Scanning America

Issue Date Topics
November 2025Augusta County, Virginia
October 2025Alliance, Nebraska
September 2025Union County, Kentucky
August 2025Oklahoma Highway Patrol Coverage
July 2025Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
June 2025Douglas County, Oregon; Hamvention 2025
May 2025Authentication
April 2025Kern County, California
March 2025Dawson County, Georgia
February 2025Southern Methodist University
January 2025Bandera County, Texas
December 2024Elko County, Nevada
November 2024Colquitt County, Georgia
October 2024Washington County, Maryland
September 2024Montgomery County, Virginia
August 2024Wisconsin Scanning Update
July 2024Jasper County, Missouri
June 2024Prince Edward County; Cumberland County, Virginia
May 2024Oakland County, Michigan
April 2024Limestone County, Alabama
March 2024Durant, Oklahoma, P-25 and Analog Systems
February 2024Nevada Shared Radio System
January 2024Scanning Los Angeles County, California
December 2023Scanning Walton County, Florida
November 2023Harris County, Georgia
October 2023Security by Obscurity
September 2023Police Radio Jamming
August 2023Bexar and Guadaloupe Counties, Texas
July 2023Scanning South Dakota
June 2023Encryption
May 2023Scanning Claremont, New Hampshire
April 2023Scanning Smyth County, VA
March 2023Utah Communications Authority
February 2023Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network
January 2023Chester County, Pennsylvania
December 2022Daviess County, Kentucky
November 2022Scanning Delaware County (PA)
October 2022Washington State Patrol Update
September 2022Scanning Orlando, Florida
August 2022Available Interstitial Channels
July 2022Scanning Napa Valley, California
June 2022A New Paging System
May 2022Scanning Benton County, Oregon
April 2022Scanning Santa Monica, California
March 2022Doña Ana County, New Mexico
February 2022Simi Valley, California
January 2022Kent County, Michigan
December 2021Michigan Public Safety Communications System
November 2021Foresthill, California
October 2021A Tale of Two Counites: Branch and Hillsdale (MI)
September 2021Santa Barbara County, California
August 2021Richmond County (GA); Douglas County (NV)
July 2021Scanning the Twin Counties of Virginia
June 2021Monitoring NXDN in New Mexico; Florida SLERS Update
May 2021Marin County, California
April 2021800 MHz Rebanding
March 2021Asking the FCC for 800 and 700 MHz Waivers
February 2021The Trouble with T-Band
January 2021Sumter County (FL), Wallowa County (OR)
December 2020Florida SLERS; Cape May, New Jersey
November 2020Buncombe County, North Carolina
October 2020Dinwiddie Country (VA); DTV Interfering with Scanner
September 2020Scanning California Wildfires
August 2020Scanning Elmore County (ID) and El Dorado County (CA)
July 2020Scanning Volusia County, Florida
June 2020Changes are Coming to the 900 MHz Band
May 2020New York City; Litchfield, Connecticut
April 2020US Forest Service; LA County (CA); Hudson County (NY)
March 2020California Highway Patrol
February 2020Nassau County, New York and TIS Stations
January 2020Manitowoc County (WI); Mason County (MI)
December 2019Tillamook County, Oregon; Vintage Scanner Crystals
November 2019Iredell County (NC) and Cape May (NJ)
October 2019Scanning Utah and the National Emergency Communications Plan
September 2019Scanning Sumner County, Tennessee
August 2019Scanning Michigan
July 2019Oakland County (MI); Jasper County (MO)
June 2019FRS/GMRS Update; Allegany County (Maryland)
May 2019Groton, Connecticut; Amtrak Update
April 2019TETRA System; FCC Actions; Clark County, Ohio
March 2019Scanning Jackson County, Mississippi
February 2019First Look: Uniden Bearcat SDS200
January 2019Nevada Shared Radio System
December 2018Fayette County (GA) and Intro to ULS
November 2018FCC Changes to 400 and 500 MHz Explained
October 2018Hialeah, Florida, and a Public Service Radio Feud
September 2018Orange County, Virginia; Whistler Update Program and FCC Findings
August 2018Lenoir County (NC); Missouri Dept. of Conservation
July 2018Portsmouth (VA), Grant County (WI) and the ISS
June 2018Scanning Miami-Dade County, Florida
May 2018Sublette County, Wyoming; Washoe County, Nevada
April 2018DeKalb County, Illinois and New Additions to P-25 Phase II
March 2018Scanning Stark and Tuscarawas Counties (Ohio) and Dakota County, Minnesota
February 2018Digital Overtakes Analog
January 2018Long Beach (CA); Tennessee and Miami (FL)
December 2017Interoperability Update; Orange County, Virginia
November 2017Scanning Midwest Utilities’ DMR Services
October 2017Post Falls and Kootenai County, Idaho
September 2017Dubuque, Iowa, and RACOM
August 2017Winnebago County (IL), Broward County (FL)
July 2017Washington County, Oregon; Minnesota Refinery
June 2017Details on Whistler’s Legacy Scanner Upgrade Offer
May 2017Charlotte County (FL) and Dallas County (IA)
April 2017Marin County (CA), North Dakota and Radio Shack Bankruptcy (Again)
March 2017A Look at OpenSky and Scanning Counties from Indiana and Virginia
February 2017TETRA, LTR and two New York, Texas Counties
January 2017New Digital Modes for Some Scanners
December 2016Scanning Radio History
November 2016Public Utilities as “Critical Infrastructure”
October 2016Howard County, Indiana and Monitoring Airborne TETRA
September 2016Enabling Interoperability; Erie (PA) and Denton (TX) Counties
August 2016Madison County (MO), Fire Service & Amtrak
July 2016APCO P-25 Explained; Scanning Creek County, Oklahoma
June 2016New Scanner News; Ocean City, Maryland
May 2016Calvert, St. Mary’s (MD) and Lewis (NY) Counties
April 2016Growing Acceptance of TETRA
March 2016Michigan Interoperability System; Rebanding Progress
February 2016Fulton County, Georgia, and Riverside, California
January 2016Pensacola’s APCO P-25 Phase 2 and Whistler’s New Scanners
December 2015Scanning the Mall of America and DFW Airport
November 2015Tennessee Advanced Communications Network
October 2015Counties Weigh a Combination of Radio System Options
September 2015Maine’s Statewide MSCommNet
August 2015Scanning Wisconsin; FCC Field Office Shuffle
July 2015EDACS, Talkgroups and RF Explorer
June 2015Scanner Update from Dayton
May 2015Allentown, PA, FCC Field Offices and Dayton
April 2015P25: A Tale of Two Systems
March 2015Hard-Learned Radio Civics Lesson in D.C.
February 2015Boseman, MT, Becker County, MN, and Phase-II
January 2015Monitoring Digital Systems
December 2014Scanning Southwest Ohio and Western Washington State
November 2014New York State and Pennsylvania OpenSky
October 2014History of Rebanding, PCWIN and the PA Turnpike
September 2014Multi-Agency Radio Communications and More
August 2014Radio Activity in the National Radio Quiet Zone
July 2014Public Safety vs. Industrial/Business Pool Frequencies
June 2014Scanning St. Clair County, IL, and a Whistler Scanner Preview
May 2014NOAA WX, NIST Time Transmissions, Scanning Morgan County West Virginia
April 2014Weather Monitoring
March 2014Weather Monitoring
February 2014Researching Local Public Service Radio Systems
January 2014Scanning, Satellites, Trunked Systems and More!