[Donna Lee Nardo]

Thanks Indie. Oh, I would not ever wish to jeopardize any emergency situation for the authorities. I would just like to listen and know what is going on when I can.

[thecabal]

FYI, most scanner radios don't have the capability to receive the HF bands (from 3 MHz to 30 MHz), which is where a lot of the ham activity is. You would also miss out on shortwave broadcasters, which might be able to get you some kind of news if things get really bad here. Occasionally, on HF you can catch Air Force One and SAC command planes as well. There's a lot of interesting stuff there.