When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, ...

This allows for coordinated planning and response. You'll also need to purchase a beginner-level transceiver, such as the Baofeng UV-5R, a compact handheld radio scanner transceiver providing four ...

It will soon be more difficult to monitor police activity for those with scanners in one Midstate county. Dauphin County ...

The days of police business being aired over a “scanner” are nearing their end as Douglas County law enforcement agencies ...

Scanners, however, are not completely becoming paperweights ... video of Officer Daniel Pantaleo killing Eric Garner thanks ...

An NYPD cop is charged in two separate indictments with assaulting a suspect with a police radio and lying about a patrol car ...

XENIA — Officers and medics have responded after a semi crash on US-35 in Greene County Thursday morning. A news crew is ...

In Gaza, a single operator controlling multiple drones of different types gives a glimpse of the future of warfare. Makers XTEND talked to me about teamworking drones.

Rice County law enforcement will encrypt their radios to improve safety, following a case of publicized scanner traffic.

Douglas County is going dark. Area law enforcement calls will no longer be broadcast on emergency radios — aka scanners — ...

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Recent equipment additions will help get out weather watches and warnings to a broader area in the region, starting Friday.