![]() I listened to the coordination efforts of several departments and their dispatchers as they discovered a fire was in such a remote area they could not reach it with their trucks and fire hoses. Today, for instance, there were several large wild fires in the San Francisco Bay Area. I just discovered the scanner app, and am apparently years behind the general population in my discovery! I thought it was pretty cool, and I've been fascinated by the activity I've heard from the police/fire departments in my area. For information on this, please go to įor more information on monitoring California, streaming, and the radio scanning hobby in general please check out ![]() One other item, using a scanner streaming app in those states where mobile scanning is illegal is considered the same as using a mobile scanner in those states. Uniden is it now and for the foreseeable future. Their factory was located in China and apparently China took over the factory and kicked GRECOM out. Note- GRECOM who make their own and Radio Shack branded scanners is not making anymore. Mobile scanners are NOT illegal in California so if you are truly fascinated with what you are monitoring via the app, take the next step and jump headfirst into the scanning hobby- the water is fine! The point here is to show you what you are missing or might not be aware of. Also know that several municipalities in LACO have thier own police and fire as well. My LA county quick-key on the 996XT contains LA police and fire, LA county sheriff and fire, CHP inland division and southern div and several city and county trunked systems. There is tons of stuff there to monitor so if you're depending on a single stream, you're missing stuff. I much better enjoy using my own equipment to listen in. ![]() I have no truck with these apps or streaming but. And if the department being streamed encrypts, we are all out of luck. And, if the department that is being streamed goes and changes modes which the streaming scanner doesn't have, you are out of luck. Just remember, if the stream stops streaming, you are out of luck. ![]()
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