Hello there SARbound,
So, how did that Uniden BC-246T work out for you?

I realize that your post was from nearly a year ago. I am considering the purchase of a Scanner myself ... so, naturally, I began searching ETS for information and found your post from 3/2008.

I searched Radioreference.com (as was mentioned earlier in the thread), and it appears that my county police/fire/emergency services are not yet using a Trunking system. But, of course, there is no guarantee that they will not change to that in the future.
A Uniden BC246T or the (less expensive) BC92XLT might do the job for me, at least for now.

So, now that we're into 2009, what's the general consensus from those of you that are experienced with Scanners?
Are they still worthwhile, or are new Trunking and/or scrambling technologies expected to make Scanners essentially useless very soon?