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What is a good digital scanner?

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Lee_NWGA

What would be a good digital scanner that could be used to listen to the audio on non-encrypted digital radio systems?
 
Well, to share what I found out in case anyone else is looking for a decent digital scanner ... I find that one of the more important characteristics is that it is P25 phase 2 compliant. That seems to be a characteristic of the digital scanners that are up to date. I deal with interference resolution of various systems, and having a decent digital scanner can be beneficial in helping determine the source of the interference in that you may hear a call sign or some other identifying information on the digital signal. That can be a much easier way to determine the source of interference, rather than having to DF the signal, especially if the interference is very infrequent.
 
Lee_NWGA said:
Well, to share what I found out in case anyone else is looking for a decent digital scanner ... I find that one of the more important characteristics is that it is P25 phase 2 compliant. That seems to be a characteristic of the digital scanners that are up to date. I deal with interference resolution of various systems, and having a decent digital scanner can be beneficial in helping determine the source of the interference in that you may hear a call sign or some other identifying information on the digital signal. That can be a much easier way to determine the source of interference, rather than having to DF the signal, especially if the interference is very infrequent.
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Hello Lee_NWGA,
I hear that the P25 doesn't meet all of the expectations of public safety.
You may also want to look at the Radio Scanner Guide website - there's a lot of info (technical) for the scanner radio hobby and also digital scanner features as well. I've also joined Broadcast Engineering forum.
 
TerryMulhern said:
Hello Lee_NWGA,
I hear that the P25 doesn't meet all of the expectations of public safety.
You may also want to look at the Radio Scanner Guide website - there's a lot of info (technical) for the scanner radio hobby and also digital scanner features as well. I've also joined Broadcast Engineering forum.
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I've been out of the scanning hobby for years, but is P25 still having problems? I ask because I just happened to pull out an old issue of Monitoring Times and the cover story is "The Great Project 25 Boondoggle: 22 Years In Search Of Interoperability." The date of the issue? February 2011!
 
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