Hello friends,
I am a long-time scanner listener who has been left behind by the rapid advances in technology. Scanning to me nowadays is a bit of a "black box" that I don't totally understand. I am the owner of a 436HP and a SDS100, and have managed to program those.
I now live in a rural area, and am going to be putting up a base antenna (Diamond V2000a). I am 65 miles away from the nearest trunked system, so I don't expect to hear those. Most of the emergency services in my area are in the 155mHz range as well as the 450mHz range.
I am looking for a recommendation for a solid base scanner that could be useful in my particular situation. I thought about one of the older RadioShack models off ebay because I could program the frequencies in directly, without having to have another computer hookup.
I just don't want to have to spend another $700 on a SDS200 if I don't have to.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks for any and all help!
I am a long-time scanner listener who has been left behind by the rapid advances in technology. Scanning to me nowadays is a bit of a "black box" that I don't totally understand. I am the owner of a 436HP and a SDS100, and have managed to program those.
I now live in a rural area, and am going to be putting up a base antenna (Diamond V2000a). I am 65 miles away from the nearest trunked system, so I don't expect to hear those. Most of the emergency services in my area are in the 155mHz range as well as the 450mHz range.
I am looking for a recommendation for a solid base scanner that could be useful in my particular situation. I thought about one of the older RadioShack models off ebay because I could program the frequencies in directly, without having to have another computer hookup.
I just don't want to have to spend another $700 on a SDS200 if I don't have to.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks for any and all help!