Ar these systems pretty standard now, and not in constant upgrade? I used to listen quite regularly on an old analog scanner (not in Mount Airy) but as systems upgraded, it seems that different localities went to different systems, and they were always upgrading, and there was a real risk of spending hundreds of dollars on a scanner, only to find out that the system you wanted to listen to had gone to some new whiz-bang digital system that there was no scanner for yet, and now you get to listen to nothing on your shiny new scanner. Can someone confirm that the Mount Airy VFD, and maybe my Mount Airy local state police are on this system? (We have "resident troopers" instead of city police, and are patrolled by these state police)ĪND, then if that's the case, is there a feature I'm looking for that would help me to select a scanner? There are SO many terms, features, and versions that I want to make sure I buy something that will actually work! Is there a grid somewhere on this site that shows which scanners have which features?ĪND, lastly. Most of what I've listened to in the last 20 years is aviation and 2m HAM band, but am now interested in listening to my local fire/rescue, and maybe police.įrom the reading I've been doing on this, and other sites, it LOOKS LIKE much of what I want is included in some shared trunking system called "First" or "Project 25" ( First Responders Interoperable Radio System Team (FIRST) Trunking System, Various, Maryland - Scanner Frequencies) but some of that is assumption on my part.
I'm an "inactive" HAM, who has owned many scanners and HTs over the years, but I have never owned any "digital" or trunking radios.
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