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Hello everyone!

This is my introductory Post. I'm a scanning enthusasist,
who aslo likes to DX on MW, SW and also listen to amateur radio on
the HF, VHF and UHF frequencies. I live on a hill in Northeast
Seattle, WA not too far SE from Northgate Mall just to give you an
idea where I'm at. I remember when I was a young teenager 11-13 I
would listen to Edmonds/Lynwood/MtLake Terrace Police and Fire from
my grandparents' home in Downtown Edmonds.

I have a few scanners, notably the PRO-2030 and PRO-2040. I love
listening to the UHF-T Band, and VHF-Lo and the VHF Air band. They
have been great radios, and I have a variety of antennas I have used
with them cut for specific bands.

I have looked online for frequency references, and just now started
developing my own computerized log. If anyone wants to help me fill
in ID's, help would greatly be appreciated.

I primarily listen for transmissions in the 150.995 through 172.375
and also 451.025 through 492.9625 and have enjoyed listening to
them. I primarily also listen to transmissions comin from King,
Snohomish and Pierce Counties. I have not got into the bands from
806.0125 through 823.9625 and 851.0125 through 868.9625 but I will
get to logging those.

I do have one question which might be a bit broad. Does anyone have
any suggestions on what is good to listen to from my area?

I can sent anyone several hundred frequency loggings in a Excel file
if anyone would like to help me out. I have from time to time
connected the 5 or 6 indivudual antennas to my scanner and done a
full band scan from 29 through 512 MHz and noted which frequencies
the scanner stopped at, then gone back over it scanning the popular
ranges of frequencies/bands. Are there any other good techniques such
as this?

I'm also gonna be putting up a small tower with a VHF and UHF Beam /
Yagi antenna. Anyone know what is popular among the scanner freaks?

I don't know how it is that my thread got off on a Space Shuttle
track.

A group of frequencies I have enjoyed listening to is from 154.0000
through 156.0000 where a majority of the VHF-Lo Police, Fire and
EMT's are. There seems to be a lot in the WA area in this particular
area of the band. Am I right that the frequencies in this band,
ending in 000.0050 are low power / mobile / hand held?

The other band is 452.0000 through 454.0000 and 461.0000 through
464.5000, which includes METRO, GMRS, FRS, and maybe a few others.

If anyone wants to help me fill in ID's, help would
greatly be appreciated.

I have heard a lot of digital chirps, tones, paging sounds, and other
non-voice communications. Not quite as interesting to listen to
without the equipment that decodes this stuff.



Greg
gbowne1@yahoo.com
Yahoo IM gbowne1