In article bHotd.152723$V41.18094@attbi_s52,
"Charlie Durand" wrote:

One thing I have no experience with is digital scanning. Is there anything
in the San Francisco Bay Area to make a compelling case to buy a new
scanner?

Depends what side of the Bay you're on. San Francisco and Oakland use
trunking, but you probably knew that. San Mateo County S/O is using
digital trunking now and is trying to get the rest of the county's
agencies to buy in.