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question on what kind of desktop scanner to get.
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Linda C Knight <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Aug 2015 08:21:47 -0400
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Hi fellow hams,

I made a dumb purchase and its driving me stupid.

Just found out I can’t get my pasco county fire and police on this scanner i bought which is a radio shack pro 650 

I was told it had to be a trunking radio and I don’t know what to get.

So would someone please advise me on the following:

1. Is there such thing as a trunking desktop police scanner that doesn’t cost as much as a car payment?

2. I live in a condo complex surrounded by iron railings, would this affect reception of a scanner? Probably not as I do have a radio shack handheld pro 92 scanner which works well. I just want a desktop unit.

3. are there any accessible desktop scanners?

I am really upset with my dumb purchase.

Thanks for any help.
Hugs and 73
Linda C Knight 
With Sweet Gentle Ben, 
HamRadiooperator CallSign: KK4HRG
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