Floods, Fires and Scanner Radios: Stories From 50 Years of Listening

Haskell Moore has spent approximately 50 years listening to scanner radios. He also brings 40 years of information-technology experience, including work as a Global IT Crisis Manager for BP, and continues to teach hurricane preparedness.

In this episode, Haskell explains how scanner radio helped him navigate flooded streets in Houston, keep family members away from dangerous situations and intervene during a fire before a friend reentered a burning building.

Phil and Haskell also discuss the evolution of scanner technology, including early crystal and synthesized radios, the Realistic Pro-2006, the Optoelectronics OS-456, computer-controlled scanning, the Uniden SDS100, the HomePatrol and the Unication G5.

For beginners, Haskell shares advice about RadioReference, programming software, ham-radio education, building antennas and creating focused scan lists.

The episode closes with the golden rule of responsible scanning: never publish sensitive information in a way that could endanger responders or contribute to additional encryption.

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