Ok, this may be the easy way out for me but I have thrown 6 hours on my day off trying to figure out which scanner/receiver to grab for my mom's birthday. Then I find out the District police and what have you are possibly switching over to p25 in february.
My mom lives here
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1852
Changing to APCO 25 would mean any scanner that doesnt handle a digital p25 signal would not be able to listen I assume, kind of like the whole DTV thing for TV's. So would purchasing a regular analog/digital scanner not be the best investment to pick up the action my mom seems to be intrigued by? Or would the units still work but pick up fewer and fewer signals as they implement the system.
They may or may not have the money to do so now, but that was the plan to go ahead with in February. I doubt they can implement it that quickly, but the apco 25 upgrade topic has spun after staring at this screen for so long.
I appreciate any response given and apologize if its been asked too many times.
My mom lives here
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1852
Changing to APCO 25 would mean any scanner that doesnt handle a digital p25 signal would not be able to listen I assume, kind of like the whole DTV thing for TV's. So would purchasing a regular analog/digital scanner not be the best investment to pick up the action my mom seems to be intrigued by? Or would the units still work but pick up fewer and fewer signals as they implement the system.
They may or may not have the money to do so now, but that was the plan to go ahead with in February. I doubt they can implement it that quickly, but the apco 25 upgrade topic has spun after staring at this screen for so long.
I appreciate any response given and apologize if its been asked too many times.
