NoiseLimited
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Greetings fellow aficionados of the ether. I've been through several of the articles here on RR, trying to get up to speed. I'm one of those old retired guys who decided to return to scanners after a long hiatus. The last scanner I bought was a Bearcat 800XLT in the mid 80s. This was before the cell-block law and it covered the 800MHz band continuously. I had that scanner on daily for about 6 years. Then life happens and your attention moves elsewhere. The 800 is still here, in a closet - not powered on in 15 years or so.
Things have changed dramatically though and I'm definitely out of touch. I noticed Bob Grove shuttered Monitoring Times and it seems Rich is no longer doing his thing. I used to see and talk to both of them at various hamfests here in the state. Time is not our friend.
I did something unusual for me and ordered a scanner without the normal 3 or 4 weeks of research. A Uniden SDS200 optioned out should arrive this week. I understand radio receivers, feedlines and antennas, but digital radio - APCO, P25, DMR, NXDN, trunking, EDACS, LTR, et al gives me heartburn. The whole database thing here is news to me. I am so out of touch with everything that has been happening. Reading through the forums, there seems to be a cadre of well-informed and experienced folks here. I am so thankful for that. I will most likely be one of those people who asks one of those questions that has an answer that's obvious to everyone but me. I'll try not to be annoying.
Thanks to all the knowledgeable folks here who keep the rest of us out of trouble.
Things have changed dramatically though and I'm definitely out of touch. I noticed Bob Grove shuttered Monitoring Times and it seems Rich is no longer doing his thing. I used to see and talk to both of them at various hamfests here in the state. Time is not our friend.
I did something unusual for me and ordered a scanner without the normal 3 or 4 weeks of research. A Uniden SDS200 optioned out should arrive this week. I understand radio receivers, feedlines and antennas, but digital radio - APCO, P25, DMR, NXDN, trunking, EDACS, LTR, et al gives me heartburn. The whole database thing here is news to me. I am so out of touch with everything that has been happening. Reading through the forums, there seems to be a cadre of well-informed and experienced folks here. I am so thankful for that. I will most likely be one of those people who asks one of those questions that has an answer that's obvious to everyone but me. I'll try not to be annoying.
Thanks to all the knowledgeable folks here who keep the rest of us out of trouble.