[Jeffhs]

In some smaller cities and towns these radios might pick up local police, etc. (as in Sandy's area), but not in major cities such as Chicago, New York, Cleveland, and so on. Most big-city police departments have converted their communications systems to UHF, perhaps to thwart so-called "ambulance chasers" and other casual listeners. In fact, there was an article in an old issue of Popular Electronics magazine in the '60s that showed in detail how to use a UHF TV converter to receive the then-new UHF police broadcasts on older radios. However, as mentioned in previous posts, if your area has a NOAA weather radio station, the S-95 will receive it just fine, but if you are any real distance from the station you may have to use a good antenna. These stations transmit on various frequencies, such as 162.55 MHz, 162.475 MHz, etc. (actual frequency will vary by region). However, 162.55 seems to be the most popular frequency for these broadcasts.