Easy to be nosy with Scanner Radio

Scanner Radio allows you to listen to live audio from over 2,300 police and fire scanners, railroad communications, and weather radio broadcasts from around the world with more being added daily.  I like the fact you can click on Scanners near me and it will bring up the scanners that are published online within your area.  One thing to remember is that not all scanners are posted for online listening this is done by volunteers.  For example in my area I do not have CHP which is disappointing but at lease I have Sheriff and Police that cover the cities just not the main highway next to us.
When you are in the app listening to a station you can click menu and view the 10-codes.  These codes are how the police speak to each other instead of saying domestic disturbance they say 10-16 at 123 Main Street.  Also in the menu is a sleep timer yes the developer had the foresight to add a sleep timer so that it can  stop the scanning after a set amount of time like 10 minutes, 1 hour etc...  They have a built in chat feature for that station but have not had the pleasure of anyone wanting to chat while listening.

Be warned the Top 50 scanners right now will keep your device talking for hours.  There is a reason there the top and that's because there is a lot of action in those areas.

Here are some common 10-codes that might be useful while listening to Scanner Radio.

Scanner Radio
for Android Devices
California APCO 10 Codes

  • 10-0 Caution
  • 10-1 Unable to copy -- change location
  • 10-2 Signal good
  • 10-3 Stop transmitting
  • 10-4 Acknowledgement (OK)
  • 10-5 Relay
  • 10-6 Busy -- stand by unless urgent
  • 10-7 Out of service
  • 10-8 In service
  • 10-9 Repeat
  • 10-10 Fight in progress
  • 10-11 Dog case
  • 10-12 Stand by (stop)
  • 10-13 Weather -- road report
  • 10-14 Prowler report
  • 10-15 Civil disturbance
  • 10-16 Domestic disturbance
  • 10-17 Meet complainant
  • 10-18 Quickly
  • 10-19 Return to ...
  • 10-20 Location
  • 10-21 Call ... by telephone
  • 10-22 Disregard
  • 10-23 Arrived at scene
  • 10-24 Assignment completed
  • 10-25 Report in person (meet) ...
  • 10-26 Detaining subject, expedite
  • 10-27 Drivers license information
  • 10-28 Vehicle registration information
  • 10-29 Check for wanted
  • 10-30 Unnecessary use of radio
  • 10-31 Crime in progress
  • 10-32 Man with gun
  • 10-33 Emergency
  • 10-34 Riot
  • 10-35 Major crime alert
  • 10-36 Correct time
  • 10-37 (Investigate) suspicious vehicle
  • 10-38 Stopping suspicious vehicle
  • 10-39 Urgent -- use light, siren
  • 10-40 Silent run -- no light, siren
  • 10-41 Beginning tour of duty
  • 10-42 Ending tour of duty
  • 10-43 Information
  • 10-44 Permission to leave ... for ...
  • 10-45 Animal carcass at ...
  • 10-46 Assist motorist
  • 10-47 Emergency road repairs at ...
  • 10-48 Traffic standard repair at ...
  • 10-49 Traffic light out at ...
  • 10-50 Accident (fatal, personal injury, property damage)
  • 10-51 Wrecker needed
  • 10-52 Ambulance needed
  • 10-53 Road blocked at ...
  • 10-54 Livestock on highway
  • 10-55 Suspected DUI
  • 10-56 Intoxicated pedestrian
  • 10-57 Hit and run (fatal, personal injury, property damage)
  • 10-58 Direct traffic
  • 10-59 Convoy or escort
  • 10-60 Squad in vicinity
  • 10-61 Isolate self for message
  • 10-62 Reply to message
  • 10-63 Prepare to make written copy
  • 10-64 Message for local delivery
  • 10-65 Net message assignment
  • 10-66 Message cancellation
  • 10-67 Clear for net message
  • 10-68 Dispatch information
  • 10-69 Message received
  • 10-70 Fire
  • 10-71 Advise nature of fire
  • 10-72 Report progress on fire
  • 10-73 Smoke report
  • 10-74 Negative
  • 10-75 In contact with ...
  • 10-76 En route ...
  • 10-77 ETA (estimated time of arrival)
  • 10-78 Need assistance
  • 10-79 Notify coroner
  • 10-80 Chase in progress
  • 10-81 Breathalyzer
  • 10-82 Reserve lodging
  • 10-83 Work school xing at ...
  • 10-84 If meeting ... advise ETA
  • 10-85 Delayed due to ...
  • 10-86 Officer/operator on duty
  • 10-87 Pick up/distribute checks
  • 10-88 Present telephone number of ...
  • 10-89 Bomb threat
  • 10-90 Bank alarm at ...
  • 10-91 Pick up prisoner/subject
  • 10-92 Improperly parked vehicle
  • 10-93 Blockade
  • 10-94 Drag racing
  • 10-95 Prisoner/subject in custody
  • 10-96 Mental subject
  • 10-97 Check (test) signal
  • 10-98 Prison/jail break
  • 10-99 Wanted/stolen indicated
 I'd like to thank David for turning me onto this great app for the Android phones.  Visit his blog here.

Recommended Scanner Devices for serious scanning abilities.

Quick Battery gives way to Quick Settings For Complete Control

Quick Batter Widget
Quick Battery gives you a nice graphical representation of your current Android smartphone battery power.  The image to the left is the various stages of the widget.  When you add Quick Battery Widget to your home screen you get one icon/widget on your screen and it changes based on your batter power.


You combine Quick Battery with Quick Settings and you get one powerful app.  Quick settings allows you to control things like

    Quick Settings Main Page
    • Brightness (including automatic brightness)
    • Volume (with separate control for every audio channel)
    • Mobile data & Mobile Data (APN) and a shortcut to "use 2G only" system setting
    • Ringer (silent, vibration, ringer and ringer & vibration)
    • WiFi & Wifi Hotspot
    • one click GPS
    • Bluetooth
    • Airplane mode
    • Screen Timeout
    • Automatic data synchronization
    • Automatic rotation

    It also gives you the status of your phones memory and the space on your SD card.  Once in Quick Settings you can click on menu and customize to add, subtract or move settings to your hearts content.

    Quick Settings Customize Option
      Very versatile program all wrapped up in one complete package.  After a week's use I am not seeing any memory or battery leak issues due to the app.

    I was a big fan of Battery Widget but must say Quick Settings along with Quick Battery does so much more at the click of a button.  Now if it allowed scheduling of settings changes I could get rid of Settings Profiles full which is a great app for turning off the sounds at night so that you can get some sleep.

    Oh did I mention Quick Settings has a built in Flashlight app?

    HTC Incredible Receives Froyo 2.2 Today

    The highly anticipated Froyo 2.2 update finally happened on our HTC Incredible Android Phone.  Woke up this morning with the message to upgrade now or later.  Choose now and after two reboots and about 7 minutes Froyo 2.2 was installed.  Some of the feature of 2.2 are:


    • 3G Mobile Hot Spot
    • Flash 10.1
    • HTC Widget: Mail
    • HTC Widget: News
    • EAS Updates
    • 720p Video Recording
    • Amazon MP3
    • Skype
    • My Verizon
    Time will tell if it helps the battery.  The only gripe we have with the Incredible is the battery life.  We installed Automatic Task Killer and it does help a lot.