What radio do I need for Alamance County?

[WVradiohead]

What radio do I need to listen to fire, local police, state police, EMS etc. for Alamance/Gilford county?

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Welcome to the RR forums. At the bare minimum you'll need a P25 Phase-I (FDMA) capable trunk tracking scanner to listen to the systems below. You may encounter simulcast distortion with Guilford County so a Uniden SDS100 or SDS200 would be recommended if this is a system you intend on monitoring regularly

North Carolina VIPER Trunking System, Varies, Multi-State

North Carolina VIPER Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Greensboro / Guilford County Trunking System, Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro / Guilford County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

 

[RaleighGuy]

Welcome to the RR forums. At the bare minimum you'll need a P25 Phase-I (FDMA) capable trunk tracking scanner to listen to the systems below. You may encounter simulcast distortion with Guilford County so a Uniden SDS100 or SDS200 would be recommended if this is a system you intend on monitoring regularly

North Carolina VIPER Trunking System, Varies, Multi-State

North Carolina VIPER Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Greensboro / Guilford County Trunking System, Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro / Guilford County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

I would add here, make sure you get a P25 Phase 2 scanner (which @Whiskey3JMC has recommended) as NC VIPER is scheduled to start moving to Phase 2 in 2025, Phase 2 licenses are already in place.

 

[KB4SHP]

If you want to hear Burlington PD fire you need uniden sds100 or 200

 

[drayd48]

Mirroring a lot of what is here, I would recommend a Phase II capable scanner. VIPER is going phase II around July 2025, with the potential for some counties that are ready to switch earlier...... Also for the Guilford system, a scanner that handles simulcast distortion would be recommended as well.

 

[KB4SHP]

I just re read your post and didn’t see Guilford County the only scanner that will pick the system up like it should is the uniden sds100 or 200 b

 

[WVradiohead]

Thanks for all the good feedback. Is the Uniden SDS100/SDS200 a phase II radio or do you have to update the software?

 

[JethrowJohnson]

Thanks for all the good feedback. Is the Uniden SDS100/SDS200 a phase II radio or do you have to update the software?

It supports P25 Phase I and II straight out of the box. Only DMR, NXDN, and EDACS ProVoice require paid upgrades. But according to the database, none of those are in your county or in Guilford County.