probably not, the metal sides would sheild you..You ccan try, mounted near an open door, you might get local stations. But a base antenna, $39 and up, will be satisfactory. Most of the scanners either come with or you can get a cable that connects the radio to a computer that ties to the internet. There are perople that will help you. Most of your county, has goine to a digital trunking syste. County radios not on the trunking, are basically schools and school buses. Not a hot bed of activity. The immediate area, you can get by with a p25 type 1 scanner. Since type 2 models are coming out, some good buys on type 1 are available. Programming, is not hard, some "pains" are gettingf the cable recognized by the computer but once thats done, data flows pretty good. There is a HP2 by Uniden, there latest and greatest. The scanner allows yoiu to plug into the internet as desired, you download data, then after download, you just enter you zip code and the scanner sets itself up. Very simple though the price is about $500, possible alittle less. A scanner that you can buy preprogrammed will in a couple of months need to be updated so you woulfd be sending it off .
