Hi Scott and the group.  For more information on your area, as well as
other areas of the country and California go to
http://www.radioreference.com  The information there is free, but they
want you to register with them.  I've seen information in your area, and
it sounds like everything is monitorable.  San Fransisco is APCO-25
digital, and the county I believe is analogue, and you have Oakland of
course which is another kind of trunking system that is known as EDACS and
it is analogue with some encryption for people like detectives, but I
think that I read some place that they were going to be transitioning to
APCO-25.





On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Scott Blanks wrote:

> Hey Ken,
>
> I live in the San Francisco area.  Can you tell me about my location?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: scanner recommendations
>
>
> > Scott, before you buy a scanner you need to know what type system the =
> > local
> > police and fire use.  If the system is a digital APCO-25 system then =
> > you'll
> > need one of the new digital trunk tracker scanners and they are =
> > expensive.
> > I have the RS PRO-96 digital scanner and I really enjoy it and it's not =
> > to
> > bad to program.  Although I could not get along without the optional =
> > Win96
> > programming software.
> >
> > Where do you live (State/county)  and I can tell you what type scanner =
> > you
> > need.  If you are lucky you can use an older trunk tracker =
> > (Motorola,type II
> > or type III) which can be had for a fraction of the price of a digital =
> > trunk
> > tracker.
> >
> > 73, Ken -N5SWR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks
> > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:12 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: scanner recommendations
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I used to be an avid fan of scanners, listening to the police and ham =
> > bands,
> > and many other things of that nature.  It's been years since I spent any
> > time listening, and I no longer have a scanner.  Does anyone recommend a
> > good accessible scanner, and by accessible I mean easy to program, scan
> > frequencies, etc.  Also, it would be great if I could link the scanner =
> > with
> > my pc to be able to set things up that way.  I know that Radio Shack =
> > sells a
> > ton of scanners, and there may be other sources as well, but I was a bit
> > overwhelmed by the Radio Shack site, talking about tripple trunking and =
> > a
> > lot of other terms I don't fully understand.
> >
> > Thanks for all your suggestions in advance,
> > Scott
> >
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