[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

I want to listen to the SD, FD, PD's, airplanes, etc. Any idea which scanner is best?

OK, here is the really bad news, when the FCC (etc.) introduced over the air HD TV, they rearranged ALL of the public service frequencies, and required the new radio to be digital (read encrypted). So as the owner of 3 scanners, none of which are used or useful, forget about Fire Departments, Police departments SD(??), air frequencies remained the same, as well as CB, and several HAM bands, weather band, NASCAR (yeah!!) some business/utilities and a few others.

There are some APPs for your cell phone that provide the FD and PD transmissions but these are by volunteers and not always available. Be careful of these APPs as some have nasty side effects.

Hope this helps.