I'd go with the G5 especially if you ever plan on monitoring the state system and/or if you travel anywhere that uses 700/800MHz.
The G2 would work perfect for what you need down there in Luzerne but I second W7FDX that getting the G5 allows you to monitor when you travel as most every major metro area is P25 in the 7/800 band these days it seems.
I live in the central part of the county and get nothing on the South so it might be best to ignore that and focus just on the North.
For the price difference you'd be better off with the G5 then there's plenty of room for expansion. But that's just my opinion since I like to monitor when I travel so I can avoid accidents and stuff like that when I'm driving. I have most of the systems (well at least FD and EMS dispatch since alot of PDs are using encryption nowadays) along the major roadways in my G5.
I tried scanning some of the North cell frequencies just now today, not picking anything up.
It hasn’t been constant. Every hour or so there’s occasional key ups. Once I heard training on the emergency being pressed. But it’s been hit & miss.
Maybe I got the wrong list of frequencies.
Look at post #70 in this thread.
I don’t think all the tower sites are up yet based on their end-of-year newsletter. For comparison, the final zone for the Maryland statewide system has had its sites burning in for over a year but are not yet officially in service. The backhaul is the culprit here, but maybe the coverage testing didn’t go well either. Luzerne probably also needs to conduct coverage testing when the foliage comes out for final acceptance. I wouldn’t be too concerned about reception issues at this point.
