Les Platons

You mean the distorted fembot on ch 18 "The windshpeed at Shaint Helier Pierheadsh ish shixsh knotsh, gushting to sheven knotsh. Messhagshe endsh"? She's great company in the boat on a windy night!

If you've already read Scanning then you'll know where to search for activity if you're bored of listening to the planes and Port Control ch 14.
But you'll have to search patiently because theres not a lot going on any more. There are still quite a few channels that could spring into life once in a while, but if you want your scanner to entertain you with frequent talking you'll have to learn to enjoy listening to the planes, and taxis, buses and couriers!
The new shop watch / nite net thing is on UHF somewhere (judging by the aerials I've seen), if that interests you it shouldn't be to hard to find.
Unfortunately with the legal situation being what it is, I can't be seen to be encouraging anyone to listen to anything. All I can do is point out general facts and let you decide what to do with the information.

For example, those cheap two-way radios on 446MHz are often used by businesses on-site. If they decide they've had enough interference from kids with call tones, they can buy proper radios and cheaply use a small set of channels (very cheap licence required) known as UK General (see Private Business Radio UK General licence ). I believe those UHF and 164-173 channels get plenty of use over here.

There are also dedicated channels set aside for "Short Term Hire" (see RA347 Private Business Radio Suppliers Licence Information Sheet and Application Form for frequencies) which, my scanning friend tells me, tend to be used in recent years for special events like the rally, the marathon, old car club hill climbs, battle of flowers, and other events needing crowd marshalling etc.
The organisers don't need the hassle of owning thier own radios and their own channel (except the Bouley Bay hill climb lot who have a dedicated Motor Safety channel in common with the UK) just for once a year events, and so they'll hire the the radios from a supplier.

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If your scanner can cover short wave around 31 to 32 mhz NBFM modulation you will hear local phone calls from folks using wireless phones in their homes, you may need an outside antenna if you want ot hear up to a mile or more away but the stuff people talk about is very personal as they dont think anyone else can hear them, i.e bank account no's credit card info you name it they say it!!!