How hard is it to program a digital police scanner?

Question

I am thinking about buying one but I'm kind of scared to because I have heard that they are really hard to program and I want to know if that is true. I used to have a scanner back in like 1999, before they went digital here and I never had any problem programming the older scanners. I know I can get software for programming it thru a computer, but I'd like to save some cash. Is it real hard to program them manually?

Answer 1

I do this for my department. You can buy a digital one, and the software that comes with it, program the frequencies you want on the computer, and download it to the scanner. Usually the software or scanner comes with a cord that plugs into the computer. You just have to know the frequencies that you want. Easy, easy, easy. Just don't tell them that at my work, I get paid extra to do this. Manually is pretty time consuming and unless you are very familiar with this, its a real pain in the butt.