Analog scanners are pretty much useless. If your local systems aren't digital now, they will be. Even in more sparsely populated areas. Especially with lower cost DMR radios and systems which not even all digital scanners can recieve (not older digital scanners like my current one at least), so make sure you get one that recieves DMR. I noticed that frequency listing sites like Radio Reference and my states Amateur Radio repeater frequency coordinator currently often don't have up to date info on DMR users and it's been that way for about a year now. So many users constantly switching over to DMR might be part of the reason. Also enthusiasts must not realize they no longer hear certain users, don't have DMR scanners, or just don't submit the info. For the Amateur repeater listing's, the owners are probably only concerned with getting a coordinated frequency and whatever the mode used doesn't really affect anything so it doesn't matter to them to disclose the correct info on the updates the coordinators do. Both types of those frequency sources usually have DMR users and repeaters listed as being Analog when they are not. I like to be thorough in everything I program into my radios so I go to businesses to confirm I can listen to them and if not, I figure out the correct info either by finding it on the scanner or doing various kinds of searches on the F.C.C. U.L.S. website. For Amateur Radio I've found that going to the repeater clubs websites, if they have a website, helps supplement the coordinator info. Once I get a DMR scanner, I'll be making a ton of submissions. Since so little users were listed, I ignored DMR at first. But since I found so many users have switched to DMR, and learned all about DMR, I am definitely getting a DMR scanner and a transciever. Everything from Amateur Radio, all types of businesses and retail, local government, hospitals, ambulances, etc... have been switching to DMR. Amateur Radio will always have analog, but many repeaters are going to DMR including ones in sparsely populated counties to my surprise (I wasn't active for several years when DMR first came out so I'm playing catch up now). Big cities always had the other digital modes available including my medium city, but it was rare to find digital modes outside of cities. The lower cost of DMR compared to the proprietary of the other digital modes equipment is probably why it's more widespread and popular. I came across cheap chinese DMR transcievers starting at under $90.00 U.S. I am currently leaning towards the Uniden SDS100 but it's kinda expensive especially since seeing certain modes are only available with a paid upgrade. I can afford it, but I'm just very hesitant and still debating if I want to pay that much. Maybe I'll get a lightly used one if I decide to get that model.
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Took a bit of time to figure it out but once I got it going.........
Analog scanners are pretty much useless. If your local systems aren't digital now, they will be. Even in more sparsely populated areas. Especially with lower cost DMR radios and systems which not even all digital scanners can recieve (not older digital scanners like my current one at least), so make sure you get one that recieves DMR.
I noticed that frequency listing sites like Radio Reference and my states Amateur Radio repeater frequency coordinator currently often don't have up to date info on DMR users and it's been that way for about a year now. So many users constantly switching over to DMR might be part of the reason. Also enthusiasts must not realize they no longer hear certain users, don't have DMR scanners, or just don't submit the info. For the Amateur repeater listing's, the owners are probably only concerned with getting a coordinated frequency and whatever the mode used doesn't really affect anything so it doesn't matter to them to disclose the correct info on the updates the coordinators do.
Both types of those frequency sources usually have DMR users and repeaters listed as being Analog when they are not. I like to be thorough in everything I program into my radios so I go to businesses to confirm I can listen to them and if not, I figure out the correct info either by finding it on the scanner or doing various kinds of searches on the F.C.C. U.L.S. website. For Amateur Radio I've found that going to the repeater clubs websites, if they have a website, helps supplement the coordinator info. Once I get a DMR scanner, I'll be making a ton of submissions. Since so little users were listed, I ignored DMR at first. But since I found so many users have switched to DMR, and learned all about DMR, I am definitely getting a DMR scanner and a transciever.
Everything from Amateur Radio, all types of businesses and retail, local government, hospitals, ambulances, etc... have been switching to DMR. Amateur Radio will always have analog, but many repeaters are going to DMR including ones in sparsely populated counties to my surprise (I wasn't active for several years when DMR first came out so I'm playing catch up now). Big cities always had the other digital modes available including my medium city, but it was rare to find digital modes outside of cities. The lower cost of DMR compared to the proprietary of the other digital modes equipment is probably why it's more widespread and popular. I came across cheap chinese DMR transcievers starting at under $90.00 U.S.
I am currently leaning towards the Uniden SDS100 but it's kinda expensive especially since seeing certain modes are only available with a paid upgrade. I can afford it, but I'm just very hesitant and still debating if I want to pay that much. Maybe I'll get a lightly used one if I decide to get that model.