Looking for information on SE Kansas frequencies

[kssunflower]

Hello, I'm a newbie to the southeast Kansas area and I am pretty much a newbie to scanning as well. I have a BC 278 clt that I plugged in a few years ago while I was living in Salina, KS. I've not used the scanner for a few years and I am now living in Wilson county Kansas. I just plugged it back in a few days ago but I guess things are so quiet around here that it is hard to tell if the thing is working like it should. I pick up a few things here and there but mostly it is very very quiet. I'm hoping someone could help me out with a couple of questions.

1. Is the area around here really quiet or should I be concerned that my scanner isn't working properly?

2. I really enjoyed listening to the highway patrol when I lived in Salina. There was almost always something going on. Will my scanner that I have now still pick up the highway patrol frequencies or am I going to need a new scanner?

I would really appreciate any words of advice or help. I would love to listen to the chatter of my scanner again.

Thanks!

kssunflower

[jereck_99]

the Highway patrol are now on digtal system

[n0lqt]

Originally Posted by kssunflower

Hello, I'm a newbie to the southeast Kansas area and I am pretty much a newbie to scanning as well. I have a BC 278 clt that I plugged in a few years ago while I was living in Salina, KS. I've not used the scanner for a few years and I am now living in Wilson county Kansas. I just plugged it back in a few days ago but I guess things are so quiet around here that it is hard to tell if the thing is working like it should. I pick up a few things here and there but mostly it is very very quiet. I'm hoping someone could help me out with a couple of questions.

1. Is the area around here really quiet or should I be concerned that my scanner isn't working properly?

2. I really enjoyed listening to the highway patrol when I lived in Salina. There was almost always something going on. Will my scanner that I have now still pick up the highway patrol frequencies or am I going to need a new scanner?

NEW SCANNER TIME!

Wilson, Neosho, Mongomery, Labette, Crawford, and Bourbon Counties seem to be the leaders in the digital switch-over. I keep hearing more and more coming out of the area over the expanding P-25 State system and many of the local agencies in that area seems to be early buy-ins. Personally, I think they are on the correct path too and wished my area would be more "open-minded" to change. (yes, I know, locally allocated $$ has a lot to do with it also...) Take a look at the KSICS system in the database.

Be prepared for a bit of sticker shock though. APCO Project-25 Digital enabled scanners are way more expensive than the basic scanner you are probably used to ($450+) But then they also do way more neat things!

and BTW, Welcome to the RR board....

[kssunflower]

I hadn't noticed that the KHP was digital. I was hoping an analog trunking scanner would be sufficient. Looks like I may have to wait a bit for that new scanner. Digital ones are expensive. Alas, for now, I will have to be satisfied with what my ancient scanner will pick up from the local PD (and storm spotters this spring).

[TooLate]

Yes, welcome.

Not only are the KHP on digital now, in Bourbon county (at least), they're driving very innocuous SUV's and Pickups...REALLY hard to spot. SUV's light bar resembles no more than a thin luggage rack. I've been trying to show people what the pickup looks like but it gets by before I realize what it is and can get them to look quickly enough! Pretty stealthy!!

FSPD, BB Cty Sheriff, Iola PD & AL Cty Sheriff etc still remain mostly analog (for now) but about the only time I "think" I've heard KHP is if they are going through the local analog frequency...and it may have been, in fact, sheriff vs HP...not sure. We were in Garnett yesterday evening headed to Moran to get on 54 and heard traffic on 54 searching for a vehicle...we were monitoring the car traffic...so is there a repeater nearby that they were hitting? Because, it was really clear and easy to understand.

Anyway, welcome again. Good luck to all of us that will need to bite the bullet to upgrade to digital!!

TL