Pagers or scanners

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First off since I am active in both our fire department and first aid squad I have pagers for both which are on the fire radio so I only carry one around on constant monitor.   I also have been monitoring public safety and railroad radio for many years going back to 1969, first with tunable radios from Radio Shack then starting in 1974 with a variety of scanners.  Presently I have 3 hand held scanners with one in the master bedroom and one in my car, both the same model from Uniden Bearcat that take AA batteries either rechargeable or non rechargeable with them getting excercised regularly so that I usually get 10 to 12 hours use when not plugged plus I keep a supply AA alkalines on hand.   The third is an older Bearcat with a battery pack that does not hold a charge after mor ethan a couple of hours unplugged but its power source is the UPS for my home PC.