Depending on where you monitor and if your system is simulcast, the 396XT may work for you. Even in a simulcast system, the 396 "may" work for you if you are closer to one of the towers than the other ones in the system. If you take it in the car though, that may go out the window and your reception may vary. I have used my 396XT on Starcom 21 and it has been fine. As more of the sites go to Phase II, that will change as the 396Xt cannot decode Phase II.
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