So I bought me a scanner here, mostly to listen in the Skywarn nets, but figured I might as well get one of the better models with this whole "trunk tracking" thing to listen in on the other services in the county. Then after it arrives, and I play around with it for a bit, I discovered that Charles adopted an all-digital radio system almost 4 years ago. Since Skywarn nets aren't active very often, I was planning on listening to those as well....but now I basically have a $200 weather radio 
So, I'm wondering if anyone knows if the digital channels are still simulcast to analog in the area or they've all been shut down by now. I found a couple of references on the net to channels in the 155 range and some "TRS Backups" in the 866/867/868 range (that are analog/FM based), but I'm just getting static on those. The scanner keeps jumping from signal to signal as if there's something on it but I hear just static.
Got a feeling I'll just have to ship this back, then hunt for a "cheap" (being the subjective word here) digital scanner of some kind, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask and see if someone local knows the answer.
Thanks!
So, I'm wondering if anyone knows if the digital channels are still simulcast to analog in the area or they've all been shut down by now. I found a couple of references on the net to channels in the 155 range and some "TRS Backups" in the 866/867/868 range (that are analog/FM based), but I'm just getting static on those. The scanner keeps jumping from signal to signal as if there's something on it but I hear just static.
Got a feeling I'll just have to ship this back, then hunt for a "cheap" (being the subjective word here) digital scanner of some kind, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask and see if someone local knows the answer.
Thanks!
