Tramagod
Member
I guess radio frequency monitoring will never die,but for scanner enthusiasts, I think it's a real possability. It's getting to where more and more multi agaency systems are going to encrypted or non-monitorable systems, like Pro-Voice and many others. Even with that I know there are other services to monitor, railroad, mil/air, aircraft. But the heart and soul of scanning has been and will always be public safety. And more and more public safety organizations are going to these excotic systems every day. The administrator for the system in the county where I live just recently announced that their system will be going to Pro-Voice as of Dec 2014. My scanner will be deaf as a rock. An outside antenna may help me pull in some signals from close adjacent counties,but nothing else from home. It's hard for me to imagine a hobby I've enjoyed since the early 70's starting with a crystal controlled radio shack scanner will soon be dead, or severly limited/crippled. And don't even start with "what if's" regarding encryption and proprietary systems, they're here to stay. Our hobby will be all but gone in our lifetime.
(Best appreciated with taps playing quietly in the back ground)
(Best appreciated with taps playing quietly in the back ground)