I bought a really nice Whistler portable unit a year or so ago. It was a "digital trunking" model, and you could input your zip code and let it do the rest. You could also input other areas and listen to them as well.
I had it programmed for Coweta, Carroll, Heard, and Troup counties. I also had it pick up the city police departments in those counties.
It worked well, but it seemed like every time something really good or exciting was going on, they switched over to a "scrambled" or "blocked" circuit, in the name of "security". So never really could get anything exciting to listen to.
I ended up returning it, since there was not a lot of broadcast in it to listen to. Are they different these days?
Jerry
I had it programmed for Coweta, Carroll, Heard, and Troup counties. I also had it pick up the city police departments in those counties.
It worked well, but it seemed like every time something really good or exciting was going on, they switched over to a "scrambled" or "blocked" circuit, in the name of "security". So never really could get anything exciting to listen to.
I ended up returning it, since there was not a lot of broadcast in it to listen to. Are they different these days?
Jerry