoey View Post
    maybe he wants a tester before he buys the cake
    well said lol
  34. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2007 Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 565 Black Mk2 VTR
    #34
    You can't buy any scanners that listen into Uk police, they moved from analogue frequencies to digital (TETRA) a few years ago. So you can't listen in, any scanners you see are for old skool analogue frequencies like Air Traffic Control etc. I think some ambulance services still use analogue?

    Even if you sourced a TETRA scanner, you wouldn't get the police as its encrypted so you would hear jack all and have wasted £60+.

    If you're desperate, rob a cop.
  35. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Manchester Posts: 150 Saxo mk2 vtr 2003
    #35
    rob a cop lol then u can hear them reporting it lol