Hey Pooles (Mike I believe is your name), I assume there radio people down there that know about freq and programming scanners? Thats one thing ve gotten just for the trip but damned if you dont need a college degree to get this thing working. The handbook is like trying to build and program a computer by directions if youve never done it. I got a triple trunking scanner over here that is supossed to be like the baby Jesus of all scanners, and I cant even get my local police on it.