HandiScratchy
Newbie
I live in York county a few feet from the NC state line. Until recently I've been more than happy to "scan" using a phone app to stream the sheriff's official feed and my various ham transceivers to listen to other signals of interest. With all the protests going on simultaneously I was unable to access the YoCo stream due to server issues so I think I should move to my own equipment. I'm interested in: York County SC Public Safety, Palmetto 800 and Charlotte USAI primarily.
Do any of these have known plans to upgrade to P2 soon?
Do any of the Police Departments in those systems that aren't already encrypted on their dispatch channel plan to do so soon?
What scanner are you using on these systems?
$400 is the absolute top of my budget and I expect I'll need to spend some on antennae so I'm shopping used as well as new. It looks like a used bcd396XT is about $100 less than a new BCD325P2. Is there any advantage to getting a P2 capable scanner even if you don't need P2?
I see a 436HP that would be $400 delivered. Is it enough of an upgrade to merit spending the whole budget on it?
Do any of these have known plans to upgrade to P2 soon?
Do any of the Police Departments in those systems that aren't already encrypted on their dispatch channel plan to do so soon?
What scanner are you using on these systems?
$400 is the absolute top of my budget and I expect I'll need to spend some on antennae so I'm shopping used as well as new. It looks like a used bcd396XT is about $100 less than a new BCD325P2. Is there any advantage to getting a P2 capable scanner even if you don't need P2?
I see a 436HP that would be $400 delivered. Is it enough of an upgrade to merit spending the whole budget on it?