Hello Lezellner,   
      
   >> How popular is the use of scanning radios these days?   
      
   > It depends on you area. A lot of areas have went to digital formats like   
   > P25, thus taking a very expensive radio to listen.   
      
   That's the situation here the seven county metro are went digital some years   
   back. In part so the different agencies could more easily talk to each other   
   when needed. I bought a couple digital scanners when they first switched over.   
       
   > Some areas have went to encrypted when they went to P25, thus making it   
   > unmonitorable, period.   
      
   Here the majority of the radio traffic is un-encrypted although they can   
   enable encryption when they wish to make a conversation private.   
      
   > Some areas are still using plain analog V|UHF and thus can be monitored   
   > easily And there is a lot of people who have no radios and listen via    
   > table, cell phone via applications like Scanner Radio.   
      
   There are a few entities that are still analog. And a number of businesses   
   also. But with the availability of some online scanner services listening to   
   the more popular digital or analog communication agencies is quite easy on any   
   PC, tablet, or smartphone.   
      
      
   Jeff    
      
      
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