Listening to the fire scanner

This type of electronic communication utilizes very cheap circuits, low fidelity amplifiers and very basic microphones, as well as RF decoder/encoder circuits with a narrow frequency response. It’s all that’s needed and those the depend on it get used to that narrow midrange. It’s cheap, but reliable stuff.

they're used to it. Like when i'm using it with my group of first aiders, the public rarely understands what we say

Maybe they know people like you are listening, and they want to keep fires a secret.

I think it’s an acquired thing; at a fire or an EMS situation there are key words that are attention getting. Also the small antenna on a scanner makes reception difficult unless the area has a good repeater system.

It's kind of like during the CB craze. After a while you got used to it and could more easily pickup what was being said. Kind of like listening to a new toddler. After a while you interpret things better.

I used to listen to trains on a scanner. It took me a while to catch on to what they were saying. 😅

I have no problem understanding the communication going on

I think it's a special course: Garble 101

That way a bunch of looky lous don't show up to gawk.

Lol I’d have no chance at hearing what they’re saying

I often understand languages that I do not even speak.

My mother corrected my english all the time. I remember her saying, it's not a samwich or a sammich. It's a "sandwich."
I'm listening to a radio program this morning and the guy is saying samwich. And close for clothes. It was killing me. lol

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It does help to take the doughnut or sausage out of their mouths first before speaking into the mike…😆

it's a hot mic