newbie when it comes to scanners and cb's...

[bigmack]

hey guys... i'm looking to get a scanner for my car and see what its like. Always loved watching Erick's vids with his scanner running.. anyways i just want something basic, if there is such a thing. I live in Washington state if it makes a difference, any info would be appreciated. something small and not very noticeable is what i'm after.... thanks guys

[Lucky225]

hey guys... i'm looking to get a scanner for my car and see what its like. Always loved watching Erick's vids with his scanner running.. anyways i just want something basic, if there is such a thing. I live in Washington state if it makes a difference, any info would be appreciated. something small and not very noticeable is what i'm after.... thanks guys

RadioReference.com - Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference Database

Go there to determine weather or not your county uses digital, if it uses digital you'll probably need to save up some bucks. If it's just analog trunking, or analog period, pick up a rat-shack pro-97, it's what me and erick run and it serves us well for the $

[bigmack]

thank you for the quick reply... however i'm not sure how to tell if its digital or analog... here is the link to my hometown if someone could help me out? Whatcom County, Washington (WA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
thanks guys

[Lucky225]

thank you for the quick reply... however i'm not sure how to tell if its digital or analog... here is the link to my hometown if someone could help me out? Whatcom County, Washington (WA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
thanks guys

Well depends on what you want to listen to;

All Trunked Radio Systems in Whatcom County
System Name Type City
B.P. Cherry Point Refinery Motorola Type II Ferndale
Bellingham / Whatcom County LTR Multinet Bellingham
Mt Baker Recreation Inc LTR Standard Glacier
U.S. Dept. of Justice: Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) Project 25 Standard Various
Washington State Department of Transportation LTR Multinet Various
Whatcom County Fire and Rescue Service (FARS) Project 25 Standard Blaine

The underlined is digital, the bold is analog and can be picked up the pro-97.

[bigmack]

i'm not really interested in fire and safety, but in listening to police freq's, which i don't see on the list..? sorry i may not be understand correctly.

[Lucky225]

i'm not really interested in fire and safety, but in listening to police freq's, which i don't see on the list..? sorry i may not be understand correctly.

Scanner Frequencies: Bellingham / Whatcom County Trunking System, Bellingham, Washington

It says audio is analog, but LTI multisystem, I thought multisystems were digital, or maybe they're not able to be picked up by the pro-97, I donno, I've never programmed an LTI system, but I do know pro-97 is supposed to be able to do LTI, just not sure if it will do mutlisystems. In any event, the link I posted is probably the system you're interested in, unfortunately no one has contributed the talkgroups which would tell you what is on that system.