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Originally Posted by videobruce
.As in encripted (secure), or just digital?
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Some are encrypted, some aren't. It depends on the type of conventional P-25 that is used. I find that paying over $500 for a communications receiver that is even more prone to intermod is a bit over board. All though, the Icom R-1500 would do most everything but trunking. It is the same price as the handheld R-20. Wide band receivers, (even the newer scanners) do get hit by high powered transmissions. It seems the state of NY isn't going to go trunked anytime soon by what is being posted in the NY forum here on RR. For your immediate area, VHF, UHF seem the way to go. What I saw for the Buffalo metro area can be serviced by a RS Pro-163, or, Uniden BC-15. Getting a digital would be neccessary if you are planning on monitoring Canada.
HTH,
Larry