I made an initial reply to this thread back in 2011. Since then I moved back to Delaware for a little while, and we came back to Iowa in December of 2021. I'm up in Dana, in Greene County - the land of no trunked radio systems, it seems. I was listening to the local stuff on my Pro-197, but was frustrated that I couldn't listen to the trunked side, so I finally sprung for an SDS200. Love the scanner - but apparently, I wasn't missing much on the trunked side! Haven't picked up the first thing, and to be honest, it doesn't seem like there's much on ISICS out here anyway. Perhaps I'm just missing something, though. I figured at least I'd be able to find and listen to the State Patrol.
Being 2 blocks from the Tara subdivision on the UP, and with a UP tower right here in Dana, it's pretty darn easy to listen to trains. By far, that would be the busiest group of frequencies on the scanner. I have 3 now: the SDS200 is set aside for public safety; the Pro-197 will be for air & rail, and my old Pro-2096 is feeding the Greene County Fire Dispatch on Broadcastify.
Anyway, finally getting back into the forums - looking forward to seeing what everyone else is up to!
Sean - K0MSM
Being 2 blocks from the Tara subdivision on the UP, and with a UP tower right here in Dana, it's pretty darn easy to listen to trains. By far, that would be the busiest group of frequencies on the scanner. I have 3 now: the SDS200 is set aside for public safety; the Pro-197 will be for air & rail, and my old Pro-2096 is feeding the Greene County Fire Dispatch on Broadcastify.
Anyway, finally getting back into the forums - looking forward to seeing what everyone else is up to!
Sean - K0MSM