farstar2
Member
I’m new to the forum, I had a Uniden scanner back in the eighties (when times where simpler.) I’ve lurked on this forum for a couple of weeks now looking at the questions that have been asked before and still haven’t found a close to complete answer?
I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan – Washtenaw county. I know the the county (MPSCS) is going all digital (P25) come Sept. 2010. I’ve checked the RR database for the county and It lists at least 289 freq. for the different services. Currently only 15 seem to be on digital, the rest are analog or trunked analog.
If the county is going digital does that mean the Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, police, fire and EMS are also going to have to go to digital also? Or is it Just county services?
A long way around to the question is, can I get by with and analog scanner for the next couple of years or will it be totally obsolete come sept. 2010?
P.S. Due to the economy Ann Arbor is thinking of laying off 13 firemen I can’t see where the city as the funds to upgrade their communication systems?
I’ve been looking at the Uniden BC355C, BCT8, BC15XT for now, or should I save my money a wait till after the conversion? If its going to all Digital for the county, are they considering Open sky also?
Thanks for your patience, Ed
I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan – Washtenaw county. I know the the county (MPSCS) is going all digital (P25) come Sept. 2010. I’ve checked the RR database for the county and It lists at least 289 freq. for the different services. Currently only 15 seem to be on digital, the rest are analog or trunked analog.
If the county is going digital does that mean the Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, police, fire and EMS are also going to have to go to digital also? Or is it Just county services?
A long way around to the question is, can I get by with and analog scanner for the next couple of years or will it be totally obsolete come sept. 2010?
P.S. Due to the economy Ann Arbor is thinking of laying off 13 firemen I can’t see where the city as the funds to upgrade their communication systems?
I’ve been looking at the Uniden BC355C, BCT8, BC15XT for now, or should I save my money a wait till after the conversion? If its going to all Digital for the county, are they considering Open sky also?
Thanks for your patience, Ed