[Scan-DC] new scanner

[Mike Agner]

    Last nite, Greg wrote:
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Will this scanner successfully monitor the following systems?
      - DC Fire
      - Baltimore City Fire
      - Baltimore County Fire

I currently have no trunked systems where I am (PA) and the new state 
system is a proprietary system that I'm sure the PRO-96 will not receive.
However, I am interested in it for traveling if it will receive the above 
systems.

Are these difficult to program, or are they stored in the memory of the new 
unit? (I forget what the feature was called).
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   Greg, I don't have a 96 (yet), but just from monitoring this list, along 
with the other Maryland scanner lists, the answer is yes to all 
3.  Baltimore county is not digital, but the other 2 are.  And as you 
travel to DC you will pass thru Howard county (just went digital, and their 
VHF stuff will stay up only until Jan.), Prince George's (490 mhz 
conventional) and Montgomery (digital), depending on how you go.
   I can't comment on personal experience as to how hard it is to program, 
but most seem to be buying the programming cable and using Don Starr's 
Win96 program, which gives you access to some features other programs 
don't.  The feature you're thinking of is the V Scanner; I'm pretty sure DC 
Fire and Baltimore city are in there, not sure about the county.  There are 
numerous Yahoo groups devoted to the digital scanners, and a couple of 
message boards on the very popular Strong Signals web site where you can 
get more comments on programming, ect.
   And as for the Pa. system; yep, nothing on the market will handle the 
M/A Com Open Sky system they are attempting to (and from all descriptions 
I've seen, badly failing at) implement.  73s and GL...Mike