mmiller7
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Wonder if anyone here has a suggestion...seems like my scanning days may be abruptly ending.
I monitor (or used to) Fredericksburg, VA; Spotsylvania, VA; and Stafford, VA. Stafford got all fancy a while back and I could only hear a dispatch simulcast. Now Fredericksburg sounds like they have gone full-on to Stafford's system (can't even hear any simulcast). Spotsylvania has been "about to" flip the switch for digital.
I've also had the dispatch simulcast channels programmed in my ham radio gear for scanning when I'm out and about (even if I can't hear the incident channels I can hear where there are trees down, etc. in storms) but at least today I haven't heard anything on Fredericksburg (154.415) nor Spotsylvania (156.195) VHF dispatch channels. I can still hear Stafford's simulcast and King George loud and clear so I know my radios are working.
Being prepared, as RadioShack was going out I got a replacement for my good old Pro-97 -- grabbing one of the last Pro-651 P25 scanners, a bargain at $200 and another $30 on Win500 for remote control. Except now I'm learning these radio systems are all going to some specific new P25 called "Project 25 Phase II TDMA" that it sounds like my "new" radio won't do from what I can find on RadioReference.
Since I'm fairly sure I won't get $230 out of my now-mostly-useless Pro-651 and even then don't have another $300 on top of that to buy a new scanner...does anyone have a suggestion to scan these for say sub-$100?
I monitor (or used to) Fredericksburg, VA; Spotsylvania, VA; and Stafford, VA. Stafford got all fancy a while back and I could only hear a dispatch simulcast. Now Fredericksburg sounds like they have gone full-on to Stafford's system (can't even hear any simulcast). Spotsylvania has been "about to" flip the switch for digital.
I've also had the dispatch simulcast channels programmed in my ham radio gear for scanning when I'm out and about (even if I can't hear the incident channels I can hear where there are trees down, etc. in storms) but at least today I haven't heard anything on Fredericksburg (154.415) nor Spotsylvania (156.195) VHF dispatch channels. I can still hear Stafford's simulcast and King George loud and clear so I know my radios are working.
Being prepared, as RadioShack was going out I got a replacement for my good old Pro-97 -- grabbing one of the last Pro-651 P25 scanners, a bargain at $200 and another $30 on Win500 for remote control. Except now I'm learning these radio systems are all going to some specific new P25 called "Project 25 Phase II TDMA" that it sounds like my "new" radio won't do from what I can find on RadioReference.
Since I'm fairly sure I won't get $230 out of my now-mostly-useless Pro-651 and even then don't have another $300 on top of that to buy a new scanner...does anyone have a suggestion to scan these for say sub-$100?