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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