Learn how to Show off your shack! – read more
Shack Owner: John Kashirsky
From: Republic, MO
Ham Call Sign: N0TDL
John’s Shack:
Radio Shack PRO-106
Radio Shack PRO-197
Radio Shack PRO-163
Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT
Icom PCR1000
ICom 2200H with D-Star
Kenwood TM261
Yaesu FT2800M
Learn how to Show off your shack! – read more
Shack Owner: Cosimo DelRosso
From: Teaneck NJCall Sign: N2KWE
In the hobby for: 35 years
Listen to: I like to listen to everything. I live very close to NY and the harbors so I can hear it from ships to the Coast Guard, Police, Fire, EMS. I also host a feed on Radio Reference for the Teaneck, NJ Police and fire in Bergen County.
Here is some of my Shack:
From top to bottom left rack
Uniden BCD996T
RadioShack PRO-160
Also have
GRE PSR-800 and Uniden BC346XT
Realistic PRO-2006
Grundig Satellit 750
Alinco DJ-V5
Firmware Update
Download Firmware Update 1.02.05 (April 26, 2012)
This update makes the following changes:
Directions using Internet Explorer and Windows7 as the operating system
Step 1
Download the Firmware loader for the BC125AT – Download here
Step 2
When download prompt pops up select “Open”
(this will take a few minutes to download)
Step 3
A window will pop up select BC_VUP_V3_00_01 folder
Step 4
Select Setup_BC_VUP.msi and then click run
Step 5
Click close on the Installation Complete window
Step 6
Open the Firmware loader in programs under Uniden , then BC_VUP3
Step 7
When software opens a “Select Model” window should appear. As seen in the photo bellow.
Click Next
Step 8
At this point you should have your Uniden BC125At turn on and connected to the PC via the data/power cable. Once this is done Click “OK” (Note: Uniden BC125AT drivers must be installed – Click here for directions)
Step 9
Click “Auto Detect”, when the comport is detected then click “Next”
Step 10
Click read and then click “Start”
Step 11
It will take about 3 minutes for the new firmware to be written to your BC125AT Scanner. Once you see the screen bellow your firmware update is complete.
Installing Drivers for the Uniden BC125AT
Step 1
Download the driver for your Uniden BC125AT
– Click here to download –
Step 2
Select Save as, then save the file to the desktop
Step 3
In your start menu, go to “Control Panel”
Step 4
In the Control Panel select “System”
Step 5
Select “Device Manager” (Top left)
Step 6
Plug in the Uniden BC125AT info the PC Via the USB Cable
Step 7
“Other Devices” should pop up on the list as seen bellow.
Step 8
Right click on “BC125AT” and select “Update Driver Software”
Step 9
Select “Browse my computer for driver software”
Step 10
Click the “Browse” button and select “Desktop” and then hit “Next”
Step 11
You computer will find and install the drivers for the Uniden BC125AT Scanner.
Step 12
Take a look at your “Device Manager” window you will see the “BC125AT” listed under “Ports (COM & LPT)” Once you see this you have successfully installed the drivers.
Learn how to Show off your shack! – read more
Shack Owner: Shawn Kurschner
From: Manitowoc, WICall Sign: KC9AAH
In the hobby for: 18 years
Listen to: Primarily interested in Public Safety and Aviation Monitoring.
My station consists of :
ICOM
V8000
W32A
Uniden Bearcat
BC780XLT
BCD396XT
Radio Shack
Pro-2067
PRO-92
PRO-97
Realistic
PRO-2020
Regency Monitor Radio
Learn how to Show off your Shack! – read more
By Richard Barnett
Dayton Hamvention 2012
Location: Dayton, OH – Directions
Dates: Friday, May 18, 2012 – Sunday, May 20, 2012
Booth: #402 – Show Map
Scanner Master will be back at its usual inside booth #402 at the Dayton Hamvention in Ohio from May 18th-20th. Rich Barnett will be there along with Gommert Buysen of Butel ARC Software. If you’ve never been to the Dayton Hamvention it’s the world’s largest gathering of Ham radio operators including a great many scanner enthusiasts. GRE, Icom and others will have booths and Rich and Gommert will be in the Scanner Master booth to answer any questions and of course sell scanners and accessories.
Please stop by and say hello and take a look at some of our new products and accessories.
Make sure you check the Scanner Master Blog for updates from the road to Dayton, OH.
Boxborough, MA – Scanner Master has sold and installed the equipment for a Rangecast monitoring system to the Boxborough, Massachusetts, Police Department. In this image you can see four BCT15X Bearcat Scanners mounted in a Scanner Master two-hole rack-mounting panel which is installed in the police department’s computer room at their station. The scanners are connected to a discone antenna mounted on the department’s tower and a Stridsberg multicoupler splits the feed to the four scanners while recovering loss with a small amplifier . A quad-core PowerSpec PC is connected to the scanners via a custom Rangecast Sound Hub which allows four scanners to simultaneously feed into one PC and upload to the Internet. The Boxborough Police use Rangecast to follow and record their department’s communications along with all surrounding local and State law enforcement. Rangecast is a powerful, easy-to-use and low-cost IP-based communications monitoring system. For more information on Rangecast visit Rangecast.com or contact Scanner Master.
Learn how to Show off your shack! – read more
Shack Owner: Ken LaBelle
Scanners
My scanners all have been purchased through Scanner Master. I have 6 Uniden 996t’s on my desk and a Motorola CDM 1250 UHF radio for fire buff club usage. One of the 6 scanners is dedicated for my website scanri.net. I use ProScan to stream to my followers on Radio Reference, ProScan, and the webserver site.
Antennas
The antennas are: (scanner) Antenna Specialist Mon-31, (UHF Radio) Comtelco 36” fiberglass 470-512, and there is a Ferret scanner antenna. (I am not using the Ferret at the moment due to it lacks reception in the UHF bands). The coax is all LMR400 with Amphenol connectors. The Mon-31 scanner antenna coax ties into a Stridsberg active 8-port multicoupler. I also have a Jim M75 pre-amp before the multicoupler that greatly increases my reception range. The UHF antenna connects to my remote mount Motorola CDM 1250 radio.
Multicoupler
The Stridsberg device connects to the 6 Uniden 996T scanners on my desk, a BC780 on my bedroom nightstand, and my Uniden 796d Scanner Master remote-head edition. The brain of the 796d is in my attic near my office and the head is located in the living room of my house on an end table. A 50’ lead of CAT5 cable connects the two. The scanners in the Spectrum Force desk mounts have “T” connectors on the coax feeds to each. I did this to minimize runs of coax along my walls to the desk. The last 2 open ports on the multicoupler are capped off with a BNC terminator caps for future use.
In the Attic 
Thanks for taking the time to view my “Shack”.
Ken
Shack owner: Scott Freiman
From: Tucson, AZ
In the hobby for: Over 35 years
What does he like to listen to? Police and SWL Broadcast
Shack consists of: (2) Uniden BCT15X scanners, Icom IC-R-75 receiver
(Also not pictured and spread throughout the house are a GRE PSR-700, Icom PCR-100 and several Uniden BC-3xx series scanners)
Learn how to Show off your shack! – read moreIn honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
(April 8-14, 2012) here is the Town of Bristol, RI “Shack”.
Frequencies:
Fire Dispatch – 154.14500 – PL 114.8
Police Dispatch – 155.13000 – PL 114.8
Left Side run down
Right Side run down
Bristol Mobile Command Center
We have a 65′ Mobile command center which can be deployed at key areas in town as a back up to dispatch with full capability of phone, fax, computer and radio in the event that the police station ever became incapacitated by disaster or other nature. We have a server and back-up on site, however, we also have a 100GB microwave uplink which updates a 3rd server located in another town building. The FD also has a dispatch center, however it is a computer and radio, with the Keltron Fire control panel. It serves as a tertiary dispatch center if needed, however the new fire station serves as the town’s EOC and was put into 24/7 use 2 months after opening due to a flood which brought the town to it’s knees 2 years ago. It was also used during Hurricane Irene, BFD took over dispatch for FD units and allowed the PD to focus on law enforcement.