-=> Quoting Dennis Wren to Pete Hopping <=-
 > The scanners work by aquiring and translating the
 > system code from the data channel. Once the scanner
 DW> Thanks for the info. Now for few questions.
 > track Motorola trunked logic systems using analog
 > transmissions. If a trunked system is using digital,
 > you will not hear anything. Further, you can only scan
 DW> Have to do a bit of checking but I think the system here is Motorola.
 DW> I would guess that as I can hear the audio from the trunked systems on
 DW> my old 2004 scanner that it is analog.
Good guess. If you hear the audio then you have an analog system
there.
 DW> If I understand this if everybody in my area, city PD, city fire,
 DW> county cops and other local PD/fire, are on the same trunked system I
 DW> can sort them out. The county went to the trunked system and then
 DW> allowed the citys to buy onto the system.
The same thing happened here in Annapolis, MD. The county got the
system first and put all their radios on it, including the city FD.
Later, the city PD went onto the system. In a way, it's good, as
it allows all the emergency services to communicate with each other
when necessary.
 > I have the Uniden BC 895XLT base-station scanner and
 > it works extremely well under its limitations. If you
 DW> I can tell now that it is time to make a trip to the scanner shop and
 DW> see what is new. Thanks again for the info.
Yer welcome. :). The base station scanner is going for around $340. The
handheld version is around $299. I just saw the handheld version last
night when a ham buddy of mine came over. It has all the same features
on it and works just as well as the base, aside from being a little
less sensitive. But that's par for the course when comparing base
with handheld.
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