EMSheriff
Member
Greetings,
I am new to scanning. I have been listening on broadcastify for a while now but I am going to purchase an actual scanner. I live in Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois.
I am going to buy an analog scanner. I know that means I will not be able to listen to a lot, but spending the money to on a nice digital scanner, or any digital scanner doesn't make a whole lot of sense right now. I would like a portable scanner. My main priority is that I can listen to VHF marine and railroads, which should be able to be heard on any functioning analog scanner, right? As for everything else, I will listen to whatever else my scanner can pick up, just have fun with it. I have been considering the Whistler ws1010. I would like to listen to CB and I know the Whistler ws1010 does not cover that frequency range, I don't know if that is make or beak. I have found a lot of analog scanners don't seem to cover the CB range.
As far as public safety goes, my main interest if Fire/EMS. I listen to a lot of DuComm on broadcastify and I am aware that it is simulcast on the legacy VHF channels. My main question is do I need a trunking analog scanner or will a non trunking analog scanner pick up DuComm simulcast?
I hope I am not too far off on my scanning concepts. I appreciate any help, thanks.
I am new to scanning. I have been listening on broadcastify for a while now but I am going to purchase an actual scanner. I live in Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois.
I am going to buy an analog scanner. I know that means I will not be able to listen to a lot, but spending the money to on a nice digital scanner, or any digital scanner doesn't make a whole lot of sense right now. I would like a portable scanner. My main priority is that I can listen to VHF marine and railroads, which should be able to be heard on any functioning analog scanner, right? As for everything else, I will listen to whatever else my scanner can pick up, just have fun with it. I have been considering the Whistler ws1010. I would like to listen to CB and I know the Whistler ws1010 does not cover that frequency range, I don't know if that is make or beak. I have found a lot of analog scanners don't seem to cover the CB range.
As far as public safety goes, my main interest if Fire/EMS. I listen to a lot of DuComm on broadcastify and I am aware that it is simulcast on the legacy VHF channels. My main question is do I need a trunking analog scanner or will a non trunking analog scanner pick up DuComm simulcast?
I hope I am not too far off on my scanning concepts. I appreciate any help, thanks.