I have a trx2 scanner it have recording to a SD card. ,Project 25 Phase II but it very poor to none with Simulcast. I am looking for new scanner that have all three Function sand, recording to a SD card. I going to move back to Kansas City in July. I was told that KC metro system is Project 25 Phase I or II and Simulcast.
Besides the SDS series, or an SDR, there is also the Unication pager, and the Blue Tail receiver. Neither are full featured scanners, but they do handle simulcast systems.
The Unication pager can only monitor one site, and no more than 64 talkgroups at one time. Others can be programmed, but you are limited to the one sit & that amount of talkgroups at any one time.
The
Blue Tail receiver does not have a display, and must have external power to run. It's programmed with your PC (as is the Unication).
However, you don't have the ability to record (in the unit itself) with either of these, though the software for the Blue Tail does provide for recording (apparently to your PC). I don't own either of these, just mentioning them as a way to monitor a simulcast system. If dealing with simulcast, as well as recording to a built in SD card are both required, then as
RaleighGuy has mentioned, the SDS scanners are your best option.