Thank you!
Sorry for the delay, but crazy busy and wasn't getting notifications.
So I am sending that scanner back, dug in my pockets for change and ordered this one,
Uniden BCD325P2 Handheld TrunkTracker V Scanner. 25,000 Dynamically Allocated Channels. Close Call RF Capture Technology. Location-Based Scanning and S.A.M.E. Weather Alert. Compact Size.
I read in another area on this forum that this scanner would do the trick. Will it?
And what would you all recommend for me to do next?
Again, thank you all.
The BCD325P2 is capable of monitoring both the old '
Four County' system, as well as the newer
Coastal Bend Regional, once changeover is complete. For the small handful of ProVoice talkgroups, if I were in your area, I would pass on the ProVoice paid upgrade..
The unknown factor (at the moment) is whether or not the sites you need for the newer system will be simulcast, as well as whether that affects you or not.
Simulcast Distortion is a problem for many scanners. But it is also extremely location specific. If you are fortunate enough that the site you will need is not simulcast, then great. There's also the possibility that even if it is simulcast, your location is such that it is not an issue. See this
thread in the Texas Forum, where I was trying to assist another member dealing with simulcast. More specifically, look at posts 6 and 11, where the member found that a 6" change in position for his 436HP made the difference between working, and not working.
Will you have simulcast issues? And can it be solved fairly simply? No way to tell at the moment. The new system is not fully built out & in full operation. In any event, though, your 325P2 is capable of many more system types than the SR30C. As long as you do not have DMR or NXDN systems of interest, you would not need those upgrades either. And, as long as no DMR or NXDN, you can easily handle programming via FreeSCAN. ProScan is a better long term choice, but FreeSCAN will at least get you started.