I'm a long time scanner enthusiast but I haven't paid any attention to the boards or newsgroups for several years. I've had a Pro 90 for several years that I listen to mainly local fire , PD and weather inf in the storm season. My Pro 90 was knocked off the shelf a few days ago and now the speaker sounds as if it cracked and is very Tinny sounding and so I need to replace it.
Our city/county is on the state of Ks trunked system and the Hwy patrol is already merging to digital.Our city/county is currently readying for the digital transition and that will probably be accomplished in 2-4 years and the talk is that we will probably go Motorola again.
My first thought was to go ahead and buy a digital scanner in preparation of the upcoming transition until I saw the 499. price for the Pro 106. I have two kids in college and the Fire dept doesn't pay enough for all of the toys I Really want.
Questions:
Does the Pro 106 ever go on sale below $499. ?
If I go ahead and spring for the Pro 106 will it cover whatever digital system we might go with?
Any comments will be greatly appreciated and please offer any tips and suggestions.
Our city/county is on the state of Ks trunked system and the Hwy patrol is already merging to digital.Our city/county is currently readying for the digital transition and that will probably be accomplished in 2-4 years and the talk is that we will probably go Motorola again.
My first thought was to go ahead and buy a digital scanner in preparation of the upcoming transition until I saw the 499. price for the Pro 106. I have two kids in college and the Fire dept doesn't pay enough for all of the toys I Really want.
Questions:
Does the Pro 106 ever go on sale below $499. ?
If I go ahead and spring for the Pro 106 will it cover whatever digital system we might go with?
Any comments will be greatly appreciated and please offer any tips and suggestions.