Re: Bearcat Scanners

[eric schumacher <e.schumacher@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>]

Here's a vote for scanners.  In Calif we set one channel to 154.905 which is
the "extender" frequency for the CHP. It is a tramsmitter located in each
car and very low power so if you hear it start looking around and acting
like a good person. The cop has the option of turning it off but they
usually don't so that they don't have to remember to turn it on when they
get out of the car.  Lots of other states use these things.
At 05:30 PM 8/31/98 -0400, you wrote:
>OK guys here's the deal.  I am going on vacation next week and I plan on
>doing a long road trip.  I plan on going up to Killington, Vermont to the
>mountain for some downhill biking for a day or so.  And I than plan to drive
>down to Virginia Beach and stay down there for the rest of the week and then
>drive back home (NY).  All this talk about the Bearcat and CB's has me
>thinking.  With all this driving, I am going to be excellent prey for the
>Interstate smokeys.  I have a CB in my old car collecting dust.  Right now I
>am only using a radar detector, which will be illegal in Virginia.  Is the
>Bearcat also illegal?  I need to know does it really work? (The Bearcat,
>that is)  I think it would be worth it if it saves me from a ticket and
>higher insurance rates and..... Please, those of you that use the BearCat
>scanners, please let me know if it has paid for itself?  Thanks
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>Franklin Mosley
>98 GLX Black
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