What can you pick up on a radio scanner UK?

What can you pick up on a radio scanner UK?

What’s Legal in the UK?

• It is legal to buy and own a scanner.
• It is legal to use a scanner to listen to licensed broadcast radio stations (e.g. BBC and commercial radio stations.
• It is legal to listen to CB radio transmission and amateur radio transmissions.
• It is legal to listen to weather and navigation transmissions.

What frequency do UK emergency services use?

86.30625 – 86.31875 MHz UK – Land Search & Rescue. 121.45 – 121.55 MHz Aeronautical emergency frequency for the purposes of distress and urgency for radiotelephony by stations of the Aeronautical Mobile service. May also be used for these purposes by survival craft stations. EPIRBs may also use this frequency.

What frequency is TETRA UK?

TETRA base stations usually transmit in the frequency band 390 to 400 MHz just below the UHF TV band.

Can you still listen to police on a scanner UK?

The law on scanner technology is contradictory. The devices are legal to own, but it is illegal to listen in on police and emergency service frequencies. In the past there have been fears the safety of the Royal Family was at risk because classified security details were being picked up by eavesdroppers.

Are police scanners legal in the UK?

In the UK such services include Citizens’ Band, Amateur, licensed broadcast radio, weather and navigation broadcasts. It is only illegal to use scanners to listen to licensed private services such as the police and taxi radio transmissions and other prohibited or private broadcasts not intended for the public.

Do police scanners work in the UK?

Do radio scanners still work in the UK?

What frequency does TETRA use?

390 to 400 MHz
TETRA base stations usually transmit in the frequency band 390 to 400 MHz just below the UHF TV band.

Is it illegal to have a police radio in UK?

Technically yes, it is illegal. However many people still do without getting caught. It is an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 in the UK. It states that it is illegal to listen to licensed private services (such as: police and taxi radio transmissions).