Hello all,
I'm in Saginaw county Michigan which uses P25 phase 1 simulcast. I picked up a TRX-1 but it's pretty horrible so far with this. I heard the 436HP might be a little better but I hear the G5 is the way to go for this by far.
The downside I read is it can only monitor one 'system' at a time vs a regular scanner. So my question is what constitutes a 'system'? The whole P25 system in our area, would that be considered one system?
Or one meaning only Police and if you wanted to hear Fire or EMS you would have to re-program?
I'm hoping its the first and you can hear the the whole P25 system for the county as that would mean basically everything would be available, PD, FD and EMS as most things are on this system.
Are there any other downsides to the G5 besides not being able to scan regular frequencies? With all the issues people have with simulcast systems and regular scanners it seems like this would be the only way to go.
Thanks,
I'm in Saginaw county Michigan which uses P25 phase 1 simulcast. I picked up a TRX-1 but it's pretty horrible so far with this. I heard the 436HP might be a little better but I hear the G5 is the way to go for this by far.
The downside I read is it can only monitor one 'system' at a time vs a regular scanner. So my question is what constitutes a 'system'? The whole P25 system in our area, would that be considered one system?
Or one meaning only Police and if you wanted to hear Fire or EMS you would have to re-program?
I'm hoping its the first and you can hear the the whole P25 system for the county as that would mean basically everything would be available, PD, FD and EMS as most things are on this system.
Are there any other downsides to the G5 besides not being able to scan regular frequencies? With all the issues people have with simulcast systems and regular scanners it seems like this would be the only way to go.
Thanks,