Delaware County

[lmziegler25]

I am interested in monitoring Delaware county but I am not sure if they are dgital requiring me to purchase a digital scanner or will a triple trunking scanner work fine? The areas/agencies I am interested in are:

Muncie PD
Delaware County EMS
Delware County sheriff
Ball Memorial Hospital (IHERN)

Thanks in advance for responding!!!

Lee

 

[djbrane]

All of those agencies, at this time, are analog. However, personally, I would go ahead and get a digital. They are on the SAFE-T system which has many digital TG's assigned to it that you would miss. If you did not buy a digital and used open mode, you would have to lockout all of the digital TG's or else you would get nothing but noise.

 

[K9GTJ]

You do not need a digital scanner for the moment to listen. However, If your interests expand, you likely will need digital. Spend the $$$ now and enjoy.

Going digital is for many state public saftey agencies and local agancies. Some places have all government agencies on the Safe-T system.

Yes, scanners will be going absolete due to digital taking over (and rebanding).

 

[Armadillo5]

Not to be rude or insulting but.....

What do you mean by, "scanners will be obsolete due to digital"?

Last time I checked most everything is going digital and most can get a digital scanner and will be able to monitor in the future and beyound.

Not sure I understand this. ?????

 

[Garymaxon1234]

Non-digital trunking scanners will be obsolete for digital. Most will not be able to "trunk track" after the re-banding.

GT

 

[K9GTJ]

Not to be rude or insulting but.....

What do you mean by, "scanners will be obsolete due to digital"?

Last time I checked most everything is going digital and most can get a digital scanner and will be able to monitor in the future and beyound.

Not sure I understand this. ?????

Bah! I was actually saying...

Analog scanners will be going absolete due to digital taking over (and rebanding).

Now learn to read between the lines *grin*

 

[Armadillo5]

I was wondering if something needed a little understanding.

Thank You....

 

[bamx2]

Does anyone know if there are Fed frequencies in use in Muncie with the Federal offices there?

 

[W9NES]

You would need to buy a Digital scanner as posted..The analog scanners will work for a while until the switch.Safe-t is where eveyone is going to 800Mhz.If you are going to buy Radio Shack, Uniden, etc I would advise you to make sure it says on the box and in the owners manual* Will work on Digital systems*.A couple of scanners that I do recomend are the following Uniden 996T, Uniden 396T, Radio Shack Pro-2096,Radio Shack Pro-96.*I own all that I have posted* and use them everyday.A digital scanner will work for Digital and Analog modes.

 

[djl998]

As far as I know, there are no plans for any Delaware County agencies to go to digital voice. However, SAFE-T will be rebanding at some point in the near future, so whatever analog scanner you have will probably be obsolete at that point for this purpose. You'd be best off buying one of the latest models.

 

[W9NES]

If the poster* Imziegler 25 *would buy a Digital scanner it will work in both modes* Analog and Digital.*He then will be ready when they do switch over to Digital.

 

[MoveQuick]

Yep. Then he can listen to Hardin County Fire also. They bleed all over Delaware Co Sheriff's Office freq.