You don’t have to be an investigative journalist or a private eye in an old noir film to use a police scanner, nor do you need to splurge on a stand-alone device just to get the inside scoop. The ...

URBANA – As the daughter of a Champaign firefighter, Karen York grew up listening to the police and fire scanner. As an adult, she's had one in her home and she also listens at WDWS radio, where she ...

FITCHBURG — Scanner buffs who tune in to radio broadcasts from the Fire Department can change the frequency on which they listen from 154.25 to 470.550, Capt. Brian Belliveau said Tuesday. The ...

If you’ve lost interest in that DVB dongle you bought to give software defined radio a try you should bust it back out. [Harrison Sand] just finished a guide on how to use SDR to listen in on Police ...