On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:43:40 -0600, Paul Carter
said in rec.radio.scanner:

Is this information accurate? If so, what type of trunk-tracking
scanner do I need to buy to pick up the S.P. (and the C.P.D. / C.F.D.,
etc., if necessary)?

A RS Pro-97 or Uniden 246 will do. Or, if you want to prepare for
digital in the future, a RS Pro-96 or Uniden 396. (I'm assuming
hand-held. Everything but the 396 comes in mobile flavors too.) The
SP system is digital, so if that's important to you ("important", as
in a couple of hundred dollars more) your choices are the Pro-96 (or
2096 mobile), the Uniden 396 or, if you want computer control, digital
and mobile, the Uniden 996 which a) won't be out for a few months and
b) will carry a price tag near $900.

You have to decide whether you want analog-only/analog-digital,
computer control or just computer programming, fire tone-out (Uniden
only), frequency counter (Uniden only), etc. Look at all the specs,
and the prices (RS has in-store reductions on at least the Pro-97 -
maybe the 96 also - through the middle of December, but only in-store,
not on line), and decide which one best suits your needs,
reception-wise, feature-wise and price-wise.

Remember, only you can prevent ... er ... make the choice.