Good morning Pete,
Technically no but considering what I’m upgrading from, I am definitely a newb and very eager-to-learn. I’ve been watching videos, reading good info here and exploring the capabilities of the SDS200. I can add these services before it ships ($). Curious if they are good for south shore / south of Boston?
I have a Bearcat Sportcat 150 that I’ve used to listen to local Police & Fire for several years, but with most towns going digital It only picks up few channels (Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree, Hingham, Hull, MSP, South Shore area my main interest).
I'm was asking because the SDS200 is a pretty expensive investment where for this area you can buy a 15X for dedicated Analog and or
A 996P2 for Analog and Digital Platforms.
The State Police for Your Area In Analog Trunk for the most part and Your Local Police are using the P25 Platform or Analog UHF.
There is DMR around here Such as the IC&E System which one of the systems is in Kingston . That is mainly Taxi's Buses Private Ambulances
and Other vendors. I have a few IC&E systems loaded in my 996P2 and Monitor them. Other DMR is Ham radio which the most popular tower in in Bourne.
Yes there is Digital P25 Phase 2 out west in the state but way out of range of Norwell.
The MBTA uses Provoice but being out in Norwell your out of the Boston System.
Another is how the SDS200 is programmed. With your 150 your bumping in the Frequencies by hand . It can be done with the 996 and 15x but
they can be software loaded for ease because with trunking you have multiple Frequencies and Alpha tags ( ID numbers and Names) for each
Channel in the system.
The SDS200 is Sentinal based using a data base here a RR. Yes you have the option of Favorites and adding seperate frequencies but
its going to be a jump for you.
Just really read up and get some opinions on the SDS200... I am not for or against it because i don't own one - just think that "Am I jumping
in too deep"
There is a learning curve with this stuff. We all started at the bottom and learned as we go.
Pete N1EXA