Bob Dobbs wrote in news:4d6594d4.7620046@
but I agree that it's good to have some sort of receiver on hand,
even older conventional scanners for maritime as you say
plus amateur repeaters, railroads, weather etc.


Thats one of the great things about the new breed of scanners
while older units will get the weather, the new one has the
SAME decoder built in, so once you set the codes for your area, you
don,t have to deal with weather alerts for the whole state..
I set the codes for our metro plus the closest surrounding counties.
and leave it on in SAME setting during possible rough weather.