OK a lot of us, I'm sure, do the ARES, Skywarn, ECOMM thing. That's "easy" to do when you are local. Now here is the question, if your local LE, Fire, EMS all use conventional VHF/UHF etc. you can use a conventional scanner, heck even program a HT or two to scan those frequencies. Now when you travel outside your local area, it can be for ECOMM, business, leisure etc., where LE, Fire and EMS are all using APCO 25 phase 1 or 2, or a variety of the other trunked systems out there, what scanner, if you are using one, do you use to monitor those frequencies. Why that scanner, I'm looking at/for a handheld. I travel a LOT and outside my local area most of the public service agencies are digital of on kind or another.
THANKS in advance,
Sarge