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Bit of a dumb question, but I'm thinking about picking up a Uniden BCD996T Digi scanner. I was looking through some reviews and saw a picture of one of these scanners that said something like "TV Broadcast Chl 20, 511.750". See picture below.

So I was wondering two items.

1. It seems as if this person has programmed the scanner to receive the audio part of the digital TV broadcast, yes?

2. Where can I get a list of what freq's are used for the all the TV stations in the Puget Sound area? (and radio too?)

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Digital TV signals have the audio embedded in the main datastream - you need a digital TV tuner to extract it. The 996 won't do it; I haven't seen a scanner yet that will.

http://www.radiostation.com/kodis/ will find local stations.

Flash

Okay thanks.
That must be the analog freq for the audio broadcast I'm seeing in that picture.

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The scanner company is trying to promote the fact that the unit will scan "public safety radio" stations using the UHF "T-Band". The top ten "Metro Areas" of the US all use the lower TV channels ( 14 to 20 / 470 to 512 Mhz ) for Police and Fire radio. LAPD and NYPD all use the T-Band channels. LAPD is now digital P25 in the clear.

Thank you for the help. I decided to not go with the digital verison.

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