Salem Oregon Scanner Question

[midnightcaller]

A friend of mine wants to buy my 996XT he lives in Salem and there is tower A and tower B.,and my question is; would the 996XT still work for the Salem area? are they going to go digital by any chance?

he wants to monitor Salem and some of the surrounding areas

thanks for any information

 

[rosecitytransit]

Salem is currently analog now so a 996XT (which is digital) isn't needed but will work fine.

This is what I've found about their upgrading to digital. If they go straight to P25 Phase 2 the 996XT won't work.
http://forums.radioreference.com/or...city-salem-upgrade-800mhz-p25-end-2016-a.html

Salem police, fire radio upgrade in the works

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[Fielder3]

Salem goes digital next spring/summer. (New radio system.)