Best Police Scanners 2021 per money.com

[zerg901]

Best Police Scanner for 2021 by Money | Money

Radio Reference is mentioned in this article

 

[GlobalNorth]

I own a 536HP and while I like it, as the most current Experian advertisement says... ".. That app is trash!". I've never been able to get it to function correctly on an iPhone XR.

 

[GlobalNorth]

My other complaint about "articles" such as these is that the best device for one person is going to be the worst for someone else. Example: a California based listener wanting to get the CHP is going to need a scanner that excels in the VHF - Low band. Most scanners don't cut it. That listener moves to Arizona and wants to listen to AZDPS is going to need a radio that excels in the UHF and the 700 MHz bands as AZDPS slowly builds out their 700 MHz system. VHF Low is effectively dead in Arizona.

 

[trentbob]

Very interesting, someone depending on money.com to tell them the best scanner to buy. I especially like their recommendation of the ws1025.

I could write an article for RR on the best investment vehicle to put money in. I would recommend the Bernie Madoff fund.

Also interesting that they never mention the best scanners to buy. I didn't see them there.

Interesting thread.

 

[fxdscon]

My other complaint about "articles" such as these is that the best device for one person is going to be the worst for someone else.

Exactly... the author wants us to believe he is all-knowing about what scanners we need, but makes no mention whatsoever about the challenges of Simulcast, and what scanners are best for those areas.

 

[N7OLQ]

You can't really take the article seriously when there is no mention of Uniden SDS scanners. Seems to have been written by someone who just read the advertisements and some comments on RR.

 

[hiegtx]

Looking at the date on the article, 03/05/21, the author can't claim that the SDS series was not on the market.

 

[rgchristy]

Well, they also know what the best tankless hot water heaters, tens machines, bluetooth speakers, and hot tubs are.....

 

[TailGator911]

Nice informative article, but I am baffled at the author's failure to mention the SDS scanners. Or simulcast/lsm and the technology that allows the SDS scanners to decode the transmissions. That is an integral part of the scanning hobby in 2021 that cannot be overlooked when providing information on radio scanners. That's akin to talking about bees without mentioning honey. Really?

Then again, 'For The Money' may exclude the pricey SDS scanners and disqualify them simply because of the cost. An honorable mention would have been appreciated by most, I would think.

 

[jonwienke]

Most media people are barely intellectually lucid enough to wipe themselves after taking a dump, so glaring errors and omissions in the dreck they write is to be expected.

 

[David628]

This article is just a money grab.

The click bait money grab pitch:
“The Best Police Scanners for Your Money”
The Best Police Scanners for Your Money

The very top of the article reads:
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I seen the “learn more” link in blue highlight so I clicked the learn more link and got this:

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Just another noobtuber “reviewer”...oops, sorry, I meant to say dedicated “journalist” product reviewer trying to make a dollar.

 

[bob550]

Well, they also know what the best tankless hot water heaters, tens machines, bluetooth speakers, and hot tubs are.....

And you're not going to post the link to the best hot tubs?

 

[Patch42]

Most media people are barely intellectually lucid enough to wipe themselves after taking a dump, so glaring errors and omissions in the dreck they write is to be expected.

The funny thing is that most of us suffer from Gell-Mann Amnesia. We come upon an article like this, where we actually know the subject matter and recognize the author has barely clue one on the topic, we laugh about how ridiculous it is, then we turn the page and take seriously the next article written on a topic we don't know.

I remember many years ago reading a game review in PC Magazine. At that time "VESA" was just becoming known as a graphics standard and the term was being applied to a lot of different graphics-related things. There was a VESA standard mode for graphics card operations in which certain minimum standards for resolution and such had to be met. There was also a specialized VESA slot on some computers dedicated to a graphics card. The two things, other than being related to graphics and come from the same standards body, had nothing to do with each other. Well, in the review the author stated the game would only work with graphics cards that could plug into the VESA slot. This was not true, the game instead requiring a graphics card that had a VESA mode available, and was a laughable contention to anyone even remotely familiar with the topic. To me the worst part wasn't that the author didn't know the difference but that no one else at the magazine who reviewed the article apparently knew the difference. Then I turned the page and read with interest the review of the next game.

 

[jonwienke]

I've seen enough of this sort of thing that I assume about 95% of what I read in the news is bull.

 

[rgchristy]

Did you want inflatable or not? The review both...

And you're not going to post the link to the best hot tubs?

 

[KK4JUG]

Asking financial people about scanners is like asking ballerinas about brain surgery.

 

[jonwienke]

Asking financial people about scanners is like asking ballerinas about brain surgery.

Except the ballerinas probably know more about it than the reporters...

 

[StoliRaz]

And you're not going to post the link to the best hot tubs?

The time machine one, of course!!