[Bassdogs]

Originally Posted by SpaceCadet

Learning to use my scanner was a royal pain in the butt. I literally sat down with the directions and programmed in each and every car's frequency. For example, when I programmed in Stewart's frequency, I put it on channel #20. Then if I wanted to listen to him all I had to do was punch in channel 20. If I had the scanner set to scan all programmed frequencies so I could see who was talking at the time and it stopped on channel 20, I'd automatically know it was Stewart. The best advice I can give you is to have all of the frequencies programmed in before you leave your house, because it can be confusing and very time consuming. If all the NASCAR channels came preprogrammed on your scanner, that's great. The frequencies don't seem to change much. Make sure you take tons of extra batteries. Good luck!

Thanks! Thats the impression that I've gotten. I've got a couple of months to play with it before the March race. Plan to mess with the local police and fire broadcasts just to get familiar with the buttons and knobs.

[pitbullkissess]

This might be a stupid question , How far away from the track can you get a signal? Is there a way to hear that stuff from home , other then the pay stuff on cable or on nascar.com?

[PettyBlue]

Originally Posted by pitbullkissess

This might be a stupid question , How far away from the track can you get a signal? Is there a way to hear that stuff from home , other then the pay stuff on cable or on nascar.com?

Depend's on factors like weather and other's but about one mile.You may want to read this link. Racescanners.com

[pitbullkissess]

Thank you that was a big help.