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State of Ohio MARCS (Columbus and Toledo)

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NickWarzy

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I currently have the BearCat 870XLT scanner and primarily listen to Columbus PD (Franklin Co. Communications) and Toledo PD. I would like to listen to OSP, but the costs might be prohibitive.

I haven't been up to speed on the MARCS system, but have been doing some reading. If you are an Ohio scanner, do you think I should upgrade to digital?

Either way, is there a digital scanner that scans the MARCS system? Thanks.
 

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Yes 5 scanners cover MARCS right now,

They are the mobile units (AKA handhelds) Pro-96 (made by GRE for radio shack)

The Uniden 285 with a digital card and the Uniden 296

Base Units are the BC785 with a digital card and the BC796

All these scanners are perfect for MARCS.

Welcome to the fourms by the way
 
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