Narrow Band Scanners

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Hi Mike  :
 
I asked my local ham  radio friend the same question (below is his reply). 
I personally am asking  Santa Claus for a "Rain Check" till I hear what my 
current scanner will do after  the change. You could ask your local radio 
friends & staff a Radio Shack for  their opinions.
 
According to the  November Railpace Magazine CSX begins converting to 
narrow band in January 2011.  So I will soon be able to see what my scanner does 
on the CSX  channels.
 
I will be interested  to read other members posts on this topic.
 
Regards to  all,
Terry  Marshall
Hagerstown,  MD
 
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When my local digital  trunking system (Burlington County NJ APCO 25) goes 
to the narrow band, how will  it effect the use of scanners.I have been 
asked by the local fire dept to gather  research on the effect it will have on 
scanning prior to them purchasing new  scanners for the station and the 
command vehicles. As we understand it, all of  our department radios must be on 
the narrow band by 2013 so we want to be sure  to make a purchase that will 
last well into the  change.

As far as how narrowband  effects scanners, This is what I can tell you, So 
hopefully it helps you  out.

If you've got a scanner that doesn't do narrow-band, It'll just  round off 
the frequencies, and for the most part, you'll recieve it all the  same, But 
from what I've found, if it's a distant/weak signal, You'll hear it  better 
if you're actually using a scanner that does the true narrrow-band  
frequency, Especially if you've got it toned squelched.

I'm also 99%  Certain that all digital trunking scanners can also do 
narrow-band VHF, So As  long as you have scanners that can do the current system, 
You shold be fine when  it goes narrow-band VHF, Although I'm not exactly 
sure how VHF APCO trunking  works exactly, Because I have never done  it.

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