Location + Unit help

[KompactKites]

Currently in zip code 63010 which is Jefferson county Missouri. Trying to wrap my head around which model I should get for my area including near by counties. . I'd like to stay mid range budget so I've been looking at the uniden BCD996p2 or it's 352 counter part. Looking at the frequencies for my area, would either of these model give me good coverage? I'd like to be digital trunking and looks like I would need it for first responder type coverage?

Thanks

 

[Meebs11]

What do you want to listen for? Solely PD and FD?

 

[KompactKites]

What do you want to listen for? Solely PD and FD?

Not necessarily but those two for sure. I prefer listening to EMS and FD mostly.

 

[scanman1958]

Jefferson County is part of the SLATER system. It is a P25 trunking system with tower locations all over the county. You you would definitely need a trunking scanner, which I believe you already know. You can easily monitor fire and EMS in JeffCo but not PD. They are encrypted. There might be smaller city departments that might have occasional clear traffic.

You can scan the MO highway patrol on the statewide MOSWIN system. I am sure there are lots of other stuff you can listen to.

 

[KompactKites]

Ok thanks, I was wondering what the SLATER type was, appreciate the help. Guess I'm going to try to decide on one of those two models as I believe they both do p25. Debating on going cheaper also with the bc160 and just taking the loss of it's abilities.

 

[jtwalker]

Ok thanks, I was wondering what the SLATER type was, appreciate the help. Guess I'm going to try to decide on one of those two models as I believe they both do p25. Debating on going cheaper also with the bc160 and just taking the loss of it's abilities.

The BCD160DN does not do trunking nor does it do P25, so you might want to rethink that move.

 

[MissouriSirens]

Ok thanks, I was wondering what the SLATER type was, appreciate the help. Guess I'm going to try to decide on one of those two models as I believe they both do p25. Debating on going cheaper also with the bc160 and just taking the loss of it's abilities.

Main question is, what's your budget if you don't mind me asking?

I Live in St. Louis County (South Area) and the BCD436HP doesn't do well with the simulcasting. I recently got an SDS100 as a birthday present and I can safely say I'm amazed on how good it does.

Since Jefferson County is the same way, the 436 might work as mine worked a bit better in the JeffCo area (I go there a lot for reference).

If you have the budget, I'd say that you should go with an SDS which is priced at $650 at the moment. If you don't, a 436HP or 325P2 will work decently as well.

Also as jtwalker has said, it cannot do trunking which is a bit of wasted potential for that scanner in my opinion. There are some stuff analog in the area such as fire dispatch and the warning siren data frequencies. But its best to future-proof.

 

[KompactKites]

Main question is, what's your budget if you don't mind me asking?

I Live in St. Louis County (South Area) and the BCD436HP doesn't do well with the simulcasting. I recently got an SDS100 as a birthday present and I can safely say I'm amazed on how good it does.

Since Jefferson County is the same way, the 436 might work as mine worked a bit better in the JeffCo area (I go there a lot for reference).

If you have the budget, I'd say that you should go with an SDS which is priced at $650 at the moment. If you don't, a 436HP or 325P2 will work decently as well.

Also as jtwalker has said, it cannot do trunking which is a bit of wasted potential for that scanner in my opinion. There are some stuff analog in the area such as fire dispatch and the warning siren data frequencies. But its best to future-proof.

Yeah, honestly the SDS is out of my budget. I havnt really set a dollar amount for my budget yet but I didnt want to spend that much. Ive decided to just save up and see if there are any black friday deals or wait until the price drops a bit for it.

 

[MissouriSirens]

Yeah, honestly the SDS is out of my budget. I havnt really set a dollar amount for my budget yet but I didnt want to spend that much. Ive decided to just save up and see if there are any black friday deals or wait until the price drops a bit for it.

There ya go, I know Uniden or scannermaster will be having some Black Friday deals.