kf6gpe
Ray, KF6GPE
My brother and his family live in Maricopa County --- Mesa, to be exact --- and he's been limping along with an old scanner he got from my father or someone several years ago. (John, if you're reading this, please stop now.)
His birthday is coming up, and my wife and I were thinking about getting him a new scanner. If I'm reading the posts here correctly, P25 is increasingly common there, and the Uniden BCD536HP does P25, so that should be a good choice. Am I missing something?
Living in Santa Cruz county, my knowledge of urban frequency use is pretty minimal --- here public service is still all simple narrowband FM stuff for the most part, and my 2m ham radio does just fine for that, so I haven't dug into what's going on in other parts of the country.
I'd hate to pick a radio for him that wasn't compatible with the modes in his area.
Thanks!
His birthday is coming up, and my wife and I were thinking about getting him a new scanner. If I'm reading the posts here correctly, P25 is increasingly common there, and the Uniden BCD536HP does P25, so that should be a good choice. Am I missing something?
Living in Santa Cruz county, my knowledge of urban frequency use is pretty minimal --- here public service is still all simple narrowband FM stuff for the most part, and my 2m ham radio does just fine for that, so I haven't dug into what's going on in other parts of the country.
I'd hate to pick a radio for him that wasn't compatible with the modes in his area.
Thanks!