Take a look at this scanner!

[Cobra_Commander]

:shock: :!: http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...y_name=&product_id=20-515&site=search

This scanner looks promising. it looks like it will be one of the best around along side the 96 and the bearcats. i think radioshack made a mistake of the freqeuencie coverage that it covers. because it covers more than 144 mhz. does anyone know the freqeuencies coverage it will have?

 

[INDY72]

As a race scanner for the NASCAR Dads it looks like it is a LOT better than the original race scanner! Most likely it covers everything but Mil Air, and trunked. Look at the owners manual PDF and you will know for sure.

 

[Cobra_Commander]

ok thanks milf.

 

[INDY72]

Anddddd from the looks of it all the future RS scanners will have alpha tagging. Heck with this one you could use it for a PS scanner in non trunked areas and just use the aplpha tagging (Driver names lol) for your local PD etc... It also features Control Tone stuff IE- CTSS, Hey C_C if you read the manual does it mention DCS????

 

[Voyager]

:shock: :!: http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...y_name=&product_id=20-515&site=search

This scanner looks promising. it looks like it will be one of the best around along side the 96 and the bearcats. i think radioshack made a mistake of the freqeuencie coverage that it covers. because it covers more than 144 mhz. does anyone know the freqeuencies coverage it will have?

Yes, that was a web site mistake. It covers 28-54, 108-174, 406-512, and 806-960 (minus Cellular).

It looks OK for a race scanner, but only useful for general scanning if you have no trunked systems in your area.

Joe M.

 

[CORN]

I would say the scanner would be good for general purpose scanning. Racing, rail, non-trunked PS. Even though it has VHF air I wouldn't classify it as a good airshow scanner since UHF air is not covered. Got to hear those flight teams. But I voted in favor.

 

[Cobra_Commander]

but if it covers the 800 mhz and 900 mhz band then why can't you use it as a trunking scanner to? :?:

 

[INDY72]

Umm ok this time I have to do it: DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not a trunk tracking scanner...

 

[Cobra_Commander]

Umm ok this time I have to do it: DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not a trunk tracking scanner...

I know that. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! :evil: But it can still scan through trunking frequencies if they are programmed into and not be able to track the talkgroups. DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[N_Jay]

Umm ok this time I have to do it: DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not a trunk tracking scanner...

There are no dumb querstions, just dumb answers! Duh

 

[N_Jay]

Umm ok this time I have to do it: DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not a trunk tracking scanner...

I know that. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! :evil: But it can still scan through trunking frequencies if they are programmed into and not be able to track the talkgroups. DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Scanning the channels of a busy trunked system will not give you much more than a confusing slice of lots of conversations.

 

[INDY72]

Go ahead and use it to try to follow a trunked system.. The reasons you won't do a good job are as follows: 1- You will have to lock out the control channels and then unlock as they rotate for rotating systems. 2- On an EDACS system you will miss convos because of the anti scanner beep tones (Look up your history on EDACS that is the reason the beeps were added) which will keep you on one freq while the convo leaps around. 3- The sheer volume of users on most trunked systems will make following convos dizzying! This scanner on a trunked system would be like going back in time to the days when 800 capable scanners first came out, oh the joys of trying to figure out a trs back then. The reason it is 800 capable is that there are NASCAR drivers that use conventional 800 MHz systems for track ops! Now if some of them move up to using a mini TRS temp repeaters system, or digital communications, then this would become a good rural NON Trunked conventional scanner. Sorry about the duhh but youve been on this db long eneough that you know about trunking, and what a trunker is and isn't.

 

[CORN]

Well said Milf. I remember listening to the trunked frequencies with my old Pro-43. You couldn't follow any conversations. You definitely can't hold on a freq. Then you would get 4 or 5 different services on a freq. Well said.