Digital Scanner

[MississippiPI]

I need to upgrade my scanners and go digital; if anyone has any suggestions on which way to go I would appreciate it...Thanks

Be safe

 

[ka3jjz]

The first thing to do is to educate yourself as to what digital scanners are out there, and find reviews. You can do that by using the wiki - hit 'wiki' in the top blue toolbar, then look on the right at the resulting page. The section labeled 'scanners, receivers and professional radios' is in a yellow box. There's a link for 'digital trunktrackers' which lists links for all the current (and future - the PSR-600 isn't out yet...) digital scanners. Click on the one you want to read. There's also a section a little below that called 'reviews'. Our own safetyobc has written a great many, and there are user opinions posted on EHam.

73s Mike

 

[ansky]

Also, be sure to check into the frequencies you want to monitor and make sure they are not encrypted. A digital scanner is useless on encrypted frequencies.

 

[rockag41]

I also vote mobile over base. More flexibility and they run on batteries. This is good when the power goes out and you really 'need' to know what is going on.

 

[MississippiPI]

Thanks folks for all the help...

Be safe