Hello All. This is my first post on here. It's nice to see so many current posts in this group on the forum. It's good to know there are others out there who share the same hobby as me.
I used to be a member of Scan America and I used to carry my analog scanner wherever I went and listened to Gwinnett County police and fire daily. After they went digital and then encrypted, I put my scanner to the side and just listened to what I could online.
I recently got my old Radio Shack Pro 97 back out and soon realized I need to go digital if I want to hear anything nowadays. I just ordered a Whistler 1040. Hopefully, it is nice enough to get me back into scanning.
Since it's been so long that I have played around with a scanner, a lot has changed. I have couple of questions that I have been wondering about.
Does anyone else have the 1040 and how hard was it to use the PC software to program it? Is it easier to do it manually?
I am interested in listening to Walton County and the GSP that is in Monroe, but from what I am seeing in the database, it looks to be encrypted. It says DE in the mode column. I assume that means I won't be able to listen to Walton County like I first thought I would. Is that correct? If so, does anyone have any other recommendations of interesting things I can listen to in that general area?
Thanks in advance!
I used to be a member of Scan America and I used to carry my analog scanner wherever I went and listened to Gwinnett County police and fire daily. After they went digital and then encrypted, I put my scanner to the side and just listened to what I could online.
I recently got my old Radio Shack Pro 97 back out and soon realized I need to go digital if I want to hear anything nowadays. I just ordered a Whistler 1040. Hopefully, it is nice enough to get me back into scanning.
Since it's been so long that I have played around with a scanner, a lot has changed. I have couple of questions that I have been wondering about.
Does anyone else have the 1040 and how hard was it to use the PC software to program it? Is it easier to do it manually?
I am interested in listening to Walton County and the GSP that is in Monroe, but from what I am seeing in the database, it looks to be encrypted. It says DE in the mode column. I assume that means I won't be able to listen to Walton County like I first thought I would. Is that correct? If so, does anyone have any other recommendations of interesting things I can listen to in that general area?
Thanks in advance!