<description>&lt;p&gt;In today's episode I speak with my brother Robert Gallagher about his lifelong passion for police scanners and radios. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We discuss how radio systems have changed over time, who he's listened to over the years on the radio, and how his knowledge of radio systems allowed him to be the first person to know about snow days in high school. We also talk about transparency in policing and if it's a good thing that the public can listen in to police and fire radio transmissions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Visit our website at &lt;a href= "http://www.sparetimepodcast.com/"&gt;sparetimepodcast.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Produced by Andrew Gallagher&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Music provided by Erich Hochstrasser &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Find &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/ehochstrasser" target= "_blank"&gt;Erich's music here &lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.hochstrasserelectronics.com/"&gt;Hochstrasser Electronics here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Radio and Scanning Resources&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.radioreference.com/"&gt;radioreference.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://scan-ne.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page"&gt;Scan New England wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In today's episode I speak with my brother Robert Gallagher about his lifelong passion for police scanners and radios.  We discuss how radio systems have changed over time, who he's listened to over the years on the radio, and how his knowledge of radio systems allowed him to be the first person to know about snow days in high school. We also talk about transparency in policing and if it's a good thing that the public can listen in to police and fire radio transmissions.   Visit our website at <a href= "http://www.sparetimepodcast.com/">sparetimepodcast.com</a>   Produced by Andrew Gallagher Music provided by Erich Hochstrasser  Find <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ehochstrasser" target= "_blank">Erich's music here </a> and <a href= "https://www.hochstrasserelectronics.com/">Hochstrasser Electronics here.</a>   Radio and Scanning Resources <a href= "http://www.radioreference.com/">radioreference.com</a> <a href="http://scan-ne.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page">Scan New England wiki</a>

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#03 Radios and Police Scanners with Robert Gallagher

#03 Radios and Police Scanners with Robert Gallagher

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