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I want to upgrade to a uniden sds100 or 150. I live near Springfield illinois. What research i have done, i can't come to a conclusion whether i would pick up more with the new Unidens or will lot on police be encrypted. Dont want to spends upwards to a grand if i won't gain a lot other than a nice color screen. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you
 

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I want to upgrade to a uniden sds100 or 150. I live near Springfield illinois. What research i have done, i can't come to a conclusion whether i would pick up more with the new Unidens or will lot on police be encrypted. Dont want to spends upwards to a grand if i won't gain a lot other than a nice color screen. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you
Looking at the database, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of encryption going on in Sangamon County/Springfield, so you should be OK with a 100 or 150. They use a simulcast site, so a 100 or 150 is almost a necessity.

What happens in the future as regards encryption is anybody's guess.
 

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I want to upgrade to a uniden sds100 or 150. I live near Springfield illinois. What research i have done, i can't come to a conclusion whether i would pick up more with the new Unidens or will lot on police be encrypted. Dont want to spends upwards to a grand if i won't gain a lot other than a nice color screen. Any input would be appreciated. Thank you
The SDS100, is now $699.99. The SDS150 is $949.99. The SDS150 has GPS in it. But, The choice is is up to you, whether. You want to spend $250+(tax), now.

This: Springfield Fire / Public Works / CWLP (P25) shows no encryption

This: Starcom21 has two towers for your county-

2 (2)030 (1E)Springfield Sangamon, IL851.1125851.4875852.075852.325c852.675852.850c853.375c
857.3625858.2125
2 (2)063 (3F)Sangamon Co SimulcastSangamon, IL771.98125772.23125772.53125772.80625c773.23125c773.48125c773.98125c
 

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Other than some of the detectives Talk groups for Springfield and Sangamon CO, for not a lot of that is in the clear up there PD wise, looks like the main dispatch channels still and Fire stuff looks ok to go. It's been about 6 months since I been up that way but I heard a lot when I was up that way last. Good luck.

You'll need one of the SDS scanners or a Unication Pager to monitor well unless you're extremely lucky on the Sangamon Co Simulcast.
 
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