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We are trying to reduce the amount of times the Police Scanner is getting kicked OFFLINE. It can go offline for many reasons, but we are trying to eliminate the ways that we can control. Such reasons could be power outages, computer or software issues, malfunctioning router or modem, cable provider, or broadcast provider. It is very hard to determine which factor is responsible when the we going OFFLINE intermittently. The only way to absolute determine the problem is to systematically switch out each component. Since we began broadcasting the video display, we have been kicked OFFLINE progressively faster it [ Read More ]
This is WinnipegTheft's Yagi Antenna, Kreval made it more than 4 years ago. It was made from a long wood dowel with pilot holes drilled for the wire. Different spacing and lengths for the wire were necessary to make this antenna work. There was an inherent problem with the design, …because we live in Canada we have extreme temperature fluctuations – more than 75 degrees. Due to the extreme expansion and contraction the wires actually moved back and forth thru the pilot hole openings. Now you might think the holes were too big, or how much could the wires actually [ Read More ]
WinnipegTheft will try to improve this website in the immediate future. We have had problems lately with our web host provider, issues with our antenna, and our scanner has been working intermittently at times. The scanner has been running 24 h for the last 4 years, and it requires some maintenance. These are all issues that have to be addressed, but it costs money to keep this website moving forward. This is why we have implemented Google Ads within our web design. Although it is annoying, it is the only way this website can generate revenue at this moment. [ Read More ]
