New to the scanning community

[arievk]

Hey all,
im incredaibly new to the scanning community. so new i dont even have a scanner. i live in kingston twp. im currently in the act 120 program up at lackawanna college and when i am done i hope to get a job with a local department. but i wanted to get a leg up and see what kind of calls are occuring in the area and i happened upon your site. if someone could help me find a scanner to listen to police dept.s in the area thatd be awsome. nothing fancy just something that will pick up dallas to wilkes-barre communications.
thanks

[captclint]

Welcome to the world of scanning. You could ease into this without ANY expense by listening to what they call Live Feed. This is where someone puts their scanner audio out on the Internet. There are 2 such feeds which should launch Windows Media player:
www.geocities.com/luzernelivebroadcast/lcib.asx
www.geocities.com/luzernecountyemergencyservices/LCES.asx

For reasons which are not clear to me, they both seem to have periods where either they are down, or a few channels are not working. These are the channels for the 2nd link:
Fire & Amb Dispatch-157.450
WestSide-154.295
FireEast- 155.865
FireNorth- 154.145
FireSouth- 154.325
BackMtn- 154.355
Mtn-Top- 154.415
Fire/Amb- 159.465
LifeFlight- 453.125
WilkesBarre-155.940
Plymouth-154.445
The 1st one is similar, but I don't think it has quite as many. However, these are both about Fire and EMS, so no police.

As for scanners, you can get a basic unit from either Uniden or Radio Shack for $70-$100 which will get all the stuff in this area. Uniden also sells Like New, which are great buys and just as good as new. Of course, there are lots of stores on the net that discount mostly Uniden.

Here's a Here's a guide to get started.
Of course, look at the topics of FREQUENCIES OF INTEREST on this site to get an idea of what you could listen to that are not on the live feeds. Note: You do not need Digital, Trunking, or 800mHz for this area.

[arievk]

hey captclint
thanks so much for the reply that helped me out a ton!!! thanks a ton will check back!!!