[Scan-DC] Discussion:How Technology has caused the hobby to change

[Steve Rigby]

On May 16, 2007, at 10:14 PM, KD4IIW at comcast.net wrote:

> I would like to start a discussion about this thought I had the other 
> day.   How has
> technology changed your scanner hobby.   I my own situation.  I no 
> longer own
> any scanners.  (I know, I know, how can that be?)   I think technology 
> has driven
> most casual scanner listeners out of the hobby from the change from 
> vhf/uhf systems, to
> 800mhz trunking, digital trunking, and now narrow band, etc.  All of 
> this technology and
> the learning curves to learn about the new systems has both priced 
> listeners out of the
> hobby or turned them off from it all together.   What do you think??

   I cannot disagree with you.

   Steve