I am in a rural area that is quite hilly, and would appreciate any
suggestions on a scanner that would work well there. I am in
northeast PA, am about 8 miles from the nearest fire station, and 8
miles the other direction to the nearest police station. I've seen
scanners that make it to 512mhz (older, like the PRO 2023, BC145XL),
and ones that make it to 956mhz (within 10 years old, like the PRO
2008,2050, BC800XLT).
Are there any benefits by having the "extra coverage"?
Are most reporting stations up this way (NEPA, NY southern tier)
trunked?
I want to get the best coverage I can get, but don't want to pay
hundreds of $ for this. My budget is probably around 60. I'm just
looking for something where I can hear the latest on police action,
road closures (I'm in the area that really got hit by the floods of
last week)- ones that PennDOT didn't report (there are lots of them).

thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

Dobs