Scanner for Raleigh public safety?

[RaleighGuy]

Awesome, now I am super excited. How hard is it to program? I am a software engineer so maybe not that hard?

Not hard if you follow directions and have a little patience. I'd recommend you get a RR subscription makes programming a lot easier.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Also, is there any risk of Raleigh/Wake Switching to phase 2?

They are currently talking about P1 but nothing has been said about P2.

 

[colethelion321]

They are currently talking about P1 but nothing has been said about P2.

Is mine compatible with P1?!

 

[RaleighGuy]

Is mine compatible with P1?!

Yes it covers EDACS, LTR, & P25.

WS1040 - Handheld Scanner Radio

 

[reconrider8]

I love my 1040 thing I like about scanners such as the 1040 is you can program the scanlists like you which i find I like programming my scan lists by tower not area that way you rarely miss any traffic

 

[musson]

Whistler has scratch and dent ws1040's for 140 bucks with a 90 day warranty that would work great for you.
You can see it here:
WS1040 - Scratch & Dent

I purchased one of these and am very happy with it.

 

[colethelion321]

What are the demographics who use scanners? I feel I am probably one of the youngest.

 

[RaleighGuy]

What are the demographics who use scanners? I feel I am probably one of the youngest.

Hahaha [emoji23] oh I doubt it, but most are Middle age.

 

[doctordialtone]

What are the demographics who use scanners? I feel I am probably one of the youngest.

I started scanning when I was 14... I'm 62 now.

 

[IcomIcR20]

What are the demographics who use scanners? I feel I am probably one of the youngest.

I doubt you're the youngest on here

 

[RaleighGuy]

I doubt you're the youngest on here

And if anyone knows it'd be @IcomIcR20 hahahaha [emoji23]

 

[colethelion321]

16 here. Been scanning for a while moved to Ral-Dur 2 years ago, and gave it up till now.

 

[reconrider8]

I'm 28 almost 29 but I started when I was like 14 of so

 

[colethelion321]

Finally got it!

 

[RaleighGuy]

Congratulations @colethelion321 !!!!! Now you need to program it, and test it out.

 

[colethelion321]

Congratulations @colethelion321 !!!!! Now you need to program it, and test it out.

Been trying to program it for an hour now.

 

[colethelion321]

Thanks a bunch to @N1GAW for your help.

 

[colethelion321]

What antenna should I buy, if any?

 

[LoneOwl]

Awesome, now I am super excited. How hard is it to program? I am a software engineer so maybe not that hard?

I'm also in Raleigh, & monitor Raleigh PD, Wake SO and others, using the Uniden BCD996P2 & a program called FreeSCAN. Both work GREAT for me.
I'd be happy to share my database with you, and you could 'fine tune' it to your needs. It won't 'attach' here, but if you'll email me at Skip@GalleryOfAmericanLife.com, I'd be happy to email it to you. (I can't guarantee it'll 'convert over' to use in your scanner, though.)

 

[IcomIcR20]

What antenna should I buy, if any?

As most stuff there is 800 MHz, I would buy something like the Radio Shack 800 MHz rubber duck antenna. It also works pretty well on UHF, although not so much on VHF. That's the antenna I had on my Uniden scanner when I was in Raleigh, and it worked well on their system.

There are other options for base antennas if you are thinking of something along those lines.