Communications Equipment / Radios
Who has CB/ ham/ or radio scanners in their vehicles, and why? I've been considering the three for a while, and ended up ordering a CB setup last night. I don't have a ham license and don't want to...
Forum Discussion
jshupe wrote:
I am looking at the BCD536HP; it supports GPS and has a nationwide database you can regularly update via SD card. It is touted to work well in a mobile environment and designed to address the practicality you were mentioning.
I should have known that the technology had improved since I had one.....maybe 20 years ago.
I did a quick search on the above model. Seems it goes for about $500. And I saw no mention of GPS integration to automatically switch scan lists as you move around. It said "enter your zip code".
Maybe I missed something but that method is only slightly better than a sample scan which might be outdated before the scan is done.
And for those who don't quite know what we are talking about, you can't just scan ALL of the bands and frequencies because there are too many of them. It would take too long and you would miss much more than you accidentally "hit".
You need to somehow enter a scan list of the local channel assignments. Going down the road, you would need GPS coordination to automatically select lists for you. Anything else would be out-dated as quickly as you got it entered.
