[Scan-DC] Adding a Discriminator Output to a Scanner

[Dewey3]

I ***think** all scanners are discriminator tappable, it's just a matter of
ease and convenience.  What most people including myself do is to take that
"older" scanner, and make it the tap scanner since using the tap renders the
scanner useless for other things at the time (so if you're running the tap
24-7, forget that you have the tapped scanner since that will be it's full
time job).  Don't get me wrong, the tap does not harm the scanner if done
right, it's just that to use the tap, the scanner sits on the control
channel the entire time, so it will not be doing any scanning.  Since the
tap is outputing the control channel's data, it does not matter what type of
system you're monitoring, EDACS, LTR, Moto 3600 baud, P-25, etc... that's
the software's job.  In fact, Pro96Comm is doing a great job of showing the
new P-25 Phase II TDMA data, which is not currently monitorable unless
you're using the new Linux based software being talked about over on
RadioRef.  Once you start using a tap, if you find that you like it and will
probably be adding it to your daily monitoring hobby, then you might decide
to explore the idea of tapping your newer or newest scanners.

Dewey

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

> Even on an analog scanner, adding a discriminator tap pays off? I wasn't
> even sure digital receivers had discriminators. (They do; I looked it up.) I
> was wondering if, considering the migration of LE to digital transmission,
> it was still of use to add the tap to an analog scanner, even the ones that
> scan through 800 and 900 MHz.
>
> Thanks.
>